Channel O
Channel O is a South African-based music channel which first started transmission in the early 1990s. Its main concept is African music in Africa and the diaspora.
Channel O can be accessed via DSTV, a satellite pay TV service for pan-African households. The channel broadcasts a variety of music videos.
It also holds the annual Channel O Music Video Awards ceremony where artists are awarded for their outstanding contribution to music.
Channel O,over the past years,has been losing a significant amount of popularity due to mainly the launches of MTV Base Africa and Trace Urban Africa.The channel has been trying several means to gain popularity including the increasingly popular method of creating a South African feed and a rest of Africa feed(MTV Base Africa and Trace Urban Africa have also adopted this ).
Programming
Playlists include:-
- Dance Xpress
- O-xpress
- Kasi 101 Xpress
- Xpress: Breakfast
- Crispy Fresh Xpress
- Hip Hop SA Xpress
- Heat Wave
- O-Africa Xpress
- Hip Hop vs Dance Xpress
- Old Skool Xpress
- Soul Xpress
- Southern Africa Xpress
- Urban G's Xpress
- O-Rocks
- Young & Fresh Xpress
O-Gospel
Music Shows:-
- Zone-In
- Bassment
- Channel O Call-In
- Channel O Countdown: African Edition
- Channel O Countdown: Viewers Edition
- Celebrity Bassment
- Battle
Reality Shows:-
- Original African Stories
- The Houstons
- Split Seconds
- Emcee Africa
- Goal Diggerz
- Dance Africa
- O-Access
- Volt
Specials:-
- Channel O Africa Music Video Awards (CHOAMVAs)
- American Music Awards (AMAs)
- Grammy Awards
- Top 20 of