Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

M-Net revives the shuttered brand M-Net Binge from Friday, 25 March on channel 114. Probably due to the Coronavirus and lack of entertainment across all platforms. M-Net Binge launched in May 2017 on channel 900 to DStv Premium customers and was scrapped a year later only to return to 2 years later this time it's available on Compact Plus. According to the TV Guide, M-Net Binge is home to best HBO series as well as doccies and movies. No end date has been provided for the channel as yet when there is one it will be added here. M-Net Binge will air repeats of series such as Game Of Thrones, Band Of Brothers and Six Feet Under. Making it the ideal channel for Compact Plus customers.

Mindset is an digital satellite television free-to air channel launched in 2003 to help educate and improve health in South Africa, uplift and empower communities with various Educational and Health initiatives and interventions is getting a second TV channel. Pop Primary, the channel is skewed towards Grade 1-7 and just like Mindset will carry educational content. No details about the channel have been unveiled on the package and launch but judging by the founder it could be on every single platform in South Africa and possibly the rest of Africa. The organisation that handles Mindset works with Government, International Donors and blue-chip corporates to deliver impactful, sustainable and practical change to the developmental challenges that communities face. It develops, sources, distributes and uses digital content. Its multimedia content is distributed via broadcast television, IP based satellite datacast, the web, distributable media (hard drives, DVDs and CDs) and mobi

Amid the uncertainty and concern around the threat of coronavirus, SuperSport is working closely with its broadcast partners to mitigate the absence of live sport. While almost all major sport has been affected, SuperSport will be broadcasting events which have been postponed - when they are rescheduled. SuperSport chief executive Gideon Khobane said: “All of our partners have reached out to explain their measures, which we appreciate. “Live sport is massively impacted; we are combatting this by acquiring the best award-winning sport documentaries from around the globe, among other top programming. We will use our various platforms to communicate this to viewers.” The impact of this has necessitated major changes to the schedules, which will see SuperSport convert its line-up to thematic channels for the foreseeable future. This is a time to relive the best of the best and SuperSport will duly open SS1 down to the Compact package. This channel will form the crux

Later today, MultiChoice silently opened up Da Vinci Kids, AfricaNews, CNN and Nickelodeon admist the coronavirus outbreak with ICASA wanting StarSat and MultiChoice to make channels free. AfricaNews and CNN are all accessible to Access customers until April 30 with Nickelodeon being April 14 and Da Vinci Kids being the end of May. So far only Nickelodeon and CNN have been accessible in South Africa while the two just popped up recently on DStv with the rest of Africa adding it back in 2019. Da Vinci Kids is an educational pay television channel for children aged 6–12 and families, and broadcasting in 19 language versions to more than 35 million homes worldwide. It broadcasts STEM and soft skills-based learning programs aimed at children and families during the daytime, and documentaries and educational series for grown-ups in the evenings. The channel can be found on StarSat in South Africa. AfricaNews is a multilingual news media service, headquartered in Pointe-Noire,

DStv has opened up a number of Supersport channels to its non-premium subscribers until 30 April 2020. Supersport 1, which is exclusively available on the DStv Premium package, will now be available on DStv Compact Plus and DStv Compact, the group said in a statement on Friday 20 March. Supersport 7, which is only available on the DStv Premium, Compact Plus and Compact packages, will also be available on the DStv Family and DStv Access packages. Earlier this week, DStv announced that it will also make a selection of channels available to all South Africans for free through its DStv Now streaming platform. DStv Now is bundled with DStv’s satellite broadcasting service, and allows subscribers to watch TV and shows from mobile devices, smart TVs, laptops, and more. The new free channel package is available to all South Africans, however, and not only DStv subscribers. The company said that in response to the coronavirus outbreak in South Africa, a number of DStv Now channels are no

Dragnificent! From Tuesday 26 May at 21:00 This glittering series takes makeovers to a fabulous new level as a gang of style-savvy drag queens help someone lacking style and transform them into their best self! In each episode, top drag queens Alexis Michelle, BeBe Zahara Benet, Thorgy Thor and Jujubee take an unsuspecting individual on a high-energy journey to revive their style as part of an upcoming life milestone. Alexis Michelle is a makeup artist specialising in weddings and special events; BeBe is an experienced event planner who can transform any room; fashion expert Jujubee has an impressive knowledge of drag couture and women's style; and Thorgy Thor is a classically trained musician who knows how to get the party started! Whether it's a bride who wants to feel beautiful walking down the aisle or someone readjusting to their new body after drastic weight loss, these big-hearted queens are on hand to give the confidence, courage and grace they need to be their best a

Wheeler Dealers From Saturday 2 May at 20:00 Car dealer supremo, Mike Brewer and multi-talented mechanic, Ant Anstead, are on a monumental motoring mission: to find and restore iconic cars to later sell for a profit at their LA-based shop. In this turbo-charged series, Mike has the challenging job of finding vehicles that have money-making potential. He then hands them over to Ant, who tackles everything from bare metal re-sprays to gearbox swaps to bring them back to their former glory. From the sunny beaches of southern California to the coldest edges of Maine, the series scours the US from coast-to-coast for the best vehicles to buy, restore, test and sell for a tidy profit. What treasures will the guys find and flip on their epic adventures? Fast N' Loud From Wednesday 6 May at 21:00 Hot Rod hunter Richard Rawlings and his team at the Gas Monkey Garage are breaking all the rules this season! In one of their biggest challenges yet, they take on a mind-blowing super-bu

The British pay-TV channel ITV Choice (DStv 123) is the next channel getting axed by MultiChoice, with ITV Choice that will go dark at the end of May after 5 years. ITV says that MultiChoice no longer wants the channel on DStv that had curated content from the United Kingdom with a focus on programming around the British royal family. ITV Choice, a commercial general entertainment TV channel supplied by  ITV Studios Global Entertainment suddenly ceased broadcasting in August 2019 in several markets across the Middle East, Malta and Asia but continued in South Africa. Insider sources told the media on Tuesday that ITV Choice is getting the DStv chop with the channel that confirmed its removal from the MultiChoice line-up in response to a media enquiry. "DStv has decided that ITV's international TV channel, ITV Choice, will no longer be carried on the DStv platform in Africa from 4 June 2020. The ITV brand will continue as a video-on-demand (VOD) service in oth

Africa’s animators have been largely self-taught but there is no lack of talent. This year ‘Annecy’ has made Africa its territory of honor so they will be getting a great deal more international exposure. Russell Southwood talked to Nick Wilson, Head of Projects and Content, African Animation Network about how things have been building up to this point. African Animation Networks’ relationship with ‘Annecy’ (Annecy International Animated Film Festival) began in 2014 when it pitched a special call for projects to the Festival for South African animation studios. Out of this initial approach, African Animation Networks organized a pitch competition which became one of the preliminary rounds feeder route’s for Annecy’s Animation du Monde competition. Wilson told me: ”One hundred percent of the contestants have been self-taught so we have been running training, workshop and mentoring sessions. These have been a hugely positive and impactful component of our work.”The ba