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Cartoonito Is Coming!!! As Boomerang Is Set To Close Down In Central Eastern Europe By March 2023

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Cartoonito is a brand name Warner Bros. Discovery gives to Cartoon Network's preschool offering since it's rollout in 2020. It has been well established in Europe and since then several original shows have been produced. Notable shows include Batwheels, Bugs Bunny Builders, Little Ellen (scrapped) and upcoming shows like Tom And Jerry Time, Scooby-Doo And The Mystery Pups and Jessica's Big Little World. As seen in various markets, Cartoonito operates as a linear channel and comes with programming blocks on Cartoon Network and Boomerang part of which has started gaining traction after news of another Boomerang closure came in. Insidus Games: -  Tom And Jerry:  Infurnal  Escape -  Tom And Jerry: The Magic Ring -  The Wild Thornberrys Movie -  The Wild Thornberrys: Chimp Chase Two years after Cartoonito rollout in Latin America, sources revealed that Boomerang in Central Eastern Europe will also be rebranding the channel to Cartoonito in March since then several sho

SABC Parliament Has Been Scrapped For Upcoming DTT Channel, Might Be Added Onto Openview And DStv

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During the week, the public broadcaster unveiled a promo where several of their anchors announced the launch of an influential news channel which will serve as a complimentary to SABC News covering Afrikaans, Zulu, Xhosa basically all 12 indigenous languages. The channel is said to not offer English news bulletins or at least from what other places are showing as they're leaving that to the current SABC News channel carried exclusively onto MultiChoice's DStv and also available on their DTT platform. As discussed, no name had been shared for the channel as it gears up for an early 2023 release on DTT platforms. SABC: -  Reviewing major changes coming soon to the SABC -  TelkomOne's transition into SABC+ -  SABC 1 title card registered for Openview -  SABC Children appears to have wrapped production From what several consumers have shared SABC Parliament, a brand which formed part of the public broadcaster failed DTT plans have been shelved or restructured better

New Series Alert: A Woman Of Steel Coming Soon To TLNovelas Africa

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Not to be mistaken with competitor Telemundo's 2015 series Woman Of Steel, the Mexican based brand TLNovelas offering dramas that contain romance, drama, comedy and other socio-economic situations will be introducing a new series, A Woman Of Steel (Soy Tu dueña). Valentina's life is turned upside-down after her fiancé Alonso leaves her at the altar. She becomes a different woman and her new attitude sends her to the family's hacienda, where she governs with a firm hand and soon this protagonist becomes the town's villain. Everyday Novelas: - Nurses S3 coming soon to Telemundo - Fearless Heart coming soon to Telemundo -  Prediction: What to expect on Telemundo by next year? -  Prediction: What to expect on TLNovelas by next year? Based on the 1995 telenovela La Dueña, it stars Lucero and Fernando Colunga as the protagonists with Eduardo Capetillo as the co-protagonist, while Gabriela Spanic, David Zepeda, Sergio Goyri, and Jacqueline Andere stars as the antagon

Boomerang Vs. Cartoonito: Warner Bros. Discovery's Attempt At Reinventing A Family Friendly Platform

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Cartoonito was relaunched on Boomerang in April with shows like Thomas And Friends: All Engines Go!, Lucas The Spider and CoComelon with plans to add at least 50 preschool titles in the near future or at least before the recent cutbacks come into effect following the merger. One thing I believe will happen is the 50 titles but what seems far-off would be the duration. As it is, Cartoon Network's (including Cartoonito) ratings continue to plummet overseas but the brand has seen success in other countries. But the one brand I see Warner Bros. Discovery doesn't take to account is Boomerang. As it is, the channel appears to be autopilot relying on the few programs it acquired or aired during the year including Looney Tunes Cartoons, Ninja Express and Mr. Bean. Insidus Games: - Tom And Jerry: Infurnal Escape - Tom And Jerry: The Magic Ring - The Wild Thornberrys Movie - The Wild Thornberrys: Chimp Chase All in all it appears that all the attention once given to Boomerang

Prediction: From CBS Justice And Nicktoons Untimely Demise On The DStv Platform To The Launch Of Openview Ultra, Here's What We Anticipate For 2023

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A prediction is a statement of what you think will happen in future. Regular Nick: - Boomerang rebrands into Cartoonito by the fall of 2023 with shows like Zig & Sharko and Looney Tunes phased out of the lineup. - Nicktoons goes off air partially due to the launch of Paramount+ with further content on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. - The Ethiopian feed of Nick Jr. is discontinued. - Cartoon Network launches a new preschool block daily at 5am. - SABC launches a brand new kids channel: SABC Children. - Da Vinci app and BBC Kids both launch on the Explora Ultra. - eToonz introduces an educational block. Superhero: - MultiChoice rolls out two AddSports feature similar to AddMovies both of which are priced at R499p/m and offer SuperSport Grandstand. - SuperSport Variety 4 made available to Easyview customers while Access customers get SuperSport Football. YouTube Premium: - Paramount+ launches in the first quarter of 2023 and is also available on the Explora Ultra. - VIU, anothe

Roundups #125: Avatar To Return With New Animated Series On Nickelodeon, Eternal Love Rebroadcast Coming Soon To Star Life And SABC Plans To Launch Indigenous News Channel In 2023

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Third Avatar instalment in the works at Paramount Get ready to show off your element-bending skills as Paramount+ is brewing a new Avatar animated series. The show is slated for a 2025 release and will feature an ‘earth Avatar’ after Aang and Korra. There is also a report that an animated movie will arrive in theaters after the series comes out and will have the same Avatar as the show. Avatar Studios is building its own universe now, and with many projects booked and planned ahead, there is going to be no shortage of Avatar content for fans. An adult Aang movie is reportedly coming to theaters on October 10, 2025, as well as the much-anticipated on-demand series. Both will be released in the same year – a major launch for the studio. The movie will be Avatar Studios’ first-ever project, hence this implies that it will come before the animated series, followed by the animated movie. Fans should also not forget that there is a live-action young Aang series coming in 2023. Regular  N

List: 2023 In Terms Of Animation

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Netflix: Make My Day Tomb Raider Onmyōji Untitled Asterix Animated Series Boons and Curses Little Baby Bum: Music Time Mech Cadets Princess Power Akuma-Kun CoComelon Lane My Dad the Bounty Hunter Dew Drop Dairies Not Quite Narwhal Exploding Kittens HBO Max, Cartoon Network and Cartoonito: Jade Armor Velma Bugs Bunny Builders Batwheels Clone High Bea's Block Goat Girl Tiny Toons Looniversity S.M.A.S.H. Bea's Block Gremlins: Secrets Of Mogwai Batman: Caped Crusader Hurry Hurry Tom And Jerry Young Love Scavengers Reign Tom And Jerry Time Unlimited Squirrels! Iyanu: Child Of Wonder Spookies My Adventures With Superman Silly Sundays The Heroic Quest of the Valiant Prince Ivandoe Totally Spies! Jessica's Big Little World Insidus Games: - Tom And Jerry: Infurnal Escape - Tom And Jerry: The Magic Ring - Captain America: Sentinel Of Liberty - The Wild Thornberrys Movie - The Wild Thornberrys: Chimp Chase Disney+, Disney Channel and D

10 Turkish Shows eMedia Investments' Kuiertyd, SPI International's Timeless Dizi Channel And M-Net's kykNET & Kie Should Acquire For The Year 2023

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In 2018, Kuiertyd launched in South Africa offering a variety of telenovelas which have proven to be favourable for viewers. Four years later, kykNET ramps up a competitive offering for the consumers resulting in double the drama. Stuck in the middle of this battle is Timeless Dizi Channel owned by SPI International which is a company of Canal+ which has minority stake on MultiChoice. Heard from sources about 1 or 3 new series coming to South Africa through these brands and instead of divulging further onto those shows I thought of looking at similar shows part of which I've managed to browse. Based on my recommendations don't be surprised if some of this content pop-up on either one of them. In a random order, we present the 10 Turkish shows eMedia Investments' Kuiertyd, SPI International's Timeless Dizi Channel and M-Net's kykNET should acquire in 2023. 1. Dolunay (Full Moon) Picked up by StarTimes during the year, the series follows Nazli Pinar a young culi

Just Like That, Fearless Heart Enters 2023 With A Bang On Telemundo Africa

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Telemundo an international channel owned by NBCUniversal which is home to various Spanish telenovelas all of which have been fully dubbed in English will be welcoming it's first popular demand of 2023 and to no one's surprise it's Fearless Heart. Fearless Heart (Corazon Valiente) follows childhood friends Ángela and Samantha who were separated by fate for years reunite and become bodyguards for those who need protection. It's one of the longest projects Telemundo's produced in the previous decade outside super series. Everyday Novelas: -  Prediction: What to expect on Telemundo by next year? -  Prediction:  eBolly  to rollout on the Openview platform -  Prediction: What to expect on TLNovelas by next year? -  Carmen And Razia Sultan coming soon to Zee One and Zee World -  Laxmi and more content awaiting launch on Star Life -  Daai  Crazy Somer coming soon to e.tv Adriana Fonseca and Ximena Duque are the leads alongside José Luis Reséndez and Fabián Rí