EExtra

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eExtra
E.tv Extra logo (2019).png
Current logo on-air since 2019.
CountrySouth Africa
Network e.tv
Programming
Language(s) English
Afrikaans
Nguni
Sotho
Picture format 16:9 (576i SDTV), 16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Ownership
OwnereMedia Investments
Sister channels eToonz
eMovies
News and Sports
eMovies Extra
e.tv
eSERIES
eNCA
eReality
ePlesier
ePowerUP
History
Launched15 October 2013;10 years ago (2013-10-15)
Former nameseKasi+
(2013–2017)

eExtra is a South African digital satellite television channel owned by eMedia Holdings, offering a variety of lifestyle, dramas, telenovelas, court shows, sitcoms and movies.

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History

e.tv as a broadcaster launched eKasi+,eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as new sister channels as the first of its planned set of TV channels for digital terrestrial television (DTT). e.tv, the SABC and M-Net plan to each roll out their own collections of additional TV channels in South Africa eventually. [1]

The networks will eventually be a part of South Africa's digital terrestrial television system, but began airing over OpenView HD while the launch of DTT is coordinated. [2] as eToonz+ along with eKasi+ (now eExtra), eAfrica+(now defunct) and eMovies+(now eMovies). [3]

eKasi+ was later added to the StarSat platform on 17 December 2015. [4]

The network was rebranded as eExtra was launched on 1 April 2017 on Openview HD and StarSat. [5] It was later added to DStv on 17 May of the same year. [6] In 2021, the eKasi branding was revived as an eReality programme block in June. [7]

On April 1, 2022, eExtra and three other e.tv services were going to be removed from DStv [8] but the channel remained on DStv for another 2 months as the eMedia Investments filed an application to the Competition Tribunal regarding their carriage agreement with MultiChoice. [9]

By the end of May 2022, the channel ceased transmission on the DStv platform alongside eToonz, eExtra, eMovies and eMovies Extra. [10]

In August 2022, eMovies alongside eMovies Extra, eExtra and eToonz were reinstated on the DStv platform for another 6 months following pending investigation. [11]

By the end of July 2023, the channel would eventually go dark on DStv. [12]

Programming

eExtra broadcasts telenovelas, along with a general entertainment schedule of sitcoms, dramas, films, reality and American court shows. The telenovelas are dubbed in English and sourced from domestic Turkish networks, the American Telemundo network, Zee TV, Colors TV, SET India and SBS.

Kuiertyd

In October 2018, eExtra started an Afrikaans block known as Kuiertyd, which mainly features dubbed Turkish telenovelas and a daily 20:00 news bulletin.

In April 2022, it was announced the brand would get a dedicated channel targeted toward their Turkish offering known as ePlesier. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ "OpenView HD goes live". ITWeb. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  2. ↑ "TV with Thinus: e.tv planning eKasi+, eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as the first of its set of new digital TV channel collection available on OpenView HD". TV with Thinus. 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2019-02-21.
  3. ↑ "OpenView HD goes live". ITWeb. 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  4. ↑ TV with Thinus: After 2 years of existence, e.tv's local eKasi+ channel picked up and added to StarTimes Media SA's StarSat pay-TV platform. 18 December 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  5. ↑ TVSA: Old and busted: eKasi+. New hotness: eExtra 3 March 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ↑ FilmContract.com:e.tv adds four new channels to DStv 16 May 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  7. ↑ News24: e.tv launches its eVOD streaming service 5 August 2021.
  8. ↑ The Citizen: DStv drops four e.tv channels 2 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "TV with Thinus: E.tv channels to remain on DSTV in channel carriage fight". 31 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "Insidus: Without Prior Notice MultiChoice Removes e.tv's 4 Channels from the DSTV Platform". 31 May 2022.
  11. ↑ https://prsdube16.blogspot.com/2022/08/etoonz-emovies-emovies-extra-and-eextra.html [ user-generated source ]
  12. ↑ "Could eToonz, eExtra, eMovies and eMovies Extra be the Next Channels to Exit MultiChoice's DSTV?". 21 July 2023.
  13. ↑ "Insidus: NEW CHANNEL ALERT: EPlesier Coming Soon to Openview". April 2022.
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