OBETV | |
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Launched | September 2003 |
Closed | 17 November 2011 |
Owned by | OBE TV Ltd |
Replaced by | Pulse +30mins (Original, OBE) DMAX (OBE +1) |
Website | www |
Availability
(at time of closure) |
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Satellite | |
Eutelsat 28A | 11426V 27500 2/3 |
OBE TV (Original Black Entertainment TV) was a British television channel launched in September 2003. It showed film, food, advertisements, sports and talk shows as well as conservative Christian programmes. The channel was aimed at African audiences and showed programmes from South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Its programmes were primarily taken from the South African Broadcasting Corporation, including the SABC's news broadcasts.
A timeshifted service named OBE +1 launched on Thursday 29 November 2007 and it was replaced by DMAX on 8 January 2008.