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The channel is based on Canada’s OUTtv, which is also available in New Zealand and Australia. While the LGBTIQ video streaming service PrideTV.co.za is already up and running in South Africa, OUTtv SA will be the first traditional broadcast LGBTIQ channel in the country. The announcement took the community by surprise and many of us had questions about the channel. We spoke to Warren-Lee Whitcher, MD of OUTtv SA, for more about how the initiative came about and its plans for the future. Who is behind OUTtv SA – who are the players and what is their background? OUTtv SA is made up, mostly, by the same team that applied for a pay-TV license from ICASA back in 2012. This license was finally awarded in 2015. The team is comprised of innovative and talented broadcasting and broader media folk with extensive experience across multiple m media platforms. I, myself, am an investment banker by trade, however my first job out of varsity was with the Sabido Group (now eMedia Investments)

DStv Compact customers will get to enjoy an even wider variety of football with Spanish league football (La Liga), the home of superstars like Lionel Messi and Antoine Griezmann, soon to be available on the package. SuperSport 7 HD, the channel dedicated to La Liga, will go live on the Compact package on Wednesday, October 24 from 8am. “The DStv Compact customer has generally over the last few years evolved from being a local football purist into one that also shows appreciation for international football. It’s this appreciation and their loyalty that we’re rewarding by making La Liga football available to them,” explained SuperSport’s chief executive Gideon Khobane. Fittingly, the switch comes just in time for the famed El Clasico, the match between super giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, which takes place on Sunday (kickoff 5.15pm, SS7). The departure of Cristiano Ronaldo to Juventus and Lionel Messi’s elbow fracture means that football’s greatest club rivalry of the last decade

The fans of Mehak will get a reason to rejoice as the show has been chosen to air original episodes for a new channel of Zee TV to launch in South Africa. Producer Saurabh Tewari helmed banner, Parin Multimedia has given the TV viewing audience in India the entertaining concept of Zindagi Ki Mehak. The show which starred Karan Vohra and Samiksha Jaiswal garnered huge popularity and reached its closure recently after a good run. Now, the fans of Mehak based outside India, especially in South Africa will get a reason to rejoice as Mehak has been chosen as one of the latest shows of Zee TV to air original episodes for a new channel of Zee TV to launch in South Africa. Yes, you heard it right!! This only means that in addition to the 500 plus episodes of Mehak, the viewers in South Africa will see nearly 150 plus original episodes. News coming to us is that Karan Vohra has agreed to be the face of the channel, and will shoot for the original content that will be shot in South Africa.

KNIGHT SQUAD In this all new episode The Princess defies her father's orders and attends the Party of Darkness, but when the Shadow Ghost appears and threatens to possess her, the Phoenix Squad fights to save their friend in “Fight for Your Knight to Party” Thursday 01 November @ 16:10 RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Here’s what to look forward to in the brand new episodes: • After learning that the Jupiter Jim moon buggy has been repossessed, the TMNT need to do a job to get it back. • Donnie's newly built Turtle Tank goes missing. • Leo unseats Raph's idol as pro wrestling champion of the world. NE (103-106) Weekends from 11 November @ 17:05 HENRY DANGER • Captain Man and Kid Danger get jealous when a new crime-fighting team emerges in Swellview • When Ray runs into an ex-girlfriend, he tries to impress her by pretending that Henry, Charlotte, and Jasper are his children. • After Henry's dad gets an offer for a new job in Bordertown

RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Rise up! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles get an all-new look, new weapons, and awesome new powers! Join the legendary heroes, Raph, Leo, Donnie and Mikey as these brothers discover a Hidden City beneath New York, learn amazing mystic ninja skills, battle absurd mutants…and always find time for a slice of their favorite pizza! Cowabunga! NS (101-106), Saturdays: 03 November to 08 December at 17:10 CAT/ 16:10 WAT/ 18:10 EAT DORA THE EXPLORER This play-along, animated adventure series stars Dora, a seven-year-old Latina heroine who asks preschoolers for their help on her adventures. Along the way, they'll meet friends, overcome obstacles and learn a little Spanish! NS (101-126; 201-226; 301-314, 316-323; 401-420), Every day from 05 November at 08:30 CAT/ 07:30 WAT/ 09:30 EAT ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS A single dad has his hands full raising six rambunctious chipmunks in this animated comedy. Here’s some of the mischief that they get

BBC Studios in Africa revealed today the vibrant and playful new look branding for BBC Lifestyle, channel 174, at its bi-annual Upfront event held in Johannesburg. The number one international lifestyle channel on DStv has a chic and contemporary new on-air look featuring a fresh set of palates, designs and objects around the channel’s aspirational and entertaining lifestyle content. The brand makeover will launch from 20th November with new series Give It A Year, fronted by the UK’s ‘First Lady of Football’ Baroness Karren Brady which illustrates the channel’s ambition to always entertain, inspire and empower viewers. Using her prowess as one of the UK’s leading business women, Karren works with people wanting to create change and start their own businesses by visiting them at the start and end of their first year, to help guide and coach on what it takes to make it big and thrive in the business world. The event also showcased the BBC’s stellar summer season of programming across