Da Vinci Kids featured various animated series such as Mily Miss Questions, The Deep and Superhero Galore alongside live-action shows like Operation Ouch, Treehouse Stories and Bajilionaires. The latter which would now only be viewable on StarSat as MultiChoice makes space for Play Room.
Following the on/off relationship with eMedia Investments, MultiChoice has been battling with transponder constraints that often when a new channel would roll out on their platforms it would result in the termination of an existing channel as seen with Novela Magic and Maisha Magic Movies.
Play Room is described as an "eToonz for Africa" type children's channel featuring locally produced and international shows. The channel will go live from November 6 carrying live-action shows like Game Shakers and Play Room Live alongside animated shows like Jabu's Jungle, CoComelon and Paw Patrol.
We're awaiting confirmation on Play Room for the rest of Africa particularly on GOtv. We believe the channel could be made available to these consumers we're not sure if it will be made available to the rest of Africa at the same time due to the local dubs to some animated shows.
Considering that Da Vinci catered to Access consumers, Play Room will most likely be made available to the consumers of Da Vinci. Of course, a lot of channels to have exited DStv during the year were local channels making Da Vinci the first international brand.
In other developments, HONEY is also scheduled to be exiting the DStv and GOtv platform by the end of October which would coincide with the expansion of TRACE Urban to DStv Access. MultiChoice is also rumoured to be rolling out a new general entertainment channel from Zambezi Magic.
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