SABC2 Launches earthTV Shorts

JOHANNESBURG, September 2:
SABC2 has completed a deal to broadcast earthTV’s The World LIVE four times daily, with each 90-second short
showing seven glimpses of different places on the planet.

The network has also
commissioned a bespoke local version of the format called South Africa LIVE, which will follow the same format and frequency
as The World LIVE but is based
on feeds from new earthTV cameras installed in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg
and Londolozi in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve. Further earthTV camera
installations are planned.

The World LIVE, often used by networks as lead-ins to news bulletins,
offer a global snapshot of daily life, weather information and event details
from all over the planet including Antalya, Venice, Sydney, Manila, Munich,
London, Paris and New York. The programs utilize earthTV’s worldwide network of
80 cameras.

earthTV has closed deals
with broadcasters and multimedia platforms around the world, including NHK in
Japan, France 2, ProSiebenSat.1 Group in Germany, NDTV in India and CCTV in
China.

Ed Worster, SABC2’s
program manager, said: “As the channel for the nation we are very pleased to be
able to offer our viewers a daily slice of life from across the country and the
world. South Africans should also be proud that live images from South Africa
will be beamed every day around the planet within the earthTV packages.”

—By Jackie Stewart