DStv & GOtv customers to enjoy New look & better viewing experience
Planet tv is getting a facelift that promises viewers fresh new content that is inspired by an urban lifestyle, Urban TV. Urban TV that launches on the 1 August 2019, is an afro-youth urban-centric lifestyle and general entertainment channel that believes in engaging and interacting with customers.
MultiChoice is focused on changing the nature of the content and the relevance it has on our customer.
It is with great pride that DStv and GOtv announces the new look Urban TV channel. The channel rebranding speaks to the changing times, and the need for channels to keep up. This new look will host fresh new content that caters to the urban youth.
URBAN TV will be interactive, alive and relevant. Through the power of digital technology. Africa is alive and well – and the world now knows this. And there is nowhere else you can feel the pulse of this alive-ness than on URBAN TV.
We have created the perfect balance between youthfulness and sophistication. Classy youthfulness is captured using color and stylized strokes over footage while sophistication is echoed through layout and typography’ Says Urban TV CEO, Mabel Mabaso. “Our programs are digitally African, they are engaging and allow for real-time interaction with viewers via live feeds from Twitter, Skype, Facebook, SMS to TV and phone calls and WhatsApp. Urban TV will take television viewers into the future by constantly revolutionising television interactivity”, she concluded.
Urban TV’s impressive relaunch programming line-up includes:
Urban Connect: a live interactive request show and social media orientated show exploring social media trends, entertainment news.
Urban World 40: a countdown of 40 of the biggest videos on the continent, get full access to exclusive content straight from artists, video directors and stylists, with the latest news around the World.
Urban Puzzle: a 21st century live game show, which is based on interaction from the viewers to challenge their intellectual skills with the games provided.
Experience the fresh new Urban TV channel from Thursday, 1 August on DStv channel 328, GOtv (channel 73 Nigeria and channel 160 Ghana).