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May 2021 On WarnerMedia Africa | TNT Original Movie: Twist | Ben 10 Special | Fan Month | New Episodes | More

TNT:

TRY NOT TO LAUGH …
With a career spanning over 40 years, Eddie Murphy has cemented himself as one of the greatest comedians in history. Over the years, he has done much of everything; we could even call him a jack of all trades and master of all. He has featured on the big screen, is a top-class stand-up comedian, can impersonate multiple characters in one movie and … he can maintain an impeccable moustache! This month TNT will make Eddie Murphy its brightest star. It’s a date every Monday with titles such as Shrek, where Eddie stars as the hilarious and loveable companion Donkey. In the equally hilarious and emotional Life, he stars alongside Martin Lawrence as they fght for their innocence. Catch these and more titles on TNT!
Monday, 3 May
20:00 – Bowfnger (1997)
CHANNEL PREMIERE
Monday, 10 May
20:00 – The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)
Monday, 17 May
20:00 – Showtime (2002)
Monday, 24 March
20:00 – Shrek (2001)
Monday, 31 May
20:00 – Life (1999)

IMMINENT MENACE
You know the gut feeling you sometimes have that you can’t seem to shake that something terrible is coming your way? The saying goes, ‘always trust your gut feeling’, and this month TNT puts that to the ultimate test. We have gathered a selection of some gruelling movies where the only priority will be survival. From Saturday, 8 May, TNT will bring you not one or two, but three ultimate survival movies for your entertainment. Catch blockbusters such as the channel premiere Gamer, where a death-row inmate (Gerard Butler) battles his fellow prisoners in a violent online game. Other flms to watch out for include, Battleship (Liam Neeson), Air Force One (Harrison Ford), The Perfect Storm (Mark Wahlberg and George Clooney) and The Rock (Sean Connery and Nicholas Cage).
Saturday, 8 May
16:00 – Twister (1996) 17:55 – Air Force One (1997)
20:00 – Gamer (2009) CHANNEL PREMIERE
Saturday, 15 May
16:00 – Outbreak (1995)
18:10 – Dante’s Peak (1997)
20:00 – Daylight (1996)
Saturday, 22 May
16:00 – Broken Arrow (1996)
17:50 – The Perfect Storm (2000)
20:00 – Battleship (2012)
Saturday, 29 May
15:55 – The Rock (1996)
18:10 – The Kingdom (2007)
20:00 – Pitch Black (2000)

TNT ORIGINAL MOVIES MAY PREMIERE: TWIST
On the 6th of May, TNT brings you another exclusive, never-seen-before movie from our TNT Original Movies slate. A modern-day take of the Charles Dickens’ 1838 timeless novel Oliver Twist called, simply, Twist. Starring a cast including Raferty Law (Jude Law’s oldest son) in his frst leading role, veteran actor Sir Michael Caine, Lena Heady (Game of Thrones) and musician Rita Ora. Set in contemporary London, it tells the story of a gifted grafti artist lured into a street gang headed by a father fgure, Fagin, who plans a series of audacious thefts.
PREMIERE
Thursday, 6th of May @ 20:00

Cartoon Network:

BEN GEN 10
BEN 10 VS THE UNIVERSE
SATURDAY, 22/05 @ 10:10 CAT SATURDAY, 08/05 @ 10:10 CAT
THE ALIEN-FIGHTING EXTRAVAGANZA RETURNS
Join Cartoon Network this month as we welcome the incomparable Ben Tennyson back into the fold with a brand-new channel original movie, Ben Gen 10. Since the ten-year-old discovered the mysterious Omnitrix on a family vacation, life has been one big adventure! Why wouldn’t it be when the alien device allows him to transform into 10 diferent alien forms complete with unique superpowers? Ben Gen 10 presents Ben’s fnal adventure of the summer as he runs into a young Rex (Generator Rex), and suddenly, everyone is turned into aliens. Ben thinks it is Rex who has contaminated his Omnitrix; however, HEX, a self-proclaimed ‘Master Magician’, is hiding in the background. Will Ben 10 be able to save the day? Tune in to Cartoon Network to find out!

BOY GIRL DOG CAT MOUSE CHEESE
MONDAY, 10/05
MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS @ 16:15 CAT
LOVE MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THIS BLENDED FAMILY
Cartoon Network is switching things up a notch with this not-so-average family. Only on Cartoon Network can a Boy, Girl, Dog, Cat, Mouse and ... err, a piece of cheese blend to become one big happy family. Catch the brand-new episodes where Cheese and Dog want to become astronauts, so the family decides to create a fake Mars to shield them from going to the dangerous ‘Red Planet’ itself. Watch Dog become an investigative detective as the family signs up for the Neighbourhood Watch. And, when the kids won’t stop being loud, Mouse uses a voice swap invention causing them to swap voices. Will the kids freak out, each now talking in a voice that isn’t their own? Find out every Monday to Friday!

VICTOR AND VALENTINO
WEEKENDS @ 17:40 CAT
SATURDAY, 15/05
LET THE BROMANCE CONTINUE!
Victor and Valentino are back with brand new episodes this May on Cartoon Network, where mischief, mayhem and Mesoamerican myths rule the day. After Charlene sprays Vic with perfume to make him lose hair, the whole town suddenly goes berserk, following Charlene around. The two must now join forces to make everything right. While volunteering at the old folks’ home, Val becomes buddies with the oldest, crankiest person in Monte Macabre and helps him reclaim his youthful power. In an epic episode, Don bestows Valentino the responsibility of patrolling the lake; Val takes it too far and stops who he believes to be a poacher – with disastrous consequences … Good luck with that, Vic!

Other Developments:
- Summer Camp Island Season 3 airs later in the month
- Looney Tunes Cartoons which was exclusive to HBO Max will start airing on Boomerang later in the month.
- TNT will be doing something special for Labour Day

- HBO Max to rollout in 60 countries
- Cartoon Network is doing live-action again
- New kids programming coming to Cartoon Network

- As predicted, Toonami gets a facelift

Media Brokerage Africa Spearheads Pan-African Broadcast Media Solutions

The current economic climate is forcing cost-cutting across the board for International Broadcast Partners in Africa. Media Brokerage Africa, a bespoke pan-African broadcast media brokerage, is committed to delivering cost-effective and innovative media solutions to its boutique portfolio of seminal entertainment, news, and sports clients.

Launched in July 2020, Media Brokerage Africa specialises in Channel Distribution, Affiliate Sales and Management across Africa, Content Sales and Brokerage connecting pan-African audiences with international content (via acquisitions, sales, content blocks and pop up channels), and Advertising, Sponsorships and Promotion, including negotiation of sports rights within Africa. The company operates across all broadcasting platforms including, free-to-air (FTA), pay-TV, Digital Switch Over (DSO), mobile and over-the-top (OTT). Media Brokerage Africa consults on behalf of new and existing platforms within the African broadcast ecosystem bringing great international content to African audiences aligning and cultivating deeper meaningful connections.

Partnerships are critical to the strategic success of Media Brokerage Africa, both current and future. Existing clients include South Africa’s public broadcaster, SABC; TV production company, Brainwave Productions; and Ethiopian TV & Entertainment OTT platform, Habeshaview, which operates Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services offering rich content that includes live TV, documentaries, drama, children’s programs, lifestyle shows and many more.

Recently, Media Brokerage Africa has announced numerous pan-African exclusive distribution partnership deals, including IMMediate Platform’s official entry into Africa’s booming online marketing industry, helping marketers create the best content possible. Swig Media, LLC offering a bouquet of original, special-interest channels to Africa. Global Fashion Channel, featuring fashion, beauty, art, luxury lifestyle, culture, music and special events from around the world. Other exclusive partnership deals signed include The Dancehall Channel, introducing the Dancehall culture to the African continent, ENLIVE tv offering Christian entertainment for African viewers, and StoryZoo, a magical place in which animation, music and education combine to create a learning adventure for young children.

“In line with the evolving media landscape and a demand for a multi-channel solution as opposed to silo offerings, I am thrilled to set up, develop, and drive this new company. It is no longer just about selling media platforms, but more about addressing the marketing objective of our clients,” says Colman Murray, founder and Managing Director of Media Brokerage Africa. “I am excited to further enhance Media Brokerage Africa’s exceptional portfolio of brands and revenue streams across the continent. This is an exciting opportunity, and I am looking forward to taking this business to unprecedented heights.”

Before devoting his work full-time to Media Brokerage Africa, Murray served in pan-African senior executive roles with print, digital and broadcasting corporations, including Yahoo! Time Inc., Fox Networks Group and WarnerMedia. As a journalist, Murray has written for Time, Rolling Stone, Spin, Times Media, The Independent, as well as owning, editing and publishing a stable of South African Magazines through Hot Mustard Media.

For more information on Media Brokerage Africa, visit mediabrokerageafrica.com, or commercial queries in Africa, please contact Colman Murray at colman@mediabrokerageafrica.com.

Theory: What If SABC 4 And SABC 5 Are The Two Mystery Channels Launching On OpenView?

In March, SABC and eMedia Investments held a press conference to reach a new agreement which saw SABC Sport as well as SABC's 19 radio stations launch on OpenView the following month with two other channels set to launch on the platform at a later stage (3 months according to them).

SABC Education is suspected by some of the media as "the other two channels" since it carries extensive and archived content but the reason it may not be that channel is due to the fact that they didn't mention it by name.

Back in November, SABC partnered with Telkom and all their channels including Education were added to their streaming platform, TelkomOne and eMedia Investments forged a similar deal leaving this one out of the picture.

Perhaps the likes of DBE TV (OpenView 122) is the reason for the exclusion after all both channels are just another Mindset with SABC Education supplying selected content particularly Grade 10 & 11 from that channel.

An SABC Encore type channel was also another channel the media suspected but the SABC COO mentioned giving the two channels 20% new content and 80% existing content.

During the SABC's primitive years, the idea was to launch them as five channels before downsizing to just three channels. The two channels which were known as SABC 4 & 5 would cater for north and south of the country respectively.

SABC4, based in Mafikeng, was to be broadcast in Tswana, Sesotho, Pedi, Tsonga, Venda, and Afrikaans, to the northern provinces of the country, while SABC5, based in Cape Town, was to broadcast in Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele, and Swazi, as well as Afrikaans, to the southern provinces with no English-language programming shown on either channel.

New Series Alert: Solar Opposites Coming Soon To FOX Africa

Since the channel's launch in 2013, The Simpsons is currently the lead mascot to adult animation on the channel with very little programming seen on that category.

During the 8 years on FOX, the channel only managed to air 5 animation in total including American Dad, Family Guy, Futurama and The Cleveland Show, and out of that five only 3 are ongoing.

Now FOX will make it a 6 with the introduction of Solar Opposites.

Solar Opposites, follows a family of aliens from a better world must take refuge in middle America, and they disagree on whether Earth is awful or awesome.

The series made its debut back in 2020 on Hulu in the United States and it's international counterpart Star back in February.

Perhaps, Solar Opposites is one of the introductions to Disney+ online channel, Star since Disney is doing away with FOX name they did replace FOX Sports with ESPN internationally while Latin America rebranded their FOX entertainment channels to Star.

Solar Opposites season 1 airs Mondays at 21:30 CAT from 3 May and repeats Fridays at 21:55 from 7 May.

May 2021 On Da Vinci Kids Africa | New Series For Kids & Family |

Kids Programmes – Premieres
The Fixies – BRAND-NEW (Series)
From May 15th
Every day at 08:00
The Fixies is a unique blend of adventure, comedy, music, education and heart, all wrapped in a 6-minute format. While each story teaches about technology, the series also focuses on feelings like worry, excitement, jealousy, surprise, competition, and fear.

Family Programmes – Premieres
Xploration Awesome Planet – BRAND-NEW (Series)
From May 24th
Monday to Friday 20:00
In Xploration Awesome Planet, Phillippe Cousteau Jr., grandson of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, explores the most spectacular places - on the earth, inside the earth, and above the earth. Why are pollinators so important and how do horseshoe crabs migrate?

Do You Know? Marathon
Saturday, May 8th
From 09:30 to 13:30

The channel is available on DStv, GOtv, Starsat and StarTimes

- WarnerMedia might be reviving Cartoonito in the EMEA region

- Cartoon Network is doing live-action again
- New kids programming coming to Cartoon Network