Premium Boxoffice Channel Replaces AMC Series From The 1st October On StarTimes

StarTimes launches a new Television channel “PREMIUM BOXOFFICE TELEVISION (PBO TV)” on 1st October 2020 Channel DTH 184 in collaboration with the Big Idea Mediaworks, a Film and Television production company in Lagos Nigeria.

PBO TV is an entertainment channel focused on providing its viewers with refreshing entertainment experience across Africa. The 24-hour entertainment channel broadcasting top-rated Nollywood Movies, Series, educational shows, Sitcoms, Music and late night comedy shows.

“PBO TV celebrates the richness and diversity of African Culture with original and exclusive content,” said Gabriel Nworah, CEO of the BigIdea Mediaworks Limited. “We are excited to bring PBO’s live content and catalogue of original programming to millions of StarTimes viewers across Africa. We want people to enjoy entertainment of quality; Premium Boxoffice Television is your dose of premium entertainment for everyone. That’s why we say ‘Everyone loves Premium’.”

“It’s always a pleasure for StarTimes to provide local content and channels to the audience. We know that the local culture is vigorous and charming, and hope more people here can get the beauty of our own creations and works. Later on, there will be more local channels on StarTimes for the very fans to enjoy the happy hours spending before the screen.” Said Felix Ahonzo, COO of StarTimes Ghana.

(This includes Starsat in South Africa)

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October 2020 On Zoomoo Africa | Specials | CMIYC

ZooMoo Specials: Awesome
Animal Awards Special
October 4, Sunday 11am
In conjunction with World Animal Day Join our host Owl and the rest of the ZooMoo crew as we cheer for the winners in the ZooMoo Awesome Animal Awards! Will your favourite animal win a ZooMoo Golden Egg Award? Tune in to find out!

Catch Me If You Can
October 20, Tuesday 12pm
*in conjunction with International Sloth Day*
Did you know that sloths are the slowest animals on Earth? It can take them almost a month just to digest a single leaf! Sloths may spend most of their time on trees but they are great swimmers. They can move three times faster in water than on land and can hold their breath for 40 minutes in water. Learn more about this cute mammal on ZooMoo this October!

Zoomoo is available on DStv channel 314 and Zuku channel 630

October 2020 On Da Vinci Kids Africa | Food - Delicious Science | 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Future | The Wonderful World Of Blood

Food - Delicious Science
Miniseries
The thrilling science story of the food on your plate and the physics, chemistry and biology that lies hidden inside every bite. Across three episodes we use the latest imaging techniques to reveal this inner world of food and we reveal along the way why such a variety of foods have ended up in our diet and how they affect our lives.

10 Things You Need to Know About the Future
Documentary
Horizon interviews some experts and looks at the matters which can change our lives in the future, like: climate change, the future of transport, energy production, gene therapy, artificial intelligence, among other things.

The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley
Documentary
Michael Mosley takes an in-depth look at blood. He carries out six experiments on his own blood, from starving it of oxygen to injecting it with snake venom and even eating it.

Inpas TV Stops Airing On Starsat By The End Of September

After 3 years of broadcast we say goodbye. InPasTV's contract with StarSat vestryk end of September and so InPas TV will no longer be on the platform from October 1.

The good news is that some of their programs are moving over to MYTV which is obviously also on the StarSat decoder.

No details where provided on the sudden removal perhaps it was another cost cutting decision especially during these tough times with the pandemic out and about.

Starsat and StarTimes (ROA) will also be losing FOX Life from October luckily the channel's supplier Televisa already provides a channel through their platform and FOX will be rolling out The Candidate later in November which is another Televisa production.

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- October on TNT

The SIC Channels Reportedly Being The Next Channels To Get Pulled Off From DStv In Angola And More Likely The Rest Of Africa

"DStv informs that SIC International Africa and SIC News will leave our platform from October 15th", reads the message sent to all customers by the South African company MultiChoice's satellite television service. Contacted by Lusa, SIC's official source, confirmed the information, by email, but without further details. Another source from Carnaxide said only that the withdrawal was due to "contractual issues", excluding editorial reasons.

In MultiChoice's press release, to which Lusa had access, the operator says that the cancellation of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias, as of October 15, is part of their "ongoing efforts to update" the content grid and "optimize the set of channels available. MultiChoice justifies the decision with a "greater focus on investment and local content offering" and ensures that it "will not give up" on "offering the best content available" to its customers.

"As a business born and raised in Africa, we have made significant investments in the development of original African programming to deliver the best African content on the continent," stresses the South African company, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa through the DStv platform.

MultiChoice said it will create "a platform to share Angolan stories," while recognizing that investment in local content faces constraints such as "market size" and "ability to fund these initiatives. SIC channels had previously been suspended by DStv on June 5, 2017, but at the time the company did not explain the decision, regretting only the "inconvenience caused".

At that time, DStv joined the decision taken earlier by satellite television operator Zap, of businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, who, on March 14, 2017, had interrupted the broadcasting of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias channels in the Angolan and Mozambican markets, after the Portuguese channel had released critical reports of the regime of former President José Eduardo dos Santos.

At the time, the decision was justified by the costs of acquiring the rights of the two Portuguese channels.

In September 2018, after more than a year without broadcasting in Angola, the Carnaxide station announced its return to DStv.

SIC K, SIC Mulher, SIC Caras and SIC Radical are still available on the Zap grid, and have never been suspended.