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Development Alert: The Loud House Will Be Returning To Nicktoons For Viewers Across Africa

During the year, Paramount shuttered it's door for consumers in Africa affecting the distribution of BET and MTV Base. MultiChoice had since then sought out Base Pulse to fill up the gap left by MTV Base while certain BET shows found its way to MTV.


Paramount had also restructured it's feed for Nickelodeon with consumers outside of Africa now able to watch The Loud House. As some viewers can recall, the show was banned in Kenya by 2015/6 even though Nickelodeon offered censorship.


The KFCB was also responsible for the ban of Gravity Falls and Steven Universe but in recent years these shows had resurfaced so it's likely the ban was removed. Of course, these shows continue to be censored for viewers outside of South Africa.


Nicktoons, an animation channel that features shows from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. will also be airing The Loud House. This wouldn't be the first time it appeared on the channel as it aired back in 2021/2 but never got to complete season 1.


We can only assume that Paramount is now making The Loud House available on Nicktoons as a means to align the channel with it's European counterpart.


Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. formed part of these endeavours for sometime which is why their ads remain text less as they're shared across regions. With Nickelodeon operating under two feeds known as Global Unlimited (SA) and Global Limited (ROA).


Nick In Your Language and NickMusic served as the variations from other global feeds for Nicktoons. But with Paramount Africa that shuttered its doors it appears these endeavours had been wind down I mean MTV doesn't air any local programming.


NickMusic had not been seen on the channel it's likely the decision to close MTV's music channels affected the show indirectly. While Nick In Your Language remains on the air there's been zero advertising about it by the company.


The Loud House is eyeing a debut on the channel in June following it's return to Nickelodeon in other parts of Africa earlier in the year.

eToonz And ePlesier Are Believed To Have The Least Amount Of Viewers

eToonz is a South African based children's channel that offers a mixture of animated and live-action shows alongside films. This includes MasterChef Junior, Hank Zipzer, DreamWorks Dragons: Race To The Edge and Angelina Ballerina.

ePlesier serves as a dedicated channel to older shows viewed on e.tv and eExtra's Kuiertyd. These would include Kelders Van Geheime, Annekan Die Swa Kry, Doodsondes and Stiletto Vendetta.

As mentioned, eMedia Investments had published it's ratings cards for all of its 8 channels. It's through this where one can get some pointers on how these channels are performing overall and things aren't looking for eToonz.
It serves as one of the company's longest running channels alongside e.tv, eMovies and eNCA through a separate agreement with MultiChoice. But in terms of investment and marketing the channel is lagging behind its other comrades.

Even ePlesier despite only serving reruns and only packaged on Openview has more viewers than eToonz. You can only conclude this as eMedia Investments charges advertisers more money for ePlesier than they would with eToonz.

This news doesn't come as surprise as Canal+ and Warner Bros. Discovery were in a dispute last year regarding the carriage of their 12 channels including Cartoon Network and Cartoonito.

Warner Bros. Discovery revealed Cartoon Network was responsible for 50% of kids viewing on DStv. This would mean eToonz formed part of the other 50% alongside Disney Channel and Nickelodeon.

eToonz is a channel that is also distributed on DStv so viewers are going to expect that the channel is getting it's money's worth but for ePlesier to rack more dough is kinda depressing.

But from what was understood about Cartoon Network, a percentage of these viewers are adults. You can understand why ePlesier might have gotten the upper hand because kids prefer YouTube and TikTok while a majority on linear TV are adults.

ePlesier likely factored in what led to kill off primetime in the afternoon for daily repeats of Sout Van Die Aarde, Yosef and Bittersoet. Reruns can draw a decent amount of viewers and potential revenue it's like that with e.tv and Mr. Bones. 

eExtra Killing Off Primetime In The Afternoons Explained

eExtra is a South African based entertainment channel that offers telenovelas from Turkey this includes shows like Bittersoet, Sout Van Die Aarde and Soete Wraak. It also offers other shows like Ouma Sarie, Voetspore and Twist Of Fate.

As some viewers recall, eExtra also offered Asian and Bollywood dramas like Naagin, High Society Scandal and Empresses In The Place. Since then, the latter had gradually been phased out or reduced on the channel to just late nights.

Thanks to the rating cards provided by eMedia Sales, viewers get a glimpse into how much the channel charges it's advertisers.
From what is understood here, the timeslots to accumulate the most dough here is the ones where the most viewers reside. eMedia Investments hadn't disclosed how many viewers these shows have but it could be around 100,000+.

These cards also put a damper to shows like India: A Love Story and Naagin as it's clear here that daily repeats of Bloedspoor, Kelders Van Geheime and Yosef dominate the channel's overall viewing.

Despite eMedia Investments already packaging ePlesier for such content on Openview. It's clear that eMedia Investments can re-coperate the costs of ePlesier with just Bloedspoor reruns on eExtra.

We can only assume after eMedia Holdings had acquired the remaining stake in the company. Some restructuring was likely underway for eExtra and this led to reruns (particularly Kuiertyd) taking over afternoons as it made them the most income.

If you combine the potential earnings Naagin's weekday timeslot with that or Sout Van Die Aarde. You can see that eExtra can make almost double of Naagin's earnings with Sout Van Die Aarde.

SuperSport Announced That It Will Broadcast All 104 matches Of The FIFA World Cup 2026

The announcement was made during a sudden mid-game interruption while Kaizer Chiefs was playing Magesi FC, in a short ad starring Idris Elba.


DStv will broadcast the matches live across SuperSport on DStv, DStv Stream, GOtv, and GOtv Stream. Viewers can watch on mobile phones, laptops, and smart TVs.


Coverage will be available in English and Portuguese, as well as local African languages including isiZulu, Sesotho, Kiswahili, and Pidgin.


The tournament kicks off on 11 June 2026 on DStv, with the opening ceremony in Mexico City broadcast live on SuperSport.


The first match will see Bafana Bafana take on Mexico.


Coverage will run from pre-match build-up to the final whistle, bringing Africa together to watch.



May 2026 On Nickelodeon and NickToons Across Europe And Africa | Returning Shows Including Pinky Malinky And The Loud House | More

Nickelodeon

-- Brand new episodes of The Loud House season 10:

- 2026-05-04 10:00 10x03a Spy Dames
- 2026-05-05 10:00 10x03b Cupid's Harrow
- 2026-05-06 10:00 10x04a Clyde Can't Decide
- 2026-05-07 10:00 10x04b Shred of Evidence
- 2026-05-08 10:00 10x05a One False Move
- 2026-05-11 10:00 10x05b Personal Train Wreck
- 2026-05-12 10:00 10x08a My Phony Valentine
- 2026-05-13 10:00 10x08b Man Of My Schemes
- 2026-05-14 10:00 10x12a Student of the Jeer
- 2026-05-15 10:00 10x12b Bean Dreams


-- Brand new episodes of The Marsupilamis:

- 2026-05-25 09:45 1x06a The Heat is on
- 2026-05-26 09:45 1x06b Dig disaster
- 2026-05-27 09:45 1x07a Stan's showtime
- 2026-05-28 09:45 1x07b The Truth is Out There
- 2026-05-29 09:45 1x08a Howling Hope
- 2026-05-31 14:45 1x08b Mar-Smoothie-Lami
- 2026-05-31 14:55 1x09 Party Party / Mica's Robot

Nicktoons 

* Channel premiere for viewers outside Africa

-- The brand new show Pinky Malinky (channel premiere):

- 2026-05-01 14:30 1x10 Sensei / Hangout
- 2026-05-02 11:10 1x09 Fun / Brother
- 2026-05-03 11:10 1x11 Sock / Count
- 2026-05-05 14:30 1x12a Phone
- 2026-05-06 14:30 1x13 Friend / Gym
- 2026-05-07 14:30 1x14 List / Double
- 2026-05-08 14:30 1x15 Sight / Grounded
- 2026-05-11 14:30 1x16 Bestie / Smile
- 2026-05-12 14:30 1x17 Search / Individual
- 2026-05-13 14:30 1x18 Cranky / Weeds
- 2026-05-14 14:30 1x19 Song / Trophy
- 2026-05-15 14:30 1x20 Man / Eraser - season one finale

-- New episodes of *Rusty Rivets:

- 2026-05-05 02:40 1x15 Rusty Learns to Skate / Rusty's Rustic Adventure
- 2026-05-12 02:40 1x16 Rusty's Mechanical Animal / Rusty's Spaceship
- 2026-05-19 02:40 1x17 Rusty and the Bit Police / Rusty's Jam at the Dam
- 2026-05-26 02:40 1x18 Rusty's Botafort / Rusty's Bull Dozer

-- New episodes of *Shimmer and Shine:

- 2026-05-05 02:20 4x17 Sneaky Squeaky Chicken / Adara's Bracelets
- 2026-05-12 02:20 4x18 Nazboo Come Home / Surfing the Skies
- 2026-05-19 02:20 4x19 Journey to Zahramay Oceana
- 2026-05-26 02:20 4x20 The Sea Enchantress / The Dance of the Jellyfish

-- New episodes of *Top Wing:

- 2026-05-02 02:20 1x24 A Turtely Awesome Adventure / Brody Goes Home
- 2026-05-02 02:40 1x25 Birthday Bandits! / The Mystery of the Haunted Cave

--New episodes of *Winx Club (The Original Series):

- 2026-05-06 02:40 6x14 Mythix
- 2026-05-13 02:40 6x15 Mystery of Calavera
- 2026-05-20 02:40 6x16 Zombie Invasion
- 2026-05-27 02:40 6x17 The Curse of Fearwood

Nickelodeon and NickToons Global is available in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Poland, France, Germany, Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Adria countries (Croatia, Serbia and Slovenia), Turkey, Arabia, France (as Nickelodeon Toon), across Asia.