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New Series Alert: Digman! Coming Soon To Comedy Central And Paramount+ Africa

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Anticipated to rollout in the market later in the year, Paramount+ is set to join existing streamers such as Netflix, Showmax, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV+ featuring a lineup of exclusive original content from MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. Although a date has yet to be announced, Paramount+ and Comedy Central have begun marketing the animated sitcom, Digman! featuring Andy Samberg of The Lonely Island. Of course, Paramount+ isn't present in the press release released by MultiChoice Africa. Taking the timeframe to account, Paramount+ is likely to rollout in the coming months as pictured above. On top of that, it's likely going to rollout on a region by region basis as seen with BritBox and Disney+ as mentioned Paramount+ is absent from the press release. Paramount+ is likely to be made available on MultiChoice's DStv Explora Ultra joining streamers such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Universal+ (through the DStv App) and Disney+. Press release Comed

Development Alert: More Nicktoons Coming Soon To Nickelodeon Africa With Best & Bester And The Adventures Of Sammy & Raj

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During the year, the repeat studded Nicktoons by Paramount Global unveiled two new series, The Adventures Of Sammy & Raj and Best & Bester. This was the first in several months that the brand had recieved any fresh content following its snoozefest in 2022. Synopsis for The Adventures Of Sammy & Raj: The series follows the reality-bending adventures of a pair of cousin-brothers, Sammy and Raj, as they pause, rewind, fast-forward, and slow-motion their way into a whole host of rowdy laugh-out-loud exploits with a mysterious time-altering app at their fingertips. Nickelodeon International teamed up with Nickelodeon India, a part of Viacom18 that is a joint venture between Paramount Global and Network18, to co-produce The Twisted Timeline of Sammy & Raj making it the first collaboration between both parties. Synopsis for Best & Bester: Best & Bester is a buddy comedy about two friends who can transform themselves into whatever they want, once per day — but f

AMC International And Paramount Global Are Relaunching CBS Justice In United Kingdom As True Crime By The End Of 2023, Will The Same Be Happening For CBS Justice In Africa At Some Point?

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AMC International and Paramount Global will be reviving CBS Justice in the UK later in the year as a streaming service under Amazon Freevee. This comes after the channel was shuttered last year as the parties were reviewing their offering for consumers in the region. True Crime UK is set to launch on more major platforms later in the year, with a slate of shows currently seen on CBS Reality internationally (and CBS Justice in Africa) including Evidence of Evil, Murder Wall, Donal MacIntyre Unsolved and Medical Detectives. Despite having resounding resemblance to to the defunct Sony Crime operated by Sony Pictures Television which too was known as True Crime. The channels are operated by different parties with AMC International opting to use "From CBS Reality" as to not avoid confusion. Tanya Gugenheim, SVP, business development, AMC Networks International – UK said, “We’re thrilled to launch True Crime UK from CBS Reality on Amazon Freevee and Rakuten TV. Expanding our

Recap To Last Year: The Racing Partnership And The Via Duplicate Channel Likely Scrapped On DStv As Seen With BBC UKTV On Openview

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Last year, MultiChoice and BBC Studios unveiled the general entertainment channel, BBC UKTV . It features drama series and game shows from BBC Brit alongside lifestyle and factual content from BBC Lifestyle and BBC Earth and kiddies entertainment from CBeebies. Before it's rollout on the pay-tv platform, plans were underway for the channel to make its free-to-air debut on eMedia Investments' Openview platform . For unknown reasons, those plans fell through as the red brand and BBC Studios remain silent on the channel. During that year, MultiChoice had conducted tests on additional channel to Media24's Via which has seen a boost in popularity following its induction back in 2015. The channel similar to the already mentioned BBC UKTV would supply existing content to more DStv customers. Another channel which was also in development was a possible rival to 4Racing TV's Racing240, The Racing Partnership . It is described as the exclusive betting shop to which all of

TNT Novelas Expands To More Parts Of Latin America, Kills Off TBS

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During the year, Turner Network Television, Inc. a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery had trademarked a new brand, TNT Novelas . The channel rolled out in place of TNT Series which had since then inherited a number of soap operas from Turkey and Colombia. As seen through various pay-tv outlets, the general entertainment channel TBS similar to family brand Boomerang earlier in the year in parts of Europe is being phased out for a more productive brand, TNT Novelas. Sources site the cutback of original programming on TNT, Cartoon Network and TBS in the United States as one of the contributing factors of TNT Novelas which is expected to takeover the TBS brand name across Latin America (including Brazil) from June 26. Another being the newly launched Max streaming service in which Warner Bros. Discovery is prioritising the original programming and leaving brands like Cartoon Network to promote the existing batch of content from the streaming service. In other developments, Warner

Everyday Novelas Shorts: Doodsondes Season 5 And Season 6 Confirmed For eExtra, Love To Death To Rollout On Galaxy Television And Land Of Passions To Debut On Telemundo Africa's Passionistas Group In The Coming Months

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More Doodsondes coming soon to Openview During the year, it was announced that the popular FOX series, Doodsondes (Yasak Elma) will be returning for a fifth season later in the year. In a recent interview, it was also revealed that production had begun on season 6 hinting at a back-to-back rollout. Doodsondes premiered on eExtra in 2019 and after a few seasons it moved to e.tv. The upcoming seasons are currently listed under eExtra but considering the brand is dubbed Turkwood they might as well be referring to e.tv. Upcoming shows for eExtra include Ramo , Chrysalis and Annekan Die Swa Kry . Another yet to be seen TLNovelas original is launching on Galaxy TV Galaxy TV, a private owned television channel situated in Nigeria had acquired rights to Mexican drama Amar A Muerte (Love To Death). It stars Angelique Boyer, Michel Brown, Alejandro Nones, Arturo Barba, Claudia Martín, Macarena Achaga and Henry Zakka. The heart is deceitful and more often than not we live believing tha

Regular Nick Shorts: Super Team 4 To Rollout On Netflix, Johnny Bravo's Dragonball Segment Has Surfaced The Net And Showmax Acquired Broadcasting To Berry And The Big City

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Netflix to rollout new African animated series Netflix, the world’s leading streaming entertainment service, has announced that it will debut its first African animated series, Supa Team 4, on 20 July 2023. The series was created by Zambian writer Malenga Mulendema and produced by South Africa’s Triggerfish Animation Studios. Supa Team 4 is a superhero comedy series that follows four teen girls living in the neo-futuristic African city of Lusaka. When they’re recruited by a retired secret agent still committed to saving the world, they have to balance their secret identities and fighting supervillains with homework and the everyday challenges of being teenagers. The series features a diverse cast of characters and explores themes of friendship, teamwork, and empowerment. It is a groundbreaking series that will appeal to audiences of all ages. Johnny Bravo and DBZ crossover has surfaced the net A crossover between the Cartoon Network program Johnny Bravo and the highly influent

Afrikaans Voice Actors For Roekeloos Dade, Annekan Die Swa Kry And Ramo

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Roekeloos Dade (Hayat Sarkisi) Roberto Kyle as Kerim Cevher Rene Cloete as Hülya Çamoglu Melanie Scholtz as Melek Pierre Nelson as Hüseyin Cevher Margit Meyer-Rödenbeck as Süheyla Cevher Anja Taljaard as Filiz Dee Theart as Nilay Helena Baard as Bade Cevher Chante Crainger as Ceylan Liande Valentyn as Nürgul Annekan Die Swa Kry ( Kardeslerim ) Melissa De Vries as Sengül Megan Spencer as Nebahat Richard Van Die Westhuizen as Akif Aktul Talitta Jameson as Asiye John Koopman as Ogulcan Marunzo Thomas as Kadir Curtley Pitt as Mazlum Anna Louise Bischoff as Harika Zaan Du Toit as Suzan Melissa Myburgh as Melisa Christian Schoeman as Berk Hunter Plaatjies as Aybike Eren Additional voice actors: click here   Ramo Hein De Vries as Ramo Veronique Jephtas as Sibel Keenan Herman as Alpay Christian Bennett as Kasak Anrich Herbst as Yavuz Craig Adriaanse as Sakik Jacques Theron as Hale Grace Pienaar as Neslihan Abdurgaman Adams as Süleyman Jill Levenberg as Keri

Recap To The Month: Showmax Acquired Broadcasting Rights To Berry And The Big City

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Toronto-based WildBrain has closed several broadcast sales for 2D-animated series Berry in the Big City (120 x four minutes), as well as signing new licensing partners for the Strawberry Shortcake consumer products program. Portuguese/Spanish preschool channel Canal Panda has acquired the first three seasons of the 2D-animated series, along with four 44-minute seasonal specials, with French AVOD platforms TFOU MAX and MYTFI and Polish preschool net MiniMini+ picking up seasons one and two, and Paramount’s AVOD Pluto TV, Africa’s SVOD Showmax and LA-based AVOD Kanopy buying just the first season. Meanwhile, WildBrain CPLG is moving Strawberry Shortcake into the spotlight with a series of strategic licensing deals. In addition to the iconic character being Funko-ized in the collectibles category, A Leading Role has signed up for costumes, SkinnyDip for phone cases and Diamond Art Club for crafts. Houston-based cosmetics company Hunnideux will also create character-inspired make-up palett