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Viewership Stats For 10-17 February: A Week Of Major Declines For The Indian Channels But On The Bright Side Zee World Is Once Again The Most Viewed Indian Channel In South Africa

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Star Life and Zee One both had season finales which brought the best numbers for the programming. In that, Zee One seems to have fallen to the cracks as its main counterpart Zee World gains the figures to once again become the most watched Indian channel in South Africa but experiences a decline as seen in previous weeks. Also view: stats from 3rd to 10th February Zee World's figures goes as follows: Twist Of Fate (Rerun) - 1.9 King Of Hearts (Rerun) - 1.6 My Heart Knows - 2.1 These Streets - 0.6 I Do - 1.0 Twist Of Fate - 3.0 Once There Was A King - 2.4 Total: 9,1 million excluding reruns Notes - Reruns pulled 3,5 million during the week making them the most viewed Indian channel in repeats. - These Streets experiences a major decline in viewership from 1,4 million in the previous week to 0,6 million in this week with a difference of 0,8 million. - Twist Of Fate reached a new milestone 3 million viewers. - Once There Was A King gained 0.4 million viewers within this

Roundups #20: Scrat TV Series And Local Drama Mathata Coming To Disney+ And Cape Town TV Respectively In April, CBeebies Working On New Cooking Show Big Cook Little Cook And FOX News International Streaming Service Launched In South Africa And 6 Other Countries

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Disney+ sets release date for final Blue Sky Studios project, Ice Age: Scrat Tales This is a series of six all-new animated shorts starring Scrat, the hapless saber-toothed squirrel of the “Ice Age” adventures, who experiences the ups and downs of fatherhood, as he and the adorable, mischievous Baby Scrat, alternately bond with each other and battle for ownership of the highly treasured Acorn. Featuring the vocal talents of Chris Wedges as Scrat and Kari Wahlgren as Baby Scrat, the series is produced by Anthony Nisi, with Robert L. Baird and Andrew Millstein serving as executive producers. The series will be available for streaming by April 13th. Mathata has a release date on Cape Town TV Last year, several crew members began promoting the long awaited Limpopo based drama series Mathata for Cape Town TV which is set in the areas of Seshego and Polokwane. Mathata S1 will start to play from 04 April 2022. The drama will play Every Monday's at 21:00. On Cape Town TV cha

Travel To The Deserts With This New Documentary Special On Curiosity Channel Africa And Secrets Of The Universe Is Back For New Adventures - March 2022 Highlights

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SUPER SCIENCE MONDAYS SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE Brand New Episodes - premieres 07 March 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 8 x 60 mins – ends 11 April 2022 Secrets of the Universe launches viewers on eight mind-blowing adventures to seek answers to some of the Universe’s biggest mysteries. HISTORY LOVER TUESDAYS EGPYT’S UNEXPLAINED FILES Brand New Episodes - premieres 01 March 2022 CAT: 20:00 Episodes: 4 x 60 mins – ends 22 March 2022 Technology is decoding some of Egypt’s most enduring enigmas. FIGHTING FOR LINCOLN: The Wide Awakes Brand New Documentary Special - premieres 01 March 2022 CAT: 21:00 Episodes: 1 x 60 mins Torch-lit marches down Main Street... at first glance, images like these conjure up some of America's darkest moments. But this wasn't the Klan. These black- clad torch-bearers were the Wide Awakes: a para-military political machine that some say delivered the presidency to Abraham Lincoln. THE STORY OF GERMAN BEER Brand New Documentary Special - premieres

America’s Top Soccer League Premieres On ESPN Africa This Weekend

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After the shortest off-season in history, the 2022 Major League Soccer (MLS) season kicks off this weekend. Set to premiere live on ESPN Africa (DStv 218, Starsat 248),  America’s top Soccer league gets underway on Saturday 26 February with Philadelphia Union taking on Minnesota United at 20:00, followed by the clash between Columbus Crew and Vancouver Whitecaps at 22:30 The action continues on Sunday with Orlando City facing CF Montreal  at 20:00 and Atlanta United going head to head with Sporting Kansas City at 22:00 (CAT). Also read: - Disney Channel and Junior welcomes back returning shows during the school holidays This season, an exciting slate of African players will show their prowess on the field. Minnesota United beat off a number of clubs to sign promising Bafana Bafana international striker Bongokuhle Hlongwane from Maritzburg United. South African youth prospect Tsiki Ntsabeleng joins FC Dallas after being selected as the number 28 pick in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft. Ntsab

Cancelled??? Could The Estate Be On The Chopping Block Following Its Dismal Viewership On SABC 3 And Removal On SABC 1 For New Series, The Executive?

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According to TVSA, an independent website focused on keeping viewers up-to-date on TV related matters in South Africa and their interests in other regions had announced that SABC 1 will retire The Estate from their primetime viewing. The Estate has been in a heap of trouble ever since it was introduced on the revamped S3 channel. Compared to all other dramas which can pull at least a million viewers across the public broadcasters stations, The Estate could only pull 300000 viewers monthly. When it moved to SABC 1, the viewership on S3 began to skyrocket although not a million they were able to double their viewers. Even on SABC 1, the show went on to become one of the top 10 shows on the channel. Also read: - News And Sport will stop airing on Openview in March -  SABC Encore and SABC Children channel might be in development for Openview -  S.W.A.T.  season 3 coming soon to e.tv -  Viewership stats for Glow TV, Zee World, Star Life in January -  A list of Afrikaans voice act

My Heart Beats For Lola Returns To Telemundo Africa While St Novelas Welcomes Back The Queen Of Flow For A Second Season

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The Queen Of Flow is back for a second season Novela E Plus is the home of English dubbed telenovelas in Turkey, Philippines and Mexico will be welcoming back The Queen Of Flow for a second instalment. The season follows Yeimy Montoya, who after achieving fame and success in music she decides to give herself a chance in love with Juancho Mesa, not knowing that soon in her life, an enemy who knows her and all her loved ones very well. Meanwhile, Carlos Cruz/Charly Flow makes merits to get out of prison. The Queen Of Flow airs 28th February at 21:30 CAT with La Doña scheduled to air on the platform soon. Also read: - More about TLNovelas upcoming series Keeping My Family Together - Synopsis for TLNovelas upcoming series Simply Maria -  Malverde: The Patron Saint coming soon to Telemundo Africa??? - Doodsondes S4 coming soon to eExtra -  Saloni and East Meets West coming soon to SABC 2 - Meet the cast of TLNovelas series Simply Maria -  Dokter Ali S2 coming in April on eE

Should e.tv News And Sport Merge With eReality In An Attempt To Save Impact Wrestling And The Remaining Content From The Channel?

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Also read: - News And Sport no longer has NBA - Impact Wrestling almost canned - La Liga removed on the channel During the course of 2021, News And Sport owned by eMedia Investments had lost several sporting rights as the latter have since then moved to SABC Sport which led to speculation that the owners are ready to retire their only branded channel for news and sports. eMedia Investments parted ways with sports back in 2017 when they cancelled their agreement with their only sports program WWE as it was deemed expensive so the focus dwelled on general entertainment as they relied on other brands such as Fight Sports and Kwése Free Sports to fill that gap. During that time, it was viewers experienced memorial moments with these brands and it was also chaos when both struggled to remain sustainable that led to the creation to the creation of News And Sport and also the introduction of NBA onto e.tv. News And Sport has struggled to keep viewers at the edge of the seat as the

Marinette And Adrian Are Back For Another Instalment Of Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Catnoir On Disney Channel Africa And The PJ Masks Go On A Camping Trip On Disney Junior Africa - March 2022 Highlights

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Disney Channel: MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR Premiere Episodes Monday - Friday from 14th March at 15:15 Catch brand-new episodes from Season 4 of Miraculous: Ladybug and Cat Noir from 14th March Not only is Marinette Ladybug, the superheroine that protects Paris from the attack of villains, but she’s also now the guardian of the Miraculous. This means that not only does she need to keep her identity hidden, but also the existence of these turbulent, magical creatures, the Kwamis? Marinette now has to redouble efforts to protect her secrets and Ladybug will have to become stronger to face an indomitable adversary: Shadow Moth, who can now fuse the butterfly and peacock miraculous. New Episodes from Monday, 14th March at 15:15 on Disney Channel. SYDNEY TO THE MAX New episodes Monday – Thursday from 14th March at 18:15 Set in the present day with flashbacks to the 1990s, the endearing daughter/father comedy revolves around outgoing middle schooler Sydney Reynolds wh

Roundups #19: Soweto TV Broadcasts The 2022 Edition Of Beer Buffet Festival, The Casagrandes Has Been Cancelled After Three Seasons By Nickelodeon And The Wendy Williams Show Comes To A Close With The Last Episode Airing In June

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Soweto TV is bringing the beer to your TV screen The cider Tequila festival is a musical, education and cider showcasing event that aims at bringing cider lovers together to enjoy one consumption. Taking place in Soweto, the centralised location of June 1976 uprising. The showcase allows Cider companies to bring their stalls to one venue and compete for clients. This will allow them to do onsite research in terms of buying power, substitute product and their direct competition. The event will be held at Soweto Cricket Oval from 26 March at 10am to 27 March at 12am featuring guests like De Mthuda, Mlindo the Vocalist, Killa Punch, Philharmonic, Simple Tone, Lizwi, Thee Mbali, Mdu AKA TRP, Lady GP, Thoknique, Bluelle, Nyiko Best, Nyiko the Great and Cakes. It's over and out for The Casagrandes Nickelodeon has reportedly canceled the network's hit animated series The Casagrandes after three seasons despite rave reviews and loyal followings. The series follows the dynamics