Satellite TV broadcaster Openview’s new decoder offers a much more compact design than its predecessors, but its on-demand streaming content is currently lacking. After years of teasing that a ...

Openview has activated over 3.5 million decoders to date, adding hundreds of thousands of new decoder activations every year for at least the past five years.

Occasionally OpenView HD decoders are phased out. This is despite the promise that you only need to buy the decoder once and use it forever. Even Multichoice occasionally phases out decoders.

New Openview decoder Last week, eMedia announced the launch of the new Openview OV512 decoder. The OV512 boasts a built-in Wi-Fi receiver, providing access to a broader range of premium content.

Existing DStv subscribers can install a "splitter" that will allow them to connect the OpenView HD decoder alongside their pay-TV set-top box.

The latest development means that all South Africans who already have existing satellite dishes which receive DStv, Vivid, Freevision or Top TV, will need only to buy and install a decoder to get ...

People are so in love with their product they are willing to go to another country, buy a decoder, go through hoops to have it activated, take it to another country and install it.

Retailing at around R1 600 (including dish, decoder and installation), OpenView HD is available at major South African retailers nationwide, including OK Furnishers, Jet Mart, Pick 'n Pay, Hirsch ...

OpenView HD decoders retails for R399 which excludes the dish and installation. It uses the same dish alignment as MultiChoice's DStv which means that OpenView HD viewers don't need to buy a second ...

There is once-off fee of R399 for the decoder only, and R1599 for the decoder and dish, with installation. Thereafter, there are no monthly subscription fees.

To tune in to East Coast Radio on Openview, simply switch to the audio bouquet on your Openview decoder and browse to channel 606.

Cape Town – e.tv’s satellite TV service has launched its first personal video recorder (PVR) decoder functionality, the Open PVR. This will make it possible for users in South Africa and neighbouring ...