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Glow TV
Glow TV is a South African channel that showcases the best of Indian entertainment. It was launched in October 2013. The channel originally aired Hindi shows and soon began dubbing in English. It is well known for series such as This is Love, True Love and Young Love.
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | South Africa |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Hindi (with subtitles) |
| Picture format | 576i or 480i for the SDTV feed, dependent on market's SD standard)}} |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | NisMedia |
| History | |
| Launched | 13 October 2013 |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| Openview | Channel 140 |
| StarSat | Channel 570 |
The channel offers a variety of programming from other brands such as Colors TV and Sony Entertainment Television.
Competitors in South Africa include Star Life, Zee World and eExtra.
History[edit]
The channel launched through Urban Brew Studios from 13 October 2013 on Openview and was later added onto DStv and StarSat.
Due to economic climate and the increasing costs in programming in 2016, it was announced that the channel would shut down by the end of June. As of July 2016, it was taken over by NisMedia, A South African entertainment company owned by NoorMohammed. After the takeover, the channel began dubbing Hindi Series into English.
On March 31st, 2018, the channel's contract with MultiChoice ended therefore removing the channel from the DStv platform.
Programming[edit]
See: List of programs broadcast by Glow TV
Since 2018, it has started producing local reality shows.
Availability[edit]
It is available on OVHD channel 140 and StarSat channel 533. It was also available on DStv channel 167. It will be available on channel 347 on DigiSat once the platform launches in late-2021.