Verdict
etv.co.za appears legitimate.
Our checks found nothing pointing to fraud. Ordinary care still applies when you pay or sign in.
| What this site appears to be | e.tv homepage featuring television shows, movies, streaming access, TV programming, events, social links, and corporate information for eTV (PTY) Ltd. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: UNKNOWN
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | None flagged itVirusTotal | Clear |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0 reportsAbuseIPDB; shared hosting inflates this count | Noted |
| Domain age | 28 years oldRegistered history | Clear |
| Web archive | Archived since 19985000 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by Certum DV TLS G2 R39 CA | Noted |
The page as captured
No screenshot is retained for this report.
Key findings
- Automated classification: Not Scam.
- Domain age: more than 10 years (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 1998.
- No flags from the reputation services TrustSniffer consulted at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
e.tv is the online presence of a commercial television broadcaster and entertainment media company, presenting television shows, movies, streaming access, programming information, events, social channels, and corporate resources for eTV (PTY) Ltd.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
No contradictions were observed. The homepage consistently presents an established media business through programming, movies, eVOD streaming, a TV guide, events, and corporate navigation, with no phishing, deceptive financial, cryptocurrency, or sensitive-form indicators. External reputation checks were clean, and the site's sustained public history supports continuity rather than repurposing.
- The homepage identifies eTV (PTY) Ltd and provides programming, streaming, events, social links, terms, privacy, and corporate resources.
- Registered 1998 (~28.36 years old).
- 5,000 archive snapshots spanning 1998–2024 (27 years tracked).
- External checks recorded zero malicious and zero suspicious detections, with the domain within the global top one million by traffic rank.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The site provides corporate information, terms and conditions, privacy and cookie policies, complaint procedures, and a PAIA manual. No specific broadcast licence number or regulator registration is stated in the supplied page content, which is a limited transparency point requiring confirmation rather than an indication of illegitimacy. The identified corporate presentation, long operating history, clean reputation, and valid transport security together support an established identity.
- The homepage footer names eTV (PTY) Ltd and links to corporate and information-access documents.
- Hosted on AS16509 (AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US).
- TLS certificate issued by Certum DV TLS G2 R39 CA (DV), valid to 2026-11-27T13:40:15+00:00.
What to Verify Next
For institutional onboarding, confirm the applicable broadcasting authorization with the relevant official registry and reconcile the registered entity with the corporate information presented on the site. Standard account and content interactions may proceed normally.
- Confirm the broadcaster’s authorization under the entity named on its corporate pages.
- Use the site’s terms, complaint, and information-access materials as the documentary basis for that verification.
Summary Verdict
The website presents as a legitimate, established, and trustworthy media organization with strong identity continuity, coherent site content, and no observed scam or impersonation indicators. Normal interaction, including account login and standard use, is appropriate.
Infrastructure Integrity
The available infrastructure evidence shows an identifiable conventional hosting posture with valid transport encryption. No separate CDN, WAF, or origin-obfuscation assessment is established in the supplied evidence.
Closing Assessment
Normal use is appropriate, with routine regulatory confirmation suitable for formal enterprise onboarding.
Written analysis generated 2026-08-02 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
No rule findings contributed to this verdict.
Identity verification
| Status | LIKELY |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 80/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 80% |
- Trusted social count=4
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of etv.co.za.
- The request stayed on etv.co.za. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under Raphus Ltd. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by mtnbusiness.net, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-03-30. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 1998-12-12. Clear
- It is hosted on AMAZON-02, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | Raphus Ltd |
|---|---|
| Hosting | AMAZON-02 - Amazon.com, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 34.246.149.69 |
| Name servers | ns1.mtnbusiness.net, ns2.mtnbusiness.net |
| SSL issuer | Certum DV TLS G2 R39 CA |
| SSL expiry | 2026-11-27 |
| Domain age | 28.4 years |
| Domain expiry | 2027-03-30 |
| Archive first seen | 1998-12-12 |
| Archive snapshots | 5000 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 0 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about etv.co.za at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.