Original Black Entertainment TV explained

OBETV
Launch Date:1 September 2003
Closed Date:17 November 2011
Replaced By:Pulse +30mins (Original, OBE)
DMAX (OBE +1)
Owner:OBE TV Ltd
New OBE Channel Ltd
Availability Note:
(at time of closure)

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, DR Congo, 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 while the linear channel closed down permanently in 2011.

Programming

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