One Africa Television

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One Africa Television
Oneafricatvlogo.png
Logo for One Africa Television
CountryNamibia
Broadcast areaNamibia
HeadquartersWindhoek, Namibia
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
History
Launched2003; 18 years ago (2003)
Links
Websitewww.oneafrica.tv
Availability
Satellite
DStvChannel 284

One Africa Television is a Namibian free-to-air television station founded in 2003.[1][2] It was founded by Paul van Schalkwyk in 2003 as the first private television network in the country.

In 2020, it was bought by TribeFire Studius Group.

One Africa Television founder and group chairman, Paul van Schalkwyk, was killed in a plane crash on 10 March 2014.[3]

Programming[]

The channel airs the following segments:

  • TodayOnOne (community news and current affairs, daily)
  • LearnOnOne (school and adult educational, extra classes, daytime TV, www.learnononbe.org)
  • It's A Wrap (current affairs commentary)
  • The Tribe (local music)

It also airs foreign programming from SABC (such as 7de Laan) and the BBC.

Distribution[]

In line with Namibia's Digital Terrestrial Television Policy, One Africa's analogue transmission via antenna was switched off on 20 October 2017.

References[]

  1. ^ "ONE Africa TV goes to Rehoboth and Okahandja". The Namibia Economist. 2008. Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved 2008-10-22.
  2. ^ "About One Africa Television". www.oneafrica.tv. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ^ "One Africa founder dies in plane crash". The Namibian. The Free Press of Namibia. 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2014-03-12.

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