DStv Highlights: Mpuma Kapa TV Ramps Up A Set Of Local Programs, Pastor's Wives Renewed For A Third Season On Honey And MultiChoice FY22 Results Have A Release Date

Here are some developments at Mpuma Kapa TV

Mpuma Kapa TV is Eastern Cape based channel with their life mission being serving the people of the province with the content they relate to. While some other channels chose to live under a rock they continue to expand their offering.

Here's a bunch of stuff confirmed for the brand:
- Nobathembu Kani became Account Executive for the channel. She used to work as an Internal Sales Executive at the SABC Group Sales and Content Producer for The Morning Show for Umhlobo Wenele FM.
- Chase 4 Change: introducing young female general commander working to combat youth substance abuse in her community by using cutting edge technology to bust drug dealers. Premieres 7 June.
 

- The Note: troubled teen to a young couple takes his life as a result of socio-economic issues in his community and gender based violence in his home. Premieres 10 June.

Pastor's Wives is back on HONEY

HONEY is Africa's first and only Pan-African channel serving up a mixture of factual and other reality based content. The channel was said available to DStv Access customers a month ago meaning viewers are getting first hand experience.

From Friday 15 July, the channel welcomes back the reality series Pastor's Wives at the 4pm timeslot. 

Pastors are often in the spotlight, but in this show, we meet the charismatic women holding it all together in their religious households. We follow them and get to see how unconventionally they live their lives. We also get to witness the dramatic situations they may find themselves in when the pastors’ wives clash. 

 

 

MultiChoice FY22 annual results

Every year, MultiChoice just like most other companies release stats regarding the progress of the business some good some bad while others like finances can be exhausting for the eyes can give people a better understanding of how much money the brand wastes on consumers.

One of the reasons most consumers are curious about this event in particular is for the upcoming developments which they're set to unveil amidst the termination of the e.tv channels and Lifetime with ITV Networks and fliekNET set to exist soon.

 

Consumers are hoping for an update to all this on June 9th. At the moment, there's a lot of angry DStv customers that feel like they're being robbed of channels and other content.

Mpuma Kapa TV On Their Partnership With Newsroom Afrika

Mpuma Kapa TV witnessed the carination of what was announced on our respective platforms and other media of the partnership between MPK TV, 1 KZN TV & Newsroom Afrika. less than 6 months ago.

We are happy that what we started as a proposal on paper has now come to fruition. The training program that was put together addressed the core-areas of the work of both Mpuma Kapas editorial & technical teams. The program, which the trainees will reinforce what their managers are accentuating as important for them to deliver a news product that is credible & up to standard.

 

 

The feedback that the station received from the trainees made us realize the importance of improving skills of our people. We are already reaping the fruits of the newly acquired skills.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank the teams from IAJ, Mojapele Productions, & Inala Media for the job well done in delivering the training & for their understanding of the circumstances under which we operate as community broadcasters. To the teams at Newsroom Afrika, thank you for putting together such relevant extensive training program.

 

To Multi Choice, we are greatful for your support whenever we request for assistance to help us deliver a quality product for our viewers. May our partnership with Newsroom Afrika grow from strength to strength.

A special congratulations to Lusulwethu Antoni, Jamy-Leigh Rooy, Nelisa Kom, Lumka Bekindawo, Jesica Bobo, and last but not least Michael Maxley Koester, who achieved this great milestone.

New Series Alert: Local Drama Kwahla Kwasa On Mpuma Kapa TV And Single Mums Mzansi On Netflix, Showmax And M-Net + Soweto TV Rolls Out A New Design For The Channel

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ANOTHER LOCAL DRAMA WHICH IS NOT A REPEAT COMES TO MPUMA KAPA TV IN 2022

Following the launch of Ekhondweni in 2021, Mpuma Kapa TV is expanding their local drama portfolio with the youth based drama series Kwahla Kwasa which is set in the Eastern Cape.

Kwahla Kwasa produced by Transkei Youth Foundation is set to promote young and upcoming talent not only on screen but behind it as well. The first season of this Xhosa drama will consist of 13 episodes.

Transkei Youth Foundation also worked on The Singing Competition for Mpuma Kapa TV. Kwahla Kwasa is set to air within 2022 on the channel.

THE HOUSEWIVES ARE COMING I REPEAT THE HOUSEWIVES ARE COMING

Single Mums Mzansi - is a personality reality TV show, where 8 lead influential characters with their sub characters will engage a reality exposition of lifestyles, drama and integration in a captivating caption to the interest of viewers and a demand for more.

This reality show is a complete production sequence of a conclusive scenes, episodes and seasons. A SAVA Media Empire production, Executive Producer Bishop Dom Escalez jr, Producer LadyNomz, Director Traci Viljeon.

According to sources, the series will air on Netflix and several products from MultiChoice including M-Net (might be referring to 1Magic or Mzansi Magic) and Showmax.

ANOTHER ONE...SOWETO TV

Soweto TV was struggling from the course of 2018 and was on the verge of being liquidated. Since last year, they've on a purpose of recovery by forming deals with certain studios and working with several producers on new content.

Not long ago, the channel started rolling out a new look across their social pages and this could be form part of their recovery process. If only the church channel (Tshwane TV) could apply that themselves.

A month ago, the founder of Soweto TV died in a car crash at the age of 55. A memorial service was held earlier this month. The new look will likely rollout after the festive holidays or in this case next year.

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Newzroom Afrika Launches Initiative With 1KZN TV & Mpuma Kapa TV

In an effort to continue transforming and developing the media and broadcast landscape, Newzroom Afrika has entered into an agreement with two of South Africa’s regional TV stations, 1KZN TV and Mpuma Kapa TV.

Newzroom Afrika’s national and continental positioning will assist in providing both channels with a much greater audience reach. In addition to this, the 24-hour TV news channel will provide 1KZN TV and Mpuma Kapa TV with editorial training and mentorship. On the commercial front, the two channels will also produce exclusive content and news services for Newzroom Afrika.

“Our vision to be Africa’s leading, credible news and information service will continue to be reflected in this new initiative. Supporting regional channels is a key portion of our overall strategy, which sees us delivering world-class offerings at every touchpoint,” says Thabile Ngwato, Chief Executive Officer at Newzroom Afrika.

To support this initiative, MultiChoice has given 1KZN TV and Mpuma Kapa TV each a grant to improve their news coverage capability and establish news bureaus in the respective provinces. These grants will cover production equipment such as cameras, lighting, sound and computers, as well as training and technical support.

“In its quest to provide an authentic voice to the people of KwaZulu-Natal, 1KZN TV has been wanting to expand its news coverage. This partnership – made possible by MultiChoice – will enable us to do just that, whilst also building our capacity through professional training and assistance,” said Edwin Mncwango, Chief Executive Officer at 1KZN TV.

“Mpuma Kapa TV is excited to be part of this new venture, as we open up the Eastern Cape to the country and continent. As the leading broadcaster in the province, our news bureau can now open opportunities to train and shape a new generation of journalists and news reporters from the Eastern Cape,” says Motse Mfuleni, Chairperson of the Board at Mpuma Kapa TV.

1KZN TV and Mpuma Kapa TV will be able to offer live coverage of breaking news from rural areas, participate in interviews through studio-to-studio live feeds, and even package news inserts. This will bring in much needed new revenue streams to further enhance their news coverage capability.

“Regional TV stations are the lifeline for news and stories in their communities. We are committed to supporting and enabling them to improve the quality of broadcasting at grassroots level. Their partnerships with Newzroom Afrika will elevate local news to a national stage. Our hyperlocal strategy is about growing and telling local stories and through this initiative, we are seeing it in action,” says Nyiko Shiburi, MultiChoice South Africa .

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The Owners Of The Long Forgotten Bay TV Officially Acknowledge The Name Change To Mpuma Kapa TV

It's weird how they officially acknowledged the name change this month when the rebrand occurred mid 2020 and I personally told MultiChoice about it and their websites updated it last year as well.

Here's the press release:

Bay TV, Channel 260 on DStv is changing to a new name and launching their new brand of Mpuma Kapa TV. The only television broadcasting channel in the Eastern Cape has been on our TV screens since 2011 and has over 1.8 million viewers. The channel was established in the Nelson Mandela Bay, as an independent community station.

The vision has always been to be recognised as a platform for the Eastern Cape to share and capture its stories, while grooming new talent from the province to the media industry. The channel is an entertainment all-rounder that presents viewers with countless entertainment, current affairs, news, sports and religious content.

The rebranding is an exciting new journey for the channel and aims to bring viewers bigger, better, more entertaining and extremely inclusive content.

Samkelo Dlulane, Mpuma Kapa TV board member, shares more.

Bay TV has been around since 2011. Can you share with us how it started?
There was a need to open up the Eastern Cape to the television broadcasting industry, there a were so many young people moving to Johannesburg to be part of the industry, however there were some who did not have that opportunity or had no means to chase the TV dream.

I think the start of Bay TV was to say, there is no need for our people in the Eastern Cape to leave the province, rather Bay TV was started to give them the opportunity to be on TV and to learn about the full value chain of television broadcasting and production industry. Today, when you look at many of the major production companies and broadcasters, they have a huge pool of Bay TV alumni - whether on screen or behind.

After all these years, the station has rebranded to Mpuma Kapa TV. Could you share the reasoning rebrand and name change?
Bay TV has always been seen as a Nelson Mandela Bay TV channel even though it was meant to represent the whole of the Eastern Cape. Our rebranding was due to the board of directors seeing the need to rectify this. Therefore, the channel renaming and rebranding to Mpuma Kapa TV was to ensure that the whole of the Eastern Cape could claim the channel as their own, further ensuring that advertisers also understand that the channel speaks to the whole province and not focused on the Nelson Mandela Bay.
The channel has grown and continues to grow, with its head office in Nelson Mandela Bay and with another office in East London, with plans to expand to OR Tambo region and Chris Hani region to ensure that the whole province is able to access the channel and further for the channel to cover news and stories in all the EC regions.

Mpuma Kapa means Eastern Cape and that is why we have used this name, to have a direct meaning to the province. As an independent community station, how is the station funded?
Mpuma Kapa TV makes most of its money from advertising. MultiChoice provides grants to community media on their platform. However, that is not enough to run an operation like Mpuma Kapa TV. We have a government who buys ad space and have started attracting private sector, through media buying agencies. As we have a big Eastern Cape market as we speak directly to them.

What can audiences expect? Will there be new shows? More entertainment?
We are excited to announce new content, new faces and also new ways of broadcasting. The channel has introduced a live-streaming services to its offerings. It is working on new documentaries and also new exciting shows. We have travel, entertainment, sports, current affairs and religious shows. Some of our old shows are getting a facelift and new names, as they were named for Bay TV, and now they will be representing our new brand.

As a community station, how can locals get involved?
Mpuma Kapa TV has given our local content producers and opportunity to use the channel as a platform for their productions, further 90% of all our content is from the EC and by the EC community. The channel sees its self as a training ground and is always open to take young people who would like to get training and experience in the industry.

Further we assist writers and people with concepts to develop them, and we assist in ensuring that we help bring the ideas to life. Mpuma Kapa TV will continue to ensure that it grooms industry ready individuals for the industry.

Hopefully a revamp or rebrand is underway for GauTV (News channel) and Tshwane TV (Prophets channel). In the end almost all community channels kind of lost the little value they had left so that section is abandoned or deserted at this point.

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Champions Pro Wrestling Returns On A South African Community Station

Champions Pro Wrestling (formely World Wrestling Professionals) is a South African professional wrestling promotion created in 2002. The promotion was televised in South Africa from 2004-2009 and internationally in 2009. CPW is owned by Mark Beale, and is heavily was influenced by American mainstream wrestling.

CPW will be in affiliation with Focal Point Studio for filming each episode.

The series will air Wednesdays at 9pm on Mpuma Kapa TV (formerly BayTV aka the Church Channel) on DStv channel 260
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ABOUT WWP BEFORE BECOMING CPW
WWP Wrestling was established more than 20 years ago in Nelson Mandela Bay South Africa . It is a National Federation that operates through out South Africa, Africa and India. It has established many Wrestlers currently on the South African Wrestling circuit...

WWP Wrestling has been involved in:
1) Establishing WWP Thunderstrike on National TV in South Africa
2) Established 100% De Dhana Dhan Wrestling TV series in India using many local Wrestlers
3) Established a weekly Wrestling Television Show on DSTV Channel 260
4) Helped establish "Champions Pro Kushti "Wrestling Federation in India. Doing live stadium and TV Shows across India giving local Wrestlers a opportunity to Wrestle on a international Platform
5) Many WWP Wrestlers appeared on various Tv shows like 7de Laan, Weakest Link, 3 Talk with Noeleen
6) Has held Wrestling Roadshows at most of the Festivals around South Africa
7) Has formed relationship with Sun International and has held live shows at their resorts and currently planning many more
8) Established the WWP Wrestling Extravaganza "WRESTLEMONSTER" bringing in International Talent to fight local Wrestlers
9) Formed Wrestling associations with APWA in Johannesburg and DPW in Durban
10) Established the WWP Pro Wrestling School of Excellence in Nelson Mandela Bay WWP Wrestling has done excellent work in Promoting South African Wrestling and it's very talented Wrestlers....it's time to step up where more international talent is brought in to take on South Africa's best.

BayTV Is Now Known As Mpuma Kapa TV

After 7 years, Bay TV has been scrapped for a more stronger and at close at home branding, Mpuma Kapa TV.

Bay TV launched as a free-to-air community television channel in Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas in Eastern Cape before making its way to DStv. It features local news, sport, youth, children, women's issues, current affairs, education, music and local culture.

The channel lost their analogue licence years back that's why it can only be found on DStv besides that they also need the funds to stay open.

Before it's rebrand, the channel was mostly carrying pastor and church based programming like a few other community channels on DStv. This new brand has opened up their doors for content proposals.

Mpuma Kapa TV will more likely be no different to Bay TV at launch. The channel will still be representing Eastern Cape hopefully with more variety and not only church shows.