Cost Cutting: The Possible Outcome To South African Based Bollywood Channel On The Openview Platform

Following Glow TV's return to the Openview platform, there's been a lot of questions regarding the fate of SA based Bollywood infused TV channel by Nismedia as sources speculate the channel's demise when its contract with eMedia Investments expires in February 2023.

Glow TV was removed on the DStv platform in March 2018 when the pay-tv platform opted to not renew their agreement which had a major impact to their offering as primetime converted to reruns as they worked on sourcing new episodes.

Since 2018, Openview has been a top priority for Glow TV as most of their viewers and income reside on that platform. Whenever there's a blackout, Glow TV helps viewers to catch-up on what they've missed even adjusting their normal viewing to accomodate those viewers.

That's all about to change by February 2023 should the channel go off air on the Openview platform. Glow TV will likely cutback in staff and programming to accommodate their remaining audience on the StarSat platforms.

eMedia's 4 channels were removed from the DStv platform which left several disgruntled customers that are fed up with the excessive repeats on the platform with several others opting for Openview but that might not entirely be the case with Openview.

Openview is catered to low income households and taking that to account how many consumers have the funds for StarSat. Even if the channel makes its presence aware on the platform there's no guarantee that all their consumers will head there.

If anything the channel could try growing its presence with the launch of a streaming service or mobile app another could be partnerships perhaps with the likes of TelkomOne and rival to Openview, PremiumFree and if possible SABC's DTT.

Could Openview Be Losing More Channels In The Near Future?

During the year, Openview consumers lost a total of 3 channels Rewind and News And Sport from eMedia Investments as they were reviewing their offering on the platform with Soul Music's exit on the platform remaining as much of a mystery.

Compared to other outlets there hasn't been much bloodbath coming for these consumers as they inherited the likes of eXposed, ePlesier, The Home Channel+ and an upcoming entertainment channel scheduled to launch by the end of 2022.

Of course, there's been a pair of channels viewers have been questioning for a while now and as the year is about to come to a close why not bring it up now.

Last year, eMedia Investments and Nismedia engaged in a brawl in regards to the carriage agreement for Glow TV. Long story short, things haven't been the same between both parties and signs of its demise on the platform are as clear as day.

If you browse Openview's website, there's no mention of Glow TV despite its presence on the decoder. So just like how eMedia's 4 channels remained on DStv due to a technicality, could the same matter be the case for Glow TV?

SA Music is currently the only music channel on the platform kind of like how France24 and SABC Sport remain as the only news and sports channel respectively but in this case it's more serious.

Later in the year, Openview consumers awoke to the news of Soul Music's demise on the platform which served as a sister channel to SA Music but that's not where the worries originate but to its previous distributor StarSat.

StarSat has seen a loss in channels and it's interesting how it remains relevant at least to South Africans following the loss of current DStv channels like Discovery Family, Real Time, Investigation Discovery, TLNovelas and DreamWorks with more likely to join that list.

On Openview, the only channels consumers from eMedia Investments inherited were SA Music and Soul Music with its termination on the platform having to do with StarSat. Imagine if the same action seen on StarSat were to have fallen on Openview but this time with SA Music.

Honestly, the future isn't certain for any channel at this point but SA Music and Glow TV seem closer to the light than any other channel.

Viewership Stats From The End Of September On Zee World, Zee One, Star Life And Glow TV

Previous stats: click here

ZEE World Africa
Twist Of Fate #rerun - 2.0
Jodha and Akbar #rerun - 1.6
Gangaa #rerun - 1.0
Guddan #new - 2.1
Twist Of Fate #new - 2.5
I Do #new - 2.0
I'm On The Edge #new - 1.6
What Women Want #new - 0.6

Notes
- Twist Of Fate remains as most watched drama even on repeat.
- I'm On The Edge is the least watched drama.
- Gangaa is the least watched drama on repeat.
- Twist Of Fate's reruns and I Do rises up by 0.6 million.

Star Life Africa
Forbidden Love #rerun - 0.4
Kulfi - The Singing Star #rerun - 0.5
Made For Each Other #rerun - 0.6
Love By Chance #new - 1.1
Lost In Love #new - 2.8
My Desire #new - 2.3
Anupamaa #new - 3.0
Imlie #new - 2.1

Notes
- Anupamaa currently most watched drama.
- Love By Chance I'd the least watched drama.
- Made For Each Other is the most watched repeat.
- Forbidden Love is the least watched repeat.
- Lost In Love's viewership rises by over a million viewers.
- My Desire's viewership rises by 0.2 million viewers.
- Anupamaa's viewership rises by a million viewers.

ZEE One Africa
Dance India Dance
Battle Of The Championship #rerun - 0.1
What Women Want #new - 0.8
Indian Food Classics #new - 1.0
Snack Attack With A Twist #rerun - 0.6
Agent Raghav - Crime Branch #new - 1.5
Curse Of The Sands #new - 1.4
Mehek #new - 1.4
Iron Lady #new - 1.2
This Is Fate #new - 1.6
Begusarai #new - 1.5

Notes
- This Is Fate currently most watched drama.
- Iron Lady currently the least watched drama.
- Indian Food Classics currently the most watched reality show.
- Dance India Dance currently the least watched reality show.

Glow TV
This Is Love #rerun - 1.6
Young Love #rerun - 1.2
True Love #rerun - 1.4
Complicated Love #rerun - 1.0
A Touch Of Love #new - 1.8
The Power Of Love #new - 1.6

Notes
- A Touch Of Love currently most watched drama.
- The Power Of Love I'd the least watched drama.
- This Is Love is the most watched repeat.
- Complicated Love is the least watched repeat.
- This Is Love's reruns lost over a million viewers.
- True Love's viewership rises by 0.4 million viewers.

Could StarSat Bid Farewell To Yet Another Two Local Channels?

During the week, StarSat announced they'd dub various telenovelas from Mexico, Asia, Turkey and the Phillipines in local languages in their newly launched voiceover studio and this comes after the rollout of Zee TV's The Heir and TFC based drama Blood Sisters in Zulu.

In the midst of these announcements, StarSat once again cut down on a further two channels OnseTV and InPas TV which are set to go off-air by the end of September with no confirmation of a replacement joining a hundred other channels to go off air in the same manner.

In July, kykNET opted to distribute two Turkish dramas to kykNET & Kie but this came at a time MultiChoice opted to scrap eExtra alongside eMedia's other 3 channels before being reinstated onto the DStv platform.

Point being made, MultiChoice had mentioned how these channels offered a lot of rebroadcasts and eExtra had the least amount but with kykNET's offering it is believed that anyone can duplicate eExtra despite the variation in content.

StarSat opting to resort to such extent for their channels has me to believe that maybe eExtra won't be as much of a priority to them in the near future as they'll build eExtra across various brands on top of it launching a pay version of the Openview platform.

OnseTV and InPas TV were likely removed as part of a cost cutting measure with the funds used to build up more African dubbed International series. So would it be shocking if StarSat were to follow MultiChoice's footsteps in the downfall of eExtra.

Glow TV another local channel seen on the platform has seen a decline in audiences with the increased number of competitors in the market it is basically what Mpuma Kapa TV and Cape Town TV on DStv are - dependant.

Viewers on the Openview platform got a scare last year after the channel suddenly went dark with the owners Nismedia having to resort to legal matters to fix the issue as eMedia breached the agreement set up between them.

Although the channel still operates on the platform for at least a couple of months and Glow TV isn't on the dependant stage. The channel is set to face even more challenges in the future should eMedia opt to not supply Glow TV.

As most of their audiences reside on the platform meaning a loss in revenue which could lead to a cutback in staff and programming and with the number of losses on StarSat it's only a matter of time till it is announced Glow TV will no longer be accessible on the platform.

When you think of the word dependant you find plenty of that on DStv's channel 251-299 as several parties had mentioned needing DStv in order to survive and such isn't often seen on a platform like StarSat as it is the closest anyone has to local is SABC 1.

This year, StarSat lost out on the retarded community/prophets channel Tshwane TV with Afrikaans stations OnseTV and InPas TV now joining the set of locals to exit the platform.

New Series Alert: Guddan Coming Soon To Zee World + Other Developments For Bollywood Fanatics

Guddan is coming to another network

Zee World, the world's first English dubbed Indian entertainment channel curated for Africa home to various Bollywood movies, series, reality and variety shows will soon be rolling out a new drama before the end of the year titled Guddan.

The story revolves around Guddan, a 20-year-old girl, who makes a mess of every opportunity that comes her way and therefore people have lost all hopes on her. Life takes an unexpected turn when she marries an old man and becomes India's youngest mother-in-law. Can Guddan handle her three daughters-in-law, who are older to her, and prove her critics wrong by overcoming all her challenges.

Produced by Ved Raj for Shoonya Square Productions, the series starred Kanika Mann and Nishant Singh Malkani. After a leap it starred Kanika Mann and Savi Thakur. The series formed part of Zee One's initial lineup now fans of Zee World will soon get to witness the drama.

Zee One is getting more foodie treats

Zee One, the world's second English dubbed Indian entertainment channel by the makers of Zee World, Zee Enterprises which serves mainly reruns to content viewed on Zee World will introduce another foodie series to the lineup titled Indian Food Classics.

A talented and experienced chef highlights classic foods in the cuisine of India that are widely known for their flavours and ingredients.

Night Of Doom is back but with a twist

Star Life, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star which is home to various Bollywood drama series and movies was reportedly set to air Love By Chance as a replacement to Unspoken Bond but that seemingly won't be the case.

The delayed Night Of Doom is said to replace Unspoken Bonds at the 10pm slot while as Imlie moves to the 6pm slot with Love By Chance nowhere in site or from what is seen.

All that is seen right now is Anupama, Made For Each Other, Kulfi - The Singing Star, Lost In Love, Forbidden Love and Imlie and as far as Night Of Doom is considered it's listed at episode 26 which may or may not be adjusted or an error for Love By Chance no one knows.

More Bollywood insights
- Twist Of Fate was recently added onto Zee World as the eighth season replaced This Is Fate.
- Glow TV loads up on the repeats with Complicated Love.
- Every Girl's Dream replaces My Heart Knows from September 21st.
- Zee World to introduce a new programming block for web shows under the name Zee Rush.

Learn More About Zee World And Zee One's New Local Talk Show What Women Want With Revati Priya

Revati Priya, a young female entrepreneur that strongly stands for assisting women grow and take their businesses to newer heights, thus taking me to found a company called “What Women Want with Revati Priya”.

At What Women Want we offer a host of services ranging from Graphic Design, Digital and Print marketing, Social Media marketing and management, TV Production via our TV Show “What Women Want” and Photography and Videography, all offered at super affordable rates.

 

As a young proactive, detail-orientated and self-motivated female entrepreneur my aim is to assist businesses with growing via digital platforms and growing their women empowerment sector by hosting annual events, networking sessions, development and strategy programs to assist ladies in achieving their goals and dreams.

As dedicated hands-on team player possessing strong interpersonal expertise I build positive, sustainable relationships with internal and external stakeholders and communicate confidently and engagingly at all levels. I can add immense value to any organisation taking full entrepreneurial ownership in growing the brand via all sorts of marketing and taking the women of the organisation to newer levels.

What Women Want airs Fridays at 17:30 on Zee One and almost 24 hours later on Saturday at 12:00 on Zee World.

Viewership Stats For 7 - 14 July: I'm On The Edge Makes Its Debut With Close To 2 Million Viewers While My Golden Home Continues To Sink On Zee One

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Zee World
Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Once There Was A King - 1.4
Age Is Just A Number (Rerun) - 0.9
My Heart Knows - 2.1
Meet In Love - 1.9
I Do - 1.4
I'm On The Edge Launch - 1.8
Bridal Material Finale - 1.8
Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- My Heart Knows viewership skyrockets by 0.9 million retaining its status as the most viewed show.
- Meet In Love gets a small increase with 0.4 million.
- I Do sees a major decline losing over a million viewers.
- The season finale of Bridal Material saw the drama perform at its best pulling over a million viewers.

Star Life
Unspoken Bond - 0.9
Lost In Love - 1.8
My Desire - 2.1
Anupama - 2.0
Never Say Goodbye - 0.1

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Lost In Love sees a small decrease of 0.3 million.
- Anupama sees a decline in viewership after losing over a million viewers.
- Never Say Goodbye remains as the least watched show losing a further 0.4 million viewers.

 

Zee One
Guddan - 1.7
Sacred Ties - 1.2
Mehek - 1.0
The Vow - 1.4
My Golden Home - 0.0

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Guddan remains as the most watched show on the channel with viewership dropping by 0.6 million.
- Sacred Ties also sees a decline by 0.4 million viewers.
- Mehek loses more than half of their viewers.
- My Golden Home the least watched show continues to sink with the show pulling less than 0.1 viewers.

Glow TV
This Is Love (Rerun) - 2.9 20:00
True Love (Rerun) - 1.0 unchanged
Young Love - 0.6
A Touch Of Love - 1.0
Emperor Ashoka - 1.2

Total: million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- A Touch Of Love and Emperor Ashoka lose 0.2 million viewers.

Bollywood Updates: Fan-Favourite Series Jodha & Akbar Returning To Zee World While Star Life And Glow TV Welcome Respective Series Pandya Store And The Power Of Love

Glow TV fans in South Africa with Zee World and Star Life fans across Africa have even more reasons to celebrate as a reruns of the historical fiction Jodha And Akbar surfaces on Zee World with two additions, the family drama Pandya Store and romcom The Power Of Love.

On Zee World, Jodha & Akbar follows a fiery Rajput princess who is obliged to marry a Mughal emperor, Akbar, for political reasons. Eventually, mutual respect and admiration lead to true love between the two. Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma take on the lead roles.

 

On Glow TV, The Power Of Love (Barrister Babu) follows Bondita, a former child bride, becomes a barrister with the support of her progressive husband. Educated and empowered, she takes on social evils while also tackling obstacles in her personal life. Anchal Sahu takes on the lead.

On Star Life, Pandya Store follows married couple Gautam and Dhara Pandya that manage the Pandya Store. Apart from their business, Dhara also looks after Gautam's three younger siblings. The leads are Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi, Kanwar Dhillon, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Simran Budharup and Mohit Parmar.

Jodha And Akbar will take up the repeat telecast of I'm On The Edge at 4pm CAT from 18 July on Zee World. Two days later, Glow TV airs The Power Of Love at 7pm and Pandya Store makes its way to Star Life by August.

eExtra Vs. Glow TV: The Best Source For Bollywood Series

eExtra is general entertainment channel from eMedia Investments home to primarily telenovelas particularly Indian and Turkish. Glow TV is a South African entertainment based channel from Nismedia that has content which resonate with the Indian community.

Both these channels have Openview and StarSat in common aside from that the owners of these brands have been beefing with each other following eMedia's failed attempt and today we compare the channels that started it all.

eExtra is currently one of the top channels on Openview for their selection in Turkish dramas which brought a spinoff ePlesier. Outside of that bubble, the channel offers a ton of Bollywood dramas which don't clash with the existing offering on Glow TV.

 

Glow TV is SA's only Indian channel that promotes the Hindi community with not only telenovelas like eExtra but other entertainment like reality, lifestyle and local programming. It is actually one of the first channels to distribute dubbed Hindi content full-time.

 

The setback for eExtra has to do with distribution as some fans already noticed the channel doesn't play fair in terms of catch-up. Some shows repeat once off while others need eVOD in order for you to catch-up on what you've missed.

Glow TV's issue revolves on a similar matter repeats compared to eExtra you don't get a lot of new content and what's even more depressing is how often they place a former program in the schedule.

In regard to best channel, eExtra is your #1 source for drama series and although Glow TV has been repetitive in this region. There is plenty of entertainment you won't find on eExtra such as reality, lifestyle and local content.

Roundups #63: A Repeat Of Young Love Coming To Glow TV, MTV Africa Welcomes Another Shore Series And Survivor SA Returning This July On M-Net

More repeats

Following the possible demise of Glow TV on the Openview platform, the channel seems to be doubling down on repeats with the return of Young Love replacing A Love To Die For from 13 June.

Young Love revolves around the life of Nandini and how much the people around her influence her life. She undergoes a complicated situation because of the interference of her family in her relationship. The experience makes her believe that there is no meaning in love.

The series illustrates various challenges that lovers face. Apart from the love issue, other matters revolving around backstabbing and infidelity are some of what you will find in this show.

 

 

Survivor SA has a premiere date

The world’s greatest game returns to M-Net on Monday 18 July with plenty of familiar faces as 20 former Castaways return to right wrongs on Survivor South Africa: Return Of The Outcasts… all under the watchful gaze of Survivor host Nico Panagio.

Back in the game are a mixture of strategists, schemers, risk-takers and record-breakers from five previous Survivor South Africa seasons who’ll do anything to avoid having their torches snuffed for a second time, over a bumper four episodes a week.

“This isn’t an ‘All Stars’ season – in fact, it’s a totally unique concept,” says Executive & Creative Producer Leroux Botha. “All of the Castaways returning to the game this season have demons to lay to rest, with the added challenge of everyone knowing exactly how everyone else played their game, before”.

M-Net’s Senior Manager: Marketing and PR, Shireez Latief says that the four episode per week schedule will give Survivor SA superfans the chance to feast on what is set to be some stellar game play. “Having four hours a week to explore the full intricacy of the game is going to lay bare every machination,” she says. “It’s also a great way for newcomers to the magic of Survivor SA to get to know these returning Castaways and appreciate why they’re such masters of the game”.

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Returning shows in July on MTV

Deliciousness S3
From comfort food cravings, to BBQ disasters, to home chef failures, we’ll serve up the funniest clipsto satisfy the foodie inall of us. Hosted by Tiffani Thiessen. S3
10 x 30 mins // 16 July 2022 @21:00

Teen Mom:Young and Pregnant S3B
Young moms Kayla, Brianna, Kiaya,Rachel, and Madisen navigate the highs and lows of parenthood in an all new season. As the group comes together for
the first time, they’ll form bonds and learn to lean on each other through the trials of family dysfunction, absentee partners, relationship woes, and all of the responsibilities that come with having a child. When it feels like there’s nowhere else toturn, these moms have each other. 90 mins // 5 July @ 22:00

Buckhead Shore S1
The shore franchises moves to ATL. Don’t miss it, its going to be insane
10 x 30 mins // 19 July 2022

Glow TV Will Likely Go Dark On Openview Without Warning, Here's Why

Glow TV is a South African based entertainment channel operated by Nismedia that celebrates Hindi culture featuring a variety of drama series, movies and reality shows. As of November 2021, the channel's only reliable outlet is StarSat as beef is still brewing between Openview's parent company, eMedia Investments.

In October 2021, the channel was suddenly snatched from the Openview platform as somewhat of a blackout with many consumers curious about the sudden termination eMedia only responded to say the contract had ended while Nismedia filed an application for breach of contract.

According to Nismedia, eMedia forcefully removed Glow TV which is unethical on many grounds as the current agreement concludes in February 2023 with that came in the court application which came back in their favour.

 

Glow TV was reinstated and drama bomb Zee One was introduced.

The beef between Zee Enterprises and Nismedia went public in 2018 when Glow TV was scrapped from MultiChoice's DStv due to poor viewership but Nismedia believes that the pay-tv platform was being anti-competitive and sided with Zee TV but then came the launch of Star Life.

3 years down the line, eMedia tried pull the same manouvre but couldn't just wait another 2 years. Now the Bollywood offering maintains a huge share of Openview with 3 and a quarter filled with Indian content while 8 are strictly local (Mindset and DBE included).

Of course, eMedia still views them as two and a half just browse their website or better pay careful attention to the adverts on screen and you'll see no utter mention of Glow TV implying that the channel became roadkill.

 

Personally, I'm not a fan of Glow TV but if there's one thing I can applaud the channel for is the mixture of content. Most channels like dramas and movies as that's where the most views are coming through. Glow TV managed to offer as much and still left space for other content like reality, lifestyle, kids shows and even local content.

Over the years, this Bollywood phenomenon has been repetitive but in my opinion I don't think that's entirely the reason for its demise but more on the competitive side of the things and also seeking a bigger brand like Zee One and Star Life.

Major Decline For Bollywood Viewership As Dream Girl Loses A Million Viewers While I Do Sees A Major Increase For The Period Of May 21st To May 31st, 2022

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Zee World
Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.0
Once There Was A King - 1.5
Married Again (Rerun) - 0.5
My Heart Knows - 1.2
Meet In Love - 1.4
I Do - 7.9
Bridal Material - 0.2

Total: 10,7 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- My Heart Knows lost more than half of its viewers from previous weeks.
- I Do gains 6.2 million viewers from the previous weeks.
- I Do is currently the most watched show on the list.
- Second most watched reruns.
- Most watched channel on the list.

Star Life
Forbidden Love (Rerun) - 0.3
Kulfi (Rerun) - 0.2
Geet (Rerun) - 0.3
A New Life - 0.7
Lost In Love - 2.0
Dream Girl - 0.1
Anupama - 3.5
Never Say Goodbye - 0.5

Total: 6,8 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- A New Life lost close to half of its viewers from previous weeks.
- Lost In Love, Never Say Goodbye and Anupama lost 0.1 million viewers from previous weeks.
- Dream Girl lost a million viewers from previous weeks.
- Least watched reruns by default.
- Third most watched channel on the list.

 

 

Zee One
Guddan - 2.3
Sacred Ties - 1.6
Mehek - 2.3
The Vow - 1.7
My Golden Home - 0.1

Total: 8 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Guddan lost almost half of its viewers.
- Mehek gains 0.2 million viewers from previous weeks.
- Sacred Ties gains 0.1 million viewers from previous weeks.
- My Golden Home lost 0.7 million viewers from previous weeks.
- My Golden Home is also the least watched show on the list.
- Second most watched channel.

Glow TV
This Is Love (Rerun) - 1.0
True Love (Rerun) - 1.0
A Love To Die For - 1.1
A Touch Of Love - 1.2
Emperor Ashoka - 1.4

Total: 3,7 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- A Love To Die For and A Touch Of Love gains 0.3 million viewers from the previous weeks.
- Emperor Ashoka gains 0.6 million viewers from the previous weeks.
- Glow TV has the most watched reruns.
- Least watched channel on the list as usual.

Star Life Was The Most Watched Bollywood Channel While Glow TV's Viewership Begins To Plummet From The Period Of 27 April To 4 May - Viewership Stats For Zee World, Zee One And Glow TV

Zee World

Twist Of Fate (reruns) - 1.0
Married Again (reruns)  - 0.8
My Heart Knows - 2.1
Can You See Me - 1.8
I Do - 1.7
Bridal Material - 1.0
Once There Was A King - 1.2

Total: 7,8 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Twist Of Fate reruns lost 0.6 million and remains as the most watched rerun on the channel.
- My Heart Knows increased by 0.2 million and is currently the most watched show on primetime.
- Can You See Me increased by 0.1 million.
- I Do gained 0.7 million viewers.
- Bridal Material is the least watched during primetime.
- Once There Was A King lost half of their viewers from February.

 

 

Star Life

Forbidden Love (reruns) - 1.5
Kulfi - The Singing Star (reruns) - 1.2
Geet (reruns) - 0.9
A New Life - 1.5
Lost In Love - 2.1
Dream Girl - 1.1
Anupama - 3.6
Never Say Goodbye - 0.6

Total: 8,9 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Forbidden Love is the most watched rerun on the list and on Star Life.
- Kulfi - The Singing Star is the second most watched rerun on the list and on Star Life.
- Geet's viewership remains intact despite the new timeslot.
- Dream Girl viewership decreased by 0.6 million.
- Never Say Goodbye follows Once There Was A King with a massive drop losing 1.3 million viewers.
- On top of most watched channel, it even has the most views with reruns.

 

Zee One

Bollytunes - 0.2
Movies - 1.5
Snack Attack - 0.1
Grand Trunk Rasoi - 0.1
The Baker's Table - 0.1
Guddan - 2.6
Sacred Ties - 1.5
Mehek - 2.1
Lies Of The Heart - 0.7
My Golden Home - 0.8

Total: 7,7 million (excluding variety shows and movies)

Notes
- Guddan's viewership remains intact and remains the most watched show on the channel.
- Sacred Ties viewership decreased by 0.6 million.
- Lies Of The Heart viewership decreased by 0.4 million.
- My Golden Home experiences a major boost with viewership increasing by 0.7 million.

 

Glow TV

This Is Love (reruns) - 0.6
A Touch Of Love - 0.9
Emperor Ashoka - 0.8
A Love To Die For - 0.8
True Love (reruns) - 1.0

Total: 2,5 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- True Love is the most watched rerun on the channel.
- A Touch Of Love decreased by 0.1 million and remains as the most watched show on primetime.
- Emperor Ashoka viewership decreased by 0.3 million viewers.
- A Love To Die For viewership decreased by 0.1 million viewers.

Viewership Stats 17-24 February: Zee One And Glow TV's Viewership Plummets Giving Star Life An Advantage Over Zee World And Star Life

Also read:
- Unforseen Love, Bold and Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
- Balaji Telefilms unveils new content possibly for Glow TV, Zee One, eExtra and Star Life
- The Homemaker, The Accidental Mayor and Happily Ever After coming soon to Star Life
- No free eVOD data on MTN
- A Promise Of Love coming soon to Glow TV
- Two new series coming to Zee World: Luck In My Fate and Beauty And The Beast
- Upcoming programming for Telemundo Africa
- Upcoming programming for Star Life and Zee World
- tvN pushing to become a permanent linear channel in Africa

Zee World viewership goes as follows:

Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.6
King Of Hearts (Rerun) - 1.6
My Heart Knows - 1.9
Can You See Me? - 1.7
These Streets (Finale) - 0.9
I Do - 1.0
Twist Of Fate - 3.1
Once There Was A King - 2.4

Total: 10,1 million (including Can You See Me and not repeats) and 9,3 million (including These Streets and not repeats)

Notes
- Twist Of Fate reruns decreased by 0.3 million.
- My Heart Knows decreased by 0.2 million while Twist Of Fate decreased by 0.1 million.
- I Do and Once There Was A King viewership remains the same as the previous week.
- These Streets finale gained 0.3 million viewers.
- Zee World has the most viewers on the list.

Star Life viewership goes as follows:

Geet (Rerun) - 0.9
A Lockdown Love Story - 2.0
Dream Girl - 1.7
Happy Hearts - 1.1
Never Say Goodbye - 1.9

Total: 6,7 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Geet rerun decreased by 0.1 million viewers.
- A Lockdown Love Story gained 0.7 million viewers.
- Dream Girl and Never Say Goodbye gained 0.3 million viewers.
- Happy Hearts decreased by 0.1 million viewers.
- Star Life is the second most watched channel this week.

Also read:
- The Scent Of Passion coming soon to Telemundo
- Zee World left out some content at the MultiChoice Showcase
- This Is Love and Saras might stop airing on Glow TV
- List of content coming to Star Life from 2021
- Super Dancer reportedly coming soon to Zee World
- Zee World and Zee One becoming a Sony Channel could lead to a name change
- Studio Dragon unveil a set of Korean dramas launching on tvN
- Telemundo and Televisa 2022 part of which will take time to arrive in Africa

Zee One viewership goes as follows:

Guddan - 2.6
Sacred Ties - 2.1
The Heir - 0.6
Lies Of The Heart - 1.1
My Golden Home - 0.1

Total: 6,5 million

Notes
- Guddan viewership decreased by 0.3 million viewers.
- The Heir and My Golden Home remains the same from the previous week.
- Lies Of The Heart viewership decreased by 0.2 million.
- Zee One is the third most watched channel this week.

Glow TV viewership goes as follows:

This Is Love (Rerun) - 0.6
A Touch Of Love - 1.0
Emperor Ashoka - 1.1
A Love To Die For - 0.9
True Love (Rerun) - 1.0

Total: 3 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- This Is Love viewership decreased by 0.1 million.
- A Touch Of Love and A Love To Die For viewership remains the same.
- Emperor Ashoka viewership decreased by 0.4 million.
- True Love gained 0.4 million viewers.
- The brand with the most repeats.

Also read:
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April to eExtra
- The Daughter-In-Law coming soon to Zee World while a repeat of The Vow debuts on Zee One
- Indian horror Dayan, Destructive Beauty has a release date on eExtra
- Could eNCA launch on Openview?
- Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
- Why Openview has more Indian content?
- Doodsondes returning for a fourth season on eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- The last FOX Life available in the United States closes down in March

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Why This Is Love And Saras Will Likely Stop Airing On Glow TV?

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- Super Dancer reportedly coming soon to Zee World
- Zee World and Zee One becoming a Sony Channel could lead to a name change
- Studio Dragon unveil a set of Korean dramas launching on tvN
- Zee World becoming a Sony Channel could lead to a name change
- Telemundo and Televisa 2022 part of which will take time to arrive in Africa

As some viewers have already noticed, Glow TV has been working around the clock to save their viewership as more people opt to brands like Zee One and Star Life as there's not a lot of repeats on that station and viewers get a larger selection of drama series.

Glow TV launched amidst the time eMedia Investments launched their own STBs called Openview HD (now Openview) leveraging content from several popular brands in India including Sony, Colors TV and StarPlus while as ramping up some local productions.

Over the years, the channel has experienced some cracks in terms of management where Urban Brew Studios sold a large portion of their stake to Nismedia and programming where brands like StarPlus got a dedicated channel for the English market while Sony strengthened their bond with the enemy Zee TV.

Three years after Star Life launched, a fragment of StarPlus content primarily This Is Love can still be seen on Glow TV while series like Forbidden Passion (known to Glow TV viewers as Unforseen Love) has since then never reverted back to Glow TV as it aired on Star Life.

Also read:
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April to eExtra
- The Vow coming soon to Zee One
- Indian horror Dayan, Destructive Beauty has a release date on eExtra
- Could eNCA launch on Openview?
- Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
- Why Openview has more Indian content?
- Doodsondes returning for a fourth season on eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- The last FOX Life available in the United States closes down in March

Implying that Glow TV's distribution contract with StarPlus is still active and could be scrapped when their agreement comes to an end meaning series like Saras and This Is Love will no longer be available for viewing by the channel.

Unlike eExtra, Glow TV doesn't play favourites with their competitors as seen with their drama series where a large chunk of the content is distributed by Colors TV with This Is Love present for StarPlus.

Star Life is rumoured to air Soulmates (known to Glow TV viewers as Saras) later in the year which was met with positive reception while criticism awaited for This Is Love which the details regarding its launch period remains undisclosed.

Also read:
- Balaji Telefilms unveils new content possibly for Glow TV, Zee One, eExtra and Star Life
- The Homemaker, The Accidental Mayor and Happily Ever After coming soon to Star Life
- No free eVOD data on MTN
- A Promise Of Love coming soon to Glow TV
- Two new series coming to Zee World: Luck In My Fate and Beauty And The Beast
- Upcoming programming for Telemundo Africa
- Upcoming programming for Star Life and Zee World
- tvN pushing to become a permanent linear channel in Africa

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REPEATS!!! As Telemundo Africa Welcomes Back My Heart Beats For Lola And This Is Love Possibly Resurfaces On Star Life

During this past week, it was reported that My Heart Beats For Lola is set to replace Labour Of Love and Decisions on Telemundo while Star Life might broadcast one of their owners Star India's original productions This Is Love currently seen on Glow TV. Since then viewers expressed their disappointment with the relevant stations over these developments.

Firstly, My Heart Beats For Lola and This Is Love despite being popular amongst Africans have also been abused by the relevant parties in the number of times it flies in and out of their lineup which doesn't surprise most audiences as both brands leverage a lot of reruns in their daytime schedule.

Both brands have been working aggressively to keep viewers entertained as their primetime offering experienced a reduction in new content. For Telemundo, the reason relied heavily on super series as it costs a lot to produce content in that quality while Glow TV underwent management changes.

Glow TV was once owned by Urban Brew Studios before Nismedia took majority share of the channel. Glow TV was on the verge of closing down to its entirety across South Africa on DStv, Openview and StarSat.

All channels have repeats look at e.tv with Mr. Bones and Comedy Central with Friends, so what's wrong with seeing that on channels like Telemundo and Glow TV?

Also read:
- News And Sport will stop airing on Openview in March
- SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development for Openview
- More about TLNovelas upcoming series Keeping My Family Together
- Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
- Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- Overcoming Fear coming soon to TLNovelas
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra
- Malverde: The Patron Saint coming soon to Telemundo Africa???
- The Estate stops airing on SABC 1 in April
- In March, E! will also be hosting the Oscars live from the red carpet and launch the cover bands
- The Search For Frida March 2022 teasers
- Nurses March 2022 teasers

Majority of the population aren't home at times, these series are viewed and some that are available are living with family or other people who occupy the couch at times these shows manage to air on the stations.

There also the fact that there's several others who have to multitask as they have other content to watch at the times these series come on so in a way the repeats give viewers some time to watch content they've missed elsewhere.

Glow TV was removed from DStv a years back so while others explored the alternatives available to them such as Openview, StarSat and DStv Indian. There's still people that latched onto the pay-tv platform so This Is Love would benefit them.

MultiChoice gets new DStv and GOtv customers everyday and some of those consumers could have started tuning into the channel.

For those who are familiar with the shows and want it to watch it again go ahead and those who can't stand the near sight of them should explore the other alternatives that were put up for them as repeats aren't going anywhere as it is common thing around the world.

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Viewership Stats For 10-17 February: A Week Of Major Declines For The Indian Channels But On The Bright Side Zee World Is Once Again The Most Viewed Indian Channel In South Africa

Star Life and Zee One both had season finales which brought the best numbers for the programming. In that, Zee One seems to have fallen to the cracks as its main counterpart Zee World gains the figures to once again become the most watched Indian channel in South Africa but experiences a decline as seen in previous weeks.

Also view: stats from 3rd to 10th February

Zee World's figures goes as follows:

Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.9
King Of Hearts (Rerun) - 1.6
My Heart Knows - 2.1
These Streets - 0.6
I Do - 1.0
Twist Of Fate - 3.0
Once There Was A King - 2.4

Total: 9,1 million excluding reruns

Notes
- Reruns pulled 3,5 million during the week making them the most viewed Indian channel in repeats.
- These Streets experiences a major decline in viewership from 1,4 million in the previous week to 0,6 million in this week with a difference of 0,8 million.
- Twist Of Fate reached a new milestone 3 million viewers.
- Once There Was A King gained 0.4 million viewers within this week.
- The channel lost 0.3 million viewers in the previous week.

Star Life's figures goes as follows:

Geet - 1.0
Illusion (Finale Week) - 3.0
A Lockdown Love Story (Opening Week) - 1.3
Dream Girl - 1.4
Happy Hearts - 1.2
Never Say Goodbye - 1.6

Total: 7,2 million (excluding Lockdown and Geet) and 5,5 million (excluding Illusion and Geet)

Notes
- Illusion brought the biggest figure the channel could have even gotten in a longtime as the viewership increased by a further 2,1 million.
- Dream Girl, Happy Hearts and Never Said Goodbye all experienced small increases the following week.
- Star Life became the second most watched Indian channel for one day as Zee One fell to third place.

Also read:
- My Heart Beats For Lola coming soon to Telemundo
- News And Sport will stop airing on Openview in March
- SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development for Openview
- More about TLNovelas upcoming series Keeping My Family Together
- Should eReality merge with News And Sport?
- The Estate cancelled only on SABC 1 for new drama series
- Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- Overcoming Fear coming soon to TLNovelas
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra
- Malverde: The Patron Saint coming soon to Telemundo Africa???
- In March, E! will also be hosting the Oscars live from the red carpet and launch the cover bands
- The Search For Frida March 2022 teasers
- Nurses March 2022 teasers

Zee One's figures goes as follows:

Guddan - 2.9
Reach For The Stars (Finale) - 2.0
The Heir - 0.6
Lies Of The Heart - 1.3
My Golden Home - 0.1

Total: 6,9 million

Notes
- Guddan and The Heir experienced no change in viewership.
- Reach For The Stars and My Golden Home both experienced increases in viewership.
- My Golden Home dropped by 0,5 million.
- Reach For The Stars finale hit their biggest peak 0.6 million.

Glow TV's figures goes as follows:
This Is Love (Rerun @5) - 0.7
A Touch Of Love - 1.0
Emperor Ashoka - 1.5
A Love To Die For - 0.9
True Love (Rerun @9) - 0.6
This Is Love (Rerun @10) - 1.6

Total: 3,4 million (excluding reruns)

Notes
- Second most watched channel on the terms of repeats 2,2 million excluding the 5pm rerun.
- Primetime series have all experienced declines.
- This Is Love rerun becomes the most watched show on the channel.

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Roundups #18: A Promise Of Love Coming Soon To Glow TV, Aurelio Casillas Returns With New Content For Telemundo And We Baby Bears Launches On Cartoon Network Africa In The Next Two Months Alongside The Much Anticipated Series Big Blue

A Promise Of Love coming soon to Glow TV

Glow TV, South Africa's one of a kind entertainment channel exploring the rich archives of India will be adding another Colors TV original A Promise Of Love to their schedule to join originals Emperor Ashoka, A Love To Die For and True Love.

A Promise Of Love (Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki) follows the love story of Tanu Khurana and Rishi Singh. Katyani Bai prophecies they will be together for next 7 births. Rano who dislikes Tanu tricks Raj into going to America. Tanu and Rishi part ways but vow to unite.

Kratika Sengar and Sharad Malhotra played the lead roles in this 2018 drama series.

Also read:
- Simply Maria coming soon to TLNovelas
- Viewership stats for Glow TV, Zee World, Star Life in January
- A list of Afrikaans voice actors for Die Put and Droomvelore
- Unforseen Love, Bold And Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
- Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra
- The Search For Frida March 2022 teasers
- Nurses March 2022 teasers
- Overcoming Fear and Keeping My Family Together coming soon to TLNovelas

Aurelio Casillas has risen from the grave for an eight instalment of Lord Of The Skies alongside a slate of new content for Telemundo

International Emmy award-winning El Señor de los Cielos ( Lord of the Skies ) will be back and with it, actor Rafael Amaya, who reprises his role of Aurelio Casillas for an eighth season.

Telemundo kicked off a virtual event detailing its production plans with the announcement of the return of one of its most popular super series today during the unveiling of the network's slate of original productions set to begin filming in 2022 and 2023.

El Conde (The Count – working titles,) starring renowned Mexican actor and longtime Televisa telenovela star Fernando Colunga; Todos los Nombres de Aura (Aura’s Many Names – working titles,) starring Blanca Soto; and Culpable o Inocente (Guilty or Innocent – working titles.)

Two new anthology series going into production are Cuando Habla una Mujer (When a Woman Speaks – working titles,) the first on-screen adaptation stemming from the recently acquired library of Corín Tellado, one of the best-selling Spanish-language romance writers; and El Doctor de los Milagros (The Miracle Doctor – working titles,) a compilation of faith-filled stories inspired on the beatified Venezuelan physician known for treating the poor.

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- Could ESPN close alongside National Geographic and Disney Channel?
- Coroner and Tell Me Your Secrets coming soon to Universal TV
- Kidz Club is back for the March holidays and more on Studio Universal
- In March, E! will also be hosting the Oscars live from the red carpet and launch the cover bands
- Paramount+ greenlit Knuckle TV series and Seal Team movie
- AEW: Battle Of The Belts launches on TNT
- NCIS: Los Angeles might be cancelled after 13 seasons

The wait is almost over for these two series on Cartoon Network

Big Blue a Canadian based Kenyan inspired animated series that follows sibling adventurers Lettie and Lemo lead a quirky submarine crew to unravel the mysterious secrets of an underwater universe. Along with a magical fairy stowaway named Bacon Berry they must explore and protect their vast ocean-covered planet.

The show was first unveiled at a MultiChoice Showcase. According to sources, the series will air in March.

We Baby Bears has been the long overdue after WarnerMedia Africa unveiled the We Bare Bears spinoff on two separate occasions. Originally scheduled for November 2021 was pushed to 2022.

We Baby Bears features the baby bears on their search for a place they can settle down and fit into. Each episode transports them into vibrant and colourful worlds, where they befriend legions of familiar fairy-tale faces. During their ongoing crusade, they are faced with the decision to stay or continue their journey for a permanent abode they can call home.

According to editiadedimineata, the series is expected to air by the end of April.

Also read: 
- Paramount+ and Nickelodeon expand kids slate
- Possible channel closures from Warner Bros. Discovery
- ViacomCBS rebrands into Paramount
- Warner Bros. Discovery could terminate these channels
- NCIS: Los Angeles might get cancelled
- Cartoonito launches on Boomerang across Europe possibly as a trial run before scrapping the channel
- Could ESPN close alongside National Geographic and Disney Channel?
- February on ViacomCBS Africa channels
- February on TNT, Cartoon Network and Boomerang

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Viewership Stats For 3-10 February: Zee One Dethroned Zee World And Star Life Continues To Clash With Glow TV

Zee World and Zee One are managed by the same people so it only seemed logical for something like this to happen. The only thing that kind of ties Star Life with Glow TV is the paint used for the channel's logos and poor offering.

Zee World viewership statics goes as follows:

Bollywood Movies - 1.0
Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.4
King Of Hearts (Rerun) - 1.3
My Heart Knows - 2.1
These Streets - 1.4
I Do - 1.0
Twist Of Fate - 2.9
Once There Was A King - 2.0

Total: 9,4 million (excluding repeats and movies)

Notes:
- Became the second most watched channel in that period.
- Bollywood movies and I Do hit a tie and are both the least watched.
- None of Zee World's content has less than a million views making it the only brand to do so despite being a pay channel.
- Twist Of Fate is still adored by fans of the channel on primetime even with reruns.
- Zee World has the highest viewership for reruns (2.7 million).

Read Also:
- Upcoming programming for Zee World and Star Life
- SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development 
- Viewership stats for Glow TV, Zee World, Star Life in January
- A list of Afrikaans voice actors for Die Put and Droomvelore
- Unforseen Love, Bold And Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
- Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
- Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra

Star Life viewership statics goes as follows:

Bollywood Movies - 0.5
Geet (Rerun) - 0.7
Illusion - 0.9
Dream Girl - 1.2
Happy Hearts - 1.1
Never Say Goodbye - 1.7

Total: 4,9 million (excluding reruns and movies)

Notes
- The brand with the least watched Bollywood films I mean it's justified as there's mostly reruns.
- Star Life is the only channel with content that struggles to attract 2 million views.
- Never Say Goodbye was the most watched show during this period and Geet remains in the gutters.

Zee One viewership statics goes as follows:

Dance India Dance - 1.0
Bollywood Movie - 2.6
Grand Trunk Rasoi - 0.2
The Baker's Table - 0.2
Snack Attack - 0.1
Guddan - 2.9
Reach For The Stars - 1.4
The Heir - 0.6
Lies Of The Heart - 4.2
My Golden Home - 0.6

Total: 9,7 million (excluding repeats, movies and variety shows)

Notes
- My Golden Home and The Heir tie this month
- Snack Attack is the least watched show on the channel.
- Lies Of The Heart was the most watched show in this period.
- Zee One has more content than any other channel on the list therefore increasing their viewership.
- The only brand to have provided variety shows
- Currently has the highest rated movie
- Became the most watched channel on the list thanks to Zee World's reruns so it's a win win either way.
- Has the most content with less than a million views.

Glow TV viewership statics goes as follows:

This Is Love (Rerun) - 1.0
A Touch Of Love - 0.6
Emperor Ashoka - 2.4
A Love To Die For - 2.3
True Love (Rerun) - 0.1

Total: 5,6 million (excluding repeats)

- The only station that couldn't provide the views for Bollywood films.
- The only station with the least amount of new shows.
- Remains as the least watched Indian channel.
- Unlike Star Life, the content can attract 2 million views.
- Emperor Ahsoka was the most watched show during that period.
- The channel has the lowest rated repeat on the list (This Is Love).

Available to DStv is Zee World and Star Life while StarSat and Openview have every other channel but Zee World.

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