MultiChoice Botswana launches Zambezi Magic Channel
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Shona and Connie Ferguson
Media, lucky subscribers and hopeful producers came together to celebrate the launch of the highly anticipated DStv Zambezi Magic Channel. MultiChoice Botswana marked the new channel’s significance by inviting both Connie and Shona Ferguson to grace the event. The Fergusons were invited in their capacity as seasoned actors and producers; and more so as images of inspiration.
Launched onto the DStv platform on July 1 2015, Zambezi Magic (Channel 160) has been dubbed as “the home of Southern African TV Entertainment,” tailor-made to tell the stories we’ve all been waiting to tell and see. The aim of the channel is to provide the viewers with content that is closer to home. This offers long overdue prospects of Batswana producers finally having their work on DStv.
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