Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

Play Room travels to the UK in Rockabye Island Each day, Sean and Roisin hop on board their school-boat with their school friends and head off to a magical preschool, where they meet their teacher, Mister O’Dear, who just happens to be a deer! Through imagination, adventure and teamwork, the children learn about their world and how it works, all with the support of their many animal friends on the fantastical and enchanting Rocka-Bye Island! The series airs daily at 09:00 from 27 May. Zee World also pulling a Star Life  After Star Life opted to make all their primetime shows ran half an hour it appears Zee World is also dwelling in the 30 minute offering with Sister Wives and Force Of Attraction. These shows air daily at 21:00 and 21:30 despite the rest of Africa receiving it as 1 hour. If anything, is it possible Zee World is looking to follow Star Life and make all their programs half hour. Honestly, there are shows on there which deserve that treatment like Radha Mohan

French media giant Group Canal+ has acquired a further 7,374,918 shares in DStv parent MultiChoice in the past week, bringing its total ownership of the local broadcaster to 45.20%. It acquired the shares between 8 and 10 May 2024, paying between R119.44 and R119.68. “Canal+ confirms that these acquisitions have already been disclosed to the Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) as required under the Companies Act and [the Takeover Regulations],” it said. “After the aforementioned trades are implemented, Canal+ will hold an aggregate of approximately 45.20% of the MultiChoice Shares in issue.” “Save as may be prohibited under the Companies Act and the Takeover Regulations, Canal+ may acquire further MultiChoice Shares after the date of this announcement whilst the Offer remains open,” it added. Canal+ has gradually increased its shareholding in MultiChoice since April 2024, after its creeping takeover of the DStv parent began in October 2020. The French media giant last notifie

You saw them on Mzansi Magic’s reality show, Forever Thina, when couples went against all odds and married without their families’ approval. The three couples are back on Samukeleni, airing on the channel from 17 July, this time, seeking blessings for their respective unions post the wedding. On this spin off show, the couples are embarking are on a different journey:  acceptance from their families and loved ones of their relationship and shot gun wedding. The end goal is to not only have their relatives acknowledge their unions but to also embrace these marriages by giving them the blessing and respect that they deserve. “Our reality shows always tell stories that we hope will  entertain viewers as well as initiate an exchange of opinions among audiences,” says Shirley Adonisi, Director of Local Entertainment Channels. “Samukeleni is an extension of the conversation that started on Forever Thina and we hope this will answer the question: What happened after the wedding? 

During the year, Warner Bros. Discovery had launched TNT Sports in the United States after residing within Europe and Latin America for sometime. Unlike these territories, TNT Sports offering is being tested on TruTV leading to a possible rebrand. After the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery Inc. and also the rise in streaming. The company had made several cuts across their linear platforms with TruTV and TNT in the U.S. on limbo for sometime struggling to find purpose in this shake-up.  TNT Sports is sort of Warner Bros. Discovery competitor to Disney's ESPN and M-Net's SuperSport. After adding All Eite Wrestling (AEW), plans are underway to include more  sports themed programming ranging from series, films and documentaries.  Sports is an essential part of our daily culture as it brings people together and with the dismantling of linear TV which led to the decline in audience share. Sports managed to retain its portion and has been described as the biggest mon

Get ready for the next cable-like streaming bundle: Comcast later this month will launch a three-way bundle — with Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+ — offered at a deep discount, Comcast chief Brian Roberts said. Dubbed StreamSaver, the bundle will be available to all Comcast broadband, TV and mobile customers, Roberts said, speaking Tuesday at MoffettNathanson’s 2024 Media, Internet and Communications Conference in New York. The three streaming services, Peacock, Netflix and Apple TV+, will “come at a vastly reduced price to anything available today,” Roberts said, although he didn’t reveal any pricing details. The goal is to “add value to consumers” and “take dollars out” of other companies’ streaming businesses, he added, while reinforcing Comcast’s broadband service offerings. “This will be a pretty compelling package,” Roberts promised. Last week, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a three-way bundle comprising Max, Disney+ and Hulu , to be available starting t

With great power comes great responsibility. Canal+ Group has received the conditional approval from the anti-trust board to acquire Orange Studio and OCS, the film and pay TV operations of Orange, France’s leading telco group. Canal+ has committed to a number of remedies for an initial duration of five years in order to get the regulatory green light and address concentration concerns. The acquisition of OCS by Canal+ could have large ramifications on the local film industry because both players represent the top two sources of pre-financing for French movies. Canal+ is currently on a three-year deal (until the end of 2024) with film guilds to invest an average of €200 million per year in French and European cinema. OCS, meanwhile, has a deal with producers to invest €20 million annual investment in local pics. Under the plans presented to the regulatory commission, OCS will be combined with Cine+, one of Canal+’s channels, but it will continue to operate independently. Ca

The new offering will incorporate what Canal+ says is the best of the OCS offering with its Ciné+ service. Ciné+ OCS will be available via Canal+ but also direct via distribution partners. The offering will comprise six channels and an on-demand service that includes access to films distributed exclusively six months after their theatrical release. It will also include French and international exclusive series, and OCS Signature productions. The channels on offer include: OCS, a flagship offering with films available six months after their theatrical release, and French and international series; Ciné+Frisson, a movie channel including blockbusters, thrillers, horror movies and popular franchises; Ciné+Émotion, a channel focusing on romantic drama films and romantic comedies; Ciné+Family, a channel focusing on family films, popular comedies, animation and kids content; Ciné+Festival, focusing on independent movies and world cinema; and Ciné+Classic, providing access to cul

WAR STORY SUNDAYS Starts 2 June – 4 August Sundays From 20h15 This year marks 80 years since the D-Day landings on 6 June 1944. The seaborn invasion and airborne operati ons were the beginning of the liberati on of France and western Europe during WWII. To mark this anniversary the HISTORY Channel Africa brings viewers D-Day: 100 Days To Beat The Third Reich. Other war stories that will be brought to life each Sunday evening in June includes Hitler’s Handmaidens, The Lost U-Boats Of WWII and WWII Air Crash Detectives.   BRAND NEW HITLER’S HANDMAIDENS 2 June Sundays 20h15 The role of women in the rise and implementati on of Nazi Germany is rarely featured in the history of World War II. Hitler’s Handmaidens examines the women who played an influential role in German society under the Nazi regime, from those who supported Hitler’s rise, to the individuals who played an active role in the Holocaust and other atrocities. Repeat: Following Saturday 21:05 Brand New & Exclusi

After MultiChoice and M-Net opted to scrap Novela Magic to DStv and GOtv consumers Africa. Content such as Zuba, Arendsvlei and The Throne had seen then been folded under Southern African/Pan-African infused entertainment channel, Magic Showcase.  Since the channel's inception by November 2022, Magic Showcase has not only been giving consumers content already viewed on Africa Magic and Mzansi Magic but has also been serving as open window to shows viewed on Zambezi Magic and M-Net. This includes dramas like Legacy and as mentioned Zuba and reality shows like Date My Family Zambia.  These are content that once had an open window on HONEY and Novela Magic but that window had since then been shattered. Particularly for Legacy, as the only other alternative Me went dark on the platform last month, where does that leave shows like Reyka and Summertide? Mzansi Magic had further distanced themselves from 1Magic's scraps with The River that moved to an earlier timeslot in