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eMedia's 4 Channels Recieve Another Extension On MultiChoice's DStv, Might Go Dark By August 2024

Since 2022, eMedia Investments and MultiChoice had been undergoing a carriage dispute with the Competition Tribunal. After the p...

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Friday, January 20, 2023

New Series Alert: The Promise Of Changan Coming Soon To St Sino Drama

Sino Drama, a Chinese entertainment channel owned by StarTimes which offers various drama series and movies most of which are dubbed in English is set to air a new martial arts musical drama titled The Power Of Chang'an.

A story that follows a young woman who once naive and carefree who matures into a wise ruler. Hers is a legendary journey about overcoming trials and tribulations to become the empress dowager of the Great Sheng nation.

Everyday Novelas:
Decisions is making a comeback on Telemundo
Forbidden Passion season 2 not moving forward on Telemundo
Nurses returns for a season 3
The origin story of Forbidden Passion

It ensembles the cast of Yi Cheng, Chaoyue Yang, Lin Wang, Youming Huang, Jinsong Wang, Dong Han, Yingzi Zhao, Ray Zhang, Vicky Liang and Zhonghua He. It is also Chaoyue Yang's first acting gig.

Since it's launch in 2020, The Power Of Chang'an has been met with mostly favourable reviews with brands such as IDMB giving it a rating of 7.2 out of 10 amongst 37 reviewers with 77% of users on Google approving the show.

The Power Of Chang'an is expected to air weekdays at 19:50 from 23 January.

StarSat:
CBS Justice to launch on StarSat
FilmBox Action and Kartoon Channel to launch on StarSat
The Smithsonian Channel closing down in the UK

Thursday, January 5, 2023

New Series Alert (Rumour): Presenting The Five Turkish Dramas Rumoured To Rollout In South Africa

For reasons beyond my control, I can't disclose who picked up rights to the show or the timeframe for part of these shows but if you've been following my blog for sometime then you know my number 1 picks are on the Everyday Novelas section of my site.

Last year, I mentioned a couple of shows I'd recommend for certain brands part of it not giving percentages are rumoured content but as it is I can't share much details on anything just yet.

You browse a lot of content most of which haven't watched then you get directed to areas where you find 90% of the content there is already viewed with the remaining 10% awaiting release so here it is the 5 shows rumoured for the stations near you.

1. Söz (The Oath)

Yavuz, a well-trained Turkish soldier, is in Istanbul with his fiance where a terrorist operation takes place. Bahar, who is not a surgeon, tries to save his fiance. After this incident, Yavuz goes back to Karabayir and Bahar follows him all the way to give him something that belongs to him. The series stars Tolga Saritas, Meric Aral and Nihat Altinkaya.

eExtra:
- Soete Wraak coming soon to eExtra
- 10 Turkish shows eMedia Investments, kykNET and Timeless Dizi Channel should acquire for 2023
- eExtra to undergo changes within the festive season
- The Girl Named Feriha remake might be in the works for Televisa (TLNovelas)

2. Zemheri (Love Storm)

Firuze and Ayaz. Two beautiful heart, two family carrying children overhead. Fate brought them together. Her father's unjust conviction in the elevator accident that killed thirteen people triggered Firuze. Carrying the responsibility of being the man of the house, Ayaz is faced with Firuze, which he sacrificed for his mother when he was about to marry another.

3. Kirmizi Oda (The Red Room)

Already viewed on SABC 3, The Red Room is set in a therapist office in Istanbul, where we see vulnerable women and men who pass through to get treatment and handle their traumas and problems. It stars Binnur Kaya, Erkan Petekkaya and Evrim Alasya.

4. Ramo

The series will focus on the conflict between the two families and a great love that will flourish between this struggle. The series stars Murat Yıldırım, Esra Bilgiç, İlker Aksum and Yiğit Özşener.

Everyday Novelas:
Between You And Me now on Zee One
Eternal Love coming soon to Star Life
Nurses S3 coming soon to Telemundo
Fearless Heart coming soon to Telemundo

5. Elimi Birakma (Don't Let Go Of My Hand)

The story revolves around a girl named Azra who is studying abroad in America to become a professional cook just like her father. The series stars Alina Boz, Alp Navruz, Dolunay Soysert and Ebru Aykaç.

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Roundups #126: House Of Dragons Becomes Most Pirated Series Of 2022, Phoebe And Her Unicorn No Longer Moving Forward On Nickelodeon And Viral Scandal Coming Soon On St Novelas E Plus

Game Of Thrones spinoff hits more bumps on the road

After setting multiple records for HBO and HBO Max, House of the Dragon season 1 has topped 2022's most-pirated TV shows list. The fantasy drama acts as a prequel to Game of Thrones, adapting George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood novel, and chronicling the downfall of House Targaryen, namely with the death of Paddy Considine's King Viserys and plotting from the Hightower family to overthrow the Targaryens, all culminating in the war known as the Dance of the Dragons. Developed by Martin and showrunner Ryan Condal, House of the Dragon season 1 scored largely favorable reviews from critics and audiences alike, and its success is being seen in even the more unsavory corners of the Internet.

As the year comes to a close, TorrentFreak reports that House of the Dragon has topped 2022's most-pirated TV shows list. Coming in at the top of the list, the HBO series has officially surpassed its predecessor, Game of Thrones, which was dominating the piracy charts even three years after coming to an end. In addition to overtaking the original show, House of the Dragon season 1 also came ahead of fellow fantasy drama, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and The Boys season 3, Disney+ releases Moon Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law and Andor, Netflix's Stranger Things season 4, and Paramount+'s Halo.

DStv Flex:
What to expect this January on Curiosity Channel?
What to expect this January on The Home Channel?
Reyka renewed for season 2 on M-Net
What to expect this January on Qwest TV?

The disrespect of Nickelodeon

In June 2020, it was revealed that Nickelodeon had won the rights to Dana Simpson’s comic strip Phoebe and Her Unicorn, a property that the studio was eyeing as a multi-platform franchise across an TV animated series, movies and more. Fast forward to 2022, Nickelodeon axed the project due to it not catering well to boys.

Phoebe and her Unicorn follows 9-year-old Phoebe Howell, a girl in the fourth grade, who deals with childhood challenges alongside her unicorn Marigold, friend Max and enemy Dakota. Phoebe meets Marigold after skipping a rock across a pond, accidentally hitting the unicorn in the face. Freed from her own reflection, the unicorn—named Marigold Heavenly Nostrils—gives Phoebe one wish, which she decides to use by making the unicorn her best friend. Marigold has magical powers, i.e. she can divert or redirect rain and send text messages and broadcast a Wi-Fi hotspot through her horn. Her most highly coveted power though is her “Shield of Boringness” spell, which causes humans to view her as nothing out of the ordinary and allows her to interact with them on a daily basis.

Basically, a network that offers shows such as Monster High, Mysticons, Regal Academy, Winx Club, Legend Of Korra and Miraculous in which they got into legal issues with Disney opted not to move forward with this project because it doesn't cater well to boys.

For those who want to see the post:

Regular Nick:
- Predictions: Nicktoons and Boomerang's untimely demise
Avatar to return with new animated series on Nickelodeon
Best & Bester coming soon to Nicktoons
January on Cartoon Network and Boomerang

New Phillipine series coming soon to St Novelas Plus

Novelas E Plus, a general entertainment channel on StarSat that is home to telenovelas from the Phillipines, Mexico and Turkey is set to rollout a brand new drama series titled Viral Scandal.

Not to be mistaken with the Korean drama High Society Scandal, Viral Scandal follows the lives of a simple family become disrupted when a scandalous video involving their eldest daughter goes viral. It stars Charlie Dizon, Jake Cuenca, Dimples Romana, and Joshua Garcia.

The series premiered on Kapamilya Channel's Primetime Bida evening block, A2Z and TV5, and worldwide via The Filipino Channel on November 15, 2021. It is expected to be premiere on Novelas E Plus by January 13, 2023.

Everyday Novelas:
Nurses S3 coming soon to Telemundo
Fearless Heart coming soon to Telemundo
Prediction: What to expect on Telemundo by next year?
Prediction: What to expect on TLNovelas by next year?

Wednesday, December 7, 2022

New Series Alert: The Unindentical Twins Coming Soon To Novelas E Plus

Novelas E Plus a general entertainment channel on StarSat that is home to telenovelas from the Phillipines, Mexico and Turkey is set to introduce a brand new romcom from Thailand titled The Unidentical Twins (Song Sanaeha).

Twin sisters, similar in appearance differing in disposition, go about life in different ways. Duen, a capricious model and actress, is inconsiderate of anybody else’s interests or feelings. Pit has taken care of Duen since the death of their parents and is still looking out for her. While Duen was in a scandalous relationship with a rock musician, Pit had met Warit, a worthy young man.

Everyday Novelas:
- The Rebel Princess coming soon to eExtra
Carmen And Razia Sultan coming soon to Zee One and Zee World
Laxmi and more content awaiting launch on Star Life
Daai Crazy Somer coming soon to e.tv
The history of Star Life
The Heartless coming soon to TLNovelas

At first, he confused the twins but soon recognized their differences. By strange coincidence, Warit turns out to be the nephew of Duen's new lover. Duen suddenly tires of the elderly uncle, switching her attention to the nephew. The more Warit resists Duen's advances, the nastier her tricks become to ensure Pit and Warit.

The Unidentical Twins stars James Ma, Kimberley Anne Woltemabg and Patchrapa Chaichua.

Since the series debut last year, The Unidentical Twins managed to score a 7.3/10 from IDMB.

StarSat:
- Delayed SABC channel launch on StarSat explained
- Russia Today to launch South African hub
- StarSat trying to be DStv friendly
- BYUtv should be added onto StarSat
- StarSat to offer more African dubbed telenovelas
- Could StarSat be losing two more channels?

The Unidentical Twins airs daily at 20:40 from 8 December. In other related developments, eMedia Investments acquired rights to costume based drama The Rebel Princess which is also scheduled to be released later in the month.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

New Series Alert: Waves Of Life Coming Soon To Novelas E Plus

Novelas E Plus, a general entertainment channel home to various English dubbed telenovelas from Turkey, Phillipines and Mexico will soon be launching a brand new drama titled Waves Of Life (Kleun Cheewit) starring Prin Suparat, Urassaya Sperbund, Louis Scott (actor) and Jarinporn Joonkiat.

Jeerawat is a famous model and actress. On the surface, Jeerawat has a perfect life but deep down, she is in danger of being raped by her stepfather and longs for her mother's love. After Jeewarat's rich and powerful stepfather drugs Jeerawat, she manages to escape by driving away. Unfortunately, she hits a young woman on the road, who later dies at the hospital.

The dead young woman has a fiancée, Sathit, who is a lawyer who believes strongly in justice. He vows revenge on the female driver who killed his beloved fiancée. Unfortunately, Jeerawat's stepfather and mother use their influence and money to hide and hush all evidence. After coincidentally running into each other on many occasions, their fated encounters starts to change them both, as their bond deepens, Sathit becomes conflicted between the evidence that Jeerawat was involved in the car accident and between the good and kind person he finds underneath her public appearance, who risks her life for him. What will Sathit do when he gradually falls in love with Jeewarat?

The series was met with a lot of praise during its run in 2017 across various regions such as Russia, Indonesia, Malaysia and many more. It even got one of the most liked episodes by fans on Google and Twitter.

Waves Of Life airs at 20:40 from November 3rd.

Thursday, September 15, 2022

StarSat To Offer More Dubbed Entertainment In Various African Languages

Satellite pay-TV provider StarSat has announced it is doubling down on dubbing foreign telenovelas into Zulu and other indigenous South African languages.

This comes after eMedia’s E-tv and Openview platforms saw success dubbing Turkish telenovelas into Afrikaans.

“Telenovelas continue dominating global television viewing, proving one of the most powerful entertainment genres in modern-day television and on-demand subscription viewing,” StarSat stated.

It said telenovelas are distinct from soap operas.

“Unlike soapies that go on seemingly forever, the running time of telenovelas averages around 120 episodes,” said StarSat.

“Whereas soapies can go on for decades, telenovelas usually run between six months and a year.”

Another key difference is that soap operas often appeal to women, whereas telenovelas are more family orientated, with some exceptions, StarSat said.

StarSat launched its Midrand dubbing studios in 2021 with the objective to adapt its best-performing telenovelas to Zulu and other indigenous South African languages.

“Our dubbing initiative continues to create many new jobs along the value chain,” said ODM CEO Debbie Wu.

On Digital Media (ODM) is the company that owned and operated TopTV. StarTimes bought it out of business rescue in 2013 and rebranded the service StarSat.

“Since the launch of our dubbing studios, we have recruited and trained numerous South African youth as voice actors, directors, translators, editors, and sound engineers,” Wu said.

Following the success of the Zulu-dubbed version Philippine novella “The Blood Sisters”, StarSat has launched a Zulu version of the popular Zee TV novella “Waaris: Indlalifa”.

A broad slate of Zulu dubbed telenovelas of Mexican, Korean, Spanish, and Indian origin are in the works for broadcast on StarSat’s flagship channel StarTimes RISE.

The pay-TV operator also has an app subscribers can use to watch its library of telenovelas.

StarSat also said it would broadcast English novellas, such as the Philippine show “La Vida Lena”, which will be on the ST Novella E Plus channel. It will also broadcast “My Left Side” — a Zee Novella.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022

New Series Alert: StarTimes And If Possible eMedia Investments Acquired Broadcasting Rights To My Left Side, To Launch On St Novelas

Serra (Ozge Yagiz) is a young girl who studies architecture at Kuzey University in Istanbul. She is a mature, responsible and beautiful young girl. She and her mother Nilgun (Esra Bezen Bilgin) live in a small shanty house and try to survive without the help of other people.

7 years ago, Serra and her family had a wealthy and happy life. However, their perfect life turned upside down when her father’s business went bankrupt.

The sequence of tragedies happened after then. Her father left his family behind and disappeared. Her brother committed suicide and died. Her mother could not handle the situation and suffered from physiological problems.

Serra has become the head of the family after then. She takes care of her mother, studies at school, and works at part-time jobs in order to earn money and support the living expenses. Her mother still suffers from physiological problems so, she stays at home all the time without doing anything. Thus, Serra even cooks and does house chores when she comes to home after long hours of studying and working.

Serra finds this life so difficult but never complaints about it. She tries to be strong and positive in front of her mother. She also could not forget his brother’s suicide but tries to do her best to get through her past.

Serra works part-time at a well-known hotel as a housekeeper and after then, goes to university. Her simple life changes all of a sudden with a misunderstanding.

When she does her job very well and gets the recognition of a famous business man at the hotel, she is offered a ride. Serra accepts this offer in order not to miss the class. However, she is shocked when she sees a black limousine waiting at the hotel entrance.

Serra goes to the university with that black limousine. All of a sudden, she gets everybody’s attention in the campus. Students assume that she comes from a very rich family and hence, they try to learn as much information as possible about her.

The popular students of the school also try to understand this mysterious girl. Biricik (Cemre Baysel) and Burak (Emre Bey) become extremely curious about this beautiful girl who gathers everybody’s attention.

Meanwhile, Selim (Tolga Mendi) who is a student at.Kuzey University also bumps into Serra out of pure coincidence. Selim is the most popular student in the school. He is handsome, arrogant, rich, and charismatic. While each girl at school shows interest to this popular guy, Serra does not refrain from having a dispute with him due to the nature of her personality.

Selim comes from a wealthy life. He has everything in life but no love in his family. His mother passed away due to an illness when he was a little child and he learnt that his father Ihsan (Cansel Elcin) had an affair with another woman during that time.

After then, Selim has not got along well with his father who is now married to a sneaky woman Asena (Defne Samyeli).

Selim does not seem to care about his life and lives as he wishes all the time. Thus, he always has some problems with his father who has high expectations from his son. In fact, Selim tries to make his father mad due to his anger and disappointment.

The life of Selim and Serra intersects once more. The head of school master Onur (Tamer Rumeli), who is Ihsan’s son-in-law, assigns Serra as a private tutor for Selim. He thinks that Selim could improve his grades if he closely study with a successful student.

After then, Selim and Serra start to study together and learn more from each other. Even though they often have a discussion for no reason and have strong prejudices towards each other, the more they spend time together the more they see the good in each other.

The mandatory study sessions of Serra and Selim also bring new disputes in the school. Biricik who has been in love with Selim for a long time and Burak who has some feelings towards Serra get
disturbed by this relationship. Also, Selim assumes that Serra comes from a wealthy family even though Serra does not mention anything about her social status.

My Left Side (Sol Yanim) is about a difficult love of Serra and Selim who are made for each other, yet from different worlds. Also, you will see the struggle of a poor girl among rich people. Will Serra and Selim get along well as they spend more time together? How will Selim react when he learns that Serra does not come from a wealthy family? What is the relationship between Selim’s father Ihsan and Serra’s mother Nilgun? Will Selim and Serra fall in love with each other even though they have different social status and family backgrounds? Will Burak manage to get Serra’s attention? Will Biricik continue her unrequited love towards Selim? Will Selim forgive his father and live in peace afterwards?

The series premieres this Thursday on St Novelas and might have been picked up by eMedia Investments.

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

New Series Alert: Revenge, Wild Wild Revenge Coming Soon To Novela E Plus

Novelas E Plus, a general entertainment channel home to various English dubbed telenovelas from Turkey, Phillipines and Mexico will soon be launching a brand new drama titled Revenge, Wild Wild Revenge (La Vida Lena).

Despite being the subject of bullying and discrimination because of the big scar on her face, Magda refuses to let criticisms get to her and strives hard to secure a comfortable life for her family. Using her skills and intelligence, she hits the jackpot when the soap she created quickly gains popularity in the town of Salvacion. However, the young lady's success does not sit well with the Narciso family, the owners of Royal Wellness, the biggest surgical and cosmetic company in the country. When Magda refuses to sell her formula to the Narcisos due to their contrasting views, a string of bad luck comes her way. Losing everything dear to her, Magda returns with a new face, armed with determination to retaliate against the powerful clan who ruined her life.

Revenge, Wild Wild Revenge stars Erich Gonzales as Magdalena "Magda / Lena" Mendoza Narciso-Cabrera, Carlo Aquino as Jordan A. Cabrera, JC de Vera as Adrian R. Narciso /Adrian R. Suarez, Kit Thompson as Miguel Villaricaz, Agot Isidro as Vanessa Rubio-Narciso, Raymond Bagatsing as Lukas Narciso and Janice de Belen as Ramona Joaquin.

The series was produced by Dreamscape Entertainment home to various Phillipine dramas already viewed in South Africa such as Doble Kara, Asintado, The Blood Sisters, Love Thy Woman, Walang Hanggang Paalam, The General's Daughter and Parasite Island.

La Vida Lena is scheduled to be released in the coming months on Novelas E Plus.

Monday, August 8, 2022

Bollywood Updates: Starsat To Welcome Zulu Dubbed Version Of Zee TV's The Heir, Zee World Reportedly Postpones Unfortunate Love And Every Girl's Dream And Star Life Welcomes Back Game Of Love And Adds Imile To The Lineup

The news of The Heir's launch on the StarSat platform has garnered mix reaction from viewers as most want to see something similar through the likes of SABC 1 and Mzansi Magic instead of having another eExtra as the channel St Rise has been positioned in the way of these two channels.

Unlike Mzansi Magic, SABC 1 has dubbed several international content primarily kids shows in a variety of native languages so St Rise hopping on the dub wagon doesn't seem far fetched at this point in time.

In other startling news, Zee World still doesn't have a launch date for Unfortunate Love and Every Girl's Dream. The two series were teased later in July with timeslots already allocated for the shows but it seems as if the shows won't come in their respective slots.

Other developments on the channel includes one of their other shows like My Heart Knows which follows Meet In Love to have it's broadcast reduced to compliment Dance Naija Dance which is a spinoff to Dance Africa Dance.

Last development isn't as much devastating as the other two unless you're looking at fan favourite series returning to Star Life, Game Of Love which is just Zee World's Twist Of Fate or Telemundo's Fearless Heart so yeah you can see how irritable that can be.

Good news for audiences of Star Life, the channel apparently picked up rights to another series Imlie which follows the titular character as she is forced to marry a journalist after they seek shelter in a hut during heavy rains. On reaching the city, she realises that her husband is engaged to be married.

Based on the Bengali drama Ishti Kutum, the series stars Sumbul Touqeer Khan, Fahmaan Khan, Mayuri Deshmukh and Gashmeer Mahajani.

The news of Imlie comes just as the channel unveils new series Pandya Store and Night Of Doom.

Roundups #82: Paramount Provides Outdated EPG For Nicktoons Africa, Dressed For Mourning Coming Soon To Citi TV And StarSat To Double Down On Dubs With Second Zulu Drama Series

Could Nicktoons be on the chopping block?

Although, there's no official confirmation about the channel's demise within the region. Nicktoons has been less toonie as the lineup is jam-packed with mainly current shows from Nickelodeon with a few discrepancies here and there.

Apparently, MultiChoice provides two alternate schedules of the channel same with Nick Jr. but as mentioned the discrepancies are more transparent with Nicktoons as the channel lists Program To Be Confirmed online while DStv's EPG mentions Alvin although it's Horrid Henry.

It's believed at this point that the only reason Nicktoons is just offering a duplicate selection to Nickelodeon is Paramount's way of phasing out the channel and cancelling out potential liabilities like Horrid Henry with NickMusic's fate in question.

Women In Black coming soon to Ghana

Citi TV a Ghanaian channel that features a unique blend of credible, authentic and timely news, current affairs as well as compelling non-news programming will soon introduce the rumoured TLNovelas series titled Mujeres De Negro (Dressed For Mourning).

Mujeres De Negro follows the rich coastal town of Encino Blanco, three married couples spend the weekend at Coral Beach while their husbands go on their already traditional fishing trip on a yacht. Not far from the pier, the yacht suddenly explodes. Only chips remain on the surface. In seconds they lost their husbands, and they have to go on with their lives without them...just as they planned.

The series stars Mayrín Villanueva, Alejandra Barros, Ximena Herrera and Arturo Peniche.

More local dubs are heading your way

eMedia has seen success with eExtra's Kuiertyd that it's consolidated this content onto more platforms only for MultiChoice to ramp up a similar offering on kykNET & Kie with StarTimes doing something similar which is no way competition.

Earlier in the year, StarSat launched its first Zulu dubbed show with Phillipine revenge drama Blood Sisters on St Novelas now they'll be launching a second Zulu dubbed show but this time for the channel St Rise worst part they pick Waaris (The Heir).

Waaris follows Amba, who belongs to a Punjabi family, gives birth to a girl child. However, circumstances force her to hide the gender of her baby and raise her like a boy. The series aired on Zee World, Zee One and eExtra and now it's also launching on St Rise from August 22nd.

Thursday, July 28, 2022

New Series Alert: Mexican Ripoff Of Second Chance Titled Love To Death Rolling Out On StarTimes And Possible TLNovelas Africa

StarTimes, a Chinese electronic and media company which established a strong presence in Sub-Saharan Africa serving as a competitor to MultiChoice and Azam TV will soon to be rolling out the 2018 Mexican telenovela from Televisa titled Love To Death starring Angelique Boyer and Michel Brown.

Based on the 1992 telenovela En Cuerpo Ajeno, Love To Death (Amar A Muerte) is a complex story of destinies that intersect when a media mogul, Leon Carvajal, is stabbed on his wedding day, at the same time that an assassin, Macario "El Chino" Valdez, is executed in the electric chair. Leon is reincarnated in the body of El Chino Valdez and, in turn, El Chino's soul ends up in the body of a professor of anthropology, Beltran Camacho, who dies in a car accident. Now, each man will not only have to deal with a new body, but also adapt to a new soul.

Leon now in the body of El Chino leaves El Chino's family and immigrates to Mexico. Leon gets a new identity, Jacobo Reyes, and he begins to work as a driver in his home with the help of his best friend, Camilo. Leon/Jacobo is now trying to figure out who was responsible for his death, he also finds out his new young wife, Lucia, betrayed him with his most loyal friend, Johnny. His kids have problems of their own; his oldest daughter Eva is involved with a Drug Cartel, his son Guille does not want to work in his media company, and his youngest daughter Valentina is discovering her sexuality. He will take this second chance to fix the problems he never knew of. Starting by making Lucia fall in love with him so he could find out the truth about his death.

El Chino, now in Beltran's body, will have the opportunity to have a family. He will learn to be a good father and a good husband. He will also use this new body to his advantage to try to defeat the leaders of the drug cartel he worked for while in his original body. Beltran/Chino will also get help from a rip-off fortune teller woman who will receive powers to talk to the dead.

Trying to figure out why they are back in different bodies is not the only problem. Leon/Jacobo will have to avoid being discovered as El Chino Valdez by the police and the drug cartel. Beltran/Chino will have to find his body, Leon/Jacobo, and try to protect his real family from the cartel whom are after him.

They will begin to meet others who are just like them, reincarnated. They must find out their purpose and they will all be connected through a butterfly tattoo that extends and bleeds when they mess up.

Love To Death won't be the only Televisa production rolling out in the coming months even Head Over Heels makes a dash on TLNovelas.

Friday, July 15, 2022

New Series Alert: Irreplaceable Coming Soon To Novelas E Plus

Emerging from a terrible event that changes the course of his life, Emman finds a stable job and lives a simple life in the province of Alcala with his father and brother. Blessings continue to come Emman's way when he reunites with his son, Robbie, for the child's birthday celebration and finally buries the hatchet with his ex-wife Celine.

However, Celine's fiancé Anton cannot help but burn with jealousy despite her continued reassurance. As their reunion nears its end, things take a turn for the worse when an unidentified man takes Robbie captive in broad daylight. The story of Emman's and Celine's loss is every parent's nightmare. To lose one's child is devastating, and to lose them to an organ trafficking syndicate preying on defenseless and innocent children is an abomination.

 

The couple, once estranged, come together to search for their son, and discover their love for one another is still there. In the process, they discover the betrayal of people they trust, and the evil permeating within their community.

Irreplaceable (Walang Hanggang Paalam) comes from The Filipino Channel in charge of other series seen on St Novelas like When Love Burns, A Soldier's Heart, Brothers and Blood Sisters. The series stars Paulo Avelino, Zanjoe Marudo, Arci Muñoz, Angelica Panganiban and JC Santos.

Irreplaceable airs weeknights at 20:40 from July 20th on St Novelas.

Friday, June 24, 2022

Roundups #70: Iron Rose Reloads On Telemundo Africa For Second Season, Turkish Drama Full Moon Starring Can Yaman Launches On Novela E Plus And ZNBC 3 Launching Soon On The DStv Platform

Iron Rose is not done just yet

Popular demands has been taking Africa by storm offering already viewed content like My Heart Beats For Lola, Woman Of Steel, A Passion For Revenge and Lord Of The Skies as Telemundo works on sourcing out more content.

Ahead of its anticipated return, StarTimes acquired rights to Iron Rose while Telemundo loaded one of Aracley Arambula's other projects from the channel, The Boss with Iron Rose following immediately after it ended.

 
 

The second season of Iron Rose is set to load on the channel from June 27th at 6pm replacing current season of the series.

Can Yaman is coming to StarTimes

The actor and model is currently seen on e.tv's Droomvelore portraying the role of Can Divit. Just like stars Demet Özdemir, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ and Dilan Çiçek Deniz viewers will be getting double the action as Novelas E uploads new series, Full Moon.

Nazli Pinar a young culinary student who is hired as Ferit's private chef and must deal with his specific rules for preparing his meals. The two initially clash and form a beautiful friendship. What will happen when the two fall in love?

 
 

The series airs at 8pm from June 26 on Novelas E which comes 3 hours and 30 minutes after Droomvelore on e.tv.

MultiChoice Africa continues sourcing more local entertainment

Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) is a Zambian television and radio station, formerly state owned, now owned by Zambians. It is the oldest, widest and largest radio and television service provider in Zambia.

 

ZNBC also supplies a set of linear and radio stations offering news, public affairs, sports, religion, education and sport similar to the supposed channel set to launch on the DStv platform soon.

MultiChoice has begun testing out a channel titled ZNBC3 which was believed to be a religious channel at the time but turns out to be plus channel to the current ZNBC 1 & 2 which carries the above-mentioned.

Friday, June 17, 2022

New Series Alert: The World Of The Married And Die Vertroueling Coming Soon To Novelas E Plus And eVOD

July has officially become the month of telenovelas with launches of Telemundo's The Legend and Meet The Family, TLNovelas' No One Like You, kykNET & Kie's In Die Ysterhand Se Greep and Kind Van Die Noodlot with Novelas E Plus and eVOD joining that lineup for individual series The World Of The Married and Die Vertroueling.

Based on BBC One's drama series Doctor Foster written by Mike Bartlett, The World Of The Married tells a story of a married couple whose betrayal of one another leads to a whirlwind of revenge, grief, forgiveness and healing.

 

The 2020 South Korean family melodrama became the highest rated Korean drama in cable history with Kim Hee-ae who won Best Actress at the 56th Baeksang Arts Award for her role in the series with Park Hae-joon and Han So-hee taking up lead roles.

Die Vertroueling (Maraşlı) revolves around a veteran of Turkish special forces 'Celal Kün'. His life changes when his daughter is shot down in a celebratory event. After this tragedy, he tries to find the planners of this deadly event and joins his agency again.

 

The 2021 Turkish action series stars Burak Deniz and Alina Boz who is well known for her role in the Netflix teen comedy Teen 101 (Aşk 101).

The World Of The Married will air the following week at 20:20 from June 19 on Novelas E Plus with Die Vertroueling only a few weeks apart from July 7th on eVOD which is 3 days after their rivals kykNET & Kie introduce their new offering.

Friday, May 27, 2022

New Series Alert: When Love Burns And The Virgin Of The Street Coming Soon To St Novelas

With the continuous success of telenovelas, here at Insidus hope to promote brands big and small so we look to competitors that offer similar entertainment and with our hardwork spread the word of these programs.

Bringing us to St Novelas, StarSat's hub for telenovelas since the pandemic most of their attention has been spent on these programs I mean who wouldn't mind binge watching romcoms.

As seen across several outlets, St Novelas has acquired rights to the Venezuelan drama The Virgin Of The Street (La Virgen De La Calle) and Phillipine drama When Love Burns (Init Sa Magdamag).

 
 

Based on the telenovela Juana La Virgen (Jane The Virgin), The Virgin Of The Street follows Mauricio Vega, director of the magazine La verdad desperate for a son and heir, and he and his wife decide to use the services of a surrogate mother. Unfortunately, in the hospital the name of the surrogate is confused with that of Juana, a young student. Juana is artificially inseminated with Mauricio's semen. Juana starts work at "La verdad" and the two fall in love.

The series stars María Gabriela as Juana, Juan Pablo Llano as Mauricio Vega, Caridad Canelón as Azucena Pérez, Marjorie Magri as Desirée Rojas and Rosanna Zanetti as Carlota Rivas.

 

When Love Burns follows Tupe an aspiring doctor who gets falsely accused as being involved in the corrupt activities of his government official associated father, wrecking his relationship with Rita. Years after Tupe’s apparent disappearance, Rita finds a new love in Peterson, who credits her for becoming a changed man as he pursues political office.

 

The series stars Gerald Anderson as Dr. Christopher "Tupe" Salcedo, Yam Concepcion as Cong and Rita Macatangay-Alvarez as Peterson Alvarez.

The Virgin of The Street airs 30 May at 21:30 while When Love Burns airs 8 June at 20:40 on St Novelas E Plus.

Roundups #60: George Of The Jungle Coming Soon To DreamWorks Africa, Season Finale Alert For Star Life Plus New Series Unspoken Bonds And Musiekpaniek Returns For The Seventh Season On VIA

Watch out for that tree

This animated series spreads its wings or in jungle terms branch mighty fast, from SABC 3 to eToonz which are locals to well renowned brand like DreamWorks home to award-winning content. The King Of The Jungle holds a huge responsibility on his hands.

Inspired by the story of Tarzan, George Of The Jungle follows the adventures of the jungle dweller and his friends Ape and Magnolia, female companion Ursula and pet bird and elephant Tookie and Chep.

 

Until further notice: eToonz is expected to cease transmission on the DStv platform by the end of June as MultiChoice couldn't reach an agreement with eMedia that took them to court regarding the channel alongside eMovies, eMovies Extra and eExtra.

Star Life launching another remake

During the week, it was reported that My Desire a spinoff to This Is Love is coming to Star Life within the next month but from sources statements it looks like that won't be only new series joining the lineup.

Apparently the Hindi adaptation of Star Jalsha's Sanjher Baati titled Unspoken Bonds (Aapki Nazron Ne Samjha) starring Vijayendra Kumeria, Richa Rathore and Narayani Shastri is set to replace A New Life from June 13th.

Here's a short description about the show:

 
 

The story begins with Darsh Rawal receiving an award for his photographic skills at an event in Paris. Despite being deprived of his eyesight, Darsh possesses amazing photography skills. He can sense and visualize the complete world through his mind, and never lets his disability bring him down. But soon, his mother Rajvi becomes concerned about his marriage. Elsewhere in Dwarka, Nandini Rawal prepares for her sister Bansuri's marriage but is caught in a storm near the sea harbor. Darsh risks his life and saves Nandini.

Musiekpaniek gets another season

Musiekpaniek is a fun-filled game show in which a local musician and their superfans join our presenter in studio to test their music trivia. Hosted by Carla Mackenzie.

Season 7 is expected to air from 20:00 from 1st July.

 

In other developments, MultiChoice delayed the launch of the rumoured VIA duplicate while eMedia will be rolling out the second season of Die Kontrak which serves as a competitor to Musiekpaniek.

Goodbye StarSat, Hello IWant TFC

StarSat has been going through somewhat of a phase since the pandemic which cost them several premium international channels such as FOX, Discovery Family, DreamWorks Channel, Smile, The Smithsonian Channel, Love Nature and that list will keep going on.

Just like every other pay-tv operator, they're trying to adapt and survive on top of all these hurdles. While some other brand opts to local dramas and sports, StarSat on the other hand helps promote smaller brands but the one thing that keeps viewers going is telenovelas primarily Phillipine.

If there's one thing that the platform doesn't disappoint on then its definitely Phillipine dramas. Some of the titles viewers would have come across include Love Thy Woman, Sharpshooter (Asintado), Bridges Of Love, The Heiress (Kadenang Ginto) and the popular cop drama, Brothers.

 
 

What the 6 mentioned series have in common is Alto Broadcasting System and Chronicle Broadcasting Network (ABS-CBN).

A Philippine network (composed of television through free-to-air terrestrial, cable or satellite, radio and new media through "streaming media, internet or online") and syndication, program distributor, and production company (operating primarily under the name ABS-CBN Entertainment) that serves as the flagship property of ABS-CBN Corporation, a company under the Lopez Group.

It's basically the home of all their Phillipine catalogue but what's interesting about is the streaming alternative (as seen in previous paragraph under "streaming...online").

 
 

Pay-tv platforms have a tendency of sourcing out third party content some of which come with their very own streaming hub. There's several where you'd probably need VPN if you want but with IWantTFC that's where it all changes.

iWant TFC an over-the-top content platform and production company owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation. iWant TFC offers live video streamings from various sources including media made for the Kapamilya Channel, The Filipino Channel, ANC, and TeleRadyo and on-demand contents of ABS-CBN on various platform basically StarSat's entire Phillipine catalogue.

There's a lot to love about IWant TFC, firstly you can browse over 10000 hours of programming and you're not only getting dramas from this platform but getting to invest in their culture with a selection docu-series and reality shows and if that's not enough there's even sitcoms and movies.

 

Hate monthly fees no worries you can get a free package where you can browse a selected amount of shows but if you're feeling bored there's always a premium package for as little as R135p/m where you can get full access to the latest content.

You can access the content on their website or download the app on iOS, Google Play Store, Roku or selected brands of Smart TVs. Just signup with your email address and mobile number and let IWant TFC keep you on the edge of your seat.

Monday, April 25, 2022

Roundups #45: High Society Scandal Loses A Timeslot On eExtra, I'll Never Say Goodbye Launches On ST Novelas E Plus And HONEY Rumoured To Be Made Available To DStv Access Customers

The Indians are coming I repeat the Indians are coming

During the past week, the second season of Dokter Ali debuted on eExtra and while the first season only resort to reruns were e.tv the second season came with an omnibus likely in an attempt to align themselves with eVOD or viewers got bored of the duplicated Zee TV offering.

But that's not only adjustment coming to the channel. Apparently, High Society Scandal will lose their 23:00 timeslot but viewers can still catch it at 5:00, 14:05 and 17:30 on eExtra and those on Openview also got a repeat on eXposed.

 
 

Naagin returns for a fourth season and will occupy the timeslot for Blue Venom Girl and the 23:00 spot once reserved for High Society Scandal in the new month.

ST Novelas E Plus on the series I'll Never Say Goodbye

Amid a beautiful Island in the youth, Waldo and Aryaan were once deeply in love. But they are apart by deep tragedy, when Waldo goes to jail after accidentally killing Aryaan's uncle who attempted to molest her.

 

I'll Never Say Goodbye (Magpahanggang Wakas) 2016 Philippine revenge drama television series based on the 1980 film Kastilyong Buhangin. It stars Jericho Rosales, Arci Muñoz and John Estrada.

Media24 might be growing their offering on DStv Access

According to sources, HONEY is currently seen on DStv Premium, Compact+ and Compact will be made available to Family and Access customers in the new month.

 

Honey owned by Media24 is a bold and unscripted lifestyle TV channel created and connected for Africans. It has a mix from lifestyle to reality, food, and culture across the African continent.

Media24 also operates the Afrikaans lifestyle channel Via which is set to get a duplicate channel in the coming weeks likely to replace eExtra when it goes off air by the end of May alongside the other e.tv channels.

Friday, April 1, 2022

Roundups #35: Cocomelon Expands To EMEA With Cartoonito, Black Widow And Captain America Partner Up For New Film At Apple And Cosmetology High Launches On St Sino

Moonbug forms a partnership with more Cartoonitos

Moonbug Entertainment has inked its first multi-territory linear deal, partnering with WarnerMedia to air preschool series CoComelon across EMEA.

Under the deal, WarnerMedia has picked up 170 episodes of the popular series to air on the conglom’s fledgling preschool block Cartoonito across more than 115 countries in the area this year. The brand’s 3D-animated musical episodes, which cover educational topics and nursery rhymes, will roll out in multiple languages, including German, French and Italian.

This partnership expands on Moonbug and WarnerMedia’s previous deal to air CoComelon on Cartoonito in the UK , where it rolled out in April 2021. That was the brand’s first move onto linear TV.

 
 

Apple inks new deal with Marvel stars

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Chris Evans (Captain America) are set to star in buzzy new movie package Project Artemis with Ozark star, director and exec-producer Jason Bateman aboard to direct.

Evans and Johansson have been looking for projects to team up on following the end of their Avengers days and came close on Ghosted, another hot package that Apple scooped up .
Johansson fell off after scheduling conflicts with Ana de Armas stepping in. That film is currently filming but everything works out in the end as the two A-listers and old friends get a second chance at teaming up again.

Apple and Johansson are also teaming up on Bride, which the actress is starring in and producing for Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio. That project is currently in development

 

Cosmetology High expands to Africa

St Sino is a Chinese entertainment channel offering a variety of content including reality, lifestyle, movies and mainly drama series picked up rights to the costume mystery drama, Cosmetology High.

The play tells the love story between He Lanjun, a beauty expert from the Imperial Physician Department, and Su Lianyi, the owner of a brothel in Tang Dynasty. The series stars Merxat, Zhang Zhehan and Yang Rong.

The series airs weekdays on St Sino from 1st April at 19:50.

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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

My Heart Beats For Lola Returns To Telemundo Africa While St Novelas Welcomes Back The Queen Of Flow For A Second Season

The Queen Of Flow is back for a second season

Novela E Plus is the home of English dubbed telenovelas in Turkey, Philippines and Mexico will be welcoming back The Queen Of Flow for a second instalment.

The season follows Yeimy Montoya, who after achieving fame and success in music she decides to give herself a chance in love with Juancho Mesa, not knowing that soon in her life, an enemy who knows her and all her loved ones very well. Meanwhile, Carlos Cruz/Charly Flow makes merits to get out of prison.

The Queen Of Flow airs 28th February at 21:30 CAT with La Doña scheduled to air on the platform soon.

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- More about TLNovelas upcoming series Keeping My Family Together
- Synopsis for TLNovelas upcoming series Simply Maria
Malverde: The Patron Saint coming soon to Telemundo Africa???
- Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra
Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2
- Meet the cast of TLNovelas series Simply Maria
Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eExtra
In March, E! will also be hosting the Oscars live from the red carpet and launch the cover bands
Unforseen Love, Bold And Beautiful and Destined Love coming soon to Star Life
- Overcoming Fear coming soon to TLNovelas
The Search For Frida March 2022 teasers
Nurses March 2022 teasers

Telemundo most popular love story is back for another instalment

Based on the telenovela Yo Amo A Paquita Gallego, It tells the love story of Lola and Andrés, two young people who have loved each other since they were children.

My Heart Beats For Lola (Mi Corazon Insiste En Lola Volcan) was one of the first shows to air on Telemundo when the channel launched in Africa by 2013.

Now viewers get to witness the tale again from March 8th replacing Labour Of Love and Decisions at 15:20 and 20:00 CAT.

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