eBella was a South African Digital satellite television channel created and owned by e.tv's eMedia Investment for Openview and DStv.[1]

eBella
Country South Africa
Networke.tv
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format16:9 (576i SDTV), 16:9 (1080i HDTV)
Ownership
OwnereMedia Holdings
Sister channelse.tv
eToonz
eMovies
eExtra
eMovies Extra
eReality
eNCA
News and Sport
History
Launched5 March 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-05)
Closed31 March 2019; 5 years ago (2019-03-31)

History

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After eMedia Investments and Platco Digital successfully launched its OpenView platform, they decided to expand their family of channels.[2] With eExtra in particular being popular in airing telenovelas such as Santa Diabla, e.tv decided to bulk in on international dramas and series.

The launch was also because of a new local content channel on DStv called Moja Love, launched on 14 February 2015. The channel was centered to love and relationship seekers, to which e.tv created eBella to be a female-skewed channel.

eBella was terminated at the end of March 2019 due to low viewership. All content was moved to eExtra.[3]

Programming

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eBella shows a number of local and international series, movies, dramas, and telenovelas.

References

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  1. ^ "eBella | TVSA". www.tvsa.co.za.
  2. ^ "OpenView strengthens its offering with eBella to over 1 million homes". FilmContact.com. February 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "TV with Thinus: e.tv ends unsuccessful eBella channel on Openview and DStv a year after launch, telenovelas folded into eExtra from April". TV with Thinus. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2019-03-15.