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What Consumers Should Be Concerned About Regarding SABC's Yet To Be Launched Channels On DStv?

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The public broadcaster still lagging behind on many aspects is slated to launch three additional channels to the DStv platform in the coming future with SABC Education currently seen on SABC+ and DTT taking about 2 years to be released. SABC eKhaya another upcoming attraction by the public broadcaster which is rumoured to debut before the end of the current financial year which is March 2023 serves as a complimentary to the SABC News channel catering to the indigenous languages. Now the new channels don't really come at the greatest time as MultiChoice was hoping to use them as leverage for eMedia's 4 channels which are currently in a limbo on their platform and with these new channels nowhere in site one has got to wonder how they'd survive with even less channels. DStv: -  MultiChoice might lose yet another two channels -  Could Russia Today be removed from the DStv platform? -  Qwest TV coming soon to Showmax -  eMedia's 4 channels to go dark on the DStv p

Why StarSat Doesn't Get Much Attention These Days?

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During the week, it was reported that StarTimes had launched three new entertainment channels, CBS Justice , Kartoon Channel and FilmBox Action with details over its expansion to South Africa remaining as quite a mystery for its audience. As it is, this is the only known outlet to share this news I mean the channels were up and running close to the end of December but no one literally no one thought of doing something for the platform I mean I can't really blame them as there's a lot to the story. Firstly, StarSat doesn't respond to the media on any upcoming attractions for the platform and sure they are plenty of outlets just like them that don't engage with the media and try to build up a level of trust with consumers. StarSat: - CBS Justice to launch on StarSat - FilmBox Action and Kartoon Channel to launch on StarSat -  The Smithsonian Channel closing down in the UK But matters only escalated when they removed channels like Love Nature, Investigation Disco

Roundups #129: Perfect Husband Makes It Freemium Debut On Zee One, The Cartoonito Channel To Launch On Boomerang CEE By March 18th And Doodsondes Returns For A Fifth Season On e.tv

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Zee World rebroadcast coming soon to Zee One In 2021, Zee World an international entertainment channel owned by Zee Enterprises acquired rights to air family drama Perfect Husband or as it's called in India Perfect Pati. After a year, more consumers will have access to all the drama in store. Perfect Husband explores the non-idealistic married life of Vidhita and Pushkar and tries to question the thought that whether an ideal son is capable of being an ideal husband. It stars Farman Haidar, Shamu Akhtariya Moulik and Alok Nath Pathak It premieres 20th January on Zee One prior to that will be the launch of historical drama Razia Sultan and second family drama Broken Bonds on Zee World. Everyday Novelas: - 5 Turkish shows rumoured to rollout in South Africa - Ramo coming soon to eVOD -  Forbidden Passion season 2 not moving forward on Telemundo Boomerang CEE will be no more from March 18 Viewers in Balkans, Baltics, Benelux, CIS, Caucasia, Central Europe, Central and East

Roundups #128: Dungeon And Dragons TV Series Has Been Ordered By Paramount+, Kartoon Channel Greenlit New Roblox Inspired Reality Series And Plot Synopsis For HBO Max Upcoming Series Velma Scares Away Potential Viewers

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Another video game is getting a TV adaptation Paramount+ has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order to an adaptation of Hasbro’s wildly popular Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game franchise. Red Notice filmmaker Rawson Marshall Thurber wrote the pilot script and is set to direct the first episode of the series which will be a co-production between eOne and Paramount Pictures. eOne, the lead studio, took the project out in November, garnering interest from multiple buyers, with Paramount+ ultimately landing the show in a competitive situation. eOne and Paramount Pictures are partnering on the Dungeons & Dragons series after also co-producing and co-financing the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves movie directed by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley, which premieres March 31. At Paramount+, the Dungeons & Dragons series will join Halo, the video game adaptation, which is one of the streamer’s most popular originals. Over the la

Press Release: DStv Welcomes The Launch Of Quincy Jones’ QWEST TV Onto Screens This Month

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Featuring Jazz, Soul, Blues, Hip-hop, Rnb, Afrobeats, and Dance - available only on DStv With exclusive access to high-end music, great concerts, documentaries and never-seen archived interviews, the global music streaming platform QWEST TV will officially be DStv channel 330. Music lovers will now be able to access QWEST TV via the DStv bouquet (channel 330) as well as on the Showmax platform. The Channel will be included in all the DStv packages in 44 countries across the continent. DStv: -  MultiChoice might lose yet another two channels -  Could Russia Today be removed from the DStv platform? -  Qwest TV coming soon to Showmax -  eMedia's 4 channels to go dark on the DStv platform Available exclusively to DStv customers, the channels offering includes: - Exclusive concerts from legendary artists as well as Rising Stars from across the globe - Premium music documentaries - Archived artist footage - Unreleased interviews with music icons including Erykah Badu, Ques

New Channel Alert: CBS Justice Coming Soon To StarSat

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In 2019, CBS Justice launched across Africa exclusively on MultiChoice's DStv and had proven to be a popular addition to the platform. Four years later, the channel expands outside of MultiChoice's reach and onto the pay-tv rival, StarTimes. CBS Justice brings you authentic criminal cases and investigations expertly dissected using cutting edge forensic technologies, always factual, always true. Some of the shows include Cold Blood, Coastal Killers, Forensics, Evidence Of Evil and Homicide's Elite. CBS Justice is currently occupying channel 222 on Super package in several outlets across Africa. StarSat: -  The Smithsonian Channel closing down in the UK -  Delayed SABC channel launch on StarSat explained -  Russia Today to launch South African hub -  StarSat trying to be DStv friendly The news of CBS Justice launch on the platform comes at the time where two other channels were already unveiled for the platform, Kartoon Channel and FilmBox Action. Just like the a

Trending Posts For The Week Dated January 7th

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Most browsed content on our site 1. Prediction: From CBS Justice And Nicktoons Untimely Demise On The DStv Platform To The Launch Of Openview Ultra, Here's What We Anticipate For 2023 2. SABC Parliament Scrapped For New Indigenous News Channel In Your Language SABC eKhaya With SABC Children Likely Canned With No Clue On SABC Encore 3. Roundups #125: Avatar To Return With New Animated Series On Nickelodeon, Eternal Love Rebroadcast Coming Soon To Star Life And SABC Plans To Launch Indigenous News Channel In 2023 4. Cartoonito Is Coming!!! As Boomerang Is Set To Close Down In Central Eastern Europe By March 2023 5. New Series Alert: Razia Sultan + Broken Bonds + Every Girl's Dream + It's Not Easy To Love + 4 More Series Anticipated To Rollout On Zee World In 2023 6. Roundups #127: The Twisted Timeline Of Sammy & Raj Coming Soon To Nickelodeon International, kykNET Lekker Added To More DStv Customers Alongside A Rerun Of Kind Van Die Noodlot And Between You And Me Be

New Channel Alert: FilmBox Action And Kartoon Channel Coming Soon To StarSat With Qwest TV On DStv

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For several years, StarTimes has been losing a bouquet of premium international channels ranging from The Smithsonian Channel, Love Nature, DreamWorks, Real Time and Investigation Discovery with the much needed alternatives almost nowhere in site. Now the pay-tv platform seems to be picking up the cracks as they unveiled two new channels for their consumers: FilmBox Action and Kartoon Channel. FilmBox Action is a general entertainment channel basically SPI International's version of M-Net Movies 2 and KIX with a limited amount of series. Some of the stars include Steven Seagal, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Al Pacino and many others from U.S. and global. StarSat: - The Smithsonian Channel closing down in the UK -  Delayed SABC channel launch on StarSat explained -  Russia Today to launch South African hub -  StarSat trying to be DStv friendly Kartoon Channel is an kids entertainment channel and not to be mistaken for Cartoon Network. It is owned by Genius Brands Internati

Aşk-ı Memnu: Telemundo's Forbidden Passion From The Beginning

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Forbidden Passion (Pasion Prohibida) is a 2012 soap opera produced by Telemundo Studios that told the story of a woman's scorn over her mother after discovering that her she cheated on her father prior to his death so she married the man she chased after there she falls for his nephew. It starred Monica Spear and Jencarlos Canela alongside Roberto Vander, Mercedes Molto, Rebecca Jones, Henry Zakka, Jorge Consejo and Carmen Aub. The original produced by Ay Yapım (Turkey) went a similar path with the likes of Beren Saat, Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ, Selçuk Yöntem, Hazal Kaya & Nebahat Çehre which was set in the contemporary Istanbul instead of the 19th century setting as seen in Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil's 1899 novel of the same name. Everyday Novelas: - Forbidden Passion season 2 not moving forward on Telemundo -  Between You And Me now on Zee One -  Eternal Love coming soon to Star Life Aside from Aşk-ı Memnu (Forbidden Love), Ay Yapım also worked on other productions part of whic