Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

Newzroom Afrika, which won a bid last year for a new channel on Multichoice's DStv platform, says it has started recruiting staff. "Newzroom Afrika promises to be an innovative and interactive multi-media news service that is impartial, unbiased, unapologetic and disruptive," the news channel, which won the bid out of 111 contenders, said in a statement. The channel is the brainchild of former news anchor and entrepreneur Thabile Ngwato and television production entrepreneur Thokozani Nkosi. It is looking to recruit for positions including a multimedia designer, senior news reporter and an assignments editor, as well as positions in business and production. "We’re looking for journalists who share our commitment to the values of our magnificent Constitution and the highest standards of principled journalism," said Nkosi. Ngwato added: "It’s been incredibly exciting to see our vision taking shape after months of hard work and we can’t w

Discovery is launching HGTV, its home and lifestyle network – and the #3 most watched US cable network – in Germany as a free to air channel. The launch of HGTV will take place in June and marks the first European launch of this brand since the Scripps acquisition – with further launches to come. HGTV celebrates the spirit of home and its expansion into Europe will give people access to content across six pillars; buying and selling, home renovation, flipping, home improvement and dream homes. As well as an extensive library of existing content, the HGTV audience in Germany will be able to watch more than 500 hours of content per year. Key programme franchises include Flip or Flop, House Hunters, My Lottery Dream Home and Good Bones. Discovery research has identified that 209 million people across EMEA are interested in home decoration, DIY and home improvement and billions of Euros are spent each year on DIY and home improvement. Kasia Kieli, President & Managing

LITTLE BROWN BEAR – 13. MAY 2019 EVERY DAY 7:40 AM; 3:09 PM CET from 13rd of MAY Everybody knows Little Brown Bear! He’s kiddies’ mirror hero. He lives in the country with his Mum and Dad. In these new adventures, meet his older cousin, Big Red Bear, who just moved in next door with her family. Now, Little Brown Bear and Ruby Bear, his favorite playmate, are an inventive and dynamic duo!A whole new world of discovery and adventure opens up to the little bear. S1 –52X7’ MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO – 20. MAY 2019 EVERY DAY 5:27 PM; 10:04 PM CET from 20th of MAY Animated and live action preschool series that follows our host, Monkey, and his good friend Parrot as they learn about friendship, animals and the importance of movement. In each episode, Monkey invites children at home to have fun imitating the actions of animals while learning about their natural habitats through engaging song and dance. S1 –26X7’ THE ADVENTURES OF CHUCK AND FRIENDS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY f

NEW CHANNELS: eReality was introduced as a member of the eFamily of channels owned by eMedia Investments and began broadcasting on 19 November on Openview. The channel positions itself as a broadcaster of "the world's most popular reality programmes, featuring real-life stories, fascinating personalities and human emotion in its rawest form." The channel includes shows themed around crime, paranormal activity, nature, adventure, medical anomalies, outrageous obsessions and bizarre behaviour. EXCLUDED: OneZED is a general entertainment channel and home for family viewing where authentic local stories meet international narratives. The channel will be available to all DStv customers in Zambia on DStv Channel 172 from Monday, 1 April 2019. DStv customers will find the best of Zambian entertainment in ONE place with a mix of talk shows, dramedies, music shows and documentaries on OneZED. THE HD PURGE: SABC News (DStv 404) which is carried on MultiChoice's

From Monday, 1 April, eExtra viewers will enjoy a revamped schedule with their favourite eBella telenovela titles moving to the channel to create a weekday guilty pleasure afternoon block. This will be followed by a serving of some court drama, the Afrikaans and viewer favourite ‘KuierTyd’, and other riveting local and international series. This merger of the two channels will give our audiences the best of both with a 24-hour entertainment offering. “eBella built a loyal following over the last year and gave us the opportunity to showcase and test new content that celebrates the lives of women around the world,” says MD of e.tv channels Marlon Davids. “Following the success of eBella, we are excited to incorporate our viewers’ most-loved telenovelas and series into our main schedule on eExtra. This move gives us the opportunity to provide eExtra viewers with a bigger and bolder content offering throughout the day, with all their favourite shows in one place.” The day

SHIMMER AND SHINE NEW EPISODES 13 May At 07:15 CAT When Zeta gets ahold of a magical painting gem, she creates lots of troublesome art that the girls must get under control. / When Leah accidentally wishes for the day to last forever, the kids must find a way to make the moon come up to end the day. The girls partake in a Zahracorn Race. Zeta and Nazboo enter with a tiny, speedy Zahracorn named Tickles. / The girls take Adara's Zahracorn to the salon, but must track her down when she gets spooked by all the salon magic. RUSTY RIVETS NEW EPISODES Weekdays At 08:45 CAT Ending 3 May Liam and Emily accidentally set the Rivet Sub on a course out to sea with the two kids inside. / Rusty and Ruby must a find a way to pop the mega bubbles that have scooped up Bytes and Mrs. Rivets before they float up into space! When Liam gets trapped inside an ancient elephant temple, Rusty and Ruby enlist the bots to breach the temple and find him. Ultimately, they undertake the recue w

ATCHOO! NEW EPISODES 6 May At 13:30 CAT Teodor Green is a nice 9 years old boy who has a very particular way to express his emotions: since he was born, when feeling a strong emotion, he sneezes and turns into an animal. He can't control the sneezes and can't predict what kind of animal he'll turn into, but with the help of his friends he’ll always get out of it. This time there are trips to the forest, Mythological creatures, camping at the ‘Wolf Park’; Teo gets a job, goes to a dance party and gets to be teachers assistant for a day. What could go wrong. THE WILD THORNBERRYS NEW EPISODES 13 May At 05:05 CAT Traveling the world with her family and making nature documentaries, 12- year-old Eliza Thornberry has a secret: she can talk to animals. With every new step in their exotic adventures, they never know what to expect -- after all, it's a jungle out there. • Donnie gets lost in the Rain Forest he was brought up in. Eliza realizes he may be heading h

NOOBEES NEW EPISODES 6 May At 17:45 CAT Silvia, a young girl who was never interested in video games, decides to help her brother achieve his dream of becoming a professional gamer. Together they create the NOOBees to compete for the grand title in the Professional Video Game League. KNIGHT SQUAD NEW EPISODES 13 May At 16:10 CAT Ciara, a princess and Arc, a drifter have managed to keep their secret identities at Knight School, but for how much longer? The Phoenix Squad attempt to magically adjust Sage’s unpleasant attitude, but their plan backfires when they mistakenly turn Buttercup evil. Prudence learns of Arc and Ciara’s secrets, she agrees to have her memory wiped before accidentally exposing them to the entire kingdom! GAME SHAKERS NEW EPISODES 27 May At 17:20 CAT Babe and Kenzie, with their partner - rapper Double G and his son Triple G; all continue to learn life lessons while keeping their gaming company, Game Shakers, on trend. The Game Shakers haven't

eExtra the South African digital satellite television channel supplied by eMedia Investments on their Openview platform as well as MultiChoice's DStv and On Digital Media (ODM) Starsat switches back to 24 hour channel from April. The reason for the switch has to do with the shutdown of the unsuccessful female based channel eBella. Several if not most of eBella shows will be transmitted on eExtra in April as a "weekday guilty pleasure afternoon block" on the channel. eExtra hasn't been schedule wise for sometime now which has built a major impact on the brand. You'll find some new content on this channel get the late night treatment similar to what Turner U.S. and International does with Cartoon Network and Boomerang where 2-3 shows get attention while others which are on an indefinite hiatus for some reason get the death treatment by being put weekday mornings or nights with no repeats most of the time and if there was they'd put it at a time les