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Friday, February 25, 2022

Roundups #20: Scrat TV Series And Local Drama Mathata Coming To Disney+ And Cape Town TV Respectively In April, CBeebies Working On New Cooking Show Big Cook Little Cook And FOX News International Streaming Service Launched In South Africa And 6 Other Countries

Disney+ sets release date for final Blue Sky Studios project, Ice Age: Scrat Tales

This is a series of six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the “Ice Age” adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn.

Featuring the vocal talents of Chris Wedges as Scrat and Kari Wahlgren as Baby Scrat, the series is produced by Anthony Nisi, with Robert L. Baird and Andrew Millstein serving as executive producers.

The series will be available for streaming by April 13th.

Mathata has a release date on Cape Town TV

Last year, several crew members began promoting the long awaited Limpopo based drama series Mathata for Cape Town TV which is set in the areas of Seshego and Polokwane.

Mathata S1 will start to play from 04 April 2022. The drama will play Every Monday's at 21:00. On Cape Town TV channel 263 on DStv.

CBeebies bringing back a famous cooking show

The BBC’s preschool channel is teaming up with London’s ​​Dot To Dot Productions to revamp 20-year-old show Big Cook, Little Cook for a modern under-five audience.

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CBeebies has ordered 50 x 19-minute live-action episodes, and the first five are set to launch on February 28. This comedy-driven educational series features two cooks—one life - sized, and one the size of a pepper pod—making recipes that kids can try at home. Each ep will feature an animated segment and shots of various real-life locations around the UK, such as factories and fields.

FOX News is available to stream

The American channel FOX News will start streaming in South Africa and 6 other African countries from today with the FOX News International streaming service that is launching with live streams and on-demand content in countries ranging from Nigeria and Zambia, to Egypt, Ivory Coast, Rwanda and Kenya.

FOX News as a traditional pay-TV channel has been available on China's StarTimes pay-TV service in Africa, operating under the StarSat brand in South Africa, on channel 261.

FOX News Media has been rolling out its FOX News International streamer it launched in August 2020, globally, with South Africa getting access on 17 February to the FOX News (FNC) and FOX Business (FBN) live linear TV channels as digital streams, accessible in South Africa, Egypt, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria and Zambia.

"The service's expansion into Africa will increase FOX News Media's international reach to 44 countries and allow more fans around the globe to access their favourite live and on-demand FOX News Media programmes at their fingertips," the company says in an investors' statement.

Priced at R105 per month, FOX News International is accessible in the 7 new African countries for download on iOS, tvOS, Android and Fire TV, bringing the total countries where FOX News International is now available to 44.

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