Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

In March of 1968, a pair of children playing in an abandoned, Greenwich Village tenement in New York City discovered a young man dead on a cot, surrounded by beer bottles and religious handouts. There were no obvious signs of foul play. He had no identification. The body was unknown and went unclaimed. After failing to locate his next of kin, authorities declared the man dead from hardening of the arteries—a common side effect of longtime heroin abuse—and buried him in a mass, unmarked paupers' grave on the Bronx's Hart Island alongside other unidentified bodies and indigent souls who had fallen on hard times. And somewhere—although nobody is sure exactly where—on that island that once housed a woman's psychiatric asylum, a men's prison, and patients quarantined during an outbreak of yellow fever in the 1870s, is the final resting place of Peter Pan. It's also the final resting place of Bobby Driscoll, who became a household name at the age of 9 with a s

KykNET NOU gets a makeover  On Monday 1 April, your favourite music channel – kykNET NOU! (DStv channel 146) – gets a brand-new look. So, sit back, tune in, enjoy the public holiday and let us know what you think of the new look and feel. kykNET NOU! also has a new music block starting on 1 April: Klankbaan will play iconic music videos from movie and TV series. Everything from “Ballade vir ’n enkeling” to “Binnelanders” is on the menu. Come and watch and hum or sing along. Time slots: Monday: 20:00 – 20:30 Wednesday: 15:00 – 15:30 Thursday: 22:00 – 22:30 Friday: 12:00 – 12:30 Saturday: 17:00 – 17:30 First look at the characters of SABC 3's new Turkish drama   ----- e.tv is loading up on eExtra scraps In the coming weeks, eExtra will be rolling out a new weeknight series Sommerdahl Moorde alongside  local sitcom, Die Fakulteit . This comes after Doodsondes returned to eExtra after being burned off

During the week, M-Net's Me and 1Magic had merged to form yet another TV channel, 1Max . It serves as a promotional channel for Showmax featuring various original shows alongside third party content in partnership with NBCUniversal. Since it's launch, 1Max has been getting a lot of mixed mostly negative reviews from consumers. Firstly from its exclusion to Family packages where Me once reside and another for the chunk of old content viewed across M-Net channels and Showmax .  MultiChoice hasn't done much marketing for the channel and with the way feedback is being handled. It wouldn't seem far fetched if it was added onto more DStv packages eventually.  The probable reason as to why M-Net would do away with 1Magic may not be entirely based on consumption numbers but trends as well. Initially content from M-Net would pull a vast household to DStv but with the likes of Netflix that audience had deteriorated.  Me's cancellation was probably similar to D

Over the last 24 hours, news has been flying that Paramount is getting closer to a deal to be sold to or merge with Skydance . This comes as, for months now, Paramount has been in talks with multiple companies for a potential sale or merger. This includes talks with Warner Bros. Discovery , Apollo Global Management , and others. Some of these talks have gone well others like Warner Bros. Discovery have walked away from a possible merger with Paramount. Now Bloomberg is reporting that a tentative deal has been reached between Paramount and Skydance for a deal that would see the companies merge and Skydance would take a stake in Paramount. This comes after yesterday Variety reported that Paramount Global has turned down an offer to sell itself to Apollo Global Management for $27 billion. This offer was reportedly made over the weekend as a cash deal, but Shari Redstone, the majority owner of Paramount, declined to entertain the bid. Exact details of the offer have not been di

My plek of joune? Season 11 2 May – 25 July 2024 Thursdays 17:30 23 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Home and garden Two people who live under the same roof and are caught in a style dispute over a room in their home, are given the opportunity to broker peace at last. A coin toss determines which one of them will have the chance to makeover the problematic room (in the space of one day) with the help of interior decorator Isabel Barends and handyman Melt van der Spuy. Klankbank Season 4 3 May – 26 July 2024 Fridays 20:00 23 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Music / Game show In each episode of this game show, three contestants go head-to-head to test their knowledge of popular music. How much money can they collectively bank for the ultimate winner to take home in the end? Hosted by Arno Greeff. Klanke van my hart Season 1 3 May – 26 July 2024 Fridays 20:30 46 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Music / Docuseries Klanke van my hart is a show that connects people through music, featuring t

During the year, Canal+ expressed interest in acquiring pay-tv giant MultiChoice after gaining small stakes in the company and working closely on several shows. They're currently in talks with Patrice MotsepeIs in an attempt to increase their bid in MultiChoice.  If Canal+ had succeeded in their first attempt at acquiring MultiChoice they'd have to grow through legal procedures who could have prevented this from moving forward. Now that talks of an SA player enters the equation they're likely to succeed.  Canal seeks to merge their assets with MultiChoice making their portfolio accessible to over 50 million subscribers in Africa. Since talks of a possible takeover has taken place there's been various questions as to how this may affect the current offering.  Canal+ owns various properties in Europe and one of which SPI International has garnered an international presence. This consists of various FilmBox entertainment channels alongside Gametoon, FashionBo

Private-equity giant Apollo Global Management made a $27 billion offer to acquire all of Paramount Global this week, sources familiar with the bid told the media. However, the special committee set up by the Paramount Global board of directors to consider M&A options declined to engage with the bid. Apollo submitted an all-cash bid on Sunday, March 31, to acquire Paramount Global in a deal worth more than $27 billion of total enterprise value, encompassing equity and debt, according to people familiar with the situation. That came after Apollo had offered $11 billion to buy Paramount Pictures alone, a bid that was also rebuffed by Paramount’s committee. Shari Redstone is Paramount’s controlling shareholder and president of National Amusements Inc., its parent company. But given the potential conflict of interest, Redstone is not a member of the board’s special committee. NAI, Paramount Global and Apollo have declined to comment on the M&A talks. Word of Apollo Globa

Parliament TV had been operating on MultiChoice's DStv providing coverage of important parliamentary proceedings and other festivities. This serves as a underscoring and their  commitment to supporting parliamentary transparency. As seen later in the week, MultiChoice had closed 1Magic and Me as further content had been folded under 1Max . Applicable to consumers in South Africa, it serves as a promotional channel for Showmax with a mixture of local and international content. With channel 115 vacated, MultiChoice had removed the HD feed from Me and replaced it with Parliament TV. Taking to account the current feed is only SD its likely that they're looking to align them with eNCA and SABC News whose feeds have been HD. Other channels that have since then been going through similar tests and awaiting an upgrade include Disney Channel (since 2023) and TBN (since 2022). In other developments, MultiChoice had sent notifications to consumers over the closure of

2023 had proven to be the least productive year in terms of channel additions as opposed to terminations as MultiChoice continues to review their slate of content and explore other means of keeping viewers entertained. DStv Access experienced the most wins during this period in terms of expansions as the pay-tv company allocated channels such as E! Entertainment, Trace Urban, WildEarth, ESPN 1 SuperSport La Liga, SuperSport Schools and Ignition TV. They continued their winning streak with new additions Play Room and Zee Zonke . DStv Easyview didn't get that much limelight as seen in the previous financial period with Magic Showcase and BBC UKTV. However, they were very much present in the new channel circuit with the now defunct brands, NWTV and One Freestate Televisual .  Consumers leaning toward the Family and Compact Plus tile had recieved the least amount of attention in the current financial period: • DStv Family only got BBC Lifestyle after being made exclusive