Roundups #74: Magnum Pi Revived By NBC For Two Seasons, eVOD Welcomes Two New Local Productions An Eye For An Eye And uMbali, And StarTimes Upload New Channel W-Sport

Magnum lives on for another two seasons

NBC has ordered two seasons of “Magnum P.I.” following the drama’s cancellation at CBS in May after a four-season run.

The broadcaster has ordered 20 new episodes of “Magnum P.I.,” which an option for more, and intends to break those up into Seasons 5 and 6 of the series.

The reboot of the beloved 1980’s action series debuted Season 4 back in October on CBS. The show is described as a modern take on the original series centering on Thomas Magnum (Jay Hernandez), a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.

 

eVOD loads to two new local productions

Since it's inception in 2021, eMedia Investments mentioned spending R100 million on local productions with 10 movies rolling out on a yearly basis of which 6 have been released with a further 2 being released this month, An Eye For An Eye and uMbali.

An Eye For An Eye scheduled for release on 19 July follows the story of a man who was framed for his brother and police officer's death while uMbali will be released two days after An Eye For An Eye follows the titular character who murdered a man who attempts to raped her.

The movies are said to contain a lot of life lessons and characters viewers can relate to. On top of that, both productions will carry intriguing chapters leaving viewers curious to find out what's happening next.

A new sports making a surprising debut on the StarTimes platform

 

Earlier in the year, the female based sport channel W-Sport was added on the StarTimes app as part of what appeared to be a trial phase as they worked on rolling out the sports channel on other platform.

After 7 months, consumers on StarTimes will get access to England’s Barclays Women’s Super League, Germany’s Frauen Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A, the Netherlands Vrouwen Eredivisie, Australia’s W-League and the recent ICC tournament.

“W-Sport’s vision is to be the global leader in women’s sports broadcasting and to passionately champion equality and diversity. W-Sport’s content will entertain, engage and inspire audiences and the next generation of young female athletes and players” said Kelly Butler, CEO W-Sports.

New Channel Alert (Partially Rumors): TelkomOne Seemingly Add Two Kids Channels Toonami And Boing As Well As Movie Channel TNT While W-Sport Has Been Added Onto The StarTimes App + MultiChoice Might Be Launching An eLearning Channel

Following the ongoing removal of linear channels from cable as content shifts to streaming services. Cable providers have seen a decline in third party entertainment while streaming experiences continues to rise in terms of viewership and programming.

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In this case, Telkom's streaming service TelkomOne adds Toonami and Boing from WarnerMedia to their existing set of channels while StarTimes uploads W-Sport which is also available on TelkomOne to their app.

MultiChoice on the other hand continues their invest toward the local industry with several productions currently underway within the year including a possible eLearning channel from Royal Records.

Toonami is a superhero themed channel offering the best of DC superheroes including Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, Teen Titans and Justice League alongside anime like Dragonball Super and Inazuma Eleven.

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Boing is a mashup of Cartoon Network and Boomerang offering programs formerly or currently seen on the channels including Courage The Cowardly Dog, Johnny Bravo, The Jungle Bunch, Angelo Rules and Teen Titans GO!.

W-Sport as the name implies showcases the very best in female sports whether you're football, basketball, house racing or tennis fan this brand is all about empowering woman.

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The yet to be mentioned eLearning channel on DStv will broadcast 24 hours and include a mobile app to uplift the economic sector with a studio and presenters.

At the moment, W-Sport can be viewed on the StarTimes app and might be available elsewhere but this may not include viewers in South Africa as StarTimes there as a cheapo platform due to ODM's 35% stake in the brand. At this point, the brand needs channels and W-Sport is a neat addition to their portfolio.

Toonami and Boing were spotted on the AMP'D TV section of the app. From there you're directed to MyPlay where you see a variety of pay-tv channels and programming. Perhaps TelkomOne plans to expand to other markets and MyPlay is the distributor for now nothing is it's a mystery.

The supposed DStv channel is still rumoured for the time being.

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