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Friday, December 17, 2021

What's Coming Up In January 2022 On WildEarth?

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SEARCH & ID LAUNCHES
A new daily show called “Search & ID” launches in January. It will be daily for three hours in the middle of the African night.

The premise of this show is that a team of naturalists will head out into the darkness searching for their favourite African characters using a thermal imaging drone and Infrared technology. The drone will look for hotspots in the bush and the ground team will be called in to identify them.

All completely LIVE, viewers will be drawn into this military style show which features cutting edge technology as well as wildlife in the African bush.

This show will feature on WildEarth everyday for three hours from 7.30pm to 10.30pm Eastern Time.

2.30-8.30am CAT
12.30-2.30am Britain
1.30-3.30am CET
7.30 to 10.30pm EST

PENGUIN BEACH CHANGES ITS TIME
As you can see from the table above, the time of Penguin beach has changed on the channel. This specifically affects the viewers watching in the United States and in South America as before it was impossible to catch this show LIVE due to it falling in the middle of your night.

Penguin Beach is a daily one hour LIVE experience with the penguins from Stony Point Nature Reserve in Cape Town, South Africa. Viewers can follow regular characters within this colony in real time and ask the experts questions via twitter.

2.30 - 3.30pm CAT
12.30-1.30pm Britain
1.30-2.30pm CET
7.30am-8.30am EST

A HYENA TAKES OVER

Ribbon has been the Matriarch of The Djuma Clan for many years. She has ruled with an iron fist but as a result she has remained in power and the Clan has been very successful, until now. Two interlopers have arrived from the West and are threatening Ribbon and the whole Clans well being. It seems that they want to overthrow Ribbon and take the Clan for themselves. Both female and younger than Ribbon, she is going to have to fight for her life. Already she has been chased into the nearby dam and had her ear ripped and her body cut as they have attacked her. Things are not looking great for Ribbon, in January there will be a new leader.

GREEN IS THE OVERWHELMING COLOUR ON SAFARI

January marks the middle of the wet season in the African bush. There are dramatic thunderstorms which lash the bush after some epically hot days. Green is the overwhelming colour dominating the landscape, the humidity making the air thick and delicious with the smells of the season.

Life is abundant and there is a vibrant green colour everywhere. The days are hot and humid and the evening is singing with a deafening chorus of insects, frogs, birds and beasts. Every living thing is busy, it is a time of incredible activity and biodiversity as time is short to secure the next generation.

Sunrise Safari
5.30 - 8.30am CAT
3.30 - 6.30am Britain
4.30-7.30am CET
10.30pm - 1.30am EST

Sunset Safari
3.30-7.30pm CAT
1.30-5.30pm Britain
2.30-6.30pm CET
8.30am-12.30pm EST

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Moja Love CEO Message To Their Loyal Fans

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Dear Colleagues,

This year has been the most challenging for our channel, but it has certainly been the most thrilling year for our viewers, who were spoilt for choice with our rich and diverse content. The steps we take today, will define the character of our country for many years to come. I have enormous pride in what we have accomplished as we continue to transform Moja Love into one of the most loved channels in South Africa.

Working as a team and supporting each other, particularly during the ongoing challenges of the pandemic, has illustrated the strength of the Moja Love family and their mentality. As a channel, we have never been short of ambition. We've never been satisfied with the status quo and we will continue with our vision - empowering and creating more positive memories for our viewers.

Your resilience and creativity has ensured our businesses continue to perform at the highest level. I would like to thank each and everyone of you for your hardwork and dedication. I am confident that we will enter the new year, strongly positioned, renewed in spirit and determination, and prepared for more progress and success.

It is not easy to match the creativity standards of the women at Moja Love, from Head of the Channel, Bokani Moyo to Executive producers Shoki Langa, Livhuwani Dagadi, Bongi Ndaba, Hlengiwe Ndela, Lindiwe Klaaste Media and the producers Thato Nawe, Nthati Molefe, Julia Machete, Hermina Mathlong, Nolwazi Hlatswayo to Shuga Motlanthe. These women are intelligent, creative, brave and above everything, they are disciplined and dedicated. Experiencing the culture of work ethics and thinking out of the box always fuels me to take the Moja Love to an even greater heights. Our late chair the lovely Dr Vuyo Mahlati may her soul rest in peace used to say "halala halala halala".

As a team, we educate and entertain, but more importantly, enrich the lives of our people by telling the stories that reflect the rich diversity of our country. We continue to pursue our goal of being Mzansi's best producer of media content, spreading the message of peace, love, kindness and appreciation while holding true to our values and commitment to change for the better, including our support for those who are vulnerable.

Many of our shows from Dlozilam, Lenyalo Le Thata, You Promised To Marry Me, Mamazala, AmaBishop, Mina Nawe, Uyaphuza, Umdeni, Isencane Lengane, Uyajola 99, Housemaids, Ostofoza, Rea Tsotella, Uthando Noxolo, Skipha Amafiles and Single Mingle are among Mzansi's best performing and loved programs. We produce compelling TV programs that captures the viewers' mind, educate and inspire them.

We are stronger because of everyone's dedication. I am very grateful for your efforts and very proud of the team's performance.

I urge you to continue and keep the creative fires burning. Nothing has or will serve us better than the exceptional creativity that comes from our talented teams, from the crew, finance, sales and marketing, post-production, covid marshals, security, drivers, presenters, cast members and everyone else involved in the creative process.

My sincere best wishes to you and your families for the holidays. Merry Christmas and a Prosperous new year.

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Wednesday, December 15, 2021

New Series Alert: Cape Town TV To Air Local Drama Mathata

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Earlier in the year, the newly launched Mpuma Kapa TV aired its first local drama Ekhondweni and in some way it seems like more community channels want in on the action.

It was announced through several media outlets that Cape Town TV will soon air the Limpopo/Polokwane based drama Mathata in the coming months.

Mathata takes place Seshego and Polokwane area, taking you through the lives of the everyday people, filled with drama, suspense and whole of action, betrayal and ways to dig in the truth.

Mathata promotes Tsonga,Venda and Sepedi speakers and was filmed with Limpopo based actors.

The show aired last year through the public television Limpopo TV and they were calls by several individuals to have this program transmit on SABC 2 but instead you got Cape Town TV meaning the request didn't go through.

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Reminder: Brand-New Show, Bionic Max, Brings Out Cartoon Network’s Wild Side!

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No matter how weird, quirky, or unusual our friends may be, they always make us feel right at home. Just look at Max, the first and only prototype for a bionic guinea pig born in a laboratory, and his best friend Jean-Claude, a goldfish, who join the Cartoon Network Africa family this December!

Join us every weekday for this brand-new series from the 20th of December as we follow these two very different but lovable friends in making a brave escape from their laboratory into the bustling streets of Woodchuck Woods.

But adapting to the urban jungle is no small feat for our pair of intrepid misfits who try to fit in with the local wildlife while living madcap and clumsy adventures. The world, created by Thomas Digard and Emmanuel Klotz and produced by Gaumont Animation, comes to vivid and animated life before our very eyes. Max and Jean-Claude consistently end up in absurd and hysterical situations. Kids everywhere will escape into the chaotic madness, laugh out loud, and do what kids should do – have fun.

Cartoon Network can’t wait for viewers to discover this new slapstick buddy-comedy series which shares values such as freedom, solidarity, and enthusiasm through the clumsy adventures of JC and Max.

There’s no limit to hilarious antics these two will pull and situations they’ll get themselves into to get their dose of freedom and adventure in this 2D-animated series targeted at kids between the ages of 6 and 11-years-old.

Don’t be caught napping; tune in to Cartoon Network every weekday @ 17:45 CAT from the 20th of December!

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New Features On Insidus

Been operating Insidus (formerly Entertainment Inside Us) for nearly a decade updating viewers on international developments. The name change was a better way to not put labels on things.

The name Insidus was inspired by another blog TVWithThinus with the content mashing up with TVSA.

These sites are used to update viewers on movies, series and other TV related content. On Insidus, we hope to expand from that at some point while continuing to keep readers entertained.

On the desktop or web version of Insidus you'll find that we added some new features and here are some you can look out for:

Popular posts: on top of the page you'll find the most viewed articles in the last 7 days.

Labels: to make your browsing experience easier I added labels on the left hand side of the page.

Subscription: on the right side of this page you'll find a posts and comments area. You can click those options to keep up with the latest developments.

Search engine: not only can you find it on top of the blog but the right side as well.

Note: we'll continue adding links to each post for previous articles.

Saturday, December 11, 2021

Paramount+ Launches Live TV Channels And Boomerang Africa's Demise Has Seemingly Been Confirmed

Paramount+ got a lot on their hands

As viewers in South Africa and the rest of Africa await the launch Paramount+, the President and Chief Executive Officer at ViacomCBS Streaming, Tom Ryan, revealed the reason behind the creation of Paramount+’s Live Channels and how it can impact viewers:

“Even in the era of on-demand, there is clearly a strong consumer appetite for reimagined linear channels that provide effortless, lean-back entertainment. Inspired and informed by the winning model Pluto TV pioneered and popularized, these highly curated channels underscore the power of our unified streaming organization and serve as a product differentiator in the SVOD space, by offering subscribers yet another way to experience and discover programming on Paramount+.”

Paramount+ is available 24/7 to subscribers and is supported on the Paramount+ app. It will also see the addition of new channels, including one dedicated to movies and another one that will play RuPaul’s Drag Race all day long – both of which will become available later this month.

The channels range from 24/7 Laughs, Adult Animation, All Day Drama, Animation Favorites, Black Voices, Crime & Justice, History & Undiscovered, Kids & Family Fun, Nostalgic Hits, PAW Patrol, Preschool Corner, Reality TV: Competition & Shores, SpongeBob Universe, Star Trek, Survivor, The Challenge and TV Classics.

Cartoonito is coming...just not today

A month ago, WarnerMedia EMEA picked up rights to Spookies for the long awaited streaming service HBO Max and the upcoming linear station Cartoonito. This only confirmed the brand's return within that region.

Earlier this month, Boomerang was folded under Cartoonito in Latin America with some parts of Africa through Canal+ expected to undergo the same procedure and that wasn't the case for now (might surface 22 December).

As seen in a recent advertisement Boomerang is present in their latest channel list and not Cartoonito.

Is it possible that the "upcoming linear station" is actually a replacement channel?

Judging by the facts, it's possible as WarnerMedia is growing Cartoon Network's family offering. Most people consider Cartoonito another Nick Jr. but that's not the case here.

Cartoonito is Boomerang Lite which makes up 80% if not more of Boomerang. Kind of like how the lite versions of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter operate will be the same for Cartoonito.

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January 2022 On CBS Africa | CBS Reality Becomes A Daycare Center With Kathryn Mewes | CBS Justice Dives Down To A Brand New Season Of Coastal Killers | More

CBS Reality:

The channel is now available in HD from 10 December

THE THREE DAY NANNY
Season 1 - 3
Channel Premiere
Weekdays at 09:30, 13:35, 18:50 and 23:20 from 10th to 28th January.
The Three Day Nanny follows professional nanny, Kathryn Mewes, as she answers the cries for help from desperate parents. Across this series, Nanny Mewes will help families struggling with fussy eaters, temper tantrums and sleepless nights. Using her unique three day plan of action, Kathryn moves into households which are being ruled by tearaway tots to give parents the tools they need for a happy home.
With twenty years of experience, Nanny Mewes champions the viewpoint of the child. By bridging the gap in communication, Kathryn empowers the parents with the skills they need to eﬀectively interact with their children.

MOTORWAY PATROL
Season 9 - 12 & 15 - 19
Channel premiere.
Weekdays double bills at 11:10, 14:50 and 00:15 from 7th January to 17th March.
Motorway Patrol is back with a fresh batch of heart stopping and sometimes comic stories as we sign up for another season on the beat with the fearless cops on Auckland’s motorways. The latest collection of stories delivers a brand new helping of life and death moments and motorists who seem to have left their brains in neutral.
The award-winning programme has been granted total access to the men and women who patrol the vital routes through New Zealand’s biggest city.

CONFESSIONS: ANIMAL HOARDING
Season 1
Channel Premiere.
Weekdays at 07:30, 12:45 and 21:35 from 17th January to 9th February.
An intimate portrayal of people and animals aﬀected by hoarding and the challenges of confronting this unusual psychological condition. Delve into the hearts and minds of individuals aﬄicted, the family members and friends who want to help prevent their loved ones from spinning further out of control. Discover the toxic conditions and witness the impossible challenge of trying to care for so many pets at once.
With no existing protocol, the series coordinates task-force style mediation by psychologists, animal welfare experts, veterinarians, friends and families, and provides safe opportunities to explore the compulsive caregiving, digging deep into the desire for love and paralyzing fears of loss to understand how the problem grew so extreme and to provide tools to put a healthy plan for rehabilitation into action. In most cases, the problem is not addressed until it becomes a crime...until now.

CBS Justice:

MURDER: FIRST ON SCENE
Season 1, episodes 1-5. Channel premiere.
ORIGINAL TRUE CRIME SERIES
DStv 170
Sundays at 20:00 from 30th January until 27th February.
“Murder: First on Scene” provides an in depth look at how perpetrators are brought to justice, from the moment their crime is discovered, to the moment they are behind bars.
The series follows the timeline of ten real life murder cases, uncovering the intricate nature of the investigations and the ingenious methods used to catch the killer. Each case is brought to life through personal testimonials and stylised reconstruction.
Each episode starts with the discovery of a body and the introduction of the crime scene. The viewer is subsequently invited to witness the twists and turns of the murder enquiry through the eyes of specialists; from detectives, forensics oﬃcers and medical examiners to cyber security experts, entomologists and prosecutors, who battle against time to identify and analyse the body, ﬁnd and preserve crucial evidence, and eventually apprehend and sentence the killer.

COASTAL KILLERS
Season 3. Channel premiere.
ORIGINAL TRUE CRIME SERIES
Weeknights at 19:00 from 31st January until 11th February.
Every summer, thousands of holidaymakers ﬂock to the British seaside to enjoy the warm weather, pebble beaches and amusement arcades. But there’s a dark side to the British seaside, a sinister underbelly where sins are washed away by the tide. The quaint and idealistic seafront is also stalked by killers who, like the sea itself, have no respect for human life.
This new series of Coastal Killers takes viewers on a journey to the cliﬀ’s edge, where the land meets the sea, and where life meets death. At ﬁrst glance, our seaside towns are all fun fairs, candy ﬂoss and breezy promenades. Equally, when the carousel stops turning and the lights along the shorefront go out, there emerges from the darkness an underworld of murder and mayhem.

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Read Also:
- January on Ignition and The Home Channel
- Upcoming shows for Zee World and Star Life
- A+ possibly coming to DStv
- More Africa Magic channels on DStv???
- January on Honey
- January on History
- December on The Home Channel
- Female wrestling promotion launching in 2022, could SuperSport pick it up?
- The Search For Frida coming in 2022 to Telemundo
- Star Life rebranding to Life OK???
- Travel Channel going off air on DStv???
- Could The Kelly Clarkson Show move to Me?
- December on CBS Reality and CBS Justice
- Could SABC Encore and Children make their way to DStv?
- Will M-Net's new addition Me have any ripple effects on Mzansi Magic and Mzansi Wethu?
- Big Brother Africa has been greenlit in 3 markets
- Warner TV might be replacing TNT
- Could DStv Flex become DStv Premium's successor?
- tvN working on becoming permanent in Africa

Friday, December 10, 2021

MultiChoice And M-Net Expand Their Offering To Angola And Mozambique With The Launches Of Maningue And Kwenda Magic, Could There Be More To The Story?

Through a press release from their showcase, MultiChoice finally unveiled the local Mozambican entertainment channel joining DStv by the end of FY22 and this time it is joined by Kwenda Magic for viewers in Angola.

Maningue Magic was first unveiled in the MultiChoice's previous financial records of course name didn't come up at the time. The new channel is set to deliver a range of local content from reality, lifestyle, music, dramas and quiet possibly movies.

Kwenda Magic comes as suspicious I mean it's not like MultiChoice to just ghost a channel. We already know that viewers will get weekly comedy shows and a dubbed telenovela but that sums up the whole channel.

Recently, I came across a Kwenda Magic page on Facebook and interesting enough the channel is using the page which was abandoned by Jango Magic.

Coincidence, Jango Magic dubs several shows and offered comedies like Kwenda Magic. From what I remember about this channel, it launched in the 2010s era and somewhere along the lines the trail was dead after that.

No promotion no Nada, it lived the rest of its existence away from the tabloids until today that is. So if I had to guess Kwenda Magic might be replacing Jango Magic.

To even out the playing field, MultiChoice duplicates the channel in other regions which offer a Portuguese package seeing that there's no local content present there.

Due to costs Maningue Magic remains in its strains, viewers there have experienced a shortage in channels and there hasn't been much compensation to go around. Just a bigger hole at the tip of your pocket.

Maningue Magic channel 503 and Kwenda Magic channel 502 launch from 17 January 2022.

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MAKING MOVES!!! Moonbug Expands Its Linear Offering To Europe While Genius Brands International Preps Their Global Expansion Killing Off A Certain Brand

Moonbug Expands Its Linear Offering To Europe, Could Africa Follow?
London-based Moonbug Entertainment is expanding its footprint in the MENA region through a new partnership with Orbit Showtime Network (OSN).

On December 12, the pay-TV operator will launch a Moonbug Kids linear channel and streaming hub aimed at preschoolers. The new network is designed to give viewers 175 hours of content.

The series range from CoComelon, Blippi, Morphle, Little Baby Bum, Mia’s Magic Playground, Go Buster, Playtime with Twinkle, Arpo, Gecko’s Garage and Supa Strikas.

This isn’t Moonbug’s first foray into MENA. Earlier this year, it partnered with Etisalat to launch its brands on the telecom company’s e-Junior VOD service and a year ago MultiChoice's Showmax.

Kartoon Channel's Parent Company Is Taking Over
Genius Brands International has entered into an agreement to acquire a 28.6% stake in Germany’s Your Family Entertainment (YFE). The deal, which is still subject to YFE shareholder approval, will see the distributor/broadcaster rebranded as Genius Family Entertainment.

YFE’s kids networks will now also operate under the Kartoon Channel! Worldwide banner. Former Disney exec Paul Robinson has been appointed as managing director of Kartoon Channel! Worldwide, effective immediately. Reporting to Kartoon Channel! president Jon Olwerther, he’s based in London and charged with overseeing the brand’s global expansion.

YFE has more than 4,000 films and episodes of animated and live-action content from both European and US producers in its catalogue.

Moving forward, non-violent content and themes like sustainability will be a focus for its growth. The company will continue to be run by its current management board, which is comprised of CEO Stefan Piech and COO Bernd Wendeln. Genius Brands’ new EVP and GM of global franchise management Kerry Phelan will supervise the global rollout of consumer products based on channel content. Moving forward, Genius plans to invest as much as US$7.8 million to expand YFE’s digital and linear footprint globally.

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