EExtra
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.png){kind=logo} Current logo on-air since 2019. | |
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Network | e.tv |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English Afrikaans Nguni Sotho |
| Picture format | 16:9 (576i SDTV), 16:9 (1080i HDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | eMedia Investments |
| Sister channels | eToonz eMovies News and Sports eMovies Extra e.tv eSERIES eNCA eReality ePlesier |
| History | |
| Launched | 15 October 2013 |
| Former names | eKasi+ (2013–2017) |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Sentech | Channel depends on nearest repeater |
| OpenView HD | Channel 105 |
| DStv | Channel 195 |
eExtra is a South African digital satellite television channel owned by eMedia Holdings, offering a variety of lifestyle, dramas, telenovelas, court shows, sitcoms and movies.
e.tv as a broadcaster launched eKasi+, eToonz+, eMovies+ and eAfrica+ as new sister channels as the first of its planned set of TV channels for digital terrestrial television (DTT). e.tv, the SABC and M-Net plan to each roll out their own collections of additional TV channels in South Africa eventually.[1]
The networks will eventually be a part of South Africa's digital terrestrial television system, but began airing over OpenView HD while the launch of DTT is coordinated.[2] as eToonz+ along with eKasi+ (now eExtra), eAfrica+ (defunct) and eMovies+ (now eMovies).[3]
eKasi+ was later added to the StarSat platform on 17 December 2015.[4]
The network was rebranded as eExtra was launched on 1 April 2017 on Openview HD and StarSat.[5] It was later added to DStv on 17 May of the same year.[6] In 2021, the eKasi branding was revived as an eReality programme block in June.[7]
On April 1, 2022, eExtra and three other e.tv services were going to be removed from DStv[8] but the channel remained on DStv for another 2 months as the eMedia Investments filed an application to the Competition Tribunal regarding their carriage agreement with MultiChoice.[9]
By the end of May 2022, the channel ceased transmission on the DStv platform alongside eToonz, eExtra, eMovies and eMovies Extra.[10]
In August 2022, eMovies alongside eMovies Extra, eExtra and eToonz were reinstated on the DStv platform for another 6 months following pending investigation.[11]
By the end of August 2024, eMedia Investments and MultiChoice managed to settle their dispute regarding the channels.[12]
