by Thinus Ferreira
MultiChoice and SuperSport are removing the "doubled-up" SuperSport WWE channel at the end of April, 8 months after the duplicate was created as a mirror-channel to fit into the set of newly-aligned thematic SuperSport channels.
The WWE channel on DStv channel number 128 will remain as a sole channel dedicated to WWE American wrestling with the channel that won't be housed within the 200-channel numbered group of SuperSport branded channels.
On Friday, Clinton van den Berg, SuperSport spokesperson, told TVwithThinus in response to a media enquiry that "the 2 channels are exactly the same and as such was only splitting audiences and causing confusion. We opted to retain channel 128 as it's the original channel number assigned to WWE".
The SuperSport WWE channel on DStv channel 236 will terminate at the end of April, 8 months after it came into existence in September 2020 when SuperSport restructured and rebranded its sports channels line-up on DStv.
In an on-screen message on the DStv electronic programme guide (EPG), MultiChoice is telling DStv subscribers that the SuperSport WWE channel on channel 236 "will be consolidated from 2 channels (128 and 236) to one (128) on 1 May 2021. Channel 236 will no longer be available from 30 April 2021 and you can continue to catch all your WWE superstars and content on channel 128".
In August 2020 SuperSport said that the replication of the WWE channel on channel 128 to also be on 236, was to bring it into the fold of all of the other sports content as part of the block of SuperSport channels where DStv subscribers expect to find all of it grouped together.
