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Channel Closure: WildEarth Will Stop Airing On DStv By The End Of April, Freeview And ROKU Might Follow Soon

WildEarth is an interactive wildlife channel which brings viewers closer to nature with live safaris within the hotspot of Africa. Founded i...

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Friday, October 9, 2020

Update: Mindset Pop On DStv And DBE Learning On OpenView


Earlier in the year, Covid19 hit South African shores forcing schools and businesses to shut down. During that time, service providers were trying to source out content that was educating and entertaining to viewers.

MultiChoice and Mindset teamed up to launch a spinoff pop-up channel catered to Grade 4-9 with a mix of Grade 1-3 called Mindset Pop (also known as Mindset's Pop Primary) in South Africa and the rest of Africa on channel 317.

eMedia Investments teamed up with the Department of Education to launch DBE Learning which caters Grade 10-12 with additional subjects to help out the current Mindset channel. It is currently occupies channel 122.

Both channels were available from 1st April. Through media outlets, DBE Learning as stated would be available until the end of September while Mindset Pop would be available until 10 December according to MultiChoice Africa earlier in the year.

Now DBE Learning is still running on the OpenView despite reaching its cutoff date so it's possible that there are no plans to do away with the channel. It first launched as a channel for Grade 10-12 now they added material for Grade 1-3 meaning it's no different to Mindset.

Mindset Pop has been dominating the DStv platform and is highly recommended through schools and educational forums across Africa. Several outlets still list it as a pop-up channel but no cutoff date was actually confirmed for South Africa (only ROA) and through an enquiry their customer care listed it as a permanent channel for customers and this very likely includes the rest of Africa.

Schools are now reopened under several conditions and children in most schools get time off meaning they won't able to wrapup their academics but with these channels put in place they'll help them catch-up.

Read Also:
- Discovery will be streamlining their entertainment question remains on how this will effect DStv and StarTimes
- 2 channels left to launch on DStv
- SIC International will no longer be available on DStv
- OpenView is opting for streaming
- SABC is still planning to launch SABC Education on DStv and Starsat
- Alternatives for Disney XD
Channels that never materialized on DStv
- OpenView might be rolling out Limpopo TV soon with plans for the channel to rollout on Starsat and DStv

Friday, October 2, 2020

Netflix And DStv Are The Monopoly Of Africa


MultiChoice's DStv and Netflix have been the top players in cable and streaming respectively for over a decade. Before they were like cats and dogs now they've seemingly become besties so here's how the pair are similar.

MultiChoice's DStv has provided funding for several channels like Moja Love and Newsroom Afrika while Netflix has provided funding for several businesses like DreamWorks Animation (which spawned the DreamWorks Channel) so if there such case where these platforms shut down these brands would likely shutdown or downsize if possible.

Dependency - Through a briefing with ICASA, Cape Town TV revealed that they're reliant on DStv in order alongside several other channels like the SABC while Nickelodeon, Disney and NBCUniversal provided distributed several old and exclusive programming through Netflix.

Quantity - Netflix provided over a hundred new content a year while DStv provided over 120 TV channels. Quality - they're both not perfect, Netflix is mass producing making it hard to actually find something worth watching while DStv provides 1000 hours of new content in 12 years when Netflix can actually do that in 4 months.

Superiority - DStv has the sports, local dramas and news to keep viewers onboard while Netflix has their large catalogue and doesn't have much knowledge of the African heritage to back them meaning bigger is better.

Competition - DStv's only competitor charges almost half of Compact subscription (Starsat), what turns people off about their rival is the lack of premium entertainment and sports. Netflix has Amazon Prime which is barely hyped about in Africa and least talked about it.

Costs - DStv and Netflix monitor the subscription based on the programming and the economy. If Netflix doesn't hike their subscription yearly it's only due to the fact that they supply content not channels.

Repeats: You can repeatedly stream the same season of Umbrella Academy on Netflix and still get charged for all those times you were binging the show (that answers your question on DStv).

CONCLUSION: Netflix and DStv are overrated it's up to you on which platform you invest your money onto. My advice don't invest in Netflix only because they offer a lot of content unless you plan to follow those shows and don't invest your money onto DStv if you'll only watch 1 channel.


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2 channels will be added onto DStv from November
SIC International stops airing on DStv
Channels that never materialized on DStv

Friday, September 25, 2020

The SIC Channels Reportedly Being The Next Channels To Get Pulled Off From DStv In Angola And More Likely The Rest Of Africa


"DStv informs that SIC International Africa and SIC News will leave our platform from October 15th", reads the message sent to all customers by the South African company MultiChoice's satellite television service. Contacted by Lusa, SIC's official source, confirmed the information, by email, but without further details. Another source from Carnaxide said only that the withdrawal was due to "contractual issues", excluding editorial reasons.

In MultiChoice's press release, to which Lusa had access, the operator says that the cancellation of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias, as of October 15, is part of their "ongoing efforts to update" the content grid and "optimize the set of channels available. MultiChoice justifies the decision with a "greater focus on investment and local content offering" and ensures that it "will not give up" on "offering the best content available" to its customers.

"As a business born and raised in Africa, we have made significant investments in the development of original African programming to deliver the best African content on the continent," stresses the South African company, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa through the DStv platform.

MultiChoice said it will create "a platform to share Angolan stories," while recognizing that investment in local content faces constraints such as "market size" and "ability to fund these initiatives. SIC channels had previously been suspended by DStv on June 5, 2017, but at the time the company did not explain the decision, regretting only the "inconvenience caused".

At that time, DStv joined the decision taken earlier by satellite television operator Zap, of businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, who, on March 14, 2017, had interrupted the broadcasting of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias channels in the Angolan and Mozambican markets, after the Portuguese channel had released critical reports of the regime of former President José Eduardo dos Santos.

At the time, the decision was justified by the costs of acquiring the rights of the two Portuguese channels.

In September 2018, after more than a year without broadcasting in Angola, the Carnaxide station announced its return to DStv.

SIC K, SIC Mulher, SIC Caras and SIC Radical are still available on the Zap grid, and have never been suspended.

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

BBC Upfront + Other Rumored Developments For DStv


BBC held a virtual upfront today to discuss details relating to the new agreement they had with MultiChoice and also unveil a bunch of programming for their channels. Here's the scoop (part of it mentioned earlier):
- MultiChoice made the decision to remove BBC First (they didn't mention it but it gave it away) and BBC is trying to get viewers hooked onto BBC Brit which will be the new hub for content that was available on First.
- BBC Brit will broadcast the new anthology miniseries, Small Axe this summer in South Africa. The 5-episode Small Axe drama series revolves around stories focused on the experience of black people in Britain, with the cast that includes John Boyega.
- Production of the latest 6th season of Come Dine with Me South Africa produced by Rapid Blue TV on BBC Lifestyle shut down because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic but will restart soon for the last few episodes of the season that will then be shown.
- BBC Earth will broadcast Perfect Planet, with Sir David Attenborough as the narrator. Two new series filmed in Africa, will be Work On the Wild Side, and Waterhole: Africa's Animal Oasis. Other upcoming series include: Age of Nature and Ades Climate Pioneers.
- CBeebies which was available only on Premium and Compact+ will now be available on DStv Compact, Family and Access presumably around the time Disney XD stops airing on the platform.
- BBC Lifestyle will be available in high definition.

Rumored developments that have nothing to do with BBC:
- More channels are rumored to get pulled off these include regional channels.
- Nickelodeon will be open for a limited time to celebrate the launch of Danger Force.
Packages: Access, Family and Compact
- fliekNET will be available for 3 days in October.
Packages: Compact+
- M-Net Movies 2 will be open from 6:00-18:00
Packages: All packages
- EVA and National Geographic will be opened for a limited time
Packages: Access
- Telemundo will be added onto DStv Easyview from 19 October (with the deduction of new telenovelas it wouldn't shock me if it dropped from three to just two current telenovelas)
- SABC Education will be added soon you just need to wait on SABC to provide those details.
Packages: All packages
- There's been rumours that MultiChoice changed the availability for the 4 remaining channels before you'd need Compact to watch all 5 new channels now that's been adjusted in some markets. There's also been talks of expanding current channels.

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- Limpopo launches first commercial channel
- KIX, the ultimate destination for action movies
- Is MultiChoice planning to remove EVA as well
Discovery EMEA streamlining channels
Zoomoo kiddies lineup
Scrapped channels on DStv - their status is still unknown

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

KIX, The Ultimate Destination For Action Movies On DStv

Please note I'm typing most of the info from the video below:

KIX, the ultimate destination for action movies bringing you the latest, the biggest and the most popular action movies from the East and West.

Turn up the heat with never seen before movies (which doesn't imply that it's the latest) from up and coming action stars.
Blockbusters from Asia and Hollywood all in one place.

KIX, the ultimate destination in action movies showcasing the best in Chinese martial arts and the legendary Kung Fu masters (Jet Li and Jackie Chan). The channel is not used for Chinese movies only if you look at the promo below robocop is interested in the lineup.
Experience all the action at its very best presented all in English.

KIX will be available to DStv Premium, Compact+ and Compact customers from 1st October at 18:00 CAT

Monday, September 14, 2020

TLNovelas Comes To DStv

DStv customers, get ready for some thrilling entertainment as Televisa Networks and MultiChoice Group launch a brand new pop-up channel on DStv.

tlnovelas, launching Monday 14 September at 17:40 on DStv 133, hosts the most successful telenovelas from the Televisa Group’s more than 800 titles. Available until August 2021, the channel is open to all DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact and Family customers.

Telenovela paradise
tlnovelas aims to delight DStv customers with stories that will captivate them through compelling plots that will certainly drive unique emotional connections with viewers. From young adults, women, men and even children, there is a story for everyone to enjoy. The channel explores various genres, from romantic comedies, epic dramas and binge-worthy stories for the young and old. Programming of tlnovelas include great stories such as “Teresa”, “My Heart is Yours” (Mi Corazón es Tuyo), “Passion and Power” (Pasión y Poder) and “Fooled into Love” (Amores con Trampa), not forgetting the flagship show “Love Spell” (Sortilegio) which will premiere on the day of launch.

“As Africa’s most-loved storyteller, we are unwavering in our commitment to ensure that we continue to find the best available content and stories to delight our customers, both now and into the future. We endeavour to deliver both world-class international content as well as the very best in local content, giving our loyal customers a never-ending selection of outstanding entertainment,” says Yolisa Phahle, MultiChoice Group CEO for General Entertainment and Connected Video.

This channel launch showcases the growing value of tlnovelas brand worldwide, with the English version of tlnovelas, Televisa continues its position as a leader in the Pay-TV market by offering content with the best quality” said Fernando Muñiz, General Director of Televisa Networks and Televisa International. And added: “We continue to experience rapid growth all over the world due to partnerships with outstanding media players, such as Multichoice, and we are excited to take the next step of this expansion around the world.”

Your new favourite shows await
1. Fooled into Love
The Carmonas live a simple and peaceful rural life at a village in Mexico’s inland and they own one of the biggest mines of the region. They are forced to move to the city after the government pays them good money for their huge land. On arriving at the city, they must deal with several situations inherent to the adaptation process in the metropolis and at the same time, family conflicts when some of its members want to go back to the quiet rural life in which they grew up.

2. Wild at Heart
Wild at Heart is a remake of the 1994 Mexican telenovela, Marimar. Viewers are introduced to Maricruz Olivares, who lives with Ramiro, her maternal grandfather, and Solita, who is unable to hear and who was found abandoned, by her mom and her grandpapa when she was a baby. She lives in an informal settlement located in the middle of nature, near the Narvaéz's ranch property line owned by siblings Miguel and Octavio. Octavio is a pilot and arrives in the ranch in need of money since he has lost his job and wants the lands to be sold. He doesn't imagine that soon he will forget this purpose and will discover that the earth, the sowing and sharing with the workmen become a source of passion for him.

3. Love Spell
Victoria had an affair with her husband Samuel's, friend, Antonio Lombardo, resulting in the birth of twins, Bruno and Raquel. Antonio also had a son, Alejandro, with his wife Adriana. After their respective spouses passed away, they reunited and got married. However, they didn't tell their children that they are half-siblings, as that would reveal their infidelities. Instead they raised their children to recognize each other as step-siblings.

Years pass, and Bruno comes to be an irresponsible man who does not respect laws. Alejandro, on the other hand, is very responsible. Antonio prefers Alejandro over Bruno and decides that Alejandro should inherit his money when he passes away. Antonio and Victoria have a meeting at Bruno's high school about Bruno's behavior and are told that he is expelled. While leaving the school, Antonio is run over and killed. Thus begins a story of intrigue, sibling hatred and rivalry, two sons in love with and fighting for the love of the same women, corporate espionage, and twin sisters torn apart by circumstance.

4. A Beloved Man
Odorico Cienfuegos (Jesús Ochoa) is a politician who wins the elections for the prefecture of a small municipality called Loreto, under the promise of building a new cemetery. To obtain this position, he counts on the help of three sisters: Justina (Chantal Andere), Dulcina (Nora Salinas), Santina (Irán Castillo), with whom he maintains a secret relationship.

But in spite of this conflict, Odorico's greatest problem is his daughter Valeria (Mariluz Bermúdez), who returns to the town and falls madly in love with Leon Serrano (Mark Tacher), the new doctor of the region. Valeria and Leon met in Mexico City after Valeria had an overdose from alcohol. Leon quickly becomes Odorico's enemy. Odorico, obsessed with the famous cemetery, quickly needs someone to die. However, no case of death has been recorded in recent times, causing Odorico to use every chance he has to tell a depressed citizen, such as Liborio, who is abandoned by his wife several times, that there a funeral is coming.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Update: 5 New Channels Coming To DStv

MultiChoice had a showcase were these 5 channels were unveiled which can explain their staff's cluelessness over its existence. More details on the channels have surfaced, please note that the availability of these channels are not definite as they're likely to change.

tlnovelas
Channel: 133
Broadcast dates: 14 September 2020 to August 2021
Package: DStv Family, Compact, Compact+ and Premium
English-dubbed Mexican telenovelas, not made by Telemundo.

ZooMoo
Channel: 314
Package: DStv Family, Compact, Compact+ and Premium
Broadcast dates: 1 November 2020 to 31 March 2021
Canadian interactive pre-school channel featuring a mix of live action combined with animation and puppets. Aimed at kids aged 2-7.

KIX
Channel: 114
Package: Compact, Compact+ and Premium
Broadcast dates: Permanent channel, starting on 1 October.
Asian action movies. KIX features martial arts, action and thriller movies from the East and West, all presented in English.

Timeless Drama Channel
Channel: 123
Package: DStv Family, Compact, Compact+ and Premium
Broadcast dates: 1 November 2020 to 31 March 2021
Turkish telenovelas and costume dramas dubbed into English.

TVN
Channel: 134
Package: DStv Family, Compact, Compact+ and Premium
Broadcast dates: From 1 November to 31 March
2021
South Korean dramas, also presented in English.

IMPORTANT: These 4 channels can be permanent channels depending on the impact it has with viewers. If they don't close on their specified date that means it's permanent.

Summary:
- All five will be available on Premium, Compact Plus and Compact.
- DStv Family customers get 4 channels
- DStv Access customers and others might have none of these channels, it's still unconfirmed at this point for all except KIX. If MultiChoice does advertise it for these packages as mentioned above you might get another outcome. If you visit their website Da Vinci was announced for Family customers with WWE being Compact when in fact it was Da Vinci on Access and WWE on Family.

The Next Channel Which Might Get Booted On DStv Is EVA

EVA owned by AMC International, is the home of the very best contemporary telenovelas from Latin America and around the world, starring the "newest" and most brilliant actresses and actors form Latin America tv. A potent mix of love, jealousy and betrayal. The channel launched 5 years ago on DStv channel 141 with shows from Azteca TV, Venevision and Caracol Television.

In 2017, MultiChoice Africa (not South Africa) decided to add a second EVA channel (EVA+) for those without EVA kind of like what ViacomCBS had with the two BET channels on DStv. At the time that plus channel had 90% repeats.

AMC International is seemingly neglecting the EVA channels for starters the main channel mostly has double bill of Bold for fresh entertainment other than that it's repeats while EVA+ is a just a catch-up channel. If EVA is still breathing it's more likely for Bold and the Beautiful.

MultiChoice had plenty of channels in EVA's position like Sony Channel and Sony MAX that channel was still relevant for The Amazing Race then there was AMC for Fear The Walking Dead with its successor (Sundance TV) adding some documentaries.

If a company wants to guarantee themselves longevity they should be milking off on a variety of products instead of one e.g. E! with The Kardashians, Zee TV with KumKum Bhagya and CNN with Trump.

Discovery is pulling through despite the changes they had over the years. They manage about 9 channels in South Africa and only 3 are used for repeats. Then there's Nicktoons which was a reruns channel for past animation on Nickelodeon until ViacomCBS decided to give it some exclusive programming it may offer more than the main channel thanks to acquisitions and a block but Nickelodeon is still dominating.

In short if you're going have a +1 channel make sure you have enough programs in your vault like at least 5 years worth of programming and EVA was around since 2015 and only got a second channel after two years. If you're going to expand after a shorter period you must have achieved a lot within that period what did EVA achieve after two years in general.

MultiChoice is adding 2 telenovela channels and 1 Korean channel what are the chances people pay attention to EVA once it's available. The likelihood is that they'll lure viewers away from EVA and a portion from Telemundo. Even FOX Life is hanging around these three channels the likelihood is EVA and FOX Life get canned from the platform with these three new channels keeping viewers occupied.

Thursday, September 3, 2020

(Updated: 04/09/2020)TLNovelas Has A Premiere Date On DStv Alongside Package

A month ago, MultiChoice unveiled 5 new "pop-up channels" at the DStv Showcase. These channels were just sneak peeks which would answer your question on why customer care was clueless about its existence on the platform.

Each channel rollouts within a 3 month period. The first channel set to roll out on viewer's screens will be Televisa.
tlnovelas (currently available on StarTimes/Starsat) offers a huge array of English-dubbed Mexican telenovelas from Latin America's second-largest producer, Televisa.

MultiChoice and StarTimes have the awful and overrated channel FOX Life supplying content from Televisa. To make it worse FOX Life hits the repeat button after the current telenovelas so there's no need to have that useless FOX channel if tlnovelas exists.

Unlike StarTimes, tlnovelas will be available from the 14th of September 2020 until August 2021 on DStv channel 133. This pop-up format might apply to South Africa and a few other African markets as MultiChoice in some markets have a history of advertising permanent channels as popups e.g. Da Vinci, WWE Channel, PBS Kids, ESPN and AfricaNews.

There won't be a Portuguese version of the channel maybe in future they'll have one but for now it's just the English version which will be added.

TLNovelas will be available on DStv Premium, Compact+ and Compact in South Africa. Please note that the availability differs in each market so please consult MultiChoice in your country for further information.

Update: TLNovelas might launch 1st October on DStv channel 133 if not on the specified date mentioned a while back and it will be on Family in the end there's a lot of inaccuracies on their stable.

You can find the lineup here

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

These Channels Were Speculated To Be On DStv But Didn't Materialize

Over the years, there's been reports of several channels making their way to the platform some of them was supposedly confirmed by them and likely scrapped it's still unknown till this day so here's a roundup of some channels.

EWTN, offers family-oriented, spiritually-enriching programming from a Catholic point of view. The Networks’ diverse programs include live talk shows, news programs, original series and documentaries, teaching series with noted theologians, children’s shows, live coverage of the Pope, a live daily Mass, and much more. According to a representative, the channel was too expensive to get in South Africa so they were exploring ways to get it on board but till then it hit a dead end.

BabyTV is a multilingual international television channel for babies, toddlers, and parents, owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International, ultimately owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was originally suppose to be available around the time TopTV launched and this was long before it became Starsat and since the only update regarding the channel was the proposed channel numbers which were 307, 309 and 312.

France 24 is a French state-owned international news television network based in Paris. Its channels broadcast in French, English, Arabic, and Spanish and are aimed at the overseas market, similar to BBC World News, DW and RT.

Syfy is an American basic cable channel that is owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The channel features science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, paranormal, drama, and reality programming. MultiChoice Africa was set to relaunch the channel but deemed it expensive while MultiChoice SA wasn't interested and deemed it niche.

eReality, yes this South African beauty was rumored to be a placeholder for the defunct eBella operated by eMedia Investments. MultiChoice even put the channel up in their test channel section. Who knows exactly why it was scrapped perhaps MultiChoice realised this channel has too much programs available on other channels on DStv.

OutTV is a Canadian English language specialty channel which broadcasts general entertainment and lifestyle programming aimed at the LGBT community. So far the brand has returned through Showmax but if you visit the media pages they never mentioned returning with local programs as well so maybe this deal they have with that platform is the start of something new.
Sonlife Broadcasting Network,

M-Net Unveiled The Movie Lineup For Their Movie Channels But At A Price

One month earlier, MultiChoice and M-Net announced that M-Net Movies Premier, Smile, Action+, Action, All-Stars and Zone will be known as M-Net Movies 1-4 which drops the number of M-Net Movie channels to 4 from September.

On top of that they'll be launching two new movie channels. fliekNET which was once a pop-up channel will now be a full-time channel and the action movie channel KIX.
M-Net didn't share any details about what movies these 4 channels will have in September but I got a list of confirmed movies the problem is they don't specify which channel gets what movie exactly so the list goes as follows (I might add more later so here's the list):
- Chasing The Sun (2020)
- Big Shot (2019)
- Mrs. Jones (2019)
- Mosquito (2019)
- The Navity Story (2006)
- Rush Hour 1 & 2
- Zip Zap (2002)
- Thunderbirds (2004)
- The Man (Starring Samuel L. Jackson)
- Next Friday (Starring Ice Cube)
- Pacific Rim (2013)
- Next Friday (2000)
- No Such Thing As Housewives
- Liar Liar (Starring Jim Carrey)
- Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
- I Am Legend (2004)
- Heartbreakers (2001)
- Junior (Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger)
- Green Lantern (2011)
- Elf (2003)
- Deck The Halls (2006)
- Blade (Trilogy)
- American Reunion (2012)
- Tinkerbell And The Lost Treasure
- The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning
- The Wife (African film)
- The Invention Of Lying
- A Boy, A Girl, A Dream
- 1917 (2019)
- The Emperor's New Groove
- The Croods (2013)
- Rango (2011)
- Meet The Robinsons (2007)
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Hotel Transylvania
- Peter Pan (1953)
- Hercules (1997)
- Hot Fuzz (2007)
- E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
- Cars 2 (Disney)
- Black Coffee (2014)
- Bewitched (2005)
- Break Point (2014)
- Grudge Match (2013)
- The Island (2005)
- The Bourne Supremacy and Ultimatum
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Sorority Row (2009)
- Seventh Son (2014)
- Sucker Punch (2011)
- King Kong (2005)
- Into The Storm (2014)
- Reprisal (2018)
- D-Tox (2002)
- Edge Of Tomorrow (Starring Tom Cruise)
- Blood Diamond (2006)
- Wayne's World (1992)
- Woodles (2012)
- Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit
- The Old Machine (2017)
- Acceptable Loss (2018)
- Always And Forever (2018)
- The Water Diviner (2014)
- The Shack (2017)
- The But Job 2
- The Lego Movie
- The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
- Silencio (2018)
- Spud 3: Learning To Fly
- Rise Of The Guardians (Animated)
- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
- Office Christmas Party
- My First Miracle (2016)
- Mrs. Right Guy (2016)
- Mother's Day (Starring Jennifer Aniston)
- Mortal Kombat (1995)
- Little Fockers
- Inky's Bills White Christmas
- How To Train Your Dragon
- Horrible Bosses
- Gloves Off (2017)
- Five Fingers For Marseilles
- Friend Request (2016)
- Fantaghirò, Quest For The Kuorum
- Everything That Glitters 2
- Drillbit Taylor
- El Culdado De Los Otros
- Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away
- Cecil (2019)
- Beyond The Edge (2018)
- A Mermaid's Tale (2016)
- Absolute Deception (2013)
- Captain Sabertooth
- Bunny Chow (2006)
- Bridgit Jones And The Edge Of Reason
- Armed Response (2017)
- Ballerina (2016)
- The Ring (Trilogy)
- The Jakes Are Missing
- The Invisible Man (A Hero Never Seen Before)
- She Is King (2016)
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
- Suburbicon (2017)
- Outback (2012)
- Home Again (2017)
- Untraceable (2008)
- Thunderbirds (2004)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Pirates: Band Of Misfits
- The Last Airbender
- Tammy (2014)
- The Golden Child (Starring Eddie Murphy)
- The Art Of War (2000)
- Scooby-Doo (2002) & Sequel
- Red (2010)
- Poseidon
- Pororoca (2017)
- Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters
- Pitch Perfect
- Paranormal Activity 4
- New Year's Eve (2011)
- Mrs. Doubtfire
- Mr. Woodcock
- Monsters Vs. Aliens
- Madea's Family Reunion
- Man Of The House (2005)
- Kangaroo Jack
- Love Actually (2003)
- Jack The Giant Slayer (2013)
- Invictus (2009)
- Judy Moody And The Not Bummer Summer
- Gone Girl (2014)
- Harriet The Spy
- Furry Vengeance (2010)
- Fifty Shades Of Grey
- Ex Machina (2015)
- Event Horizon (1997)
- Epic Movie (2007)
- Dolphin Tale (2011)
- Dairy Of A Mad Black Woman
- Cats And Dogs & Sequel
- Big Momma: Like Father, Like Son
- Baggage Claim
- Back To The Future (Trilogy)
- Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy and Sequel
- Along Came Polly (Starring Ben Stiller)
- Welcome To The Punch
- The Night Clerk (2019)
- The Wave (2015)
- The Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson (2019)
- The Curse Of The Jade Scorpion
- Terminator: Dark Fate
- Stray (2019)
- Strive (2019)
- Rendal: Dark Vengeance
- Point Of No Return
- Robin Hood (2018
- Narco Soliders (2019)
- Maximum Ride (2016)
- Line Of Duty (2019)
- Line Of My Life (2019)
- Hustlers (2019)
- Kill Mode (2020)
- Eagle Eye (2008)
- Area 51 (2015)
- City Of Lies (2018)
- Acceleration (2019)
- 5th Passenger (2017)
- A Score To Settle (2019)
- Fish School & Sequels
- Turu: The Wacky Hen (2019)
- Teen Spirit (2018)
- A Rainy Day In New York (2019)
- One Crazy Christmas (2018)
- Love Struck Cafe (2017)
- A Million Little Pieces
- Love At The Shore
- Long Shot (2019)
- Her Only Chance (2018)
- The Prince And Me (2004)
- The Last Mimzy
- Couple's Night (2018)
- After The Wedding (2018)
- The Adventure Of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend
- An Actor Prepares (2018)
- Abe (2019)
- Adventures In Fishtale Reef
- Saint Judy
- Untitled Pippy Longstocking Movie
- Nine Lives (2016)
- Nik Rabinowitz Fortyfied
- Mr. Peabody And Sherman
- Molly And The Christmas Monster
- Inkheart (2008)
- Live Series Presents Legends Live (2018)
- Keeping Up with the Kandasamys (2017)
- Finding Your Feet (2017)
- Due Date (2010)
- I Love You, Man (2009)
- Downtown Abbey (2019)
- Charlotte's Web (2006)
- Chasing Liberty (2004)
- Celebrity (1998)
- Bullets Over The Broadway
- Big Fat Liar (Starring Amanda Bynes)
- Amazon Grace (2018)
- Wedding Crashers (2005)
- A Second Chance (2019)
- Valley Of The Lanterns
- The Flintstones In Viva Rock
- The Bromley Boys
- Tammy (Starring Melissa McCarthy)
- Spy Kids 1 & 2
- Hangover Part 3
- Curious George
- Arthur (2011)
- Blades Of Glory (2007)
- What A Girl Wants
- The Rhythm Section (2019)
- Her Only Choice (2018)
- Eloise (2016)
- Dark Beacon (2017)
- Brampton's Own (2018)
- No Such Thing As House
- The Legend Of Hallowaiian
- Black Christmas (2019)

What I can say is the third movie channel doesn't carry animation while the fourth one looks more like a kids channel with a bit of adult (action and all) and family friendly movies.

Monday, August 24, 2020

What You Might Expect On DStv's New Addition To The School Of Laughter, Zoomoo?

MultiChoice had a virtual showcase on August 19th and at that period they unveiled 5 new channels for their viewers including KIX which was overhyped for a while now then there's Zoomoo which is known as a pop-up kiddies channel.

These new channels were just sneak peeks as MultiChoice hasn't officially announced them through their outlets and these might not be only channels coming to the platform for the rest of the year as Wild Earth is launching tomorrow and that wasn't unveiled in the showcase.

As most people noticed most of the new channels added to DStv have been labelled as pop-up channels before becoming permanent channels for some reason particularly in South Africa and Lesotho like Da Vinci and AfricaNews, WWE Channel, PBS Kids and ESPN (discreetly before being snubbed).
Zoomoo (DStv 314) is a Canadian kids' channel that delivers a unique mix of live-action combined with animation and puppets - it's the world's first fully-interactive pre-school channel dedicated entirely to animals and nature, aimed at kids aged 2-7 years old. The channel is accompanied by a free ZooMoo App, which completes the multi-screen environment, synchronized on a real-time basis with the channel. It launches as a pop-up channel on DStv, which will be available from 1 October 2020 to 31 March 2021 presumably for South Africa and Lesotho.

Zoomoo is owned by Blue Ant Media that also supply StarTimes with Love Nature and The Smithsonian Channel it wouldn't be shocking if StarTimes or OpenView supplied Zoomoo soon. This kids channel launched earlier in the year in some parts of Africa through Zuku TV.
Zoomoo carries original content alongside acquired series which can be found on their YouTube channel and some streaming platforms.

Here's a list of confirmed programs for the channel so far:
- TEDDIES, stars four teddy bear friends- Dom, Meeks, Sparky and Tizzy- who live
in the wonderful world of Teddytown! Like kids, they’re learning what it’s like to grow up; making friends, being kind to others, helping out, making mistakes and respecting and appreciating others. Aimed at the pre-school market, this entertaining and endearing series also assists children in their development of social and emotional skills.
- THE HIVE, is a colourful animated series for kids all ages introducing life to early learners with the Bee Family. This series is about the everyday things that concern small children such as playing, being friendly, spending time with your family, getting along, and finding out all about the world and how it works.
- LEO, THE WILDLIFE RANGER, Join Leo and friends as they go on exciting adventures around the world and explore exotic locations and learn fun facts about animals and nature!
- JELLY JAM, takes places on a colorful planet called Jammbo. The series follows the adventures of seven characters: Bello, Goomo, Rita, Mina, Ongo, King and Queen; who live on a planet named 'Jammbo'. The planet has a music factory where all music in the universe originates from, and this music is produced continuously through bubbles. If this factory stopped, the characters would turn grey and apathetic, lose their memories and then simply stop moving at all.
- KOOKI'S CRAFTY SHOW, is a live-action pre-school series that empowers young children to unleash the wild side of their creativity through the magic of crafting. Hosted by a semi-suited, cheeky and playful red panda named Kooki, the series will feature two different crafts per episode. Projects will include recyclable crafts, painting and origami, with one craft always incorporating an animal theme. Kooki’s actions will be guided by the voice of a child who will ask Kooki to make things, explaining the process along the way.

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

The "It's Complicated" FOX Life Africa Turns 4 In October

FOX Life a channel operated by Disney, will be 4 years old from 3rd of October on MultiChoice's DStv and ODM and StarTimes Media SA' Starsat platform.

The channel made its controversial African debut back in 2016 replacing not one but two channels which were FOX Crime and FX. The idea was to launch the channel as a female BET/Lifetime channel with African programming.

At launch, the channel did somewhat opposite the local stuff was there as mentioned everything else not really. All the crime, action, scifi, sitcoms and animation went to FOX and with FOX Life getting reality, local, telenovelas (not Turkish) and almost all of FOX there which included exclusive content that was created specifically for FOX.

At the time FOX Life pulled a large amount of viewers from my perspective I'd say 55% were females and 45% were male.

In 2017, through a series of announcements and promos all the FOX originals which were canned to FOX Life moved to the main channel. All this channel had left was reality shows (mostly African), telenovelas, one sitcom and international drama timeslot.

With those changes put in place mostly females were glued to that channel (75%) as opposed to males which was (25%). In that same year it was revealed the channel is doing well with these changes.

Lodestar, Heartbeat, Matter of Respect and Black Money Love made their way to the channel. These shows generated a huge fanbase in the African market and some even went on to create social groups dedicated to these shows. Pretty much, they were the only few platforms serving these type of programs.
Now the trouble started brewing a year later when the channel cut almost all their Turkish shows short which angered a lot of viewers. Instead of sourcing out more seasons they repeated the 1st season over and over again.
In that same year, the African lineup deteriorated - Nigeria's Top Weddings, Lira: Dream Chasers, Dentaa Takes Africa and Cuppy Takes Africa hit the repeat button and remained that way for the course of the channel's existence. Even the international reality lineup is no different Married to Medicine and WAGS are still on the 1st season while Vuzu and E! dish more seasons.

FOX is similar to these regards look at The Simpsons they're still on Season 27 while the United States got past Season 30. It's natural for all channels to have repeats at least FOX had a pulse FOX Life had none of that at all.

2020 arrived and there's a pandemic, around that time FOX Life abandoned the Turkish market and introduced four new Mexican telenovelas from Televisa. Giving the once reigning Telemundo a run for their money since their focus is mainly on action and often night owls.

Starsat launched three telenovela channels this year. One of these channels also supply content from Televisa basically it's owned by them even. The channel is known as Televisa Novelas (TLNovelas). Of course, TLNovelas in Africa hasn't aired any of their shows currently seen on FOX Life yet. There has been rumours that DStv will be adding the brand really soon.

If the rumours are true, FOX Life's time might be running out and there's chances that it already has. They recently promised to air The Candidate after Secrets At The Hotel and that got replaced with a double bill of Along Came Love. Then out of nowhere, Rode To Destiny is now airing double bill as well.

What are the chances that a new program will take up their slots now. The channel is pulling an eBella on viewers before everyone got the news that the eBranded channel was being discontinued a lot of new shows were expected to air on the channel before shoving them onto eExtra.

Both Along Came Love and Rode To Destiny are speculated to end next month since then no news of a replacement has surfaced like eExtra had The Wild and when that ended, viewers didn't get another local drama after that. If a show ends, it's natural for a channel to just mention the replacement's name through the media but if they're not mentioning anything it probably means they got nothing new to offer.

Now a channel like FOX Life going through that again when they won a lot of viewers over only because of those shows only to find out that they have no options once more after it ends.

FOX Life seemed unnecessary to me the channel was meant to be a placeholder for 2 general entertainment channels maybe there was a reason FOX might have felt that they wanted to focus on less brands and try their best not to duplicate entertainment so they canned FX and Crime might have been costly so they took that one away as well which is what led to FOX Life.

FOX was following their owners Disney footsteps in eliminating the competition. Disney Channel had Disney XD till they turned it into a reruns graveyard then you have National Geographic which is factual and explore wildlife with National Geographic WILD expanding the second part of the main channel in short Disney/FOX is restructuring their brands.

FOX Life was an absolute failure it wouldn't shock me if it shuts down in September or October on DStv and Starsat/StarTimes. The channel did shut down in Italy recently and failed in most parts of Europe.

There is another chance it can be saved as well. Perhaps this channel shouldn't rely heavily on telenovelas it's been proven countless of times by them just look at how all the Turkish programs ended up and how the current telenovela lineup looks now. There's even other platforms that offer these shows which reduces the credibility.

Instead of offering 4 hours of telenovelas reduce it to just 2 hours. Build up a 2 hour timeslot for international dramas you have one which can repeat during the daytime (Criminal Minds from FOX) while the other is night owls (Killing Eve, Star and Empire from FOX). The rest can be used for reality shows and at times sitcoms.

FOX mostly has dramas, animation and sitcoms, and occasionally reality shows. They could try and add telenovelas onto that channel again for 1 hour at least and possibly all fragments of Life onto that channel on a limited basis then FOX Life wouldn't pose much of a threat.

FOX Life would partially be a reruns channel at times you'd see the main channel having animation, supernatural or extraordinary shows like The Simpsons, The Walking Dead and Ghosted now this new FOX Life will have none of that only shows that will live up to the name Life which are Grey's Anatomy, Hawaii Five-O, Atlanta and Empire.

The telenovela lineup will be similar in the repetition FOX Life will add two new telenovelas with the main channel getting one. By the time Life wraps up one of their telenovelas they begin repeating the one put on FOX while the other slot remains with new telenovelas and often repeats.

The only thing that gets less repeats is reality I believe they can make reality #1 if they get the right programs onboard and invest in local programs viewers will entertain viewers and make a major impact instead of joining a hundred other platforms and create informative programming.

In the end FOX will be the home of reality, drama, horror, action, crime, comedy, animation and telenovelas with Life getting reality (large portion), drama, comedy (occasionally) and telenovelas. In short FOX will be the fiction and non-fictional channel with Life's focus on the non-fiction part and perhaps even expanding in those few areas with repeats still being these channels profession. Life had all I was suggesting at launch except their programming had a target audience which led them to have 3 lineup changes since the channel aired time will only tell how this channel copes with society.

Saturday, August 15, 2020

Updated (21/08/2020): MultiChoice To Add Wild Earth As A New Wildlife Channel On DStv

MultiChoice will add the South African based platform Wild Earth on their DStv platform later this month.

The news was shared in one of their outlets in Africa. Most of the time South African media outlets avoid channel related news from other markets but the reason this one gets attention is the platform is based in South Africa.

WildEarth broadcasts LIVE wildlife content from all over the world. WE are a community of passionate nature lovers. They are also the geniuses behind SafariLIVE.

safariLIVE has been broadcasted to National Geographic WILD for over four years both on the internet and television, Since the relationship started in late 2014, safariLIVE has broadcast over 100 hours of television to National Geographic WILD including an 8 week primetime series. Furthermore, our safaris have been licensed to other broadcasters like the SABC and CGTN Africa (an international channel of China’s CCTV).

Wild Earth runs a YouTube channel so the channel will more likely source out content from that area and if possible content that aired on other channels that have their banner.

According to that outlet which is not in South Africa, the channel launches Tuesday, 25 August next to Nat Geo Wild on channel 183 and will be made available to DStv Premium, Compact+, Compact and Family customers. The availability differs in each market so no one knows how the availability will be handled in other countries. South Africa might add it and make more accessible at this moment the availability is quo for South Africa.

MultiChoice SA seems clueless about Wild Earth that doesn't mean they will be clueless forever. They are having a showcase next week so this channel will more likely be mentioned around the time.

Launches 25 August on DStv Premium and Compact+


Friday, August 14, 2020

Tellytrack Moves To A New Channel Number On DStv Ahead Of SuperSport New Themed Channels

Tellytrack, South African horseracing’s exclusive channel on DStv, will be moving from channel 239 to channel 249 from Monday 24 August.

DStv will be streamlining their channels to sports themed channels on SuperSport as of 1 September.

Tellytrack is currently positioned after the Máximo channel and these two channels will move by several slots to allow for additional SuperSport channels.

MultiChoice Africa Seemingly Confirmed More Details For The Asian Channel, KIX

On top of the reconstruction of M-Net Movies they'll also be two new movie channels making their way to the platform fliekNET (SA only) and KIX.

So far only details about fliekNET have surfaced the web like the movie lineup with KIX on the other hand both MultiChoice and Celestial Tiger Entertainment remained discreet about the channel such as the channel number and the launch date as they only promised to have it available by October.

KIX (as DStv website mentioned) offers the best of all Martial Arts movies. This channel promises to bring all the viewers the best scenes from all-time favourites, from Jackie Chan to Bruce Lee – the family will definitey have to dedicate a day of the week to all the action.

A bunch of films for the channel surfaced the web most thought the channel will only be playing Chinese films but if you visit the article regarding the lineup you'll find Gallowwalkers (Starring Wesley Snipes, American and Western horror) and Female Fight Club (Starring Briana Marin, Colombian).

Through an updated article in one of their websites KIX is listed for DStv Compact, Compact+ and Premium customers on channel 114. Next week, MultiChoice is having an upfront so they might give an update regarding the channel and if possible TLNovelas.

Thursday, August 13, 2020

New Channel Alert: TLNovelas Coming Soon To DStv?

At this point its kind of a rumour but it seems MultiChoice will be adding another telenovela channel to the lineup soon and it's known other than TLNovelas.

TLNovelas (Televisa Novelas), a Mexican entertainment channel from Televisa which launched earlier in the year on Starsat alongside several other channels on that platform. It's even been running on Portuguese speaking markets on DStv for years now but the rumored one is in English. The channel just like Telemundo has original programming.

The funny thing is FOX Life already has Televisa soaps running on their channel so if the rumours are true how long do you suppose it will be till both StarTimes and MultiChoice feel a channel like FOX Life is no longer needed now that Televisa has its own channel in the African market for all these telenovelas.
TLNovelas currently offers telenovelas such as Pasión Y Poder (Passion And Power), Teresa, Corona De Lágrimas (Crown of Tears), La Doble Vida De Estela Carrillo (The Two Lives Of Estela Carrilo) and Mi Corazón Es Tuyo (My Heart Is Yours). So if these operators were to do away with FOX Life viewers will have to wait a while till all the Televisa soaps on FOX Life eventually make their way to the TLNovelas.

TLNovelas will be a rival to existing telenovela channels on the DStv platform such as Telemundo and Eva which has been bombarded with repeats for a while now. It won't be long till this channel joins the other channels with repeats.

My presumed guess would be the channel occupies Eva and it's sister channel Eva+ on channel 143 or perhaps it takes up FOX Life on channel 126 or takes up channel 128 where WWE used to be till it gets shoved to channel 236. Right now it's too early to tell with all the changes occurring on DStv.

The questions remain:
- Is the channel's presence on DStv real and if so what position does TLNovelas have, what will happen to FOX Life after its launch, will it launch as a new channel or a replacement for Eva+ (repeats channel) or FOX Life (airs soaps from Televisa)

Update: 14 September until August 2021

fliekNET Launches This September On DStv And Here's A List Of Movies Speculated For The Channel

fliekNET will launch as a full-time Afrikaans movie channel on the DStv platform from September on channel 149.

KykNet seemingly unveiled a bunch of movies under their label it's natural for movies to air on the channel but they unveiled so much movies which takes up a full channel so this has to be for fliekNET

The list goes as follows:
- Axis Mundi
- En Die Wiele Van Die Bus
- Invloed
- Biker
- Janneman
- Buiteperd
- Kloof
- Binnielandse Sake
- Tekkies Vir Trevor
- Maan Val Bewusteloos
- Like My Profile
- Onderspit
- 'n Liefdeslobotomie
- Nama Swaan
- Verkfointein
- Skoon
- Versnel
- Benjamin
- Soldaat
- Totsiens Pa
- Soos Gister
- Melusie Van Arcadia
- Sweisbril
- Jan Umkwhetha
- Vlees Van My Vlees
- Nommer 37
- Lakens
- Vossie Vergas
- Ben Se Begrafnis
- Slaaf
- Vuil Wasgoed
- Agterplaas
- Laaste Ure
- Rooilug
- Hartloop
- Gebles
- Dominee Truuks
- Damduikers
- Plankekoors
- Van Nasionale Belang
- Kromkierierfontein
- Ongenoodies
- Oedipus
- Fluit Fluit
- Die Beleefnis
- Bloedson
- Kombie Kameelperd En 'N Camcorder
- Op Theefontein Final
- Swaaibraai
- Kleingeld
- Eenrigting
- Ek Het Joy Gemaak
- 36 DDD
- Nantes
- Neem My Saam
- Bach Motief
- Prinses
- Agterplaas
- Die Buurtwag
- Sussie
- Vennie Olga
- Dis Hoe Ons Rol
- Trippie
- My Gelykenis
- Begrafnis
- Bullets Oor Bishop Lavis
- Miemie
- Iemand Anders
- Onthou
- Vashou Ding

Please make sure to visit this article I might add more to the list.

Friday, August 7, 2020

BBC First Gets The Boot On DStv

MultiChoice has announced that it will discontinue its BBC First channel on DStv, effective from 1 September.

The company said that this change is part of a “refresh of its British entertainment lineup”, with a selection of the British drama continuing on BBC Brit.

“Customers can continue to enjoy an increased range of British content on DStv’s suite of popular BBC channels as well as on M-Net, Catch Up, and Showmax,” the company said.
British shows that will continue include The Chase S13, Love Island UK S6, Britain’s Got Talent S14, The Bay S1, and The Capture.

“We are putting compelling drama and variety in one place and on one BBC channel and have increased acquisition of British content by adding titles to M-Net,” said MultiChoice Group CEO Yolisa Phahle.

“This will reduce the repeats on M-Net and strengthen our daytime schedule.”
In addition to this channel cut, MultiChoice also announced that M-Net’s first daily drama in more than 10 years – Legacy – would be screened from the end of September.

The new 13-part female-driven M-Net drama Inconceivable also launches in September, MultiChoice said.

“We would like to thank viewers for their support of BBC First over the past five years,” said BBC Studios EMEA executive vice president Nick Percy.

“BBC Brit will continue to offer some drama series as part of its schedule, and we will be looking for new opportunities that will allow us to continue to bring drama fans the full range of quality productions coming out of the UK.”

“We have operated BBC branded channels on the DStv platform for over 20 years and remain committed to bringing our viewers the very best programming from the BBC and leading UK production houses,” Percy said.
MultiChoice said it remains committed to maintaining its long-standing relationship with the BBC and will continue work with the broadcaster to ensure the best British entertainment for its customers.

Friday, July 31, 2020

M-Net Restructures It's Movie Channels On DStv From September, With Two New Movie Channels Expected To Launch Soon

From Tuesday 1 September, DStv’s six existing M-Net Movie channels will be re-organised and consolidated into four slick, fuss-free channels.

Get ready for streamlined M‑Net Movies channels, new Asian channel KIX, FliekNET and much more

Call it Movies 2.0! Or: The streamlined upgrade of the M‑Net Movies channels on DStv. Come Tuesday 1 September the current six M‑Net Movie channels will be re-organised and consolidated into four slick, fuss-free channels .
To keep it simple, these four carefully curated channels, with its array of must-see films, will be known as M‑Net Movies 1, M‑Net Movies 2, M‑Net Movies 3 and M‑Net Movies 4.

Even though DStv have streamlined the M‑Net channels, this will not impact the number of movies on the DStv packages, audiences will benefit from a leaner, spruced-up M‑Net slate.
But that is not all, the popular holiday pop-up channel FliekNET will become a permanent fixture on the platform from 1 September as well.

Adding to this, is the new KIX channel launching in October this year, bringing viewers the best of Martial Arts from the old-time favourites such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan and more. Film fanatics can also rest assured that DStv and M‑Net team will continue to create popular pop-up channels built around popular franchises or themes.

“It’s important for us to facilitate the best possible viewing experience for our DStv customers in our ever-evolving world of entertainment”, says MultiChoice SA CEO, Mark Rayner. “ While the proposition of the current six movie channels - M‑Net Movies Premiere, Action Plus, Action, Smile, Zone and All Stars – made perfect sense when they launched years ago, recent comments and requests from our movie-loving DStv audiences indicated that it was time for a reboot.”

According to Yolisa Phahle, CEO of General Entertainment and Connected Video at MultiChoice Group, this is just the beginning – the first step onto an exciting planned journey of developments on the film front. “In our quest to remain Africa’s most-loved storyteller, innovation and quality will always be key. Local movies will also play an increasingly important role, alongside screening handpicked Hollywood films first on all our platforms.“

MultiChoice Group’s platforms include DStv satellite television, Showmax, Box Office, DStv Catch Up and DStv Now.

The streamlined M‑Net Movie channels arrangement for different DStv audiences will make it easier to find the right movie, at just the right time:
M‑Net Movies 1
(Channel 104 on DStv Premium)
This is the new number-one destination for the latest local and international feel-good, wholesome movies for the entire family. Those who loved the kid-friendly Animania festivals on M‑Net Movies Smile, as well as blockbuster romcoms and gripping dramas, will need an ample supply of popcorn for the good times ahead.

M‑Net Movies 2
(Channel 106 on DStv Premium)
Buckle up! M‑Net Movies 2 will unleash an adrenaline rush with recent heart-pumping, explosive action films. The schedule will be packed with all kinds of adventures and thrills and spills at maximum velocity!

M‑Net Movies 3
(Channel 107 on DStv Premium, Compact)
Welcome to the place where all the movie heroes and heroines hang out, either saving the day in adventure classics, or inhabiting the imaginary worlds of sci-fi and fantasy. Sometimes, they even tickle the funny bones in star-studded comedies, or show off their acting chops in gripping dramas.

M‑Net Movies 4
(Channel 108 on DStv Premium. Compact, Family, Access)
The world’s biggest blockbusters, as well as their prequels and sequels, are lined up here. While movie franchise lovers can enjoy great movies for hours on end, friends and family can join all the action and fun too.

FliekNET
(Channel 149 on DStv Premium)
This channel will be showcasing locally produced blockbuster movies, classic favourites and a variety of Afrikaans film formats such feature films, short films, story films, made-for-TV movies and documentaries. The channel will also feature new straight-to-kykNET films produced by South African filmmakers as part of the continuous investment in the local film and television industry.

KIX
(Channel number to be confirmed)
Everybody was kung-fu fighting on this channel. The best of all Martial Arts movies will live here. This channel promises to bring all the viewers the best scenes from all-time favourites, from Jackie Chan to Bruce Lee – the family will definitey have to dedicate a day of the week to all the action.

M‑Net Movies Pop-Up
(Channel 111 on DStv Premium)
To keep it fresh and exciting, there will be a host of festivals and themed surprises on these channels. Furthermore, the M‑Net Movies team will continue cooking up more binge fests with M‑Net Movies Pop Up channels. In future, these pop-up delights will be served on DStv Channel 111.

FAQS: DStv spruces up its movie offering
Why is MultiChoice making changes to the M-Net channels on DStv?
We are reshuffling our channels as part of our business strategy to enhance our offering to customer and responding to their needs for fresher content and greater viewing experience. There will also be focus more on local content investment which will will see a launch of local channels in March 2021 for Ghana, Ethiopia, Angola and Mozambique. Another benefit is a more streamlined content making it easier for our customer to navigate and content discovery of their favourite international series and movies.

When are these changes taking place?
On Monday 31 August 2020 and Tuesday, 1 September 2020.

How are you changing the M-Net channels and where can I now find the M-Net Movies Channels?
- M-Net Movies 1 replaces M-Net Movies Premiere & M-Net Movies Smile Channel 104/5 for DStv Premium
- M-Net Movies 2 replaces M-Net Movies Action+ on Channel 106 for DStv Premium
- M-Net Movies 3 replaces M-Net Movies Action & M-Net Movies All Stars on channel 107 for DStv Compact
- M-Net Movies 4 replaces M-Net Movies Zone on Channel 108 for DStv Access & GOtv, DTT
- M-Net Movies Pop Up will run occasionally on channel 111

Why are there now only four M-Net Movie channels instead of six?
M-Net Movies has streamlined its movie offering to ensure that we schedule the freshest and latest movies from local and international studios. Viewers can also look forward to more seasonal pop-up channels as well.

What type of movies will I find on each of the M-Net Movie channels?
- M-Net Movies 1 (Previously M-Net Movies Smile): Family, Animation, Kids, Comedy, Romance, Drama
- M-Net Movies 2 (Previously M-Net Movies Action+): Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller
- M-Net Movies 3 (Consolidation of Previous M-Net Movies Action & M-Net Movies All Stars): Action, Fantasy, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Family, Local, Drama
- M-Net Movies 4 (Previously M-Net Movies Zone): Action, Comedy, Family, Animated, Drama, Local

Why do I still pay the same for fewer channels?
M-Net Movies has streamlined its movie offering to ensure that we schedule the freshest and latest movies from local and international studios. Viewers can also look forward to more seasonal pop-up channels, like the recent M-Net Movies Blackout channel and last year’s massively successful M-Net Movies Tom Cruise pop-up channel.

Does this mean that there will be no more repeats on DStv?
No. This channel revision will only reduce the duplication of content across channels with similar genres. Unfortunately, not everyone has the freedom to watch what they want, when they want to. Each of our subscriber leads a busy life – some work during the day while others work at night, and others are just too busy to watch their favourite show when it goes on air. That’s one of the reasons why we give our customers more than one opportunity to watch what they want. Some channels, like M-Net 101, are specifically chosen for the DStv Premium package. These channels offer the latest shows and movies, sometimes even at the same time as the US (as with our Express from the US service). Our DStv Premium customers see the latest shows, first.
These same shows and movies will be screened a few months later on channels that are available on other packages. This means you may have seen a show or movie on DStv Premium, and will come across it again when it is broadcast on a channel that serves DStv Compact customers. Offering shows and movies across our channels on all packages means that, sooner or later, everyone gets a chance to see it and enjoy it.
All channels, especially movie channels, need to offer a mix of new and repeat content. Hollywood makes about 600 movies every year – that’s roughly 1 200 hours of movies. A single movie channel needs 8 760 hours to fill up the schedule every day for a year. It is for this reason that you see a mix of brand-new movies and old favourites on our movie channels.

What will happen to my PVR recordings after the channels are terminated?
Any recordings of shows from the terminated M-Net movie channels will remain on your PVR until you delete them, so they will still be available for you to watch.

Will I get a discount on my subscription?
No, subscribers will not receive a discount. MultiChoice does not adjust its price every time a channel is added or removed from the DStv platform.

ABOUT FLIEKNET FAQs
Where can I find Afrikaans movies?
We are proud to announce the upcoming launch of FliekNET as an official channel on our movie channels slate

What happens to all the other Pop-up channels?
Viewers can still look forward to more seasonal pop-up channels as well like the Marvels & Tom Cruize Pop-up channel.

When will FliekNET launch?
FliekNET will be available for viewers from 1 September 2020

Will I have to pay more for FliekNET?
No, MultiChoice does not adjust pricing every time a channel is added or removed from the DStv Platform

What content can I expect on FliekNET?
The popular holiday pop-up channel FliekNET will become a permanent fixture on DStv channel-149 showcasing locally produced blockbuster movies, classic favourites and a variety of Afrikaans film formats such feature films, short films, story films, made-for-TV movies and documentaries. The channel will also feature new straight-to-kykNET films produced by South African filmmakers as part of the continuous investment in the local film and television industry.