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Glow TV was South African based community channel owned by Nismedia that celebrated Bollywood culture with a lineup of content ranging from drama series, movies, kids shows and local productions. It serves as one of the initial offerings on Openview in October 2013. The channel was popular for shows like Little Bheem, Young Love (Ishq Mein Marjawan), Get Real With Denver Naicker, Citizen Khan, This Is Love (Yeh Hai Mohabbatein) and Emperor Ashoka. It established itself as one of the leading channels to resonate with India from a local perspective. A year after its rollout on the freemium platform, Glow TV expanded through the pay-tv market on MultiChoice"s DStv and On Digital Media and StarTimes' StarSat platform. Things were going great for the channel until May 2016. Kagiso Media which was the former distributor of the channel unveiled plans to close the channel later that year eyeing the economic climate and the continued rise in costs for the content or inflation bet

More Zee World entertainment is said to be made available to more consumers across Africa in the coming weeks. After sources reveal that two of their programs being The Good Son and Love...Look What You Made Me Do had been picked up for the Zee One channel. Debuted back in 2010s era, Love...Look What You Made Me Do is a drama series which presents different love stories presented by the youth of India. It narrates they various challenges these youngsters face and the outcome. While The Good Son (Rajaa Betaa) is the story of Vedant who is a successful gynaecologist, but life is not easy for him as he has not been accepted yet by his family. As he has never experienced the joy of a blood relationship, his only wish is to become a father one day. Rrahul Sudhir and Dishank Arora star as Vedant Tripathi, Fenil Umrigar stars as Pankhuri Mishra, Ankit Bhardwaj stars as Rahul, Shambhabana Mohantey and Pranali Ghogare stars as Poorva Tripathi, Anil Mishra and Sagar Saini as Ramesh Tripath

Cartoonito is a brand name used by Warner Bros. Discovery that offers preschoolers and their families fun, creative and engaging content. It features shows such as Thomas And Friends, Lucas The Spider, Grizzy And The Lemmings and CoComelon. As seen across Europe by the end of March, Cartoonito is expected to replace several Boomerang feeds after the brand recieved international acclaim following its relaunch in the African market by April 2022. During the month, Cartoonito recieved some much needed attention after it was discovered that one of their upcoming shows, Scooby-Doo And The Mystery Pups would no longer be moving forward on HBO Max which brought a lot of questions to the channel's future. For the past months, Warner Bros. Discovery has been making adjustments and to be honest things aren't looking good for the preschool brand. Michael Ouweleen was appointed as President Of Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim no mention of Cartoonito. This was the first

Telemundo has been in the African market for almost a decade offering a mixture of action, comedy, drama and romance. But what some may not be aware is that there's a number of series that haven't been seen on the channel. And we're not referring to the shows below 2009 which most viewers would find outdated although they're great shows like El Diablo and La Tormenta. But this content dates as far as 2010 some even 2017 yet they remain to not be seen on the channel. Considering these shows have no chance of airing on the channel, I just think it's best everyone knows that some of this content was picked up or filmed in English but somewhere along the line they were scrapped before even hitting African shores. Here it is the list of shows that haven't aired on the African feed of Telemundo: 1. El Clon (The Clone) Based on the Brazilian telenovela O Clone, this melodrama features a love triangle featuring Lucas, a handsome hero, challenging his clone for the

During the month, TLNovelas unveiled a brand new on air look and as seen in various European territories they were being nostalgic with by rolling out a couple of classic content and from what was seen through various outlets the 2004 adaptation of Rubi is gearing up for its debut on the channel. Based on Yolanda Vargas's 1963 serial Lágrimas, Risas Y Amor, the series follows the titular character living in a poor household comprised of herself, her single, elderly mother Doña Refugio, and her older sister Cristina who is the breadwinner. They live in a rundown department complex. Thanks to the efforts of Cristina and Rubí's own academic brilliance, Rubí is able to get a partial scholarship at a prestigious private university. While majoring in Business Administration, Rubí befriends and envies Maribel, a crippled, shy, Spoiled Sweet girl. Maribel meets Héctor, a rich architect, on the internet and the two quickly become a couple. However, Héctor finds himself very physic

SPECIALS Earth Day Marathon From April 8th, Saturdays at 10:55 FEATURED SHOWS: Siyaya: Come Wild with Us Saturdays at 10:55 Jump on the zebra bus with Oompie and the young adventurers who set off to explore the national parks around South Africa. From deserts to the deep blue sea, they discover how people, plants, and animals can learn to live in harmony - even in the harshest of environments. Learning Focus: S.T.E.M. & Social Emotional Learning Awards: Environmental Film & Screenplay Festival, Best Film 2021; Golden Bee International Children’s Film Festival, Best Documentary 2021 Xploration Nature Knows Best Saturdays at 12:55 What do you get if you cross a silkworm with a spider? A substance strong enough to stop a 747 jet! This is just one of the incredible inventions in this fascinating series that looks at the fun and clever ways today’s scientists, engineers, and innovators are using nature to create some of the world’s most exciting advancements. Learnin

Ram vir ‘n Rus Season 2 12 April 2023 // Wednesdays 20:00 46 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Reality / Dating The reality-based dating show Ram vir ‘n Rus was a hit for VIA and had viewers talking about four South African men’s attempts at finding love with Russian women. After a long hiatus, the second season is set to return to VIA – with a few new tweaks guaranteed to keep viewers entertained. Vrydagaand-musiek  (working title)* Season 1 14 April 2023 // Fridays 20:00 46 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Music A fun-filled TV show focused on Afrikaans music. Expect everything from game to tunes and, of course, plenty of laughs. Perfect family viewing for a Friday night. Uit die slaapkamer* Season 3 19 April 2023 // Wednesdays 21:00 23 minutes x 13 episodes Genre: Talk show The sexologist Doctor Elna Rudolph became a fan favourite of VIA viewers after a series of appearances on Minki van der Westhuizen’s talk show Minki. And now Doctor Elna has her own talk show in which

Last month, it was announced that Warner TV will be rolling out in more European countries with Italy expected to rollout the channel as a pay-tv brand while Spain joins Germany, Romania and Poland in folding it under the TNT brand name. TNT is general entertainment channel owned by Warner Bros. Discovery that is tailor made for contemporary and Hollywood blockbuster films in the African market. It features content that is action-driven, pulse-raising with a mixture of romantic gems and hilarious comedy. As seen these past months, the brand's YouTube channel is more of a wasteland but the last video kicks of the campaign, "Celebrating Every Story". Of which, Warner Bros. Discovery has been using to rollout the premium entertainment brand, Warner TV. Fast forward to Facebook, their last noted post to date celebrates Lethal Weapon with the hashtag #WB100. All of which indicate the presence of Warner TV in the African market. As mentioned in the press release by War

By the end of March, several Boomerang feeds across Europe will replaced by Cartoonito . A new preschool destination offering fun, imaginative and entertaining content with shows like Batwheels, Interstellar Ella and Bugs Bunny Builders. As mentioned last month, Boomerang might not be the only feed to get supplemented by another brand later in the year even the likes of TNT is said to be phased out for a more modern brand, Warner TV. According to a press release in Spain, TNT is being discontinued as a general entertainment brand across Europe , with Spain set to rebrand the channel to Warner TV from April 14. Joining regions such as Poland, Latin America and Romania. This was kind of expected after the UK announced the relaunch of TNT but as a sports channel something Warner Bros. Discovery wants to incorporate globally. Of course, Warner Bros. Discovery in Africa remains silent about the upcoming developments on TNT and their silence further boosts speculation of a possibl