OpenView HD (OVHD) decoders from Ellies/Elsat recently became available at South African retailers, with the box, dish, and installation going for around R1,600. Once installed, OpenView HD has no ...

The uptake of OpenView HD, a subscription-free satellite TV service, has been slower than expected for a variety of reasons, though the pace of set-top box take-up has picked up over the past few ...

During March and April 2013, E-tv sister company Platco Digital conducted extensive market research to inform their decision on which channels to carry on OpenView HD. This is according to Thabile ...

he latest addition to the satellite TV scene, OpenView HD, boasts an offering of a variety of genres catering to the South African viewers' needs. "After conducting extensive research we are excited ...

OpenView HD - positioned by Platco Digital as "Africa's first free-to-air HD satellite television platform" - has gone live. Maxwell Nonge, MD of Platco Digital, etv's sister company, says the ...

MultiChoice Zimbabwe faces a tough battle in convincing Zimbabweans who are accessing DStv South Africa to give up the service. This much was very obvious following its recent announcement that it ...

Ever since we heard that OpenView was planning on blocking those of their decoders that are being used outside South Africa a lot of Zimbos who rely on this platform for entertainment have been on ...

Cape Town – Controversy has erupted with the SABC accusing Platco Digital and OpenView HD, the new direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV upstart, of misleading the public and of telling blatant lies with ...

Television broadcasters are tight-lipped about divulging how many viewers they have – especially in the case of satellite-based free-to-air television services, like OpenView HD. Launched two years ...

While the Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) deliberates the new, free satellite television offering due to launch in SA in October - and whether it will require a licence to operate - ...

OpenView HD, South Africa’s first free-to-view DTH satellite television platform, will soon also be available on the same satellite dish used to receive DStv, Vivid and Freevision services. Platco ...

Katch it with Khanyi's Khanyi Mbau and Gumba Gumba's Ntombi Mzolo at the event. OPENVIEW HD took over Cape Town with a star-studded meet and greet held at the lush Vergelegen Wine Estate in Somerset ...