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And, The Show Goes On - Tellytrack Continues To 'Run' On All DStv Platforms

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For over 15-years, DStv has been the ‘race track’ of choice for many horse racing lovers across the country, through the broadcast of the Tellytrack channel. This almost two-decades long partnership, between Tellytrack and Multichoice, will continue to run on DStv channel 239 enabling viewers to experience the ‘Sport of Kings’ in the comfort of their homes. ‘’Over the years we have seen consistency in the channel’s viewership ratings, indicating that the South African television market has an appetite for the sport,” explains Rob Scott – Sports Betting Executive for Phumelela Gaming. “As such from a business perspective, extending the contract became key, as the partnership continues to provide extended reach of the sport.” The channel will see a ‘look and feel’ as well as content facelift – launching new content propositions as well as injecting a more lifestyle feel into the programming. “We will be introducing an hour-long daily Morning Show, that will carry 30 minutes of h

NEW CHANNEL ALERT: STAR LIFE COMING SOON TO STARSAT/STARTIMES

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Star Life is a South African digital satellite television channel which showcases family dramas, celebrity dance shows and movies from Star's library of Bollywood movies, adapted into English for African audiences. AVAILABILITY DStv: Channel 167 Bouquet : Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family Openview: Channel 110 GOtv: Channel 23 PICTURE FORMAT 576i, 16:9 (SDTV) - outside South Africa 1080p, 16:9 (HDTV) - South Africa only SLOGAN "It's a beautiful world" ABOUT Star Network - a fully-owned subsidiary of 21st Century Fox - launched the HD channel Star Life in August 2018. It is a 24-hour English-language channel available on Openview, GOtv and DStv, aimed as a crossover between Indian and African entertainment. The channel showcases family dramas (daily soaps and telenovelas, short and long form), celebrity dance shows and movies from its library of A-List Bollywood movies. The channel aims to bring to Africa "extraordinary jo

More Info On Disney+ Announced During Investor Day

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Today, the Walt Disney Company hosted its “Investor Day” event, which is focused on the Company’s direct-to-consumer streaming services including the upcoming Disney+. Throughout the event, new info has surfaced from the event in addition to posting new stories on major details, trailer etc. -Direct To Consumer will grow due to more people being connect. -BamTech was purchased in 2017 to build Disney+ will launch globally and in the majority of countries -ESPN+ will launch in Latin countries -Hulu is wanting to expand outside the US -Disney+ will be Ad Free Michael Paull hits the stage -HotStar (India’s streaming service, which has over 300 users) -They are having a 15 minute break before they start on Disney+. -Movies will be on Disney+ after they’ve been at cinemas and on home entertainment windows end. Similar to Netflix -Will come with customized settings and individual profiles! -All the content will be available to download while they are subscribers. -Movies

DStv Extends Its Magical Content Base 1Magic Channel Now Available On Compact Plus

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From Thursday, 18 April 2019, 1Magic will be accessible to DStv Compact Plus customers. The channel, which was previously only available to DStv Premium subscribers, is the entertainment destination of choice for the finest in gripping local dramas, telenovelas, reality shows and movies.  1Magic (DStv Channel 103), home of the critically acclaimed and most awarded production by the SAFTA’S - telenovela The River has, for months, provided entertainment to DStv Premium subscribers with edgy international series such as the award-winning comedy Black-ish, gripping crime drama Power, as well as the freshest local & international celebrity news on V-Entertainment. In addition to the content already available on the channel, DStv Compact Plus customers can now catch the brand-new reality show One Night with My Ex, where the complex theme of love is explored. Saucy attempts to rekindle the flames of lost love for lonely singles, scorned lovers and deserted dreamers are simply

Restructuring Coming For The Channels Of NBCUniversal International Networks Seen In Africa As NBCUI's Pay-TV Division Moves To Sky's TV Headquarters In London.

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Restructuring, including people losing their jobs, is coming for the TV channels of NBCUniversal International (NBCUNI) seen in Africa like E! Entertainment (DStv 124), Universal TV (DStv 117), and Studio Universal (DStv 112) as NBCUI's pay-TV division must move to Sky's pay-TV headquarters at Osterley in London in the United Kingdom. After Comcast's acquisition of Sky, part of the restructuring includes several organisational changes including to NBCUniversal International Networks for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, with Jeremy Darroch, Sky CEO, on Friday writing to staffers in an email that the restructuring is part of plans to "grow our audiences and bring our customers even better content" while working "more effectively and efficiently with our new colleagues". Senior executives are expected to be a part of the staff that will be let go in the creation of NBCUniversal International's new channels business division

Disney+ Announced New Non-Fiction Shows And Here Are All The Details

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We can hardly contain our excitement because today we learned more about the extensive slate of shows coming to Disney+, Disney’s upcoming streaming service! In recent Disney+ news, we learned about the upcoming live-action Star Wars series, The Mandalorian and Monsters at Work, a series inspired by Monsters, Inc. Disney unveiled a list of some of non-fiction shows coming to Disney+, and we can’t wait to share it all with you. Get ready because we have a lot of details! First, we’re thrilled to announce that some of entertainment’s biggest non-fiction storytellers have joined the Disney+ family! Emmy award-winning producers Supper Club — David Gelb and Brian McGinn (of Chef’s Table), and Jason Sterman (of 13th) — will bring their unique stories to the streaming service. “The storytelling legacy of The Walt Disney Company had a formative and lasting impact on us growing up, and we are honored to be welcomed into this exciting new chapter of such a storied studio,” J

Coming Up In June 2019 On Real Time Africa

Forbidden: Dying for Love From Saturday 1 June at 21:00 This shocking series tells the jaw-dropping stories of forbidden love: relationships that break taboos, cross boundaries, shock communities, and lead to extraordinary and shocking crimes. Each episode follows the escalating story of a relationship across a social and moral divide that culminated in deadly violence. Among the forbidden tales uncovered in this series is the single mum whose 18-month jail sentence led to a passionate relationship with a prison guard. But when she vows to leave him, will he let her go? When a strict father who forbids relationships discovers his 15-year-old daughter plans to run away with her boyfriend of four years, will he follow through on his vow to kill her? And when a single mum's new fiancé asks her to kill his ex-wife and children, will she accept his sinister proposal in the fear her family could be next? Anything is possible in the name of love - especially when that love is forbidden.

Coming Up On TLC Africa In June 2019

Dr Christian Will See You Now From Monday 3 June at 22:00 Top UK GP, Dr. Christian Jessen opens the doors to his state-of-the-art health clinic in this honest and emotional series. In each episode five members of the British public with pressing health problems put their private lives in the hands of Dr. Christian and his larger-than-life, first-class medical team. Over the course of a single day, Dr. Christian helps each patient on the way to overcoming their life-changing conditions. Every step of their journey is captured on fixed rig cameras as they share their most vulnerable moments and intimate problems in a bid to get their health and relationships back on track. Dr. Pimple Popper: The Poppy Bowl From Sunday 7 April at 20:00 Bursting with pop-up facts and bonus scenes, this series relives the best pops, biggest lumps and juiciest lipomas that Dr. Sandra Lee - or Dr. Pimple Popper - has treated this season. From Matt's skin condition causing tumours to grow all over his

Coming Up In May 2019 On Disney Junior Africa

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Fancy Nancy Clancy – New Eps Weekdays @ 17:00, 13th May – 24th May Synopsis: Follow Fancy Nancy on her adventures with family and friends as she finds the extraordinary in the ordinary, and with a little imagination, transforms the plain into the exquisite! Vampirina – Season 2 Launch Weekdays @ 17:30, 27th May – 21st June Synopsis: The newest monster on the block is back with more batty adventures and surprises! She may be blue with pointy teeth, but she’s not that different underneath!