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StarTimes Media has upgraded their bouquet offering that will see the introduction of 10 new premium channels across news, kids, movies, fashion, novelas, gaming and esports giving subscribers an enriched content experience at the same affordable monthly subscription for their bouquets of choice. Some of them may take longer to appear on the platform or become a no show. Consumers will have access to channels Sky News, CBeebies, Gametoon, Timeless Drama Channel (TDC), Tlnovelas, FashionBox HD, SABC Education, FilmBox, Limpopo TV and Toonami will enrich the already existing content genres available to the broadcaster’s terrestrial and satellite television. Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via a radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. The channel is also available on MultiChoice's DStv. CBeebies is a British free-to-air television network owned by the BB

MultiChoice seems to have listed another channel on their website and this time it's NHK World Japan which launched in April on DStv in neighbouring countries.   NHK World Japan will be launched on DStv as a new lifestyle channel. The channel, which will air on DStv channel 432/3 (yet to be confirmed) will showcase a variety of arts and culture, current affairs, dramas, documentaries, sport and much more.   All DStv customers will have access to a new world of Japanese content and will be able to discover a unique and diverse blend of programming featuring live international news along with lifestyle, culture, food, travel, sports, technology, science, and history programs, with an Asian perspective. This channel will be available to DStv Premium, Compact+, Compact, Family and Access customers.

In December of last year, MultiChoice renewed the distribution deal between Viacom International Media Networks which is now known as ViacomCBS Media Networks which will see continuation of all their channels carried on the platform including Nickelodeon, BET, MTV, MTV Base and Comedy Central. The thing both parties left out in this extended agreement was the duration of the deal. Which led me to believe that MultiChoice or ViacomCBS is more likely looking into canning some of the channels later this year or early in 2021. The likely candidates could be MTV and Comedy Central. Since Viacom and CBS merged early last year a lot of reconstructing has been underway which included having two managers handle seperate parts of these brands alongside aligning the channels such as CBS Reality and Justice from CBS side with MTV, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon from Viacom. CBS Reality and Justice are crafted through a partnership and listed under ViacomCBS Media Networks and AMC Inter

In the first-ever deal with StarTimes in English speaking Africa, WarnerMedia’s TOONAMI is now available across sub-Saharan African countries. Subscribers in Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Ghana, Malawi, and Mozambique will be able to enjoy a tidal wave of non-stop, uninterrupted, 24-hour programming, jam-packed with top-rated superhero action. WarnerMedia’s TOONAMI has been in existence across Africa for the past three years and targets all superhero fans, offering top-rated series’ such as DC Comics’ Batman, Superman, The Green Lantern, Young Justice and The Justice League as well as popular animated series Teen Titans among others. Plenty of pulse-raising, action-packed films have also been packaged for StarTimes subscribers, making TOONAMI the go-to destination for action and animation movie enthusiasts of all ages. The branded TOONAMI movie block will screen a host of animated feature films during prime-time Mondays to Sundays as well as Saturday

As you all know SABC Encore is getting canned on DStv and SABC told a user through a media enquiry that MultiChoice had already planned to can the channel in 2018 and knew of its demise long before the public. Now another SABC channel is expected to be added on DStv really soon which will also be available on StarSat. SABC Education, as most already know launched earlier this month . At the time viewers could only recieve the channel through DTT and online platforms and through an interview at Expresso on SABC 3 with the general manager at SABC he mentioned that they were in negotiations with pay platforms so that they can hopefully carry the channel. Now it looks like DStv will be one of those pay platforms to carry the channel alongside StarSat. So far no release date has been issued yet on both sides but StarSat will add it on channel 313 my guess would be from 1st June around the time SABC Encore gets terminated and channel 316 could be it's channel number for DStv

New Episodes The Tom and Jerry Show Premiere Date Monday 08/06/2020 Tune-In Monday to Friday @ 08:05 CAT Even after 80 years of cat and mouse madness, Tom and Jerry aren’t anywhere close to getting tired! Produced by Warner Brothers Animation, the new series from 2015 has the classic look of the original shorts, but a modern look and all-new storylines. Based on the original William Hanna and Joseph Barbera characters, watch Tom, Jerry, Spike, Tyke, Tufy, Butch and other friends in new adventures around the house, and beyond! Back with brand new episodes, a wild chase leads Jerry into the arms of a little girl, and now Tom has to help Jerry escape her clutches. Will our favourite frenemies be able to pull this of? Find out why Tom and Jerry have been voted one of the top ‘Coolest Cartoon Shows’ for the past five years in a row in the Generation Next Youth Brand Survey, only on Boomerang! New Episodes Moka’s Fabulous Adventures Premiere Date Monday 01/06/2020 Tune-In

NEW EPISODES MAO MAO: HEROES OF PURE HEART PREMIERE DATE: MONDAY 15/06/2020 @ 08:40 CAT TUNE-IN: MONDAY TO FRIDAY @ 15:55 CAT LEARNING TO BECOME A LEGEND! Cartoon Network’s original animated series, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, is back with more intriguing twists and turns this June. In season 2, Samurai cat and sherif Mao Mao — described as both an ‘explosive loner’ and a ‘famous hero’ — continues working with his sidekicks, Badgerclops and Adorabat, to bring justice and peace to the people of Pure Heart Valley from monsters, villains, Sky Pirates and all kinds of bad stuff! After five years in the making, Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart premiered on Cartoon Network Africa in January 2020. Kids couldn’t get enough of the Parker Simmons series following Mao Mao’s quest to become a legend and Adorabat’s journey to becoming a hero. Make sure to catch season 2 of Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart where you can be sure of an action-packed and LEGENDARY time! NEW EPISODES DRAGON

YOUTH DAY The commemoration of Youth Day this year marks the 44th anniversary of the 16 June Soweto uprising. TNT joins in on this historical event in the country’s history by ofering a movie marathon dedicated to young people, featuring movies full of action, adventure and fun. Throughout the day, TNT fans will be able to enjoy some whimsical flms such as the America comedy-drama, Race the Sun, starring Halle Berry and James Belushi; White Squall based on a true incident of the tragic sinking of the Albatross in 1960; Hardball, a story of a compulsive gambler whose life is turned around by a season of coaching an inner-city baseball team; and the uplifting story about a teen breaking stereotypes and fnding himself through writing in the American drama, Finding Forrester. Tuesday 16th of June 13:05 – Race the Sun (1996) 14:45 – White Squall (1996) 16:50 – Hardball (2001) 21:45 – Finding Forrester (2000) ADAM SANDLER FAN MONTH The man that needs no introduction is co

MultiChoice doesn't stop with the surprises not only is SABC Encore and ITV Choice getting discontinued but also Sundance TV from AMC International. Sundance TV launched in 2017 on DStv as a replacement channel for AMC. The only reason the channel existed was due to Fear The Walking Dead other than that there's pretty much nothing interesting on that channel it's basically another saturated TCM. There's no details as yet on why these channels are getting scrapped it could have something to do with the pandemic as rumored for sometime that DStv is cutting back on costs. These channels were probably the first batch of channels set to go dark on the platform. No replacements will be issued for these channels by the looks of it for those who watched Sundance they're being redirected to other movie channels, those with Encore will probably have to go back to SABC 1-3 and ITV Choice being BBC, M-Net and Universal. More channels will be added just not as pl