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Sunday, March 3, 2024

News Shorts: ITV Studios Unveils New Group Brand Logo, Mzansi Magic Adds 13 Episode Drama Series Obstruction And Standalone Showtime Streaming Service To Close

ITV got a makeover 

ITVX celebrated its biggest ever month in January with 328m streams, with the service reaching 3.6 billion streams since launch. 

ITV Studios' global footprint spans 60 production labels across 13 countries and its global distribution business sells its catalogue of over 90,000+ hours to broadcasters and platforms around the world.


Jane Stiller, ITV Chief Marketing Officer, said: “Brilliant content and creativity sit at the heart of everything ITV does, and the refreshed Group Brand acts as a more vibrant and contemporary embodiment of this.”
New series on Mzansi Magic 

Mzansi Magic has commissioned a new 13-episode teen drama series, Obstruction, produced by Origin Pictures, that will start on Monday 18 March at 20:00 and revolve around a high school netball player and the challenges she faces to attain her goals.

Obstruction stars Luyanda Zuma as the 17-year-old Zenokuhle, with dreams of making it to the Gauteng provincial netball team. 

She has to contend with various challenges faced by "an extremely talented black female teenager and how she and her peers navigate relationships with their parents, teachers, love interests, enemies, and frenemies".
Showtime going dark

The SHOWTIME streaming service is being discontinued, and SHOWTIME programming is now available through Paramount+ with a subscription to the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan.

Existing SHOWTIME standalone streaming subscribers will continue to have access to the SHOWTIME app and website until they are discontinued on April 30, 2024.

Some subscribers, billed directly by SHOWTIME, are eligible to have their SHOWTIME account information transferred to Paramount+ to start a new subscription to the Paramount+ with SHOWTIME plan. 

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