by Thinus Ferreira
eNCA and kykNET (DStv 144) were forced to switch to a pre-recorded playout of the Afrikaans eNuus nightly TV news bulletin for a second time due to technical problems on Monday night on DStv's kykNET and kykNET & Kie channels.
Monday night's broadcast of the Afrikaans eNuus, done by eNCA from its Hyde Park headquarters in Johannesburg, wasn't a live broadcast but a pre-recorded monthly episode playout due to technical problems.
It's the second time that eMedia had to resort to the monthly updated pre-recorded eNuus summary filler episode for emergency use for DStv subscribers.
The previous time when eNCA had to resort to the canned eNuus episode was in June 2020 due to a Covid-19 emergency which meant that anchors and crew were not allowed into the building and studio.
According to John Bailey, eNCA managing editor, kykNET was told that eNuus can't happen live on Monday night as a live edition. Due to the unspecified technical problems, eNuus wasn't broadcast as a wrap-up of Monday's news, with the pre-record shown in the 19:00 timeslot instead.
eNCA records an episode monthly with a general summary of larger news stories which can serve as a filler eNuus episode in case of problems with on-air playout on MultiChoice's kykNET channels.
