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Global Agency announced the sales for “The Game of My Destiny” in North Macedonia and Hungary earlier in the year. The new deal marked another milestone in the global expansion of the hit drama, which had been acquired in Israel, Lithuania and Romania. The drama aired on BeIN in the Middle East and achieved great success. “The Game of My Destiny” is produced by NGM Medya and is still aired on STAR TV on Friday nights. The series’ leading cast members are Ozgu Karayel from Ethos (Netflix), Heartbeat, Black Money Love, Kuzey Guney; Akin Akinozu from Hercai, The Last Emperor, Friends Forever; Sarp Apak from Daydreaming; Meric Aral from The Red Room, High Society, The Oath and Esra Dermancıoğlu from Bitter Lands, Fatmagul. “The Game of My Destiny” tells the gripping story of Asiye, whose world is turned upside down when her daughter is attacked by a neighbor, leaving them to rebuild their shattered lives. When the stranger Mahir finds them refuge in the home of his powerful family, sh

St KungFu, a general entertainment channel headed by StarTimes that is home to various martial arts based programming and movies. On top of serving as a rival Celestial Tiger's KIX channel on DStv will be introducing the following the shows from November, all of which are dubbed: - The Legends - When the imprisoned son of the Demon King escapes and rises to power, the woman sworn to ensuring his confinement plots to recapture him even as he develops an attraction toward her. Based on the novel of the same name, it stars Bai Lu, Xu Kai, Dai Xu and Xiao Yan. It premieres November 2 at 10:00 CAT. - The Four - story of 4 young men: Cold Blood, Chaser, Heartless, Iron Fist - each excel in different martial arts and use them to bring down corruption and establish justice. It stars Hans Zhang, Yang Yang, William Chan and Mao Zijun. It premieres November 7 at 10:50 CAT. - The Legend of White Snake - provoked by the actions of a seemingly sly human, an ancient snake spirit takes on a

E! Entertainment is a celebrity based entertainment channel owned by NBCUniversal that has mainly been used for glitz and glamour or in other words takes you on a trip to Hollywood through red carpets and interviews with their notable title being The Kardashians. As seen these past months or in other people's perspective last year, NBCUniversal has been cutting back on original content for their channels and E! Entertainment happened to be one of those last remaining channels internationally. As it is DreamWorks Channel is more like PBS Kids as content is funded by third parties, there's not much changes coming to Studio Universal but when you turn to Universal TV they were more like CBS Reality pitching for new content now they're the slums like BET. E! Entertainment has lost out on several originals like Keeping Up With The Kardashians, E! News, The Soup and Daily Pop. At the time, not a lot of people knew how far NBCUniversal would go in this layoffs that was until

King Tutankhamen, or King Tut as he is more commonly known today, was relatively unknown to the world until 1922, when his tomb was discovered by Howard Carter. Now, 100 years later, this unprecedented historic discovery will be commemorated with the premiere of Tut’s Toxic Tomb on National Geographic (DStv 181, Starsat 220) on Fridays at 19:00 (CAT), from 18 November 2022, as well as with fascinating library programming exploring various facets of the renowned pharoah’s life. On 26th November 1922, Howard Carter made what was dubbed as the greatest archaeological find of all time – entering the treasure-filled tomb of the Egyptian boy king Tutankhamun. Tutankhamun’s tomb contained thousands of artifacts, a sarcophagus containing his mummy, and a now-famous headdress. It took Carter and his team almost ten years to catalogue the contents of the tomb. The over five thousand artifacts and well-preserved mummies found in the tomb have since brought new insights into life in ancient Egypt

Turkish Couple Edits a YouTube channel which distributes a variety of music videos based on couples within a number of telenovelas. Part of which can be viewed on eExtra: #DisComplicated and Verdeelde Liefde. Here's another video for the show Verdeelde Liefde: For those wondering what song is used in the video it's Ya Me Enteré performed by Spanish artist Reik.

M-Net is adding two brand new channels to its roster, Magic Showcase and CineMagic, an exciting win for subscribers on the DStv EasyView package in South Africa. For only R29 a month, subscribers get a taste of the best high-quality content, in line with MultiChoice’s core promise to bring top-tier local entertainment – made by Africans to Africans – at the lowest price. With analogue on its way out, now’s the perfect time to switch to digital – and DStv continues to make it even easier for consumers to do so. Magic Showcase launches on Monday 31 October and is an 18-hour channel with content showing the best of MultiChoice’s locally-produced series, specials, and documentaries – all new to EasyView subscribers. Now it will be easier than ever for viewers to enjoy the group’s award-winning content, tiered down from DStv premium channels. Content will be in various languages and hardcoded subtitles for content not in English. Magic Showcase features shows across different genres:

WWE was ripped off from viewer's screens several years ago and found its way onto SuperSport. At the time, eMedia Investments wasn't quick to source a replacement and relied solely on the existing international offering to fill the gap left by the wrestling brand. It wasn't long till there was an announcement eMedia Investments acquired broadcasting rights to Impact Wrestling. The rights which was formerly held by SuperSport so in a way they kind of did a switcheroo kind of like that time with Lotto and Powerball. Now if we have to go over Impacts time on e.tv here's how to summarise it, the show didn't form part of the monthly TAMS as seen with WWE in the past and the audience in question weren't as welcoming of Impact as they were with WWE which kind of spells trouble. As seen overseas, Impact Wrestling is no longer in the big leagues as existing competitors such as AEW and WWE. Most of its reason for living has to do with its history as TNA! Impact. An

This week, we turn our attention to Chris Farley, the beloved comedy actor who took Second City, Saturday Night Live, and the movie industry by storm before dying a tragic death at the hands of drugs at the age of 33 in 1997. Throughout his career, Farley was tied to some pretty big movie projects that he didn’t get to follow through on, including starring in a sunnier version of The Cable Guy, portraying Ignatius J. Reilly in the “cursed” movie version of the novel A Confederacy of Dunces, and voicing the titular talking ogre in Shrek.  It’s heartbreaking that Chris Farley was taken from us when he was so young, but by examining the projects he was working on just prior to his death, we can get a feel for where his career might have taken him, had tragedy not struck. The Cable Guy (1996) The role: The Cable Guy Who got it: Jim Carrey Chris Farley had a two-picture deal with Paramount that was about to run out by the time Tommy Boy was released in 1995 and became a surprise hit. Wi

For several months, Nicktoons has been reduced to what appears to be waste as Paramount seems to have isolated the channel from reality by funneling the schedule with several cancelled shows such as Lego City Adventures, Horrid Henry and The Casagrandes. NickMusic seems to be the only active as mentioned but having it on a brand such as Nicktoons seems to wreak of embarassment seeing as the channel has become the Disney XD of 2022 - redundant, out of tune and currently clinging onto life support. But it seems as if that may not be the only Nicktoons to seem obsolete at this point apparently our neighbours in the UK & Ireland are undergoing a similar procedure with the brand. In September, the channel was temporarily known as Nick SpongeBob consisting of shows SpongeBob SquarePants and The Patrick Star with Nick Horrid Henry to follow during the month of October now in November it returns to "normal viewing". It was reported that another pop-up channel consisting of

Rihanna to release a new single dedicated to Chadwick Boseman Apparently the rumors are true: Rihanna is back with new music thanks to Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Rihanna is releasing two songs for the movie, which both show up in the end credits. The first song is called “Lift Me Up” and will be released on Friday morning. “Lift Me Up” is set to come out at midnight ET on the morning of Oct. 28, according to a tweet from Rihanna on Thursday. The song will show up on most major streaming platforms including Spotify, Tidal, Amazon Music, and Apple Music. The popstar’s other song for the movie is called “Born Again,” but it’s unclear if that one will get an early release as well. This music comes as the first preview of the Black Panther sequel’s soundtrack. The accompanying album for the first movie, which included songs curated by Kendrick Lamar, turned out to be enormously popular in its own regard, with multiple hits including “All the Stars” which received several Grammy nomi

Earlier in the month, MultiChoice launched a new preschool channel Moonbug Kids home to YouTube sensations Blippi and CoComelon. They also plan to launch a new jazz infused channel Qwest TV by Quincy Jones by the end of the year. BET which was exclusive to consumers on the Compact, Compact+ and Premium package has been added to consumers on the Family and Access packages. Now we got word from Paramount that more of their channels will find their way to more households. To top it off, MultiChoice will be rolling out another new channel Magic Showcase ahead of the launch of Qwest TV. Here's a look at the 4 channels: 1. Comedy Central Channels: 122 Current packages: Premium and Compact+ Additional packages: Compact from 1st November Home to shows such as The Daily Show With Trevor Noah, viewers will also get access to The Carbonaro Effect, Impractical Jokers, Just For Laughs and Two And A Half Men. 2. MTV Channels: 130 Current packages: Premium, Compact+ and Compact Addi

During the year, MultiChoice and M-Net ripped away fliekNET from DStv customers in South Africa and Namibia with the brand now reverted back to yearly pop-ups and kykNET now leading the pack with primetime movies. AddMovies was introduced by September 2020 as M-Net was restructuring their movie offering for which was met with mixed to negative reviews primarily for those who were fans of M-Net Movies Premiere, M-Net Movies Action, M-Net Movies All-Stars and M-Net Movies Zone. But thanks to the efforts of AddMovies they were able to keep the spark alive to even more households. Although, it will cost you extra which will be included in your monthly fees imagine bundling that with the Explora Ultra you're probably paying close to thousand. Regardless AddMovies has seen a surge in subscribers but they're plenty of consumers who weren't as impressed with their selection of movies or at least the quantity of within the offering for which was lacking. AddMovies initially s

Teresa Mendoza returns to your screens one last time The television series La Reina del Sur tells the story of a powerful fictional drug trafficker named Teresa Mendoza, who is currently locked up in a U.S. maximum security prison for the murder of DEA agents. The third season begins with Teresa still in a four-year solitary confinement. "Four years have passed since being in a prison and it brings other things to head. It obviously brings a desire for freedom and revenge, to be once again with her daughter. We are going to see a warrior and craziest Teresa. Now she has absolutely nothing to lose," said the starring actress of the series, Kate del Castillo, in an interview with People en Español. Paddington is getting a third season Top European powerhouse Studiocanal has renewed its global deal with Nickelodeon which will board Season 3 of CG animated megahit “The Adventures of Paddington.” Marking most surely one of the biggest single title content deals unveiled a

MultiChoice and Paramount decided to call it quits for the underperforming pop brand, MTV Hits with the channel set to go off air by 31 October 2022. Neither brand is willing to acknowledge the brands existence as the pay-tv brand gears the launch of the jazz infused channel, Qwest TV. Qwest TV as mentioned is a jazz infused channel by none other than Grammy awarded musician Quincy Jones featuring content that resonates with fans of R&B, Soul and Gospel. Basically geared to a new audience and MultiChoice's way of making up for MTV Hits. As advised a while ago, MTV Hits won't be supplemented by another channel with similar roots so we looked up a batch of alternatives. Not saying it will be the same or any better but it's better than nothing basically. Here are some of the alternatives we were able to find for MTV Hits: 1. TRACE Urban We are very much aware that most music channels on DStv are reaching to MTV Base's standards and tragically this channel fel

Rising Above ‘Head down, bum up’ is the Australian way of telling someone to rise above a situation. At TNT, we do it with movies… In November, we’re celebrating characters who beat difficult circumstances with grace, grit – and a bit of Tarantino-style retribution. TUNE IN DETAILS (channel premieres) Sunday, 6 November 17:35   –   The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 20:00   –   Django Unchained (2012) Sunday, 13 November 18:20   –   Mr. Deeds (2002) 20:00   –   Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) Sunday, 20 November 17:50   –   The Power of One (1992) 20:00   –   White House Down (2013) Sunday, 27 November 17:55   –   The Family Man (2000) 20:00   –   The Karate Kid (1984) Reckless Behaviour One person’s ‘reckless’ is another’s ‘enthusiastic’. Some are clumsy, some are bumbling, and some are blind to consequences. What do all these traits have in common? They make for plenty of unpredictability – which makes for great viewing, only on TNT! TUNE IN DETAILS (channel premieres) Fr

Openview planned to launch the BBC UKTV channel on its platform on Tuesday, 18 October 2022. However, over a week later, the channel still isn’t available. The eMedia-owned broadcaster said the much-anticipated launch had to be postponed saying that it still has to finalise details for the channel. “We confirm that we planned to launch the BBC UKTV channel on Openview on 18 October,” Openview told sources. “We are disappointed to announce that the much-anticipated launch had to be postponed. We are working on finalising details for the channel.” Openview said it cannot provide a launch date for the channel on its platform for now. On 29 September 2022, Openview and BBC Studios announced its partnership with the free-to-view satellite TV provider that would see the launch of BBC UKTV on channel 114. It said the new channel would provide a range of programming, including natural history series, soaps, and children’s shows. “From British soaps, fascinating documentaries and chil

Comedy Central to be made available to DStv Compact with MTV added to DStv Family from 1st November Last month, MultiChoice hosted an open window for BET to their DStv Family and Access customers and it wasn't until October that it had been announced that the channel would be made available to consumers full-time . Now more of Paramount's channels are set to reach more DStv customers. Comedy Central which is home to The Daily Show which was only seen on DStv Premium and Compact+ will now be made available to Compact and the Compact exclusive channel MTV will be available to consumers on the Family package. It means DStv Compact customers will now have to access to Trevor Noah before he leaves his post alongside endless repeats of The Big Bang Theory, Two And A Half Men and Friends with Family customers being introduced to Ridiculousness, Ex On The Beach and Teen Moms. While this may as well be good news to some customers. It kind of makes you wonder what could become of

Under the landmark deal Disney+ will exclusively stream all upcoming seasons of the show outside of the U.K. and Ireland, where they will remain with the BBC. The announcement, which had been rumored for months, was made by incoming Doctor Who Ncuti Gatwa during an appearance on Live with Kelly and Ryan, with the first episodes from the new partnership expected in November 2023 to coincide with its 60th anniversary. “I love this show, and this is the best of both worlds – with the vision and joy of the BBC and Disney+ together we can launch the TARDIS all around the planet, reaching a new generation of fans while keeping our traditional home firmly on the BBC in the UK,” said Russell T. Davies, the returning showrunner who succeeded Chris Chibnall. “For Doctor Who to have the backing of two of the most innovative and respected media organizations in the world is a testament to the unique drive and vision at the heart of this show,” said Jane Tranter & Julie Gardner, executive

Moonbug CEO Rene Rechtman tells Mark Layton about the firm’s expanding ambitions following its $3bn takeover by Candle Media and the rights strategy that lets them engage with kids on any platform Having launched just four years ago, London and LA-based Moonbug Entertainment has established itself quickly – to the extent that its shows now claim 8.5 billion average monthly views on YouTube alone. Led by CEO Rene Rechtman, a former Disney exec who co-founded the firm in 2018 alongside COO and WildBrain alum John Robson, its stated aim is nothing less than to become “the leading digital-first kids’ entertainment company in the world”. It faces serious competition, of course, but with a portfolio now standing at 29 IPs in 32 languages, including Little Baby Bum, My Magic Pet Morphle, Supa Strikas and Playtime With Twinkle, the strategy seems to be working. It was the savvy acquisition of kids IPs CoComelon and Blippi in 2020, however, that put Moonbug on the map, with CoComelon gr

Turkish Couple Edits a YouTube channel which distributes a variety of music videos based on couples within a number of telenovelas. Part of which can be viewed on eExtra: #DisComplicated and Verdeelde Liefde. Here's another music video this time for the show Verdeelde Liefde: For those wondering what song is used in the video it's Andrew Belle's In My Veins featuring the talents of Erin McCarley.

Namibia's first live stream camera showcasing wildlife at the Okaukuejo waterhole in Etosha National Park, a national park in northwestern of the country, received a boost following a partnership with WildEarth, a 24/7 live television channel, an executive announced few days ago. Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) spokesperson Nelson Ashipala said the Okaukuejo waterhole live streaming camera is now available on WildEarth's DStv channel 183 and the initiative complements the already viral NWR Live YouTube channel launched in April, with viewership reaching as high as 1,000 wildlife enthusiasts per day. "To enhance customer experience, NWR partnered with WildEarth to allow for the viewing of waterhole action footage as it unfolds at the most famous waterhole in Namibia, reaching an audience of about 5 million people globally per month," he said in a statement. According to Ashipala, this initiative is a first for Namibia, whereby a live stream camera showcases the wi

Passions debuted in 1999 with major fanfare. Creator Reilly had been credited for a large surge in the ratings for Days of our Lives years before, thanks to innovative storylines like that of heroine Dr. Marlena Evans being possessed by Satan that drew new viewers, but also tended to alienate stalwart fans. With Passions, Reilly was able to start with a blank slate and no pre-existing fan base to please. In the early days of the show, Passions heroine Sheridan Crane is identified as a close friend of Diana, Princess of Wales; soon Sheridan recalls speaking to Diana on the phone immediately prior to the 1997 car accident which took the Princess' life. Sheridan also has a similar accident in the same Paris tunnel, and speaks to a "guardian Angel Diana" who urges her to fight to survive, which drew considerable controversy. Sheridan later adopts the name Diana after a boating accident that results in amnesia. The opening days of the show also introduced the Theresa/Ethan/G