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During the week, it was reported by MultiChoice that Moonbug Entertainment's preschool channel Moonbug Kids would be rolling out on Thursday, 13 October. Several consumers eager to see the launch only got disappointed as MultiChoice failed to launch it as promised. One thing's for certain is that Moonbug Kids is coming likely in the next coming weeks although MultiChoice is dodging further questions about the channel now setting it's launch to the near future and this comes after the close exit of Da Vinci Kids . Moonbug Kids was initially slated as a replacement for Da Vinci Kids as MultiChoice had planned to terminate the channel but backed out after receiving positive feedback about the channel's content . In August, MultiChoice added INX Prime as a new Islamic channel which was also a subject of similar circumstance. Although not slotted to take up anything it came at a time eMedia's 4 channels were removed only to be reinstated thereafter issues with

During the week, Zee World an international channel home to various Bollywood shows including Twist Of Fate, The Vow, Saloni and King Of Hearts unveiled their Zee Rush slot which will be allocated with shorter form content from the streamer, Zee5. The romcom Never Kiss Your Best Friend starring Nakuul Mehta and Anya Singh, is scheduled to air in the following week in place of I'm On The Edge as a weekday series. Interesting enough, it will only run for 5 days thereafter The Final Call and B-Tech will be slotted. When the pilot of Skyline flight 502, decides to end his life by committing suicide, he puts the lives of the 300 plus passengers in danger. Airline officer Kiran Mirza along with the ATS team, swings into action to save the passengers. The Final Call ensembles Arjun Rampal, Neeraj Kabi, Sakshi Tanwar, Harshad Arora, Anupriya Goenka, Javed Jaffrey, Paula McGlynn, Anshuman Malhotra and Vipin Sharma in leading roles. Priya Kumar has begun writing a script for a second

Notes - Uzalo and Generation's viewership decreased to more than 0.8 million. - Uzalo is the only show to come with an omnibus. - Plate It Up is the only magazine show on the channel. - Dramas occupy the most spots. Notes - Muvhango is the only show to get an omnibus within the month. - Ubettina Wethu is currently sitting in the Top 10. - Dragonball Super remains as the only popular youth show. - Dramas occupy the most spots. Notes - The Estate Omnibus is currently the most watched drama, sitting in the Top 15. - Alvin And The Chipmunks dominates the Top 5. - SAFTA is the only variety show present in Top 20. - Documentaries occupies the most spots. Notes - Johnny English's two instalments is currently sitting in the Top 10. - Dramas occupy the most spots. - All 5 of e.tv's soaps are sitting in the Top 5. - Date My Family is the only reality show present. Notes - Mzansi Magic occupies the most spots, ratings continue to plummet. - Losing Lerato is c

The Voice to lose yet another Judge Season 23 of “The Voice” will welcome some new faces and say goodbye to the hit show’s longest-tenured coach. Next season will be Blake Shelton’s last on the show, NBC revealed in a statement on Tuesday, and Chance the Rapper and former One Direction member Niall Horan are set to join as first-time coaches. Kelly Clarkson will round out the coach lineup in the new season, set to debut next spring, “I’ve been wrestling with this for a while and I’ve decided that it’s time for me to step away from ‘The Voice,’” Shelton said in a statement via the network. “This show has changed my life in every way for the better and it will always feel like home to me.” Thomas the tank engine is coming Mattel, Incorporated announced that it has renewed Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, the highly successful animated series based on Thomas the Tank Engine, for two additional seasons. Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studios has begun co-production with Matte

During the year, Openview consumers lost a total of 3 channels Rewind and News And Sport from eMedia Investments as they were reviewing their offering on the platform with Soul Music's exit on the platform remaining as much of a mystery. Compared to other outlets there hasn't been much bloodbath coming for these consumers as they inherited the likes of eXposed, ePlesier, The Home Channel+ and an upcoming entertainment channel scheduled to launch by the end of 2022. Of course, there's been a pair of channels viewers have been questioning for a while now and as the year is about to come to a close why not bring it up now. Last year, eMedia Investments and Nismedia engaged in a brawl in regards to the carriage agreement for Glow TV. Long story short, things haven't been the same between both parties and signs of its demise on the platform are as clear as day. If you browse Openview's website, there's no mention of Glow TV despite its presence on the decoder.

Previous stats: click here ZEE World Africa Twist Of Fate #rerun - 2.0 Jodha and Akbar #rerun - 1.6 Gangaa #rerun - 1.0 Guddan #new - 2.1 Twist Of Fate #new - 2.5 I Do #new - 2.0 I'm On The Edge #new - 1.6 What Women Want #new - 0.6 Notes - Twist Of Fate remains as most watched drama even on repeat. - I'm On The Edge is the least watched drama. - Gangaa is the least watched drama on repeat. - Twist Of Fate's reruns and I Do rises up by 0.6 million. Star Life Africa Forbidden Love #rerun - 0.4 Kulfi - The Singing Star #rerun - 0.5 Made For Each Other #rerun - 0.6 Love By Chance #new - 1.1 Lost In Love #new - 2.8 My Desire #new - 2.3 Anupamaa #new - 3.0 Imlie #new - 2.1 Notes - Anupamaa currently most watched drama. - Love By Chance I'd the least watched drama. - Made For Each Other is the most watched repeat. - Forbidden Love is the least watched repeat. - Lost In Love's viewership rises by over a million viewers. - My Desire's viewe

Last month, MultiChoice unveiled two new channels at their showcase, Moonbug Kids home to the YouTube sensation CoComelon which is scheduled to rollout later in the week and Qwest TV founded by Quincy Jones which is likely to rollout by November. Earlier in the month, Da Vinci Kids was on the verge of extinction as MultiChoice opted not to renew their agreement with Macademia for their channel and after receiving positive feedback about the channel's content from consumers those planned were abandoned. The channel was only able to comment once the issue had been resolved: We're happy to inform consumers that DStv have now agreed to continue to broadcast the Da Vinci. We remain deeply committed to our challenge of making the world a smarter and kinder place, and to give African children the opportunity to explore and learn 21st Century Skills Point being made, after the recent scare from the pay-tv brand it was believed that Qwest TV could be used to take the spot of

Earlier this month, a lot of DStv consumers were alarmed to see Paw Patrol take up the whole schedule of Nick Jr I mean a full 2 weeks but what isn't that what PBS Kids did with Arthur a month ago perhaps it's coincidence or this is another indicator to cable becoming obsolete. A lot of consumers may not be aware but Paramount had often launched pop-up channels dedicated to one of their current shows I mean they had one for Horrid Henry and another for SpongeBob most of these went to Nicktoons in those regions but now it will be a thing in Africa. As it is, Paramount has been doing a lot of cost cutting for their Nickelodeon channels I mean Nicktoons is on autopilot at this point and Nick Jr. doesn't have much independency as seen already Africa and other parts of the world got 2 weeks of Paw Patrol. If it's any consolation, Paramount+ is coming to South Africa within the following year and with Asia closing off Nickelodeon and Canadian operators losing exclusi

On October 20th, 2004, the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) announced a partnership with Comcast, HiT Entertainment (now Mattel Creations) and Sesame Workshop to create a new subscription based channel for aimed at children under the age of 4 kind of like Baby TV. On April 4th, 2005, Comcast announced that the new kids channel would be called PBS Kids Sprout and it launched 6 months later on September 26. At first it launched as an on demand service then it got a channel later. Unlike PBS Kids, the channel aired adverts however they were minimal and featured products aimed at babies and toddlers. Among the shows to air on the channel were Barney And Friends, Kipper, Pingu, Angelina Ballerina, Boobah, Calliou, Teletubbies and more. In addition to airing many programming blocks, Sprout did something unique on the channel where it would take several short episodes of a show and combine it into a half hour show of its own complete with interstitials between segments. 2011 to 2013 saw