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New Series Alert: Rajjo Coming Soon To Star Life

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Star Life, a general entertainment channel owned by Disney Star offering movies, drama series and reality shows from across India is said to be rolling out a new series in place of one of the channel's oldest series Laxmi in the coming weeks titled Rajjo. Based on the Bengali series Aalta Phoring, Rajjo follows an aspiring athlete from a village and a businessman who meet each other amid a calamity and gradually fall for each other. However, they have to deal with societal boundaries to be together. Celesti Bairagey stars as Rajjo Thakur, Rajveer Singh stars as Arjun Singh Thakur, Gungun Uprari stars as Manorama "Manno" Dhaki, Pakkhi Hegde stars as Madhumalti Pratap Thakur and Surjit Saha stars as Bunty Chaudhary. The show was initially promoted with the title Udti Ka Naam Rajjo, before it was modified to Rajjo. It debuted on StarPlus on 22 August 2022 and concluded on 5 March 2023 with a total of 190 episodes each with a 21 minute duration. Rajjo will soon be one

Development Alert: Two Shows Both Titled Annekan Die Swa Kry Has Been Silently Added To eVOD Ahead Of Premiere On eExtra

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Aşk Mantık İntikam follows a couple who gets divorced after several years of marriage. But things change when the man suddenly gets rich, with his ex-wife working with him. It stars Burcu Özberk, İlhan Şen and Zeynep Kankonde. Based on the Korean drama Cunning Single Lady, it stars Burcu Özberk, İlhan Şen, Zeynep Kankonde, Günay Karacaoğlu, Süleyman Atanısev, Mehmet Korhan Fırat, Ceren Koç, Emir Güler, Sevda Baş, Mehmet Yilmaz, Burak Yörük and Melisa Döngel. During the month, there's been a bit of mixup with sources implicating Roekeloos Dade formerly slated on eExtra will now air on e.tv after Daai Crazy Somer while Om Elke Draai rolls out on the channel in it's place after #DisComplicated. After awaiting confirmation of the identity of Annekan Die Swa Kry, to no one's surprise you'd think the romcom Aşk Mantık İntikam was the mysterious addition that failed to launch on eExtra but quite the contrary apparently eMedia's team mistook it for Kardeşlerim. T

New Series Alert: It's A Big Big World Coming Soon To PBS Kids Africa

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PBS Kids, the most trusted brand for educational content for children aged 2-8 years home to shows like Sesame Street and Daniel Tiger that launched on the DStv platform later in 2019 is set on introducing to African audiences one of their older shows, It's A Big Big World. The show revolves around a group of animals living in "The World Tree" in the rainforest along the Amazon River with the Pico da Neblina mountain background. The main character and host is Snook the sloth (performed by Peter Linz). It's A Big Big World was broadcast on PBS Kids in the United States from January 6, 2006 to January 8, 2010 with a total of 47 episodes divided within 2 seasons. The series was created by Mitchell Kriegman, the creator of the Muppet television series, Bear in the Big Blue House. The first season commences Tuesday 16 May on PBS Kids with a second season following almost a month from that day on 13 June. During the month, PBS Kids rolled out new episodes of the pupp

Presenting The 12 TV Channels On DStv To Offer DStv Repeats

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Last year, eMedia Investments and MultiChoice got into a fist fight in regard to e.tv's 4 channels. According to MultiChoice, the channels don't fit their 5 year content plan and leverage of DStv content so we look at channels from the platform that air DStv content. 1. Televista Not to be mistaken with Televisa, the channel is operated by Consolidated Media in Nigeria is home to brands like Trybe TV and SoundCity. Initially, the line-up featured the best of Mexico and Latin America with shows like Part Of Me and Without Breasts There's No Paradise. But over the years, the channel has gone as far as supplying Bollywood shows from Zee World. 2. TLNovelas Despite being home to various original shows such as Head Over Heels, Secrets At The Hotel and Rubi. The TelevisaUnivision channel has been licensing content to various broadcasters across Africa so if there's a channel you want out then look no further than TLNovelas or likely the competition, Citizen TV. 3. Akilli

Ignition TV To Broadcast The 2023 Shell Gaborone Motor Show

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Ignition TV, owned by Arena Broadcast delivers some of the best motoring content from around the globe, as well as a compelling slate of local shows including car reviews, spinning, advice for buyers, biking, kasi culture, and plenty of lifestyle shows. From 1 April, Ignition TV (DStv Channel 189) was included in DStv’s fast-growing Access platform, bringing its unique blend of adrenalin-fuelled entertainment and sound motoring advice to a brand-new audience. Powered by Shell X and Shell V-Power, it is the biggest and most anticipated motor show by far, and it is finally making a comeback at the perfect time and place, which is 5 - 6 May of this year at The Fields Mall CDB, just when new cars will be ready and up for display at the motor show. More to be on the show includes of New Car Dealers, Passenger Cars, Super Cars, New Car Launches, Trucks And Buses, Desert Race Display, Stance Display, Tuned Performance Cars, Best In Show, Mobile Vehicle Technology & many other automotiv

News Shorts: The Boomerang Bug Has Been Retired On Cartoonito Africa, A Rebroadcast Of Fenix Rollouts On e.tv And Miss Heritage Global To Broadcast On Tshwane TV And GauTV

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Cartoonito rolled out in Africa with some technical issues Last month, Warner Bros. Discovery rolled out Cartoonito across Africa offering shows such as Batwheels, CoComelon and Bugs Bunny Builders. The channel has something for preschoolers and their families. Compared to France which only took a day to bid farewell to Boing, WBD Africa took several weeks. In Portuguese speaking territories particularly Angola and Mozambique, the switch from Boomerang to Cartoonito rolled out smoothly while as the whole of Africa took several weeks to transition out of Boomerang. As of right now, the channel fully rebranded to Cartoonito with Boomerang appearing in few areas. Fenix makes its highly anticipated return on e.tv Based on the French miniseries Le Bazar de la Charité, Fenix tells the story of three women whose lives change after a fire breaks out during a charity party, but more of the focus goes to one of the leading lady's husband who has resorted to violence and injustice and us

Recap To The Month: Takalani Sesame Was Added As A Replacement To Cool Catz On e.tv

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Cool Catz followed the lives of four cats who hanged around in a treehouse playing games, telling stories and engaging consumers on phonics. It was the first original preschool series derived from e.tv and just like Craze's local offering that was axed over the years. Craz-e went from being youth block that supplied local programming such as Shiz Niz and Sistahood to being a K-TV oriented block that licenced content from various production studios including DreamWorks Animation, Mattel Creations and Hasbro. In short, this was an improvement to the preschool oriented brand by eMedia Investments. Craz-e was more geared toward preschoolers when licensing content that it led to rivals such as SABC 2 gaining a upper hand with a similar lineup including the 5pm anime block. As reported in March, eMedia Investments had acquired the South African adaptation to Sesame Street, Takalani Sesame. As of the moment, it's currently airing on weekdays at 14:30 the same timeslot they used to

New Development Alert: The Nurses Are Back For A Fourth And Final Season On Telemundo Africa

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Telemundo announces with effervescence the arrival of new characters played by Javier Jattin and Majida Issa, also anticipates the arrival of Helena, a character played by Tatiana Ariza. From this Thursday, 4 May at 21:00, the story of Nurses will reach the afternoons of Nuestra Tele and it will be a new opportunity to learn the story of the characters who live multiple experiences inside the Santa Rosa Hospital. It will interest you: Iwao's grill returns to El Gourmet Starting next week, connect with the stories of health professionals who struggle every day between saving people's lives, leading a daily life and facing their own challenges. Learn about the stories of new characters such as Álex Lujan (Majida Issa), Lucas (Dubátata arizn Prado), Juan Pablo Valderrama (Javier Jattin), Johanna Higuer a (Andrea Gómez), the return of Helena (Tata Ariza) and accompany once plus in each turn Sol Angie (Nina Caicedo), Álvaro (Julián Trujillo), Félix Andrade (Luciano D ´Alessandro)

Nismedia Looking To Take Legal Action Against eMedia Investments With The Competition Tribunal Following The Removal Of Glow TV

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Following the ongoing saga of MultiChoice and eMedia Investments' carriage dispute regarding e.tv's 4 channels would be Nismedia's Glow TV which went dark on both Openview and StarSat by the end of February with no means of survival for the affected party. Since then, eMedia Investments unveiled the Bollywood bouquet Spice TV for their Openview Ultra consumers which featured sister channels to the freemium Zee One and Star Life while StarSat welcomed the addition of 4 channels including CBS Reality and Kartoon Channel . As seen yesterday across Glow TV's social platforms, the channel is looking to take legal action against eMedia Investments which could result in the reinstatement of the orange brand through the Openview platform similar to the affected party channels which are still on DStv. From what is understood by their statement, they want authorities to see if eMedia Investments removal of the channel was proper in anyway or anti-competitive which again is

Insidus Games: Netflix's Hit Animated Series Green Eggs And Ham Was Reimagined On Gameboy

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Join Sam-I-Am as he leads you through zany Seussian worlds in search of green eggs and ham. While collecting this odd delicacy, you'll use a 3D game board to jump from adventure to adventure. You can play solo or join forces with three of your friends to play simultaneously on a single Game Boy Advance. The first-ever Dr. Seuss title available on the handheld, Dr. Seuss: Green Eggs and Ham features controls and gameplay specifically tailored for younger players. Review: The graphics and music are impressive and the game is good to pass the time but Green Eggs And Ham can be borderline repetitive. For the GBA emulator: click here For the game: click here

Breaking News From Across The World In The Last 7 Days Dated 16 April

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1. Palatin Media and Backbone’s joint-venture FAST Media is to launch the anime Fast Channel Yu-Gi-Oh! across Europe and Africa 2. HBO Max rebrands to Max in May, unveils pricing and further details 3. Warner Bros. Discovery announce new content for the Max streaming service 4. Amazon announce plans to develop new movies and TV shows for Legally Blonde, Stargate, RoboCop and Barbershop franchises 5. Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj unveil new single Princess Diana 6. Tupperware might be closing down due to poor sales 7. Nicki Minaj will lead a new animated project Lady Danger for Amazon and 50 Cent 8. Vice TV unveils Dark Side Of The Ring season 4 9. Paramount moving shows from VH1 to MTV 10. Buying Beverly Hills renewed for season 2 on Netflix 11. Diplo teams up with Stargull Simpson and Dove Cameron on new single, Use Me (Brutal Hearts) 12. Jack Black drops soundtrack for The Super Mario Movie, Peaches 13. Getroud Met Rugby actor murders his lover 14. Piet's Sake 2 release

Getroud Met Rugby Actor Guns Down His Lover

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On Thursday, local actor Gregg Pettigrew, 51, allegedly shot and killed his 29-year-old lover in Kempton Park, Gauteng, before attempting to take his own life. The shooting occurred in Pettigrew's home, a rental cottage in the area. Police received an emergency call from the landlord and were on the scene shortly after. Norkem Park Police spokesperson Colonel Barbara-Anne Ferreira told sources they found a dead male on the scene. "The other male was still in the bed, next to the male, and he had a firearm in his hand," she said. She said he was drowsy. "We noticed that there were tablets. He drank an overdose of tablets." Colonel Dimakatso Nevhuhulwi told sources earlier on Friday that the man was at the "local hospital under police guard". Pettigrew played the character of Gé on the local soap, Getroud Met Rugby. He's expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrate's Court on Monday, 17 April. Ferreira said he'd be charged with murder an