fliekNET Pop-Up Channel To Make A Comeback On The DStv Platform This Festive Season

Viewers can look forward to a variety of Silver Screen short films, feature films and documentary series. Subscribe and WATCH fliekNET 2022 Holiday season is around the corner and it's time for relaxation, sun, stretching your legs and summer holiday fun.

Parental habit is fliekNET back as a pop-up channel for the festive season. fliekNET will be on air again from 16 December 2022 to 15 January 2023 as a welcome addition to DStv's holiday entertainment programme. fliekNET will be available on DStv channel 149.

Some of the feature films that will be shown on fliekNET include recent hits such as Barakat, Toorbos, Kaalgat Karel and Klein Karoo and Klein Karoo II. Also on the schedule are popular hour-long Story films such as Magda Louw, Die lang, langnaweek and Dija wants a baby with big names such as Hannes van Wyk, Quanita Adams, Jacques Bessenger and Amalia Uys in the respective casts.

Classic movies such as Boetie goes to the border, Tant Ralie's boarding house, Trap in Venice and Lord Oom Piet will also provide enough entertainment. Silver screen short films are also part of the programme.

Over the years, the Silver Screen Festival has ensured the birth of many filmmakers' careers and these short films not only show how immensely talented our filmmakers are, but also how the Afrikaans and South African film industry has grown. Documentary series such as Impressario, Oppi Kassie and Daar doer in the movie are a must for lovers of film, filmmakers and the history of the entertainment world, film and TV industry in South Africa.

fliekNET will be available from 16 December 2022 to 15 January 2023 on DStv channel 149 for Premium subscribers. The broadcast will run daily from 06:00 in the morning to 12:00 at night.

MultiChoice Bundles Two More Movie Channels To AddMovies

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 started with 3 channels plus future popup channels or at least in the above mentioned regions but fliekNET didn't really have much impact as to why people got it in the first place and you can tell with the amount of rebroadcasts how miserable that channel was.

Honestly, fliekNET is better off as a pop-up or as seen with eExtra's Kuiertyd a block which airs at certain times of the week which is what I'm anticipating from kykNET's movie endeavours.

Anyways, MultiChoice seems to have added two of DStv Indian's current movie offerings SET Max and B4U Movies to the AddMovies family. Now I'm kind of curious as to what awaits from MultiChoice's next financial year.

Honestly, this just seems a bit much for AddMovies not that it's bad but the fact that one of them is stylised as the Bollywood version of M-Net Movies Premiere. Is it possible that maybe they'll hike it with the addition of these two?

All in all everyone but DStv Premium and Compact+ is a winner as Comedy Central, BET and MTV found their way to more households and Magic Showcase which is just MultiChoice's way of reinventing SABC will be rolling out in the coming month.

DStv Updates: fliekNET To Become A Pop-Up Channel From July 15th, eExtra's Kuiertyd To Be Replaced By KykNET And Rumoured Developments For The New Afrikaans Channel By Media24

fliekNET South Africa's only Afrikaans movie channel is set to be the 10th channel that exits from the DStv platform in 2022 joining other brands like Tellytrack, Lifetime, ITV Networks, Russia Today and e.tv's 5 channels (including eAfrica).

fliekNET began as a pop-up channel in 2014 as part of the holiday and grew popularity for its selection of movies that it joined other popular franchises like Big Brother and Idols to return on a yearly basis.

Amidst the pandemic, MultiChoice launched a permanent version of the channel which some found repetitive as the pay-tv company struggled to incorporate as much variety to the schedule opted to make it a pop-up channel from July 15th.

 

kykNET will be rolling out a Saturday night block kind of like the one seen on eMedia's eExtra channel but instead of licensing a batch of movies it will be similar to M-Net's Sunday Night Movies where you get the latest movies with more original productions coming in 2023.

They could have tried adding some of the content to M-Net Movies but oh well.

kykNET & Kie which serves as a sister and duplicate channel to kykNET will be rolling out two Turkish dramas in July competing with eMedia's existing offering with In Die Ysterhand Se Greep going head to head with Droomvelore on e.tv with Kind Van Die Noodlot with Dokter Ali and Fenix for those with Openview excluding Fridays.

 

All the more reason to believe kykNET is replacing eExtra but not on Easyview with Access having to wait at least a year or so to view these shows on kykNET Lekker likely as 4 days a week series.

Onto new channels, despite MultiChoice using an existing brand as an alternative to eExtra. They will be rolling out another Afrikaans channel on top of returning the pop-up channel Woordfees to more consumers in July.

The new channel is nothing is like eExtra except for the target group as the channel features reality and lifestyle kind of like eReality but local which in turn happens to be Media24's Via duplicate likely for Access customers as seen with kykNET Lekker.

 

MultiChoice had tested the channel later in April onto May with further information about the channel nowhere in site with the lab rat either being delayed or terminated but delayed is more believable.

The 140 section is crowded with Afrikaans channels perhaps part of the reason fliekNET is being phased out is to make space for this channel and 149 would make a suitable channel number as it makes the main Via channel superior.

Considering how most of this happened amidst eMedia's demise on the DStv platform, you could say that the Via duplicate in a way is there to make up for the loss of eExtra.

fliekNET Launches This September On DStv And Here's A List Of Movies Speculated For The Channel

fliekNET will launch as a full-time Afrikaans movie channel on the DStv platform from September on channel 149.

KykNet seemingly unveiled a bunch of movies under their label it's natural for movies to air on the channel but they unveiled so much movies which takes up a full channel so this has to be for fliekNET

The list goes as follows:
- Axis Mundi
- En Die Wiele Van Die Bus
- Invloed
- Biker
- Janneman
- Buiteperd
- Kloof
- Binnielandse Sake
- Tekkies Vir Trevor
- Maan Val Bewusteloos
- Like My Profile
- Onderspit
- 'n Liefdeslobotomie
- Nama Swaan
- Verkfointein
- Skoon
- Versnel
- Benjamin
- Soldaat
- Totsiens Pa
- Soos Gister
- Melusie Van Arcadia
- Sweisbril
- Jan Umkwhetha
- Vlees Van My Vlees
- Nommer 37
- Lakens
- Vossie Vergas
- Ben Se Begrafnis
- Slaaf
- Vuil Wasgoed
- Agterplaas
- Laaste Ure
- Rooilug
- Hartloop
- Gebles
- Dominee Truuks
- Damduikers
- Plankekoors
- Van Nasionale Belang
- Kromkierierfontein
- Ongenoodies
- Oedipus
- Fluit Fluit
- Die Beleefnis
- Bloedson
- Kombie Kameelperd En 'N Camcorder
- Op Theefontein Final
- Swaaibraai
- Kleingeld
- Eenrigting
- Ek Het Joy Gemaak
- 36 DDD
- Nantes
- Neem My Saam
- Bach Motief
- Prinses
- Agterplaas
- Die Buurtwag
- Sussie
- Vennie Olga
- Dis Hoe Ons Rol
- Trippie
- My Gelykenis
- Begrafnis
- Bullets Oor Bishop Lavis
- Miemie
- Iemand Anders
- Onthou
- Vashou Ding

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