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November 2020 On Disney Junior Africa | New Series & Shorts | New Episodes

MIRA: ROYAL DETECTIVE
Series premiere episodes
Weekdays from 9th to 27th November at 18:00
Disney Junior’s new fun-filled animated series launches this month. Premiere episodes of Mira: Royal Detective air on weekdays from 9th to 27th November at 18:00.

As newly appointed royal detective to the Indian-inspired land of Jalpur, the brave, resourceful Mira travels throughout the kingdom helping royals and townspeople. In the series launch premiere episode The Mystery of the Royal Scarf/The Case Of The Missing Bicycle (Monday 9th November at 18:00), when the special scarf Priya designed for the Queen goes missing, it's up to Mira to help find it. Mira juggles babysitting her cousin and searching for a missing bike.
Premiere episodes of Mira: Royal Detective air on weekdays from 9th to 27th November at 18:00, with a special Mira marathon on 14th November from 13:00, on Disney Junior.

READY FOR PRE-SCHOOL
Series premiere episodes
Weekdays 16th to 27th November at 16:25
This month sees a brand new series of shorts launch on the channel. Premiere episodes of Disney Junior Ready for Preschool air on weekdays from 16th to 27th November at 16:25.
Disney Junior Ready for Preschool is an entertaining and educational series where the love of learning begins, focusing on inspiring kids to develop a love of learning through Disney characters and magical storytelling. In the topically entitled first of these, Everybody Wash Your Hands (Monday 16th November at 16:25), join Doc McStuffins and her toys as they learn the best way to wash their hands!
Premiere episodes of Disney Junior Ready for Preschool air on weekdays from 16th to 27th November at 16:25.

MICKEY MOUSE MIXED UP ADVENTURES
Premiere episodes
Weekdays from 2nd to 25th November at 17:30
In season three of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures viewers can get mixed-up with Mickey and his pals in their new house in Hot Dog Hills. Premiere episodes air on weekdays from 2nd to 25th November at 17:30
Mickey, Donald, Goofy, Minnie, Daisy, Pluto and Chip 'n Dale have brand new surprises in store. Whether they're looking for a unicorn, teaching kids to play baseball or taking care of a litter of mischievous kitties, Mickey and his friends always have a great time with a happy mix of friendship, teamwork, community, adventure and tons of laughter and joy.
In the first of this month’s episodes, Hard Hat Diggity Dog, (Monday 2nd November at 17:30) Mickey enlists his friends to use their Mixed-Up Construction Vehicles to rebuild the playground for Bitsy’s birthday party!
Premiere episodes of Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures air on weekdays from 2nd to 25th November at 17:30, on Disney Junior.

FANCY NANCY CLANCY
Season premiere episodes
Weekdays until Friday 6th November at 18:00
Fancy Nancy returned to Disney Junior last month – finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, and transforming the plain into the exquisite! Season two of her experiences continue on the channel with premiere episodes on weekdays until Friday 6th November at 18:00.
In the first of this month’s premiere episodes, entitled Operation Fix Marabelle (Monday 2nd November at 18:00), when Marabelle gets injured, Nancy must stay calm under pressure as the "doll surgeon" on call.
Premiere episodes of Fancy Nancy Clancy air on weekdays at 18:00 until Friday 6th November on Disney Junior.

MICKEY MOUSE HOT DIGGITY DOG TALES
Premiere Christmas short
Monday 30th November at 16:25
Hot Diggity Dog! In Disney Junior’s new series of premiere shorts, Mickey and Pluto celebrate their loving friendship with lots of fun, as they pal-around Hot Dog Hills. This month sees a special premiere Christmas themed episode of Hot Diggity Dog Tales, on Monday 30th November at 16:25.
In this episode, entitled The Lights Before Christmas (Monday 30th November at 16:25), ‘Tis the season for Christmas rivalry when Mickey and Pete get into a holiday decorations battle of lights. May the best bulbs win!
The festive fun starts here on Disney Junior, with this special premiere Christmas themed episode of Mickey Mouse Hot Diggity Dog Tales, on Monday 30th November at 16:25.

THE ROCKETEER
Premiere Christmas episode
Monday 30th November at 18:00
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it’s Kit Secord, Disney Junior’s latest superhero. This month sees her star in a special premiere festive episode of The Rocketeer, on Monday 30th November at 18:00.
Seven-year-old aspiring pilot Kit Secord learns she’s next in line to become The Rocketeer, a rocket-pack wearing superhero who can fly. In this festive episode, The Christmas Star (Monday 30th November at 18:00)
The Rocketeer must save the town's Christmas when the annual Hughesville Christmas celebration is threatened by Sylvester Slapdash's attempt to steal the town's gifts.

This special premiere festive episode of The Rocketeer, airs on Monday 30th November at 18:00.

November 2020 On Disney Channel Africa | New Season | Movies

JUST ROLL WITH IT
Season premiere episodes
Weekdays from Monday 9th November at 17:25

Innovative comedy series Just Roll With It returns this month, as season two launches with premiere episodes on weekdays from Monday 9th November at 17:25.

Filmed before a studio audience, Just Roll With It blends improvisational comedy with a scripted family sitcom that gives the audience the power to pick what happens next. Viewers follow the newly blended Bennett-Blatt family, pre-teen stepsiblings Blair and Owen and their parents Rachel and Byron, as they navigate everyday family life while balancing a household of contrasting personalities. Through it all the Bennett-Blatts, and the actors who play them, take whatever life (and the studio audience) throws at them, and they Just Roll With It! In this second season, after surviving a harrowing ordeal on the lake, the family must adjust to life when Grandpa Blatt moves in.

Season two of Just Roll With It launches on Monday 9th November at 17:25. In the second of this month’s episodes, entitled The Most Brilliant Blair in the World (Tuesday 10th November at 17:25), when the kids receive their standardized test scores, it's discovered that Blair is a genius!

Premiere episodes of Just Roll With It season two air on weekdays from Monday 9th November at 17:25, on Disney Channel.

DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIES
Programming event
Fridays throughout November at 17:00

Disney Channel’s weekly treat for film fans continues throughout November, offering a chance to see a classic Disney Channel Original Movie every Friday at 17:00, repeated on Saturday at 10:40.

The November DCOMs start with Wizards of Waverly Place – The Movie (Friday 6th November), then continue with Geek Charming (Friday 13th November), followed by Princess Protection Programme (Friday 20th November), and finally Zapped (Friday 27th November).

In Wizards of Waverly Place – The Movie (Friday 6th November) viewers embark on a supernaturally exciting adventure as wizards-in-training the Russos join together on a quest full of heart-stopping action and hilarious magical mishaps.

While on vacation, Alex (Selena Gomez) accidentally casts a spell that threatens her family's existence. Max (Jake T. Austin) tries to keep his parents together while Alex and Justin (David Henrie) use every trick they know as they search for the Stone of Dreams to reverse the spell and save their family. It’s a magic-filled, action-packed movie!

Fans have a chance to see these great Disney Channel Original Movies again on Fridays throughout November at 17:00, repeated on the following Saturday at 10:40.

The Current Status Of TV Licence In South Africa And The Rest Of The World + Other Matters

South Africans who watch video streaming services like Netflix or pay-TV services like DStv or StarSat and who don't even watch or use the services of the South African public broadcaster could be forced to pay a SABC TV licence fee like a compulsory "traffic fine" - even if they don't use a TV, the SABC or just watch content on devices like laptops and tablets.

This is the latest plan of the financially struggling South African public broadcaster to prop up its finances, with Pinky Kekana, South Africa's deputy communications minister, who told parliament's portfolio committee on communications on Tuesday morning that the SABC wants to broaden the definition of the existing mandatory SABC TV licence that is payable by people with a TV set.

There's about 27 other countries that still do TV licences followed by 25 countries that abolished it and make their revenue through commercial sales, advertising, tax and pay or free-to-air platforms (which is what SABC is proposing). Then there's 11 other countries that never had a TV licence some of them don't have a national broadcaster (e.g. SABC, BBC), some are funded by private companies (e.g. e.tv), some rely on advertising, grants and government funds.

MUST CARRY RULE
The SABC wants the government to remove the must carry clause on their channels since it benefits other platforms as they don't pay a cent for their channels.

SPORTS
SABC wants national sports to be available to them at a very affordable price.

If SABC wants to charge people TV licence they could have added it onto our taxes regardless most people using DStv or OpenView don't watch their channels since they lack redeeming quality. If the government does abolish the must-carry regulation it means all platforms will likely do away with SABC 1-3 or have less SABC channels on their platform.

I know most people don't watch their channels but for the people that rely on their channels, what are the chances that these platforms will indeed do away with SABC entirely. Knowing some providers they're likely to keep only 1 or 2 out of the 3 channels.

NEW CHANNEL ALERT: Ziric Media Coming Soon To DStv?

Ziric Media is a communication and marketing firm that specializes in advertising, event management, branding and design, Public Relations, publishing and web development . Our aim is to create an experience that goes beyond expectations. We are a onestop-shop fully equipped to produce a range of marketing and communication tools from conception to completion. It might be located in the North West province in South Africa.

According to their Facebook page, they'll be launching a channel on DStv very soon with the same name. Not much details is given about the channel as yet.

Through their promo, they mention providing epic action movies, great content and children's programming. All of which is movies perhaps the channel will revolve around that or it could be some business, media or marketing channel which is the whole point of the brand.

Update: The channel will come with motivational, educational, kids shows, talk shows and many more. It's supposedly set to be available early 2021 on DStv.

November 2020 On Universal TV Africa | Transplant | New Seasons | Finale | Christmas Movies

TRANSPLANT
Season 1 - Territory Premiere
Mondays at 8pm from November 30th
Hit Canadian drama series Transplant arrives on Universal TV in November. Hamza Haq stars as Dr Bashir ‘Bash’ Hamed, a Syrian doctor who flees the war-torn country along with his sister. Arriving in Canada as a refugee, Bash has to try and learn an entirely new way of life, and when he earns a coveted residency at Toronto’s York Memorial Hospital, he has the ideal opportunity to use his hard-earned emergency medical skills. Laurence Leboeuf and John Hannah also star in this new, must-see medical drama.

ALMOST PARADISE
Season 1 - Territory Premiere Mondays at 8pm. Season finale on November 23rd at 8:50pm
Christian Kane stars as ex-DEA Agent Alex Walker as season one of Almost Paradise concludes this month. Alex tries to solve a murder case that brings up some ghosts from Kai's past, before Alex's con artist uncle comes to Cebu to start a new life and Kai takes part in a clandestine operation during the wedding of a Triad boss. In the season finale, there are surprises for Alex when his estranged daughter and his old partner who betrayed him both unexpectedly turn up on the island.

CHICAGO P.D.
Season 3 - Channel Premiere
Double bills on Wednesdays at 8pm from November 4th
Jason Beghe, Jon Seda and Sophia Bush are back as season three of the hit crime drama from executive producer Dick Wolf comes to Universal TV. The thrilling season premiere sees the whole unit on the trail of a drugs kingpin after one of their own members is kidnapped. Other cases this month feature Burgess and Roman discovering the body of a child as they pursue a gang member, while Voight and Olinsky suffer a case of deja vu when they find themselves hunting down a criminal they've already put away once before.

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
Season 4 - Channel Premiere Thursdays at 8pm
Scott Bakula returns as Special Agent Pride in season four of the hit US crime drama. Pride, Sebastian and Tammy travel to South America when an old colleague asks for help with a classified operation, before Percy and LaSalle go undercover at an underground poker game after the organiser targets players with access to a Naval research laboratory. A gang of thieves take Pride and his bar patrons hostage, and Gregorio asks her former behavioural science professor for help when a case matches one she studied during FBI training.

BULL
Season 3 - Channel Premiere Fridays at 8pm
Season three of the hit legal drama returns, with Michael Weatherly starring as legal expert Dr Jason Bull, head of jury consulting firm TAC. This month, Danny asks for help with the trial of her former FBI mentor, a bounty hunter who kidnapped the wrong person on his first assignment. Bull defends a medical student who tried to stop his brother killing a judge in order to force a mistrial, before helping defend Taylor's brother-in-law, a prison guard charged with manslaughter over the drowning deaths of two inmates during a hurricane.

COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS
Daily at 3pm
It’s never too early to start looking forward to Christmas! In November, Universal TV is starting the countdown to the holidays with a special selection of some of our favourite festive films! Tune in every afternoon from November 1st until the beginning of January, and keep your eyes peeled for some enticing territory premieres, including Finding Santa, A Christmas Connection, Hope at Christmas, Christmas Under the Stars, A Christmas Duet, A Joyous Christmas and A Christmas Love Story.