Development Alert: TLC Africa Expands To Southern Africa On Channel 125 (Excluding South Africa)

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During the day, DStv consumers had spotted the TLC Africa channel on 125 through the electronic programme guide. For those wondering, this isn't a channel MultiChoice is planning to add in South Africa as TLC already exists on channel 135 but like Nickelodeon Africa on 312.

The same channel with slight variations for different countries for starters Dr. Pimple Popper while the one situated in South Africa will air at 19:00, the one in neighboring countries will be telecast an hour early at 18:00 based on timezones and by that time we'd be watching My 600lb Life. 

Another variation may pertain to certain show I Am Jazz which would feature a transgender media mogul. In South Africa and Mozambique for starters, there is no restriction on sexual preferences as seen in Nigeria and Kenya making the series accessible to those countries. 

Unlike Nickelodeon and a few other channels on DStv, TLC's feed for neighboring countries is kind of depressing while several other channels are in tune with premieres some of TLC Africa's premieres can date back to the 2010s as seen with Discovery Family and Real Time.

The only sin the feed on channel 135 committed is promoting Me Or The Menu and Fixer Upper as premieres as those shows are already viewable on Food Network and HGTV. And also Discovery had already curated two channels specifically to leverage from these brands. 

Now consumers in more countries namely Southern African regions like Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Malawi will now have to burden themselves with decade old repeats while consumers in Southern Africa get the fresher outtakes as seen in some parts of Europe. 

This would led to them losing out on channel 135.