DStv Brings Its Customers More Fresh Entertainment With The Launch Of eBella

The eFamily of channels on DStv is expanding, with an additional channel launching on 5 March 2018. eBella will launch on DStv channel 159, and offer DStv customers a mix of local and international content inspired by woman from across the world.

eBella is a female-centered channel reflecting the lives and stories of women around the world. Marlon Davids, MD of e.tv, says the new channel will bolster the¬¬offering the eFamily of channels has on DStv. “e.tv celebrates women through campaigns and programming and now we can extend this messaging into an entirely new channel,” he says. “eBella is a strong addition to DStv and we know that our viewers will enjoy the channel’s mix of speciality shows and telenovelas that empower and celebrate the female market,” said Davids.

eBella will feature much-loved telenovelas from around the world, including So Much Love aka Tanto Amor, Qubool Hai, and Fatmagul. There will also be a lifestyle and reality shows galore on the channel, with Secret Guide To Fabulous, Princess, The Dog Whisperer and Beverley’s Full House already available as the channel launches.

“Our focus is to offer our customers on all packages new and fresh entertainment – giving them access to the stories they want to hear. eBella is all about women and celebrating our influence on the global landscape as empowered and bold individuals,” commented Yolisa Phahle, CEO for General Entertainment, MultiChoice.

eBella will be available to DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family and Access customers in South Africa.

Boomerang Africa Welcomes Back The Happos Family In All New Adventures Alongside Wacky Races And New Looney Tunes In April 2018

BRAND NEW SHORTS
THE HAPPOS FAMILY
Treat yourself to lots of fun with your favorite hippos this Easter!

The Happos Family is back for a second season and we will be celebrating with a Happo’s block in April filled with laughter, fun and … hippos of course! Our lovely friends might not say much - but they sure have fun! By day, they might all seem normal and unsuspicious, posing for tourists at their safari park home, but when the park closes, they jump out of their mud baths, get dressed, and embark on their own adventures! Don’t forget to tune in this April as we welcome three new additions to the family - Football Happo, Scientist Happo and Acrobat Happo!

Premiere Date: Monday 02/04/2018
Tune-in: Monday 02/04 to Friday 06/04 @ 09:35 CAT
Repeat: Weekends @ 06:25 CAT / Sundays @ 14:45 CAT

BRAND NEW EPISODES
WACKY RACES
Back on Track!

When the engines start, the laughter roars with the Wacky Races. With brand new episodes coming to Boomerang this April, we are bound to have you in stitches with the most hilarious content coming your way! This time they are not alone, they have a whole new roster of racers ready to take to the track and race to strange and exotic locations around the world — and beyond! So, be sure to treat yourself with all the chocolate this Easter, plonk down with your friends and family, and tune in for one heck of a good time with all new crazy adventures with your all-time favorite racers! Ready, set, laugh!

Premiere Date: Monday 09/04/2018
Tune-in: Monday - Friday @16:00 CAT

BRAND NEW EPISODES
THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW
Bugs Bunny’s back!

Bugs Bunny’s countless adventures and mishaps continue this month on Boomerang! Snuggle up with your chocolate eggs and bunnies and watch your favorite Easter Bunny, Bugs, as he takes on the world with all new, hilarious episodes airing exclusively on Boomerang this month. Watch as your favourite fluffy friend attempts to make new friends - and adversaries - like Winter Stag, Squeaks the Squirrel, The Grim Rabbit, and Dr. Clovenhoof, and say hello to other familiar faces such as Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam! Eeeeek! We cannot wait, can you?

Premiere Date: Monday 16/04/2018
Tune-In: Monday to Friday @ 19:40 CAT
Repeat: Saturdays and Sundays @ 19:20 CAT

Cloudy With The Chance Of Meatballs Makes Its Debut On Cartoon Network Africa In April 2018 Following The Rad Adventures Of Flint Lockwood And Sam Sparks Alongside A Sneak Peek Of Cartoon Network Brand New Lego Series Unikitty And A Holiday Stunt With Teen Titans GO!

SNEAK OF OUR BRAND NEW SHOW
UNIKITTY
Prepare for glitter, sparkles, and total craziness, because … it’s UNICORN DAY!!

We are UNI-ted in our happiness and utter excitement to announce our new dazzling show, UniKitty, with a snazzy sneak peek! In a joyous kingdom full of sparkle matter, happy thoughts, and the occasional rage-out, we get to follow UniKitty, the beloved character from The LEGO® Movie, and a whole cast of friends into a world full of adventure, excitement, and dance parties. As ruler of the kingdom, Unikitty is most interested in making sure everyone is happy and ridding the kingdom of negativity. But don’t misunderstand her friendliness – she is one kitty you don’t want to mess with! Tune in for our unicorn special this month and see what happens when Master Frown tries to get in her way while spreading positive vibes!

Tune-in: Monday 09/04/2018 @ 08:25 CAT

BRAND NEW CARTOON NETWORK SHOW CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Things are a ’cooking in the Cartoon Network kitchen!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is coming to Cartoon Network this month, so make sure you tune in for this tasty new series! In this prequel to the beloved family film, we get to see what the eccentric scientist, Flint Lockwood, did during his high school years. Here is a spoiler - he was already an eccentric scientist back then … however not a very successful one! Tune in this April to see where, and how, the adventure began, starting with Flint’s frst invention: a machine that takes out garbage, but also decides for itself what, and WHO, is garbage! Take it from us, paste yourselves to your screens because craziness is about to unravel with this meaty series of adventures!

Premiere: Monday 16/04/2018
Tune-in: Monday to Friday @ 07:30 CAT
Repeat: Monday to Friday @ 20:00 CAT
Weekends @ 13:25 CAT

HOLIDAY STUNT!
TEEN TITANS GO!
Our special teens are on a go!

Chocolate or no chocolate, here at Cartoon Network we have one BIG delicious treat for you this Easter holiday! Tune in to Cartoon Network over the weekends this month for some Teen Titans Go! fun in a series of specials we have lined up just for you! Find out what happens when the Teen Titans compete in the “Justice League’s Next Top Talent Idol Star”, trying to win the favour of their favourite heroes Batman, Superman, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman. Robyn sure is excited, perhaps even more than the rest of the young titans … And what happens when the group finds themselves shipwrecked on a desert island in Island Adventures? Eeeeeeek! So much excitement for one month!

Premiere: Sunday 02/04/2018
Tune-in: Monday 02/04 to Friday 06/04 @ 08:05 CAT

FOX Networks Group Africa Announces New Content Deal

Hit shows like The Gifted, The Resident and Ghosted will be joining the FOX Africa schedule

Johannesburg, 13 February 2018 - Fox Networks Group (FNG) in Africa and 20th Century Fox Television Distribution have announced a new agreement for exclusive premieres and acclaimed series on FOX in Africa. The highly anticipated new series set to premiere on the channel include The Resident, The Gifted, Ghosted, American Dad and Family Guy.

First to premiere will be The Resident in March on the 27th, a powerful new medical show centred around a young doctor’s final years of training. Dealing with both the good and the bad, audiences can get ready to experience what really happens behind the doors at hospitals. Starring Matt Czuchry (The Good Wife), Emily VanCamp (Revenge), Shaunette Renée Wilson (Billions), Manish Dayal (Halt and Catch Fire), Melina Kanakaredes (CSI: NY), Bruce Greenwood (The People v O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Moran Atias (24: Legacy) and Merrin Dungey (Big Little Lies). The Resident will premiere on Tuesday, 27 March at 21:00.

In what will be a bumper month, The Gifted and Ghosted are set to premiere a week apart. Ghosted (Saturday, 14 April at 20:25), a single-camera, live-action comedy, tells the story of a partnership between two polar opposites – a cynical skeptic and a genius “true believer” in the paranormal – who are recruited by a secret government agency, known as The Bureau Underground, to save the human race from aliens.

On Monday, 23 April The Gifted will premiere at 21:00. Set in the X-Men universe, produced by 20th Century Fox Television in association with Marvel Television, family adventure series The Gifted tells the emotional story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their teenage children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family seeks help from an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

In what will become a triple play of animation from 18:00, and joining The Simpsons – the longest running scripted show in television history – is Family Guy and American Dad. Created and executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Family Guy is now in its seventeenth season and guaranteed to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed original music. And twelve seasons later, American Dad continues to be a fan favourite, focusing on Stan Smith, a CIA agent in Langley Falls, Virginia whose main objective in life is national security. The animation triple-play is stripped daily from 18:00.

“The timing of the conclusion of this deal could not have been more perfect, having just launched the second season of Lee Daniels’ Star on the FOX schedule on Thursday nights”, says Programming Director Tracey Gilchrist. “Empire season four Part B returns in March, filling the schedule with absolutely the best in class from 20th Century Fox Television content and we are thrilled to be able to bring to our fans this variety of content to ensure there’s something for every taste on the schedule and a thrilling start to 2018.”

The fan-fare however on the FOX Africa schedule started in January with the much-anticipated The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, broadcasting 24-hours after the U.S. premiere on Fridays at 03:00, and available for DStv subscribers an hour after broadcast on Catch-Up. The X-Files, which needs no introduction, consisting of ten thrilling episodes, also made a comeback on the schedule for the 2018 instalment of this cult series.

All of this content and more will be available to FOX Africa viewers on multiple platforms such as Black, DStv, Kwese and StarSat as well as StarTimes.
Fox Networks Group in Africa operates eight distinct Pay-Tv channel brands including National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, FOX and Baby TV, along with the non-linear service FOX+ and National Geographic+. Across the region, FNG Europe & Africa operates 151 channels as well as numerous digital services, broadcasting in 52 countries. Through genre defining channel brands FOX, FOX Sports and National Geographic, FNG Europe & Africa is watched by over 250 million viewers in 150 million households making it the pan-regional leader for entertainment, factual and sports programming*.

Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir Returns For Brand New Season On Disney Channel Africa In March 2018 Alongside Raven And The Gang With Everyone's Favourite Teenage Vampire Mavis In Hotel Transylvania And Top Spy K.C Cooper In K.C Undercover

RAVEN’S HOME
Series premiere
Weekends until Sunday 11th March at 08:35

Brand new series Raven’s Home continues this month, with premiere episodes at weekends at 08:35.

Disney Channel favourite Raven-Symoné, star of iconic series That’s So Raven, returns to the channel in this show. School friends Raven and Chelsea are now grown-up, divorced and living happily together with Raven’s twins Booker and Nia, and Chelsea’s son Levi. Raven still catches glimpses of the future and Booker has inherited her ability, which makes for some hilarious situations. In the episode entitled Adventures in Mummysitting (Sunday 4th March at 08:35) Booker, Nia and Levi convince Raven and Chelsea they're responsible enough to watch themselves while the moms celebrate a moms' night out at a new club.

Catch new episodes of Raven's Home on weekends at 08:35 until Sunday 11th March on Disney Channel.

MIRACULOUS TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR
Premiere season
Weekdays from 5th to 16th March at 16:25.

The long-awaited second season of hit series Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir launches this month with premiere episodes on weekdays from 5th to 16th March at 16:25.

Ladybug meets the Guardian of the Miraculous, Master Fu, and learns about the existence of other Miraculous. Thanks to them, she is able to enlist the help of other superheroes. Hawk Moth has a dreadful plan that he is determined to implement to defeat Cat Noir and Ladybug. In the episode entitled The Collector, Adrien’s father is akumatized into The Collector. Will Ladybug and Cat Noir manage to stop him and to unmask Hawk Moth? (Monday 5th March at 16:25)

Premiere episodes of Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir season two air from 5th to 16th March at 16:25.

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA
Premiere episodes
Weekdays from 19th to 27th March at 17:40

Mavis and her three closest friends (Hank N Stein, Pedro and Wendy Blob) return to Disney Channel this month with five brand new episodes of Hotel Transylvania.

With Dracula still away on official vampire business, will Mavis finally get the chance to show what she can do? In the episode on 19th March at 17:40, entitled 116 Candles/Stop or My Mummy Will Shout, Mavis accidentally turns Aunt Lydia into a real teenager. Pedro lied to his mum about running the hotel. Should he own up?

Hotel Transylvania is back with brand new episodes on weekdays from 19th to 26th March at 17:40.

THE SUPER FIVE
Programming event
Daily from Monday 29th March at 08:30

Star Butterfly, Elena, Rapunzel, Marinette and Mavis have teamed up to entertain their young fans during the school holidays. The Super Five airs daily from 29th March between 08:30 and 10:35.

Team Disney unites five top shows back-to-back (Star vs the Forces of Evil, Elena of Avalor, Tangled: The Series, Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, and Hotel Transylvania) into a one super-sized stunt.

Catch The Super Five every day of the school holidays from 29th March at 08:30 on Disney Channel.

K. C. UNDERCOVER
Premiere episodes
Saturdays throughout March at 08:10

The adventures of K.C. Undercover continue this month, with premiere episodes from season three on Saturdays until 24th March at 08:10.

Zendaya stars as teenager K.C, who learns her parents are spies and expect her to be one too. So she must cope with life as an agent as well as the problems and pitfalls of teenage life. In the episode entitled The Storm Maker K.C. is tasked with tracking down a dangerous weather-controlling device on the same night as her homecoming dance.
(Saturday 3rd March at 08:10)

K.C. Undercover is back on Disney Channel on Saturdays at 08:10 until 24th March.

PRINCESS STUNT
Programming event
Weekends from 3 March at 14:25

Sofia the First is visiting Disney Channel! She’s teaming up with two other princesses to provide a right royal programming event on weekends from 3rd March at 14:25.

Sofia joins up with Rapunzel and Elena to bring a whole world of adventure and action from Sofia the First, Elena of Avalor, and Tangled: The Series as well as specials featuring the stars of those shows.

Meet the princesses on weekends from March 3rd at 14:25.