Original Black Entertainment TV

OBE TV (Original Black Entertainment TV) is a British television channel launched in September 2003. It shows film, food, advertisements, sports and talk shows as well as church service programmes. The channel is aimed at black audiences, and shows programmes from South Africa, Nigeria and Ghana. Its programmes are primarily taken from the South African Broadcasting Corporation (the SABC's news broadcasts are shown frequently), but it does broadcast Nollywood productions. The channel is known for often disappearing from the EPG without explanation before reappearing weeks or months later.

The channel is also produced on a low budget meaning that technical problems can take days to be fixed and also the channel idents and channel adverts are produced with Microsoft Powerpoint.

A timeshifted service named OBE +1 launched on Thursday 29 November 2007 and it was replaced by DMAX on 8 January 2008.

Current programming

• On the Sofa hosted by Ama K. Abebrese
• Miracle Power - with Pastor Kingsley Appyagyei
• Bruce's Kitchen
• Taxi Driver
• Paridigams
• Hotel St. James
• I Stand Accused
• Music Africa - a slot that shows music videos from West African artists
• Saga Africa
• Superbook
• Super Story
• Dada Boat
• This Life
• Fresh Act
• Nollywood
• Black Variety Show
• Africa Within
• Straight Talk (hosted By Papa Aikins)
• London Get Problem
• Mmaa Nkomo
• Love and Politics
• Half Sisters
• Special Assignment
• KICC
• Sports With Kwaku
• One Touch
• World Music - a broadcasting slot that ranges from one up to four hours, featuring......
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