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December is the month of festivities so M-Net will be dishing a selection of movies to DStv customers. As usual M-Net only lists a bunch of films with unclosed dates and channels (just know it's for M-Net Movies 1-4) and it goes as follows: - Jingle All The Way - Kin - Christmas Love Letter - Torque - Knives Out - Baby Geniuses - 21 Jump Street - 22 Jump Street - Staging Christmas - Beyond - Fight For Justice - Winter Song - What Still Remains - The Young Victoria - The Good Lie - The Secrets Of NHIM 2 - The Voice - What Happens In Vegas - 68 Whiskey - Paws - Christmas At Graceland - The Thing - The Third Day - Christmas At Grand Valley - The Way We Weren't - Step Dogs - Mojave - Midway - Mama - Alvin And The Chipmunks - Merry Wish-Mas - Black Sheep - Kung Fu Panda 2 - Fishmas - George Lopez - Christmas At The Palace - Fred Claus - Carole's Christmas - Last Broken Darkness - Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Daddy Day Camp - The Undoing -

Telkom launches its TelkomONE video streaming service including linear TV channels with free package and R7 per day subscription; plans more bouquets and says 'we're here for the long run'. Telkom that initially promised to do so on Thursday last week, on Monday launched its new TelkomONE streaming service, offering some linear TV channels in its offering, with a free version as well as a TelkomONE Amp subscription package that will cost R7 per day or R49 per month. While currently only offering the free package that will carry advertising and one AMP subscription package, Telkom says it will expand over time to offer various different subscription fee packages. The TelkomONE video-on-demand (VOD) service was built by Discover Digital and Telkom signed a 5-year contract with the SABC to carry SABC1 and SABC2 as linear TV channels, as well as a package of library content from the SABC archives for its video-on-demand service. TelkomONE however carries more than just S

People°s Weather is Africa's first and only 24/7 climate, environment and weather channel, which is available DStv Channel 180 is also available on OpenView channel 115. Fight Sports was occupied that channel number till it was removed from the OpenView platform after a year. Our mission is to communicate in an entertaining and informative way the weather and effects of the climate and environment on people and the world they live in. As the official media partner of the environment we focus on the pioneers that help and inspire us and our viewers to build a sustainable future together. People living the weather is you and me. It is the outdoor enthusiast and the mountaineer. The couple who enjoys a glass of bubbly while watching a beautiful sunset. — Stephan le Roux, CEO People°s Weather Read Also: -  e.tv ratings for September -  OpenView is opting for streaming - Three new telenovelas for eExtra

Novela Magic is an African-focused telenovela channel coming to DStv. It is produced by M-Net as well and might be catered specifically for South Africa. In an upfront in August, MultiChoice mentioned that they're working on four Pan-African channels. Three will be added for specific regions while one being a lifestyle channel will likely be available across Africa. Now this channel is unheard of perhaps MultiChoice wanted to surprise customers with this station. The channel airs old programs from Zambezi Magic and Africa Magic such as Forbidden, Unbroken, Battleground and Zuba. There's reasons why the channel could be in South Africa. For starters, Mzansi Magic and KykNet have their own repeat channels (KykNet Lekker and Mzansi Wethu) for lower bouquets except for Africa Magic. So perhaps the idea for this channel was to repeat certain content from the rest of Africa to help fill up its airtime and make it unique perhaps they'll even supply content from Maisha Magic a

NBCUniversal International (in Africa) supplies channels such as Universal TV, Studio Universal, DreamWorks Channel, Telemundo and E! The restructuring of the TV and streaming business of Comcast's NBCUniversal featured prominently on the company's third-quarter earnings conference call on Thursday. "In essence, we have done away with the concept of creating a piece of work for a specific network ," Comcast chairman and CEO Brian Roberts said. NBCU recently rejigged and streamlined key parts of its operations to cut costs and update structures for the digital age. A recently launched TV and Streaming unit, which combined those businesses under Mark Lazarus, was part of a restructuring designed to shift resources and investment from linear to streaming, but also causing job cuts. On Thursday, Roberts explained the move this way: "In essence, we have done away with the concept of creating a piece of work for a specific network." Management showed a slid

TV Kids will host a three-day virtual event focused on the crucial role of international partnerships for the children’s programming industry in February 2021. Taking place from February 2 to 4, 2021, the TV Kids Festival will feature keynotes and panels with leading executives and creatives discussing the importance of alliances in producing and distributing top-notch kids’ programming today. Highlights will include addresses from senior-level executives at kids’ channels, streaming services and distribution companies, as well as creators of hit shows. There will also be panels on windowing and financing models, acquisition strategies and co-productions, as well as a special focus on the French animation sector. TV Kids Festival will also deliver exclusive premieres of new shows available on the global market, and will present the inaugural TV Kids Pioneer Award to an individual or company that is leading innovation in the children’s programming business. It will be streamed live a

TIMES IN CAT Kids Programmes – Premiere Operation Ouch! - Season 8 From December 12th Saturdays & Sundays 18:30 Identical twin brothers and doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken experiment on themselves and meet real patients in hospital to explore the fascinating world of medicine and biology.  They show how the body works in normal and extreme situations - from Oh! to Eeeuw! Adults Programmes – Premiere Forces of Nature – BRAND NEW From December 13th   Sundays 22:00 Shape, motion, elements and colour tell us a lot about Earth. Using the latest technology to bring unique perspectives and understanding of nature’s wonders, this series shows the immense forces that make our world so vibrant and diverse. Christmas with Da Vinci! Friday, December 24th from 17:30 to 20:00 and Saturday, December 25th from 08:50 to 10:55 The Treehouse Stories Airs at 17:25 and repeats at 08:50 The Christmas Feast The kids hear what happens when a wolf, a fox and a weasel decide to have a Ch

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has clarified its requests for new regulations that would require companies like MultiChoice and Netflix to collect TV Licence fees on its behalf. The public broadcaster recently proposed that the definition of a TV licence be expanded and that pay-TV and streaming companies be engaged to assist in the collection of TV Licence fees. It added that this would be similar to municipalities collecting traffic fines and motor vehicle licence discs. Speaking in an interview with MyBroadband, SABC Head of TV Licences Sylvia Tladi confirmed the SABC was looking at improving compliance as well as expanding the definition of the television set to include devices such as smartphones. Advertisement Scroll to continue “We are of the view that the regulation is outdated,” Tladi said. “Bear in mind that the Broadcasting Act was last amended in 1999, whereas the TV licence regulations are 16 years old. In that time, there has been a significant d

Fight Sport was only available for a year on OpenView and created for fans of boxing, sumo and wrestling. OpenView confirmed that today will be their last day on their platform. Details on its removal still remain a mystery as this came in as a last minute announcement kind of like the time BBC World News was swapped for the French lifestyle channel, France24 . 2020 has been a hectic year for cable providers where platforms like OpenView, Starsat and DStv have been witnesses loss of channels. To make for those losses they've been working around the clock to source out more content and channels. Throughout 2020, OpenView managed to launch 3 unwatchable channels with one of them being a Mindset+ channel which is deemed useful. According to reports, they were planning to rollout more channels on top of a streaming service but due to the complications of covid19 there have been some minor setbacks. Good news is OpenView will be rolling out more channels likely by November. Accor