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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...
Tuesday, December 19, 2023
eMedia's 4 Channels Recieve Another Extension On MultiChoice's DStv, Might Go Dark By August 2024
Monday, December 18, 2023
News Shorts: Moonbug And Toikido Commune For PeaKeeBoo, Cape Town TV To Debut New Edutainment Series Side Hustle Susters And Doodsondes Season 5 (And Likely Season 6) Linear Release Date Reportedly Revealed
Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Battle Of The Oldies: SABC 2 Revisits The 90s With The Afrikaans Sitcom Vetkoekpaleis (Replacing 7de Laan) And eExtra's Kuiertyd Is Travelling To A Much Distant Time With Ballade Vir 'n Enkeling
Monday, December 11, 2023
Everyday Novelas Shorts: Skeem Saam Undergoing Timeslot Changes On SABC 1, Ratings Flop Nikiwe To End With 1 Season On e.tv, eExtra And Star Life To Hit A New Low With Respective Rebroadcast Of Weaving A Tale Of Love And The Evil Eye
Friday, November 17, 2023
Afrikaans Voice Actors For Wie Laaste Lag
Thursday, November 2, 2023
News Shorts: The Final Season Of Chrysalis Is Currently Streaming On eVOD, Boing To Be Added On StarSat Platforms Across South Africa Soon, Queen Of The South Rumoured To Return With A Third Season On Telemundo Across Africa By 2024
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
News Shorts: Nickelodeon Silently Rebrands The Nick Jr. Instagram Page To Nick Family, Annekan Die Swa Kry Takes Up Primetime On eExtra Amidst Season 2 Debut On e.tv And Comedy Central Unveils Its Festive Lineup For Fans Across Africa
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
News Shorts: A Rebroadcast Of Pasion Prohibida AKA Forbidden Passion Launches On eExtra, Disney Channel And TNT Both Gearing Up With Respective Premieres Across Africa With Hailey's On It And 100 Years Of Warner Bros. Studios
Saturday, October 14, 2023
News Shorts: Showmax Debuts Another Original Animated Series Twende, Once Upon A Studio To Rollout On Various e.tv And Disney Platforms And Help I'm In A Secret Relationship Returns For New Episodes On MTV Across Africa
Monday, October 9, 2023
Development Alert: Surrender In Love And Twist Of Fate Return For A Season 2 On eExtra + An Update On Chrysalis Season 2
Monday, September 25, 2023
New Series Alert: Nirvana In Fire Coming Soon To eExtra
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Development Alert: Wie Laaste Lag Currently Streaming On eVOD + Coming Soon To eExtra
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Openview Plus Updates: eMedia Investments' eToonz To Get It's First Ever Official Competitor From Ngwato Nkosi Group And e.tv Scraps uBettina Wethu Season 4 As Die Kontrak Returns With A Season 3 On eExtra
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Development Alert: Roekeloos Dade Moves To eExtra For Season 2, Replaces Winter Son This October
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Afrikaans Voice Actors For Winter Son On eExtra
Friday, August 18, 2023
#BoycottingKuiertyd: Was Zee Zonke Meant To Be The Final Nail To The Coffin For eExtra On DStv?
TOLDJA! e.tv's 4 Channels Were Meant To Go Dark On DStv By August But Were Extended, Might To Go Dark By The End Of 2023 If Not Early 2024
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
News Shorts: Disney+ Might Be Excluded From Certain African Markets Ahead Of Channel Closures, More Timeslot Changes Coming To eExtra Ahead Of Annekan Die Swa Kry's Debut On e.tv And MultiChoice To Cease Transmission Of The DStv Platform In Malawi
Disney+ is undergoing changes
Thursday, August 3, 2023
Could eExtra Be Phasing Out The Bollywood Section Home To Naagin And The Heir?
eExtra is a general entertainment channel managed by eMedia Investments which had garnered popularity for its induction of Kuiertyd which has brought several international productions including Kruispad, Gebroke Harte, Doodsondes, Bittersoet and Impak.
The channel also featured programming from India such as Twist Of Fate, Naagin and The Heir and even Asian dramas such as Ice Adonis, High Society Scandal and Battle Through The Heavens.
For several years, eMedia had been shuffling the channel's line-up after having shows like Family Feud and Fear Factor on eReality and Chicago PD and The Goldbergs on eXposed. Even their current offering has seen a reduction or possible extinction over the years.
Before Kuiertyd, the channel was seen as a portal for international stories seen on Telemundo, Show TV and Globo most of which had been phased out for more Bollywood and Asian programming. Over the past year, even that appears to be the next thing eExtra is looking to limit.
By the end of 2022, eExtra had this section on repeat and now only the Asian part of the channel had resumed primetime while Naagin builds up the rest of the Bollywood offering seeing as Till The End Of Time and The Heir are basically repeats.
From August, this offering is moving to the 1PM timeslot basically the death slot of the channel with repeats at 11PM which too is known for viewership purge. Although there hasn't been much conformation as to the future of Guilty Pleasure.
It is believed by sources that Naagin and Dayan serve as the most viewed offering within this section could explain why it hasn't been filtered out yet with repeats and also it's kind of niche as Zee One and Star Life exempted themselves from such content.
eMedia Investments rolled out a pay-tv offering during the year catering to these consumers. Perhaps that played a big part in eExtra's offering I mean with Star Life and Zee One alongside Zee Family and Star Select consumers would have plenty of content to distract themselves and it would take the attention away from eExtra.
It's kind of uncertain on the plans eMedia have for their Asian offering on whether that could be a gonner as well. Considering that part of this helps eXposed and is sort of one way to alienate them from the rest of the offering it could stick around for a while longer.
In the end, it wouldn't be shocking if ePlesier and eExtra were sort of unified and eMedia just tried licencing content similar to Ouma Sarie and Die Kontrak.
Monday, July 31, 2023
Development Alert: e.tv Rips Yet Another Show Away From Primetime On eExtra, Annekan Die Swa Kry
During the year, eMedia Investments unveiled Roekeloos Dade of which it's Afrikaans title had yet to be revealed at the time. The series was initially slated to air on eExtra in the timeslot currently reserved by Om Elke Draai before it got scooped up by e.tv.
Prior to Om Elke Draai's arrival on eExtra, Annekan Die Swa Kry was initially slated to launch after Roekeloos Dade was nowhere to be seen closer to its launch date. But that never came to pass with eMedia silently rolling out the entire first season on the eVOD streaming service.
eVOD has been viewed as another hub for eMedia's local productions and often it was predictable to know which channel would get what at this point. The Afrikaans series were usually scooped up by eExtra while as e.tv dealt with the original portion of the streaming service.
After two years, the format has been broken with Annekan Die Swa Kry a series you'd expect to be tailored for eExtra's fans will instead make room on e.tv from August 21st after Roekeloos Dade goes on production break a week prior.
e.tv being branded as a freemium channel had started losing its value over the years. First you had Fear Factor and Celebrity Family Feud now it's on eReality then S.W.A.T. and Magnum Pi now on eXposed heck even eToonz is getting some airtime with The Loud House.
The Kuiertyd portion of the brand was something that was left unscathed for almost 4 years now but with eReality ramping up some local content this was bound to happen eventually.
eMedia Investments doesn't view these portions of e.tv as a priority as seen previously and they're also putting a lot of confidence into their other brands. Before you'd have e.tv serving as catch-up to most of their programming now they trust each brand to their own offering.
I guess the real question is what is become of Craze I mean with Takalani Sesame could we getting more curriculum based programming?
As for Roekeloos Dade, the series is expected to make a comeback around the time Winter Son on eExtra comes to a close and as for Annekan Die Swa Kry, here's what we know:
The story revolves around four siblings who lose their parents due to unfortunate circumstances and try to build their lives together. But soon the truth surrounding their parent's death slowly starts to unravel and nothing will remain the same.
It stars Fadik Sevin Atasoy, Celil Nalçakan, Su Burcu Yazgı Coşkun, Yiğit Koçak, Aylin Akpınar, Onur Seyit Yaran, Melis Minkari, Recep Usta and Cihan Şimşek.