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A month ago, WarnerMedia announced that they were replacing TNT with Warner TV in Germany from September with other European markets expected to follow gradually. Well gradually came in quick as Romania and Poland will be canning their TNT channels together a month later and also around the 20s like Germany. TNT launched back in 2015 to replace the outdated but ever successful TCM in those regions just like Africa they were also used for movies. Now they're getting out of their comfort zone for the generic, Warner TV which is said to position itself as a brand for its unique story, first-class content and remarkable storytelling. Basically, it's taking content already available on M-Net and their streaming service Showmax ranging from HBO, The CW, TNT and Adult Swim, and putting them under one hub. The possible exiting of the ever so modern TNT Africa does raise questions for the additional offering available being AEW Dynamite and TNT Original Movies. All evolutions o

FashionTV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting channel offering a review of global fashion and is independently owned and operated from the headquarters in Paris, London and Vienna. The channel was removed from DStv later in 2016 in favour of its sister channel, Fashion One and thereafter the channel went blank in 2020 and StarTimes tried contacting them with no luck they kicked it to the curb. Now the channel returns to StarTimes as a replacement for the irrelevant FashionBOX channel owned by SPI International who are also in charge of Timeless Dizi Channel, Filmbox and Gametoon. As usual, StarTimes failed once again to inform the media about these changes while the owners of FashionTV remain quiet on this channel as well as Fashion One's blackout. The channel launches 15 July on StarSat channel 282. It might be available on other platforms in future. Read Also: -  FOX might be rebranding soon -  TNT might be getting another rebrand -  StarTimes blamed Di

The Walt Disney Company announced plans to shut down its pay-TV channels Fox and Disney Junior in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland on September 30. The films, series, and other programs will transition over to streaming service Disney+. Disney+ is not available in South Africa as yet but with these new African productions coming . It won't pose much of a shock if we're part of their 2022 rollout. More markets are closing down their Disney Channels as the CEO announced sometime back the goal is to close 100 international Disney Channels (even highlighted Africa) and they'll continue at a robust rate. The Walt Disney Company took Disney XD and FOX Life away from Africa with FOX, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, ESPN 1 & 2, Disney Channel and Disney Junior remaining. Around the closures, it was announced that Disney was doing away with FOX name. We got to see Korea find an alternative name while Latin America renamed it into Star which is a section o

In the financial year end of March 2021, MultiChoice unveiled two channels the first being an entertainment channel for Mozambique with the other being a movie channel for East Africa. It looks like the movie channel will be launching soon there's no reason for it to not be this channel seeing as they have large stack of fresh movies from 2020 featuring a ton of African stars. For some strange reason the channel is using the name Pearl Magic which exists in Uganda so this may be a placeholder name for something surrounding that brand or it could be put under brand well-known by Kenya and Tanzania which is Maisha Magic since both are located in East Africa. Now the question remains on why such channel is popping up in Southern Africa's airwaves. Could it be possible that MultiChoice SA and other parts of Africa are planning to ignite some of their brands. West and East of Africa has got channels from the other parts of Africa while our market hasn't gotten any from one p

A week ago, eMedia Investments' "possible details" of the brand's upcoming streaming service, eVOD which is scheduled to be released sometime in July surfaced the net. With this possible leak, could we possibly see a last minute rollout of the service or a possible delay as this wasn't the first time something related to the brand surfaced the net. In 2017, e.tv's 4 new channels at the time were listed on their website with DStv channel numbers with DStv adding them to their i-Plate section before eventually rolling them onto the platform. With the help of a certain user, I got to analyse each of the possible details for eVOD. For starters, there's no international series present on this app (apparently Kuiertyd dubbed soaps are listed as local) which wouldn't come as a shock if it's true. Telkom did mention in their interview it was hard securing rights to SABC 3 due to all the international programming available on there so maybe eMedia will

Star Life is set to introduce several new soapies between the 2020 to 2021 with the first A Magical Love Story that debuted on the channel earlier this month. Other shows set to launch on the channel. The ones airing later in 2020 include An Unusual Tale, Mariam Khan - Reporting Live and The Frontliners with Illusion, Soulmate, Happy Hearts, Prayers Of Love, This Is Love and The Evil Doom. An Unusual Tale (Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh) is a rom-com that revolves around the lives of Vikram and Shobha, and their families—how they overcome their pasts for a better future. Sonali Bendre and Harsh Chhaya star as the leads. Mariam Khan - Reporting Live, the show has a Muslim background and tells the tale of the Nawabs of Bhopal from the eyes of an 8 year old dyslexic girl, Mariam, who wants to become a reporter when she grows up just like her father. The Frontliners (Sanjivani), under Dr Shashank's tutelage, Dr Sid loves to bend the rules while Dr Ishani prefers to play by them. In the

In May, there was a list of NBCUniversal kids shows on Universal Kids with one of them being Where's Waldo? seeing that most of the channel's current lineup is now a part of NBCUniversal including DreamWorks Animation that also operate a channel on StarSat . Where's Waldo?, is based on the 1991 short-lived animated series, Where's Wally which follows young members of the WorldWide Wanderer Society, Waldo and Wenda, who are sent on travel missions by their mentor, Wizard Whitebeard. Their rival, Odlulu, causes them trouble in their attempts to earn stripes and become wizard-level wanderers. The first season made its debut back in 2019 on Universal Kids which serves as an U.S. counterpart of DreamWorks Channel and ramped up a total of 20 episodes before moving to NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock. In the first episode titled "Little Trouble In Big China" the gang travel toBeijing, where Odlulu accidentally animates a stone dragon at Beijing's

Wild Earth is a 24/7 wildlife channel that brings viewers face to face with the thrill of Africa in real time through LIVE safari shows from five of the best wilderness locations across South Africa. LIVE Safari Times Sunrise Safari Start: 6.30 am End: 9.30 am CAT Start: 4.30am End: 7.30am GMT Start: 6.30 am End: 9.30 am CET Start: 12.30am End: 3.30am EST Sunset Safari Start: 2.30pm End: 6.30pm CAT Start: 12.30pm End: 4.30pm GMT Start: 2.30pm End: 6.30pm CET Start: 8.30am End: 12.30pm EST SEA FOREST LIVE Wild Earth will be launching a new show from the depths of the South African kelp Forest. In the same place that the award winning documentary “my octopus teacher” was filmed, WildEarth free divers will be exploring for themselves in real time. Kelp forests dominate the west coast of South Africa forming large beds in the southern portion of the Benguela region. They are as productive per unit area as a tropical rainforest. ...Kelp forests are a unique habitat that provid

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