Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

Last year, it was announced that e.tv would be bidding farewell to the medical drama Durban Gen after 2 seasons. Not long ago, it was reported that Imbewu and Isono would be following the drama in the second quarter of the year. After months of anticipation as to what would await the future of these timeslots on the channel. eMedia Investments unveiled a brand new local drama Nikiwe which is set to replace Durban Gen from Monday 24 April in the same timeslot, 18:30. The series follows the lives of the Radebe family, witnessing the rise and fall of a family empire based in the surrounds of Diepkloof Extension, Pimville and Orlando, Soweto. It's executively produced by Thomas Gumede and Lungile Radu for Parental Advisory Productions, creators of game shows Uyang'thanda Na? and Perfect Match, and the Mzansi Magic drama series Abomama. Thomas Gumede also serves as director. In a statement with e.tv Executive Producer Mark Madai: “Exciting times are ahead of us, as a channel

In the last few months, Star Life has been unsatisfying adjustments to their lineup. Instead of pumping the breaks on some of their shows they'd rather cut their airtime even worse take another show for a ride as seen with Closer To My Heart and Lost In Love. This is only due to the fact that Lost In Love was starting to catch-up to their Indian counterpart so they rather retain the show instead of following what fellow competitors Zee World and Star Life would do by dividing the episodes between seasons. Now sources have confirmed the presence of another new series, Destined By Fate. It is set to occupy the second half of Anupama's timeslot meaning just like Closer To My Heart and Lost In Love these shows will all be allocated in a 30 minute timeslot. Compared to most other series, the channel hasn't provided much info about the show but from what our sources conducted it's likely the rumoured shows Woh To Hai Albelaa (He Is Very Unique) or Bohot Pyaar Karte Hai

Turner Network Television, Inc., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery, registered a new trademark derived from TNT in Latin America, for the moment only in Argentina and Chile, as verified by INPI and INAPI, industrial property institutes for both countries, respectively. The new trademark registered in recent days bears the name of "TNT Novelas", and it is unknown exactly what it is, although the company has already presented a logo. One of the most logical theories indicates that TNT Novelas could become a successor or a relaunch of the current cable channel TNT Series, launched in 2015, which in recent years has incorporated multiple soap operas into its daily programming. The creation of a new channel is not ruled out either, although there is no basis to support this hypothesis. There is no official information regarding TNT Novelas at the moment. In other developments, Warner Bros. Discovery has been phasing out the TNT brand name across Europe in the general e

Earlier in the month, eMedia Investments unveiled the first batch to the pay-tv venture Openview Ultra known as Ultraview Pride or just Pride . It is basically an LGBTQ type bouquet consisting of two general entertainment channels one of which DStv reject, OUTtv and FUSE. During the launch consumers were kind of curious as to the fate of Spice TV which is basically an expansion to the current Bollywood offering seen on the Openview which like Pride TV comes with two channels for the time being, Zee Family and Star Select . They were rumours sometime ago that just like BBC UKTV failed launch on Openview that eMedia Investments was having issues with one of the channels in question but that seems highly unlikely as eMedia Investments held a dance party this past week. If I had to guess, eMedia Investments was planning to do some grand gesture for the offering ahead of its debut on the Openview platform. Similar to Pride which too a similar festivity months prior. Although eMedi

Mustaeina TV, founded in 2017 is an Islamic lifestyle channel, aimed to rightly re-trace the steps and educate Muslims and Non-Muslims audience towards the better understanding of Islam according to Qur'an and sunnah via various activities such as: Soul lifting sermons, halaal skits, vox-pop, modest, fashion, nasheed, talk show etc. Started as an online Dawah TV and aimed to become the biggest all Islamic and all Hilaal TV platform out of Nigeria with our own broadcasting station, a network where your mind is always at rest, devoid of any form of fitnah and haram views and tunes without compromising high quality visual contents. In the past years, Mustaeina TV has supplied various content across platforms and television stations primarily in Nigeria with the likes of Silverbird and TVC both of which can be viewed on DStv and GOtv platforms. As mentioned across several platforms MultiChoice will allocate Mustaeina TV on channel 197 through the DStv platform in the coming week

Since African pay TV giant MultiChoice launched the continent’s first homegrown SVOD service Showmax in 2015, the streamer always planned to enter the kids content market with original animated productions. Now, its dream will finally become reality. After an 18-month development and production phase, Showmax’s first original animated series, Jay Jay: The Chosen One, is set to premiere on April 6. Based on the childhood of Nigerian football legend and animal lover Augustine “Jay Jay” Okocha, the 13-episode kids series (pictured) reimagines Okocha as both an aspiring tween footballer and a superhero who fights against illegal poaching. Though the fantasy-adventure story is fully African, Showmax drew inspiration from Star India’s animated show Super V. “Super V is based on Indian international cricketer Virat Kohli and reimagines him as a superhero with a massive passion for cricket,” says Yolisa Phahle , CEO of Showmax and connected video at MultiChoice. “So the original idea for

Several years ago, Asian based streamer VIU signed a content distribution agreement with eMedia Investments for various original productions including Scandal and Imbewu and that went to hell after the said supplier breached their contract. Now with eMedia Investments' contract with the party set to expire by next year. Questions amount to whether or not a new agreement would be put in place as consumers on these platforms rely on the streamer for several content seen on SABC and e.tv channels. As eMedia Investments look to funnel their remaining original productions from VIU to eVOD. In the past years so to speak, Amazon Prime Video had begun strengthening their bond with eMedia Investments or in this case particularly with streamer eVOD for various films including Eye For An Eye, Piet's Sake and Abafana Ababi. Two new films debuted earlier in the month, Tickets and Piet's Sake 2 (also known as Pete's Sake 2) and as mentioned they aren't available to vi

eMedia Investments similar to MultiChoice and French company Canal+ seem to be going on a joint venture with the international streamer, Amazon Prime Video. As they unveiled two new local productions for streamers earlier in the month, Tickets and Piet's Sake 2. Synopsis for Tickets: Young lovers Crystal and Marlyn can’t keep their hands off each other. He dreams of rapping and she dreams of singing on the big stage. What they both actually want, is just a way out of the Flats. Phyllis, Crystal’s Mom, lives with a heavy secret, the burden of hiding it is driving a wedge between her and her daughter. The film stars Robyn Rossouw, Monique Rockman and Danny Ross. Marvin-Lee Beukes whose known for his work on kykNET's Binnelanders and Suidooster sitting in the director's seat for the film, Tickets. Synopsis for Piet's Sake 2: When the son of a well-off Zulu polygamist squares off with his Indian varsity lecturer over who can be a youth or an adult better than the

g Batwheels is a fun-filled action-adventure show that combines two of a young kid’s favourite things – superheroes and vehicles! They’re the Batwheels - an awesome group of sentient super-powered crime-fighting vehicles defending Gotham City alongside a host of DC Superheroes. Brought to life by the Batcomputer, the heroic Batwheels are thrust into hilarious hijinks and jaw-dropping action while learning important life lessons. Led by Bam, The Batmobile, the Batwheels must navigate the challenges of being a newly formed super team as well as the growing pains that come with just being a kid. This relatable and aspirational series will follow the journey of this dynamic team as they thrill and entertain with their heroic adventures, and demonstrate the value of self-confidence, friendship, and teamwork. The all-star voice cast includes Ethan Hawke (as Batman), Jacob Bertrand (as Bam the Batmobile), Gina Rodriguez (as Catwoman), and Xolo Maridueña (as Snowy the Snowcrawler), among ot

In 1970s, Cable TV was in its tenancies that in Tennessee Ohio there was an idea by Warner Cable for an experimental two way multiplatform cable television system that played a significant role in American interactive television. This experiment was called Qube Network. Qube introduced viewers to several concepts that became central to the development of modern television. Pay-per-view programs, special interest cable television networks and interactive services. On December 1st, 1977, a breakthrough show began airing a new show called Pinwheel show was similar to Sesame Street with live-action skits, mixed in with shorts from an abandoned animatior. The show was met with immense popularity that it's cable provider Channel 3 at the time would go as far as renaming the network to Pinwheel. The show starred Kim played by Arline Miyazaki, Sal played by Betty Rozek, Smitty played by Dale Engle. Sal And Smitty were an elderly couple who ran a local newspaper company called The Daily Noo

In 1970s, Cable TV was in its tenancies that in Tennessee Ohio there was an idea by Warner Cable for an experimental two way multiplatform cable television system that played a significant role in American interactive television. This experiment was called Qube Network. Qube introduced viewers to several concepts that became central to the development of modern television. Pay-per-view programs, special interest cable television networks and interactive services. On December 1st, 1977, a breakthrough show began airing a new show called Pinwheel show was similar to Sesame Street with live-action skits, mixed in with shorts from an abandoned animatior. The show was met with immense popularity that it's cable provider Channel 3 at the time would go as far as renaming the network to Pinwheel. The show starred Kim played by Arline Miyazaki, Sal played by Betty Rozek, Smitty played by Dale Engle. Sal And Smitty were an elderly couple who ran a local newspaper company called The Daily

Ben 10 has been missing on Cartoon Network for nearly two years and on April 11th of this year will mark the two year conclusion of Ben 10 (2016). It's kind of surprising that the network has yet to announce the next instalment to the franchise. Duncan one of the creators of Ben 10 apart of Man Of Action had mentioned on Twitter throughout 2021 that they were working on something for the future of Ben 10 and it was going to be announced by the end of that year. Here we are in March 2023 and we still got no confirmation about Ben 10 and honestly this has been the longest period of time since we got any word on the franchise. For those who weren't aware the previous iterations took a few weeks with Omniverse 6 months. After Omniverse ended, there was a lot of uncertainty about the franchise some areas were proposing that the franchise would continue on with an original series Ben 10,000 or a possible reboot which is what we ended up getting few months after Omniverse. We&#