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eExtra, a South African based general entertainment channel operated by eMedia Investments which serves mainly telenovelas from India, Turkey and Korea is coming to Brazil for known other the Emmy awarded telenovela Orphans Of A Nation (Órfãos Da Terra). Created by the Emmy Award winners Thelma Guedes and Duca Rachid tells the harrowing love story set within the modern-day context of refugees and immigrants from around the world who leave their countries for various reasons. Julia Dalavia and Renato Góes take on lead roles. Orphans Of The Nation was beamed on SABC 3 last year as the public broadcaster was hell bent on reinventing the channel to cater for those who'd view channels like M-Net on DStv and serving as an alternative to eMedia's Kuiertyd offering which has been dominating South African screens with their Turkish offering. At the time SABC channel's head stated: "Orphans of a Nation has a great big love story at the centre of it but it also manages to

During the week, MultiChoice has been sharing several advertisements to the upcoming preschool channel, Moonbug Kids from Moonbug Entertainment and this time it is placed on channel 314 and not channel 360 as originally advertised. Channel 360 just seemed like a very distant area for a kids channel especially if there's no alternatives sitting alongside so it makes sense to inherit the 314 as most other slots have been filled up by various regional channels ranging from Akili Kids to Edu TV. But questions amount to who was it fault for 360 could it be MultiChoice as the adverts do mention and credit DStv or could it be the owners themselves Moonbug Entertainment as North Africa also has the brand occupying the channel number. As seen through various outlets, Moonbug Kids will be rolling out on the DStv platform this October with various shows such as CoComelon, Blippi, Oddbods, Gecko's Garage, Arpo, Morphie and Supa Strikas. Prior to its rollout on DStv, Moonbug Kids had

Community channels Tshwane TV and GauTV both of which are supplied to MultiChoice's DStv by Zallywood Inc. seem to have gotten themselves in a much deeper hole following the alienation of their audiences for more prophets. As stated a while back, several community channels from the likes of Soweto TV, Cape Town TV and Mpuma Kapa TV have all been working on improving their offering as we reach a digital era with brands like these becoming a thing of the past but unlike these channels at least there's signs of life unfortunately I can't say the same for these two channels. Apparently, Tshwane TV's website which was seen as somewhat of an encyclopaedia or wiki has been replaced with spam mail as those who try viewing the website either get directed to ads requiring your phone number or other any scams seen on the defunct website. But that's not the end of it when searching for their website it writes the domain might be put up for sale. Is it possible that new m

Lionsgate is now leaning toward spinning off its studio division and selling a minority stake in it, rather than spinning Starz, according to sources. Lionsgate hasn’t given up on also selling a minority stake in Starz, but there’s more investor interest in the studio business, they added. Longer term, Lionsgate executives have interest in selling both the studio and Starz, sources said. The studio business produces films and TV series, and includes a library of more than 17,000 titles, such as “The Hunger Games” and “Mad Men". This would be a change in strategy for the media and entertainment company, which said in May it expected to finalize a spin or sale of Starz by the end of summer. In recent months, Lionsgate has held talks to sell a 20% stake in Starz to a number of potential buyers, including most recently Vivendi-owned Canal+, the people said, who asked not to be named because the discussions are private. Those talks haven’t ended, but no deal is imminent, said the

The cable network and streaming service is getting a new name and identity as well as a handful of new titles, as part of a relaunch set for January 2023. MGM+ joins the likes of Disney+, Discovery+, Paramount+, ESPN+ and BET+ with the use of the symbol. It comes five years after the vaunted Hollywood studio completed its acquisition of Viacom and Lionsgate’s stake in the business, giving it full control of the network, and five months after Amazon completed its own acquisition of MGM. As part of the rebrand, the network, which will continue to be available in the U.S. on Prime Video, cable, telco, satellite, has handed out a number of greenlights. Hotel Cocaine, which comes from Narcos’ Chris Brancato, has been handed an eight-episode order and Julian Fellowes’ British period drama Belgravia has been given a follow-up series. Hotel Cocaine, which was revealed in development in February, is the story of Roman Compte, Cuban exile, CIA operative, and general manager of the The Mu

BBC Studios and South Africa’s Openview have announced the launch of a multi-genre free to view channel, BBC UKTV (channel 114). Entertaining shows The BBC’s first free-to-view channel in South Africa will launch on its 100th birthday, Tuesday 18 October 2022 and offer a variety of entertainment, natural history series, soaps and children’s shows from BBC Studios’ catalogue. Scheduled to match the viewing habits of families in South Africa, BBC UKTV will offer a variety of entertainment across all genres: Entertainment shows can be enjoyed on the channel every day ranging from the award-winning baking competition, The Great British Bake Off (Season 8) and cooking shows Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook and Mary Berry Cooks to thrilling motoring shows such as Million Dollar Car Hunters on Thursdays at 20:55 and classic Top Gear (Season 19) which will air weekdays at 20:00. British hospital-based soap Casualty (season 36) will debut in South Africa every Thursday at 18:20 and Doctors (s

Pierre Branco, General Manager of Warner Bros. Discovery for the France, Benelux and Africa region, announced today his new leadership team with immediate effect. Branco said: “The new leadership team will work with me on writing the next chapters for our organization with a ‘one company’ mindset. I am convinced that we have the content, brands, talents and passion to grow our business even further and position ourselves strongly for the future in a competitive and challenging region that is also full of opportunities.” - Romain Carbonne will manage the Insights and Research teams across the region Guillaume Coffin will lead the region’s Affiliate Sales, Ad Sales and Content Licensing - Yves Elalouf will lead the retail business for the region across Home Entertainment (Video, Games & Digital) and Consumer Products - Tatiana Lagewaard will lead Content & Programming for General Entertainment (GE) and factual brands in the region, including Local Unscripted Productions f

A new television channel dedicated to teenagers in Africa has been birthed by filmmaker Charles Novia and will start broadcasting on DStv later this month. Called Teen Africa TV, the channel marks a major limestone in the history of broadcasting in Africa as it is the first indigenous television channel for teenagers in Africa. “Teen Africa TV is a new and exciting niche television channel poised to be the first platform for teenagers in the African broadcast space, running for 24 hours daily across African countries and targeting first line audiences of pre-teens, teenagers aged 13 to 19 as well as young adults and family,” said Novia. The channel was initially slated to rollout on the platform in 2019 but got delayed within the following year only to surface on rival platform, StarTimes. Teen Africa TV features talk shows, lifestyle, educational, entertainment and events programmes that are specifically tailored for teens. Some notable titles include Breakfast Club, Street Live

Suzanne Vega wrote her wordy a cappella tune "Tom’s Diner" in 1981 during a visit to a diner in her neighborhood, the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The place itself is actually called Tom’s Restaurant and would become even more famous as the exterior of the diner frequented by the characters on Seinfeld. The song appeared as the opening track on Vega’s second album, Solitude Standing, in 1987, but her label passed it over as a single in the States, going instead for “Luka,” a beautifully melodic downer about an abused child. ("Luka" reached No. 3 on Billboard’s chart, so it wasn’t a bad decision.) But “Tom’s Diner” ended up with a much longer, more interesting life full of revivals, remakes, and other shots at immortality, including a prominent sampling in Fall Out Boy’s hit “Centuries” last year and a recent, well-received cover sung by Britney Spears on the Giorgio Moroder album Déjà Vu. Some of the other highlights of “Tom’s” enduring life: 1. "Tom's Di