So, I think the government is having heart palpitations after seeing the first 2 days of this channel running! :lol: :lol: :lol: Think they did a damn good job for a start-off SKY/CNN thing for South Africa. Thoughts? Comments? American Weather Man... haha!? Think this could help stir up government and our seemingly over-complacent democracy/idiocracy?

I'm in support of that channel and I must say that's a good innitiative from e. The American wather guy is doing ok and at least he has learnt to pronounce Polokwane and others.

They need to follow Third Degrees's way of investigative journalism and tell the public about lack of serive delivery. That will definately up the government's action.

It actually seems to be more alligned to Sky than CNN.

They did go off on a bumpy start on Sunday but they are improving. The journalists have to get out of the local journalistic mindset in the way they present the show. At the beginning it felt like watching the evening news rather than a 24 hour news station like CNN and Sky. But now the journalists are getting more comfortable and some actually started smiling and joking :) The also have to change their news format abit to make it look more "professional". And they have to stop repeating news stories so close to one another! They keep concentrating on a few stories when we have tons!! Investigative journalism like Carte Blanche would be wonderful!! But I guess in this stage it's all about trial and error... and I agree with Pule it's swaying towards Sky rather than CNN.

I cant believe I havent seen this, though I was knocked out at home for most part of the day, so didnt watch any Tele, will pop by the board room at lunch time & see how things are.

eNews admitted they did model a lot on SKY, as this was their target market, so thought that formula would work. I do agree they need more stories, more variety, however, I do believe it must be an expensive exercise hiring journalists, gathering news, producing programs. I think as we see their viewership rise and advertising revenues increase, so will their budget and so will their variety and quality.

I think they've done a great job. Looks very slick and organised. They just need to focus on getting more meaty content but that'll come with time. I think it'll be very successful. Definitely way better than SABC Africa.

the studio's a bit blue and I think the anchors are ugly.The American weather guy is cute tho'

the studio's a bit blue and I think the anchors are ugly.The American weather guy is cute tho'
^^ ePerve Channel? :lol: :lol: :lol:

lol, the weather is funny, was watching last night, he pronounced all the city's names perfectly then came to Vereniging, he mumbled something & went on to Soweto, lol.

Ya the weatherman is cool.

But after midnight they just loop the same news broadcast. Whenever I switched to eNews the presentator kept making the same jokes lol. I was following the US Democratic race and nothing on eNews at that time, they just repeated the same three stories for 6 hours.

I really hope they sway more towards CNN rather than Sky....

Nevermind cool... He is super sexy!! I want to just drag him to bed and whip up a tropical storm with him!!

But he shouldn't speak though.. there is something really wrong with having South African weather presented in an American accent...

^^ Oh Dear... seems the news anchors and quality of stories have been upstaged by the weather-guy! Is this to become S.A's Jake Gyllenhaal? Only in South Africa... a weather man sex symbol. American didn't know what he was getting himself into when he moved to Hyde Park. :lol:

I have to agree the weather guy Derek van Dam is "quite nice to watch"...lol.

I found this blog of his: http://www.compassionateafrica.blogspot.com/

The new weather guy <3

Apart from that I think the channel is awesome. I guess we are noticing mistakes etc. more easily because we're specifically being critical of them. They seem pretty professional and give the truth behind the matter. Love it.

I have to agree the weather guy Derek van Dam is "quite nice to watch"...lol.

I found this blog of his: http://www.compassionateafrica.blogspot.com/

OK, maybe nice to look at but also a bit stupid... "Pretoria, a suburb of Johannesburg".... Or does he just have a wicked sense of humour?

Most likely a joke. I doubt he'd forget something so simple. Then again, you can't have all the beauty and the brains :P

http://bp2.blogger.com/_VI1bOGice6U/R-G0h5M8SgI/AAAAAAAAAJA/PHUS2J3telw/s1600/CIMG2591.JPG

Most likely a joke. I doubt he'd forget something so simple. Then again, you can't have all the beauty and the brains :P

Well, he wrote that in his blog. Also that cous-cous, or cois cois as he calls it, is a traditional South African dish....

And he's joined His People... I've gone right off him now.

LOL, his mistake xD

he loves his bible

This is a new new channel and they prone to mistakes. Lets give them a chance.

^^ What's the weatherman's full name? He is uber cute! Never before has the weather been so interesting! I totally concur with CT Guy's Tropical weather storm idea.

I think the news channel is OK so far, probably will indeed get better with time. At the moment, I noticed that some of their news content is not as up to date as Sky is. Also, they have too much 'bumpff' inbetween features in place of where adverts would normally be. And so you hear that music ALL the time and are constantly seeing the phrase 'HARD HITTING.'

It was MY tropical storm idea, you nong.

His name is Derek van Dam

Well... we'll whip up a typhoon and blow your tropical storm out of the way :p

Yasis, Throw in 1 American & you guys are bold over ;)

I noticed one of the news anchors "Bhavna Singh" was from my school, she was the head girl when I was in std 6, plus her mum taught me Afrikaans, lol, small world.

OK, Joburg... let's you and I get together with Derek van Dam... and we can bring in the previous guy, Lance Witten just for good measure... And then we can have a foursome of storms blowing from every corner of the globe.. but all in the comfort of my bedroom!:banana::banana: What say you?

Excuse me...but I booked my place before Joburg did! *growls*

hehe
I'm sure the quartet has space for one more ;)

Excuse me...but I booked my place before Joburg did! *growls*

I thought u were straight?

Nope :)

boys boys boys got room for one from durban?

OK, maybe nice to look at but also a bit stupid... "Pretoria, a suburb of Johannesburg".... Or does he just have a wicked sense of humour?No remember that south africa is in Australia

It was MY tropical storm idea, you nong.

His name is Derek van DamWell never mind who's idea it was it's war cos I saw him first and I would bash any dyke thru any storm to get to him:D

OOO I've been reading the Dam Van's blog and he runs along Victoria and Beach roads.Mo, are you gonna kidnap him for us.Lol. Fake a faint if you have to

This thread has turned into smut...

But while we're at it, let's all just have one massive orgy with Derek and Lance.... let's make it a truly South African weather service. Boys from all towns and cities welcome to join!

PS: Lydon, you legal yet? hehehehe

^^ Oh dear, opening this thread has opened Pandora's Box of Sexual Urges and the most meteorological sexual innuendo I have ever heard. I should've named this thread eNews SexyTime... "SexyTime 24 hours a day, hard hard hitting news that will make you... !" Anything else we can chat about except Delicious Derek? :nuts:

haha, i suppose the rest is ok hey...

OOO I've been reading the Dam Van's blog and he runs along Victoria and Beach roads.Mo, are you gonna kidnap him for us.Lol. Fake a faint if you have to

"runs along Victoria and Beach roads" = cruising for action.

Cruising? Forget it. The man is ULTRA religious... Allow me to quote from an email that he sent me:

"To be honest...the move was quite natural for me. I feel God really had a plan for me down here. I have complete trust in what he has to offer."

So boys, keep your greasy mitts off!! He is a man of weather and God.

^^what were you doing emailing him then,getting the lowdown on the next hurricane?;)Anyway I'm onto the next project already

Your next project? Which is what?

Look, all I have to do now is find a white Peugeot 307 with a roof rack in Bantry Bay... then I will naturally have to start going through his trash cans and stuff :lol::lol::lol:

Next project? Which is what?

Anyway, all I have to do now is walk all the streets of Bantry Bay till I find a white Peugeot 307 with a roof rack... and then I'll have to go through his trash cans. Hahahahahah

or you can just go to e-tv on kloof??
my friends dad works in the studios. my mom sometimes works with lance witten and the primedia team. inside scoop from mother is that he was teased for a while about the -polo-kwaneys and mpupupu lamangas.

i could just get u his number..unfortunately im not that nice.

^^ MEOW! Bowl of milk, table 2...

or you can just go to e-tv on kloof??
my friends dad works in the studios. my mom sometimes works with lance witten and the primedia team. inside scoop from mother is that he was teased for a while about the -polo-kwaneys and mpupupu lamangas.

i could just get u his number..unfortunately im not that nice.


A, you sly puss! Nup, as I said yonks ago, I'm SOOOO over him since he joined the happy clappy church.... Now if you could get me Lance Witten's number.... He's well fit!

PS, or you could just give me your number... yup, you'll do too!

A, you sly puss! Nup, as I said yonks ago, I'm SOOOO over him since he joined the happy clappy church.... Now if you could get me Lance Witten's number.... He's well fit!

PS, or you could just give me your number... yup, you'll do too!

i could be as ugly as the guy hit by a bus twice in his face aka Mr. SA.


lance witten is short and has the stance of an old man. good luck.

ummm but isnt he doing the weather up in Jozi at the main new studios?

ummm but isnt he doing the weather up in Jozi at the main new studios?

who knows. witten now does sport booted out by van dam. if the new studio is in joburg then he is prob there.

sorry ct boys.

As far as I can determine, the news studio is in Hyde Park, the weather centre is at Longkloof Studios. There is never a clear pan or cross-view in any news cast from newsdesk to weatherdesk. According to Derek's blog too... think the guy is here in the Cape. eTV does a pretty decent job of splitting resources and tasks between their two offices.

First of all.... Yes, Derek is in Cape Town, he lives in Bantry Bay and attends church in Rondebosch/Rosebank (in the Baxter).

Second, if Lance is that short and has an old man's posture... he can fuck right off.

Third, if Mo Rush is short for Mohammad Rashied, then I think you can't be too bad looking.

Fourth, you assume an awful lot about me if you think I'm only interested in good-looking guys!

Sorry to butt in, haha, but...

eTV is now the number two domestic channel, overtaking M-Net, SABC2 and SABC3

WALK around the sparkling new hi-tech newsroom that e.tv has built for eNews, its 24-hour news pay-TV channel, and you sense a small station coming of age. E.tv has always had a small newsroom run on a tight budget, which is why it has sometimes felt like a one woman show.

Yet within those limitations, in the decade since its launch, it has managed to assert its independence and tell stories more fluently and freshly than the Goliath across town, the SABC.

E.tv is now the number two domestic channel, overtaking M-Net, SABC2 and SABC3 and, with about 11-million viewers, is only dwarfed by SABC1.

With the launch of a dedicated pay-TV news channel, their news operation jumps to almost 200 journalists and technicians in a state-of-the-art operation. One cannot fail to be impressed by their new studios and the investment they have made in software, hardware and some of the best-known names in South African news broadcasting.

However, if this is a large step for e.tv, it is a giant leap for South African broadcasting, which is catching up with the revolution in broadcasting news started by Ted Turner when he launched CNN in 1980. It was the first 24-hour news channel and gave us, memorably, the first live war coverage when the allies invaded Iraq in 1991. By the time of the second Iraq invasion, there were a number of global news stations competing for our attention, and by then the news was not just live but fully mobile.

Most recently, Al Jazeera arrived to give us the first global news channel based outside of the west. Hopefully, e.tv will be able, in time, to project an African and South African view of global news. But that will take some time, as they have neither the resources nor the reach to do it yet.

Up to now, we have had to be content with the old style of packaged news at set times domestically. SABC launched SABC International last year, but it has had little impact as it is only available on Vivid decoders, of which there are a handful in SA.

ENEWS’s launch brings us into the 21st century news age, for better or for worse. It promises the excitement of live, instant coverage of major events. The drawback, however, is that this kind of news coverage can, on most days, be mind-numbingly boring. On slow news days they have to fill massive amounts of time and do it cheaply — and the result is usually a rotation of the same stories and a proliferation of talking heads.

E.tv initially applied for a licence to start its own satellite service, but canned that in favour of a deal with MultiChoice. No doubt MultiChoice made them a lucrative offer to be a partner rather than a competitor, and one suspects that this is what e.tv had in mind all along. It is a smart move for e.tv, but it does meant that the licensing of satellite broadcasters, which was supposed to bring competition, has so far only strengthened the MultiChoice behemoth.

Inevitably, e.tv is having a rough time in its first few weeks. Keeping the screen full all day and all night is nightmarishly difficult, and that is why you are seeing so much of the station’s own promotional material and logos, repeated again and again, and why there is such a chorus of apologies for technical glitches.

An interview I first saw last Tuesday morning on the Judge John Hlophe story was still running on Wednesday evening. Keeping the screen filled is hard enough; making it interesting is a Sisyphean task.

The critical test will be the first big running domestic news story, when eNews — if it gets it right — should be able to gather as wide an audience as it can on satellite TV (about 10% of households).

E.tv and eNews may never be the biggest channels in the country, but this latest move could put them on the path to becoming the TV news and information leader. And that is not bad for a small, young station up against the mighty SABC.

Oh, I thought Mo was short for homo:D and rush... well you get the picture.

I dont know why I even come in here :ohno:

I dont know why I even come in here :ohno:

To laugh at the fabulous gay humour, of course.

Well, why don't you make a contribution re: ETV and their 24 hour no fun news business thingy?

I dont know why I even come in here :ohno:any psychologist could answer that one:)we're just having facetious fun

Yeah... but we can talk about news if you like... Though it would take this thread to a level of boredom that would make a battery chicken want to take up an evening class....

Meanwhile, one of my friends is considering a job in Kabul. Is she fuckin' nuts. See what happens when people don't watch the news?

is she a journalist or just someone unawares

First of all.... Yes, Derek is in Cape Town, he lives in Bantry Bay and attends church in Rondebosch/Rosebank (in the Baxter).

Second, if Lance is that short and has an old man's posture... he can fuck right off.

Third, if Mo Rush is short for Mohammad Rashied, then I think you can't be too bad looking.

Fourth, you assume an awful lot about me if you think I'm only interested in good-looking guys!

fifth?

^^when he counts up to five you'd better run cos he doesn't sound picky and a girl's gotta eat:lol:

is she a journalist or just someone unawares

No... She's into foreign relations or something... You gotta forgive her her ignorant disdain for reality... She's from Helsinki!! Came to Cape Town to make a humanitarian effort and ended up dishing soup to transsexuals at St George's Cathedral, and doing an isiXhosa evening class on a Thursday... Then had a six week long safari through Namibia, Botswana, Malawi and Tanzania...

fifth?

And fifth.... I'd shag you rotten before you can count to 6! :lol:

No... She's into foreign relations or something... You gotta forgive her her ignorant disdain for reality... She's from Helsinki!! Came to Cape Town to make a humanitarian effort and ended up dishing soup to transsexuals at St George's Cathedral, and doing an isiXhosa evening class on a Thursday... Then had a six week long safari through Namibia, Botswana, Malawi and Tanzania...
good lord, would make an interesting subject for a book

Has anyone noticed how much our lovely Derek mentions Postmasburg...I think they're paying him to name the town's name, don't recall that it ever appeared on weather maps before?

Haha I noticed that too. Maybe he finds it easy to pronounce and as a result says it as possible as often?

*sigh* he makes the weather a pleasure to watch. hope he isnt straight

^^ MO!?? Hmmm...

*sigh* he makes the weather a pleasure to watch. hope he isnt straight

OK, have you just not been reading this thread at all??:bash: Of course he's straight... He is a man of God and the weather...

Come on Mo, take me instead.... I'm not straight, and I'm as cute as Derek! I could even do the accent for you, if you wanted!! :lol:

I am an American citizen and South African permanent resident, like Derek... but I'm not really available! :lol:

people of the bible arent all straight.
havent you been watching brothers and sisters?

No, I don't watch TV (except for the Weather on E).... I don't like this current wave of American TV.... Ugly Housewives, Desperate Betty, Lost in Prison, Gray's Brothers and Sisters...., 30Rock's Anatomy.... All nonsense in my opinion...

:O Grey's Anatomy is amazing and Boston Legal is just hilariously random.

lol i love Grey's Anatomy an i'm addicted to Lost!

I've been trying to follow Lost but considering I only started watching a few weeks ago I don't know wtf is going on. I think I'm starting to understand a little, but I still have no clue as to what exactly is causing the problem on the island and why they need to go back.

Im back & nothings seems to have changed, lmao.

Lost is awesome, its over now :( have to wait till next season,
I wonder why Locke was using a different name in the future, also how the hell did Ben move the Island!!!!

Giles when the next season air's in the states? need to contact the downloaders, no time to download anymore :ohno:

Also another sitcom worth mentioning is "How I met your mother" brilliant stuff, IMO on par with Friends.

At this point I feel I need to mention that I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, FOUND FRIENDS FUNNY! I have not ever, not even once, laughed at any gag in that show. And I hate all of them: Jennifer Pitt-Aniston, Courtney Loves Cox... I'd only consider shagging David Schwimmer, but the rest of them are either fat bastards, alcoholics or losers. Lisa Kudrow was fabulous in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, but that's about it...

How I met your mother is OK, but IMO not as good as Arrested Development. Nup, I'd much rather watch Kath & Kim before any of this American nonsense (apart from Arrested Development, of course).....

At this point I feel I need to mention that I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, FOUND FRIENDS FUNNY! I have not ever, not even once, laughed at any gag in that show. And I hate all of them: Jennifer Pitt-Aniston, Courtney Loves Cox... I'd only consider shagging David Schwimmer, but the rest of them are either fat bastards, alcoholics or losers. Lisa Kudrow was fabulous in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, but that's about it...


Truer words have never been spoken.

:master::applause::rock:

they got a weather lady! woohoo, shes not bad, wouldnt say shes stunning, but being from SA she cant talk to save her life, making tons of mistakes last night, & looking very nervous. Maybe I should help her relax :naughty:

At this point I feel I need to mention that I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, FOUND FRIENDS FUNNY! I have not ever, not even once, laughed at any gag in that show. And I hate all of them: Jennifer Pitt-Aniston, Courtney Loves Cox... I'd only consider shagging David Schwimmer, but the rest of them are either fat bastards, alcoholics or losers. Lisa Kudrow was fabulous in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, but that's about it...


Me tooooo. I used to watch Friends with other people and they would HOSE themselves with laughter and I'd be like.... que??!

Dharma & Greg - now THAT'S funny! Greys and Desperate Housewives are good but the same themes keep on cropping up. I hate Meredith in Greys and how constantly goes on about woeful her life is etc etc etc

they got a weather lady! woohoo, shes not bad, wouldnt say shes stunning, but being from SA she cant talk to save her life, making tons of mistakes last night, & looking very nervous. Maybe I should help her relax :naughty:

Next to my Derek, she is FUGLY!

One for the straight guys. But her voice is very high pitched and pretty irritating IMO.

^^yeh true that

At this point I feel I need to mention that I NEVER, NOT EVEN ONCE, FOUND FRIENDS FUNNY!

I love Friends! It's hilarious. Nothing beats Phoebe's song about swinging from a nose hair...pure random.

they got a weather lady! woohoo, shes not bad, wouldnt say shes stunning, but being from SA she cant talk to save her life, making tons of mistakes last night, & looking very nervous. Maybe I should help her relax :naughty:

When the weather was finished I literally hung my head in embarrassment for her. She was terrible :ohno:

whats her name? cant find a pic of her

Idols contestants, now that's funny, pretending south africa has "celebrities", hysterical.