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Chris McCarthy and Nina Diaz have recently been appointed as president of content and chief creative officer. McCarthy and Diaz have among the toughest assignments in media as they seek to reinvent a clutch of ViacomCBS channel brands that once defined cable television but have struggled amid the sea changes in media consumption during the past decade. McCarthy’s unit encompasses MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, Paramount Network, TV Land, CMT, Pop TV, Logo and Smithsonian Channel. McCarthy’s star at ViacomCBS has soared in the three years since Bob Bakish took the reins of Viacom in late 2016 after a long period of corporate turmoil. Amid this fast rise, McCarthy has plotted a course that fundamentally shifts the prime focus of the company away from running a suite of linear cable channels to using the division as a giant studio that generates programming for the linear channels and a host of other platforms inside and outside ViacomCBS. Among his first moves after inheriting oversight of

SABC 1: Uzalo - 8 801 675 Generations the Legacy - 7 594 621 Skeem Saam - 5 915 898 Sgud'snaysi - 4 121 408  Xhosa News - 3 831 784 Zulu News - 3 781 455  Uzalo (Repeat) - 2 966 125  Skeem Saam (Repeat) - 2 960 669 Throwback Thursday - 2 726 924 Nyan Nyan - 2 929 670 Live Amp - 2 895 263 Mtn 8 1st Leg Semi-Final Orando Pirates - 2 886 956  Family Secrets - 2 846 231 Selimathunzi - 2 720 763 Dstv Premiership Kaizer Chiefs vs Mamelo - 2 713 315  Ngomusa - 2 659 515 28 The Rose - 2 656 794 Uzalo Omnibus - 2 594 325  Lip Sync Battle - 2 362 925  Thavhazimbi - 2 536 783 SABC 2: Muvhango - 3 912 400 Lithapo - 1 753 297 7De Laan - 1 611 692 Nuus - 1 386 010 Vutha - 1 380 530 Mokgonyana Mmatswale - 1 227 275 Ngwanaka Ngwanaka O Kae - 1 180 351 Live Lotto Draw - 1 051 604 Muvhango (Omnibus) - 900 208 Ses/Tsw/Sep News - 958 519 Lithapo (Repeat) - 822 077 The Wicker Man - 736 222 SABC 2: Afro Cafe Documentary - 709 860 Venda/Tsonga News - 692 489 Mid Term B

SABC has been around for over 84 years, they started out as a radio service and expanded with 3 linear channels. Throughout those years, they've experienced and overcome various obstacles. SABC began as a station for white folks as it was illegal include blacks in linear television until the early 90s where they positioned their 3 channels to cater for different groups (2.5 in general). The first three channels from their stable carry a mix of local and "international" content: SABC 1 is catered towards the black community which seems odd as South Africa since they reserve most of their airtime for one. They can be inclusive but lack diversity. If you want to sleep through your heritage then this is the place to be. SABC 2, this channel caters towards the niche market specifically Afrikaans, Tsonga and Venda. For a niche station, they do a better job ignoring them and making them feel as small as they already are in numbers. SABC 3 offers a variety of entertainment i

The group’s main asset is a controlling stake in South African based media group eMedia Investments Proprietary Limited (eMedia Investments). eMedia Investments has a number of core assets in the television and radio broadcasting sector, with additional assets in the content, properties and facilities sectors. Description of their channels: e.tv, South Africa’s first and only free-to-air commercial television station. In short it's a free version of M-Net which has shown significant improvement with regards to their soapies storylines, selection of movies and prime time lineup. eExtra, offers the best telenovelas from India, Latin America and around the world with a mixture of other programming. The channel is inclusive, diverse and brings a spark to their star studded lineup. eMovies and eMovies Extra are the brands free-to-air movie channels. Both channels stand out on their own making it predictable and easy to navigate. eReality is South Africa's first free-to-air r

December is the month of festivities so M-Net will be dishing a selection of movies to DStv customers. As usual M-Net only lists a bunch of films with unclosed dates and channels (just know it's for M-Net Movies 1-4) and it goes as follows: - Jingle All The Way - Kin - Christmas Love Letter - Torque - Knives Out - Baby Geniuses - 21 Jump Street - 22 Jump Street - Staging Christmas - Beyond - Fight For Justice - Winter Song - What Still Remains - The Young Victoria - The Good Lie - The Secrets Of NHIM 2 - The Voice - What Happens In Vegas - 68 Whiskey - Paws - Christmas At Graceland - The Thing - The Third Day - Christmas At Grand Valley - The Way We Weren't - Step Dogs - Mojave - Midway - Mama - Alvin And The Chipmunks - Merry Wish-Mas - Black Sheep - Kung Fu Panda 2 - Fishmas - George Lopez - Christmas At The Palace - Fred Claus - Carole's Christmas - Last Broken Darkness - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Daddy Day Camp - The Undoing -

Telkom launches its TelkomONE video streaming service including linear TV channels with free package and R7 per day subscription; plans more bouquets and says 'we're here for the long run'. Telkom that initially promised to do so on Thursday last week, on Monday launched its new TelkomONE streaming service, offering some linear TV channels in its offering, with a free version as well as a TelkomONE Amp subscription package that will cost R7 per day or R49 per month. While currently only offering the free package that will carry advertising and one AMP subscription package, Telkom says it will expand over time to offer various different subscription fee packages. The TelkomONE video-on-demand (VOD) service was built by Discover Digital and Telkom signed a 5-year contract with the SABC to carry SABC1 and SABC2 as linear TV channels, as well as a package of library content from the SABC archives for its video-on-demand service. TelkomONE however carries more than just S

People°s Weather is Africa's first and only 24/7 climate, environment and weather channel, which is available DStv Channel 180 is also available on OpenView channel 115. Fight Sports was occupied that channel number till it was removed from the OpenView platform after a year. Our mission is to communicate in an entertaining and informative way the weather and effects of the climate and environment on people and the world they live in. As the official media partner of the environment we focus on the pioneers that help and inspire us and our viewers to build a sustainable future together. People living the weather is you and me. It is the outdoor enthusiast and the mountaineer. The couple who enjoys a glass of bubbly while watching a beautiful sunset. — Stephan le Roux, CEO People°s Weather Read Also: -  e.tv ratings for September -  OpenView is opting for streaming - Three new telenovelas for eExtra

Novela Magic is an African-focused telenovela channel coming to DStv. It is produced by M-Net as well and might be catered specifically for South Africa. In an upfront in August, MultiChoice mentioned that they're working on four Pan-African channels. Three will be added for specific regions while one being a lifestyle channel will likely be available across Africa. Now this channel is unheard of perhaps MultiChoice wanted to surprise customers with this station. The channel airs old programs from Zambezi Magic and Africa Magic such as Forbidden, Unbroken, Battleground and Zuba. There's reasons why the channel could be in South Africa. For starters, Mzansi Magic and KykNet have their own repeat channels (KykNet Lekker and Mzansi Wethu) for lower bouquets except for Africa Magic. So perhaps the idea for this channel was to repeat certain content from the rest of Africa to help fill up its airtime and make it unique perhaps they'll even supply content from Maisha Magic a

NBCUniversal International (in Africa) supplies channels such as Universal TV, Studio Universal, DreamWorks Channel, Telemundo and E! The restructuring of the TV and streaming business of Comcast's NBCUniversal featured prominently on the company's third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday. "In essence, we have done away with the concept of creating a piece of work for a specific network ," Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said. NBCU recently rejigged and streamlined key parts of its operations to cut costs and update structures for the digital age. A recently launched TV and Streaming unit, which combined those businesses under Mark Lazarus, was part of a restructuring designed to shift resources and investment from linear to streaming, but also causing job cuts. On Thursday, Roberts explained the move this way: "In essence, we have done away with the concept of creating a piece of work for a specific network." Management showed a slid