Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

The cable network and streaming service is getting a new name and identity as well as a handful of new titles, as part of a relaunch set for January 2023. MGM+ joins the likes of Disney+, Discovery+, Paramount+, ESPN+ and BET+ with the use of the symbol. It comes five years after the vaunted Hollywood studio completed its acquisition of Viacom and Lionsgate’s stake in the business, giving it full control of the network, and five months after Amazon completed its own acquisition of MGM. As part of the rebrand, the network, which will continue to be available in the U.S. on Prime Video, cable, telco, satellite, has handed out a number of greenlights. Hotel Cocaine, which comes from Narcos’ Chris Brancato, has been handed an eight-episode order and Julian Fellowes’ British period drama Belgravia has been given a follow-up series. Hotel Cocaine, which was revealed in development in February, is the story of Roman Compte, Cuban exile, CIA operative, and general manager of the The Mu

BBC Studios and South Africa’s Openview have announced the launch of a multi-genre free to view channel, BBC UKTV (channel 114). Entertaining shows The BBC’s first free-to-view channel in South Africa will launch on its 100th birthday, Tuesday 18 October 2022 and offer a variety of entertainment, natural history series, soaps and children’s shows from BBC Studios’ catalogue. Scheduled to match the viewing habits of families in South Africa, BBC UKTV will offer a variety of entertainment across all genres: Entertainment shows can be enjoyed on the channel every day ranging from the award-winning baking competition, The Great British Bake Off (Season 8) and cooking shows Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook and Mary Berry Cooks to thrilling motoring shows such as Million Dollar Car Hunters on Thursdays at 20:55 and classic Top Gear (Season 19) which will air weekdays at 20:00. British hospital-based soap Casualty (season 36) will debut in South Africa every Thursday at 18:20 and Doctors (s

Pierre Branco, General Manager of Warner Bros. Discovery for the France, Benelux and Africa region, announced today his new leadership team with immediate effect. Branco said: “The new leadership team will work with me on writing the next chapters for our organization with a ‘one company’ mindset. I am convinced that we have the content, brands, talents and passion to grow our business even further and position ourselves strongly for the future in a competitive and challenging region that is also full of opportunities.” - Romain Carbonne will manage the Insights and Research teams across the region Guillaume Coffin will lead the region’s Affiliate Sales, Ad Sales and Content Licensing - Yves Elalouf will lead the retail business for the region across Home Entertainment (Video, Games & Digital) and Consumer Products - Tatiana Lagewaard will lead Content & Programming for General Entertainment (GE) and factual brands in the region, including Local Unscripted Productions f

A new television channel dedicated to teenagers in Africa has been birthed by filmmaker Charles Novia and will start broadcasting on DStv later this month. Called Teen Africa TV, the channel marks a major limestone in the history of broadcasting in Africa as it is the first indigenous television channel for teenagers in Africa. “Teen Africa TV is a new and exciting niche television channel poised to be the first platform for teenagers in the African broadcast space, running for 24 hours daily across African countries and targeting first line audiences of pre-teens, teenagers aged 13 to 19 as well as young adults and family,” said Novia. The channel was initially slated to rollout on the platform in 2019 but got delayed within the following year only to surface on rival platform, StarTimes. Teen Africa TV features talk shows, lifestyle, educational, entertainment and events programmes that are specifically tailored for teens. Some notable titles include Breakfast Club, Street Live

Suzanne Vega wrote her wordy a cappella tune "Tom’s Diner" in 1981 during a visit to a diner in her neighborhood, the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The place itself is actually called Tom’s Restaurant and would become even more famous as the exterior of the diner frequented by the characters on Seinfeld. The song appeared as the opening track on Vega’s second album, Solitude Standing, in 1987, but her label passed it over as a single in the States, going instead for “Luka,” a beautifully melodic downer about an abused child. ("Luka" reached No. 3 on Billboard’s chart, so it wasn’t a bad decision.) But “Tom’s Diner” ended up with a much longer, more interesting life full of revivals, remakes, and other shots at immortality, including a prominent sampling in Fall Out Boy’s hit “Centuries” last year and a recent, well-received cover sung by Britney Spears on the Giorgio Moroder album Déjà Vu. Some of the other highlights of “Tom’s” enduring life: 1. "Tom's Di

2022 is proving to be a productive year for the streamer after Is'phindiselo made its linear debut on e.tv pulling close to 2 million households with Umbrella Men being a main attraction at the Toronto International Film Festival. The streamer continues to ramp up its local offering with Gereza and Sliding Pieces. Their entrepreneurs decide to take the law into their own hands after learning the truck carrying their government-awarded funds is going to be hijacked. Intent on plotting the most perfect heist within a heist, they spend time crafting their immaculate plan. But on the day of reckoning, it all spirals out of control when a high-speed car chase with the Metro Police ensues on the highway and forces them into Alexandra Township where they are all trapped. Gereza features Litemba Mkoka, Jesse Suntele, Anele Zondo and Bheki Mkhwane. In the fast paced world of Maboneng, Johannesburg, friends Linda and Tshepi face relationship challenges and must learn to be honest to ov

NEW EPISODES: BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS Boss Baby, with the help of his big brother and partner-in-crime Tim, continues to navigate the cutthroat corporate jungle gym of Baby Corp, while angling to achieve the near-impossible: the work-life balance of a modern career baby. From Monday of 3rd October Weekdays at 8.15am, 6.05pm, 21.25pm Weekends at 8.40am, 3pm, 9pm NEW EPISODES: HOME: ADVENTURES WITH TIP & OH What happens after a misfit alien named Oh conquers Earth, befriends an adventurous teen girl named Tip and together they save the day? Oh moves in with Tip and her human family and finally discovers the true meaning of home. The galaxy's dynamic duo are back in DreamWorks Animation's "Home: Adventures With Tip & Oh," an all-new series jam-packed with outrageous laughs, tons of heart and contemporary urban pop music performed by teen singing sensation Rachel Crow ("Rio 2," "X Factor"). Life on earth will never be the same! Pick

HIP-HOP AWARDS 2022 PREMIERES LIVE 5 OCTOBER REPEAT: THURSDAY AT 19:30 The BET Hip-Hop Awards are an annual awards show airing on BET, showcasing hip-hop performers, producers and music video directors. DJ ZINHLE: THE UNEXPECTED S2 SATURDAY AT 19:30 Meet DJ Zinhle as she throws the curtain on her life open. Get to know the woman behind the music, the businesses and products that's loved by many. TALES SEASON 3 THURSDAY AT 22:00 PREMIERES 6 OCTOBER Hip-Hop record producer Irv "Gotti" Lorenzo redefines the music genre in a completely new way for television, "Tales," described by BET as an scripted anthology series of "song stories," uses lyrics of hip-hop songs and reimagines them into mini-movies, each featuring a unique director, screenwriter and cast. CARL WEBER'S THE BLACK HAMPTONS WEDNESDAY AT 22:30 PREMIERES 26 OCTOBER The show is a new family drama set in the quaint town of Sag Harbor, known as "The Black Hamptons,"

TNT: October Horror Fest - stunt featuring movies like I Know What You Did Last Summer and Final Destination. Money Fever - Chris Hemsworth is the star attraction. Smashing Saturdays - an action block. Against Their Will - film featuring Tom Hanks. Cartoon Network: Lego Monkie Kid - New show Halloween Stunt - featuring the channel's last remaining shows such as Teen Titans GO!, We Baby Bears and Craig Of The Creek with some added bonuses like The Amazing World Of Gumball and Hotel Transylvania. Teen Titans Go ! Top Talents Boomerang: Tweety's 80th Anniversary - Stunt Looney Tunes Cartoons - New episodes Disney Channel: Ultraviolet and Black Scorpion - New show Zombies 3 - Movie premiere