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What To Expect On Curiosity Channel Africa In October 2022?

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SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS Asteroid Rush New 2-Part Special Premieres 03 October 2022 CAT: 21h00 and 22h00 Episodes: 2 x 60 mins Every day, hundreds of asteroids fall towards Earth. Small asteroids cause no harm, but large asteroids can have major consequences. There is no doubt that a killer asteroid will one day cross paths with the Earth...and that we will need to be ready to act. Knowing this, the world’s space agencies have set up specialist departments for detecting and exploring asteroids. For the first time in history, they are even planning on changing an asteroid’s orbit to protect the planet. Will we be able to avoid global catastrophe? The countdown has begun. Engineering the Future S2 New Series Premieres 10 October 2022 CAT: 21h00 and 22h00 Episodes: 6 x 60 – ends 07 November 2022 Narrated by David Oyelowo, this ground-breaking engineering series explores the spectacular technologies that could revolutionize life as we know it. From the metaverse to perpetual power,

TNets Strategy Comes Into Focus With Lower-Cost, Mass-Appeal Shows As New Chief Kathleen Finch Meets With Creative Community

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There probably has been no other division of WarnerMedia more impacted by the Discovery merger than the TNets, which consist of TNT, TBS and TruTV. In the span of a couple of months after the transaction was completed, they got new leadership, with Discovery’s Kathleen Finch adding them to her portfolio, while the previous toppers exited: General Manager Brett Weitz, SVP Original Programming Adrienne O’Riain, and unscripted chief Corie Henson. The new owners quickly scrapped or ended scripted series such as Chad, Snowpiercer and Kill the Orange Bear, cut a number of unscripted series such as the already completed The Big D, and let go a number of big-ticket development. As the dust has started to settle, Finch, Chairman and Chief Content Officer, US Networks Group, Warner Bros. Discovery, recently made an outreach to talent agencies and producers, laying out her plans for what original programming on the TNets will look like going forward. In response to a request for comment on tha

StarSat To Offer More Dubbed Entertainment In Various African Languages

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Satellite pay-TV provider StarSat has announced it is doubling down on dubbing foreign telenovelas into Zulu and other indigenous South African languages. This comes after eMedia’s E-tv and Openview platforms saw success dubbing Turkish telenovelas into Afrikaans. “Telenovelas continue dominating global television viewing, proving one of the most powerful entertainment genres in modern-day television and on-demand subscription viewing,” StarSat stated. It said telenovelas are distinct from soap operas. “Unlike soapies that go on seemingly forever, the running time of telenovelas averages around 120 episodes,” said StarSat. “Whereas soapies can go on for decades, telenovelas usually run between six months and a year.” Another key difference is that soap operas often appeal to women, whereas telenovelas are more family orientated, with some exceptions, StarSat said. StarSat launched its Midrand dubbing studios in 2021 with the objective to adapt its best-performing telenovelas

StarSat To Kill Off More Channels By The End Of September

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StarSat will drop its two Afrikaans channels from the platform on 30 September 2022, the owners of MyTV and OnseTV have announced. “StarSat, the South African branch of StarTimes Media, has ended Afrikaans on the StarSat decoder after 13 years of broadcast,” said MyTV CEO Jaco Ferreira. On Digital Media launched TopTV in South Africa on 1 May 2010. It was South Africa’s first noteworthy DStv contender since MultiChoice launched its satellite pay-TV service. Ferreira says that ASTV was accepted as the only Afrikaans channel on TopTV in October 2009. It operated out of Rustenburg and was later rebranded MyTV. On Digital Media soon ran into financial troubles and Chinese pay-TV player StarTimes bought the company out of business rescue in 2013. OnseTV started broadcasting on 29 September 2017 on StarSat channel 462. “Because OnseTV management works daily with a wide variety of people in the industry, it was clear from the start that there were no focused channel to cater for the

As Anticipated, Openview To Come With Monthly Fees With The Launch Of New Service, Openview+

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Several months ago, eMedia Investments unveiled their latest annual results where it was revealed that their free-to-view Openview platform has seen a high rate of growth as MultiChoice has begun to see a bloodbath of dissatisfied Premium and Compact customers. The likes of streamers like Netflix and Disney+ have been luring several consumers away from the pay-tv platform while MultiChoice now views eMedia Investments' Openview platform as a DStv killer as consumers fled the package following the carriage battle with both parties. eMedia Investments had stated in court the demise of their channels on DStv would see a plummet a revenue which is what they used to bring most of the content seen on eExtra and eToonz now with their channels reinstated they've begun planning for the year ahead. Openview has been successful for nearly a decade after generating 3 million subscribers that eMedia Investments had decided as predicted to use the platform to ramp up their pay-tv offering

Canal+ Dramatically Ups Its Stake In MultiChoice

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France’s Canal+, which has steadily been buying shares in MultiChoice Group since 2020, has significantly increased its stake in the South African-headquartered pay-television operator. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, JSE-listed MultiChoice said Groupe Canal+ has increased its stake from the 20.1% disclosed in July to 26.26% now. The move again raises questions about Canal+’s ultimate intentions, specifically whether it plans to make an offer to MultiChoice’s minorities – a move that could be difficult to execute given South Africa’s restrictions around the foreign ownership of broadcasters. The move again raises questions about Canal+’s ultimate intentions — whether it plans to make an offer to minorities “MultiChoice remains committed to acting in the best interests of all shareholders and to create sustainable, long-term shareholder value. While the group regularly engages investors and maintains an open dialogue with the investment community, its policy is not to comme

New Series Alert: StarTimes And If Possible eMedia Investments Acquired Broadcasting Rights To My Left Side, To Launch On St Novelas

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Serra (Ozge Yagiz) is a young girl who studies architecture at Kuzey University in Istanbul. She is a mature, responsible and beautiful young girl. She and her mother Nilgun (Esra Bezen Bilgin) live in a small shanty house and try to survive without the help of other people. 7 years ago, Serra and her family had a wealthy and happy life. However, their perfect life turned upside down when her father’s business went bankrupt. The sequence of tragedies happened after then. Her father left his family behind and disappeared. Her brother committed suicide and died. Her mother could not handle the situation and suffered from physiological problems. Serra has become the head of the family after then. She takes care of her mother, studies at school, and works at part-time jobs in order to earn money and support the living expenses. Her mother still suffers from physiological problems so, she stays at home all the time without doing anything. Thus, Serra even cooks and does house chores when

MultiChoice Might Be Adding A Second Horseracing Channel To The DStv Platform

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Earlier in the year, MultiChoice in partnership with 4Racing TV launched a dedicated horseracing channel Racing240 which is proved to be performing exceptionally well with viewers after the channel was able to pull over 400000 which is just 100000 more than Tellytrack. It was clear with the performance of Racing240 that the brand would seek alternatives. The Racing Partnership is the exclusive betting shop channel through which all of ARC’s racing content is delivered to bookmakers in the UK and Ireland. In addition to racing from ARC, the channel also broadcasts live racing from seven partner racecourses, along with action from South Africa and America. TRP is also the home of Bookmakers Afternoon Greyhound Service racing. ARC enjoys a formal relationship with the British arm of the European Breeders’ Fund (“EBF”), who currently invest over £1.7 million annually to British racing. The EBF support a wide variety of races on ARC racecourses, and have recently introduced a number of

Recommended Games #6: Help Shaggy Escape From Some Ghouls In This Tetris Based Game

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A new game based on Scooby-doo-bi-doo-bi-doo cartoon. You have to play for Shaggy, his best friend, who should pass a long way to go through the game, so be careful as you will find a lot of ghosts! The game consists of a Tetris with the elements of an adventure. Download Now