by Thinus Ferreira
eMedia Investment’s Openview s has added The Home Channel+ from Arena Holdings to its satellite TV service on channel 113.
After it initially ran as a weekend programming block on Summit TV from May 2005, The Home Channel launched in October 2007 on MultiChoice’s DStv satellite pay-TV service with an growing slate of design, décor, food and home-related programming and has been available only on that platform for the past 14 years.
The Home Channel+, packaged as a spinoff channel, will now be on Openview with a lot of the same content that is and has been seen on DStv.
The Home Channel+ branded spinoff channel will show the usual favourites, as well as additional content that will be new to Openview viewers, ranging from local shows like Design for You, The
Gardener, SA’s Finest Homes and the Property Game
with Proverb, to international series including Grand Designs, Escape
to the Country, Property Brothers: Forever Home and Jamie Oliver’s 15
Minute Meals.
“The launch of The Home Channel+ is another step in our relationship with eMedia,” says Mzi Malunga, Arena Holdings CEO.
“Our content
business Ochre Media makes e.tv’s top-rated series Scandal! while our
film distribution division Empire supplies titles to the various eMedia movie
channels and their eVOD platform.”
“We see free-to-air broadcast as a growing
business and look forward to exploring additional opportunities together in the
future.”
Vernon Matzopoulos, Arena’s head of broadcast, says: ““We are
delighted to bring South Africa’s leading lifestyle TV brand to the Openview audience.
With nearly 3-million households this significantly increases our reach. We look forward to inspiring a whole
new audience to create their dream home space.”
May highlights on The Home Channel + include:
All About Property
Covering the local South African property market, various real estate professionals and stakeholders shed valuable insight into all forms of property dealings – from buying and selling, renting and maintenance, to finance, legalities, disputes, technology, and so much more.
Grand Designs UK
Following intrepid home-builders as they pursue their architectural dreams. Designer and writer, Kevin McCloud is on hand to witness the trials and tribulations of those willing to put everything on the line to build homes they hope will transform their lives.
Ten Minute Kitchen
It’s dinner time and there are hungry mouths to feed, but you’re out of ideas and you only have 10-minutes to conjure up an amazing meal. The impossible is now possible with Ten Minute Kitchen – a celebration of creative, easy, family-friendly meals that anyone can cook at home.
The Gardener
If you’re looking for inspirational gardens, practical DIYs and solutions for your garden problems, then join Tanya Visser for a brand-new season of The Gardener. Whether you’re into annuals, looking to maintain the perfect lawn, want to show off with spectacular orchids or garden on a small scale, The Gardener has you covered.