In 2018, eMedia Investments launched the 2 hour Afrikaans block on eExtra and since then the brand has been available on multiple outlets including e.tv, eMovies and eVOD.
After almost 4 years, the brand will be getting a dedicated channel that won't serve as a competitor but compliment the existing offering seen on other brands such as the 3 mentioned above.
Although not much details have been shared regarding the format or rollout of the channel. ePlesier has enough content to be a 24 hour channel but again that's entirely up to eMedia Investments.
The last 24 hour channel was eMovies Extra which came out in 2016 on Openview. Thereafter further channels on eMedia complimented eToonz with its open time being 6AM.
I have no doubt in my mind that the channel will be a success for Openview customers but some would expect local content from an Afrikaans channel but hey this format of dubbing shows is not new to anyone.
If you visit Germany, you'll find several international content dubbed in local languages. Even in Africa regions like Ethiopia all house channels like ePlesier. Back when the content was still in English, the volume was on silent until they were folded under Kuiertyd that's where the figures started skyrocketing so hats off to ePlesier.
Through some ads online, a list of shows were mentioned for the channel of course there's chances some will only be added later and they go as follows:
From e.tv
- Deur Dik En Dun - Based on Dr. Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu’s book "Hayata Dön" (Return to Life), the dei follows Faruk the owner of a bus company and the leader of a powerful family in Bursa which is a metro-pol in Turkey. Faruk meets a violinist girl and falls in love with her. But the dominant mother of Faruk isn't happy with her son's relationship. The series starred Özcan Denizz, Aslı Enver and İpek Bilgin.
From eExtra
- Gebroke Harte - Follows the lives of two women from different social backgrounds intertwine after their newborn babies are accidentally switched at the hospital. The series starred Erkan Petekkaya, Nurgül Yeșilçay and Ebru Özkan Saban.
- Bittersoet - Two separate worlds, both close and distant to each other, lie in a seaside neighbourhood of Istanbul. Two young people from these separate worlds fall in love. The series starred Burak Özçivit, Neslihan Atagül and Kaan Urgancıoğlu.
- Die Wiel Draai - Follows the adventure of a mother who has to deal with her husband who betrayed her, after having another identity and face. The series starred Dilsad Çelebi, Ipek Erdem Cansel Elcin, Tardu Flordun and several others.
- As Die Skoen Pas - Defne, a poor girl living with her grand mother, brother and sister is tangled in a deal to make the famous business man, Omer fall in love with her and marry her before it's too late. The series starred Barış Arduç, Elçin Sangu, Salih Bademci, Sinem Öztürk , Nergis Kumbasar , and Levent Ülgen.
From eVOD
- Voëlvry - Rifat Bilgin and Yusuf Cebeci are police officers and partners whose families are inseparable. Their children Kuzgun Cebeci and Dila Bilgin are childhood sweethearts who also grew up together because of the close-knit nature of both families. Unfortunately, Sultan, Dila's mother is sick with cancer, and Rifat is unable to get the necessary drugs. During a sting operation, Yusuf and Rifat uncover a cartel's drug consignment. They offer bribes. Yusuf refuses but Rifat succumbs to temptation, selling Yusuf out and aiding in setting him up by planting drugs in his home which the police find and arrest him. The series starred Barış Arduç and Burcu Biricik
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