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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

If anyone has been following the news circulating in the web. Star Life was suppose to air My Identity and The Evil Eye earlier in the year but due to lockdown regulations both these shows were delayed. My Identity has been delayed for the second time in a now filling up its spot at the moment is A Perfect Lie but now that's being snatched for the long-awaited show, The Evil Eye. The Evil Eye (Nazaar) follows the life of an evil Daayan, who worship the mother goddesses Kali and Durga. But as a devil, she was cursed by gods and captured into the human world. Jatinder Bhardwaj and Ankur Nayyar take up the lead role with Monalisa set to follow. The series airs everyday at 22:00 CAT/21:00 WAT/23:00 EAT from 28 November Star Life is available on DStv, Starsat (SA) & StarTimes (ROA) and OpenView

Ziric Media is an upcoming channel intended to broadcast on DStv . The channel will be modern, stylish, powerful smooth, dynamic and unique. The channel will have trends, events, history, fashion, travel, action, lifestyle and sports.

Now you'll see why critics say Disney Channel is dominating animation and part of them are speculation and the ones in brackets are for streaming services. Cartoon Network: The ones in brackets moved to streaming and are uncertain at this point - (Tiny Toons Looniversity) - (Unicorn: Warriors Eternal) - (Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed) - (Unlimited Squirrels) - (Cat The Cat's Show The Show Show With You) - Batwheels - Elliott From Earth - The Heroic Quest Of Prince Ivandoe - We Baby Bears - (Infinity Train) - (The Fungies) - (Tig N Seek) Boomerang: - Lucas The Spider - The Mysteries Of Master Moley - Agent Binky - Mush-Mush And The Mushables - The Misadventures Of Master Foley Disney Channel: Animation and live-action - Pup Academy - Hamster And Gretel - Ghostforce - School Hacks - Bia - Vikingskool - Best Bugs Forever - The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti - The Secrets Of Sulphur Springs - Disney Fam Jam - Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur - The Ghos

ViacomCBS (formerly Viacom) has been in the market for approximately 15 years with its reality skewed brand, MTV being their longest running channel within the market. Other channels they manage is Comedy Central, BET, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr, Nicktoons, MTV Base and in South Africa, MTV Music 24. Former channels include BET Jazz, VH1 and VH1 Classic. Now to get back to the topic, streaming has taken over people's lives especially in the United States where millions of consumers dump cable in favor of this phenomenon. Netflix started the trend and has been dominating for over a decade now they have competition such as HBO Max, CBS All Access (soon to be Paramount+) and Disney+. These competitors host a bunch of linear channels for international markets and since these platforms launched it had their affects towards those channels which led some markets to cutback on channels. Disney Africa aligned their channels not much to streamline there, WarnerMedia Africa doesn't have mu