REDRAW YOUR WORLD IS COMING!!! As Cartoon Network Africa Bags Two New Family Movies

Redraw Your World has been taking the media by storm as you get to view a whole unexplored or in other terms abandoned, forgotten and advanced universe of Cartoon Network by that I mean content that doesn't cater to its current demographic such as preschool, girls and families.

For several months, that has been Cartoon Network in some territories as others such as EMEA are still building their portfolio with the likes of Totally Spies and Goat Girl titles which have yet to launch on the channel.

Of course, the new titles that have surfaced won't take a year to release just a month (August) and to my surprise it's Hotel Transylvania and The Angry Birds Movie that Warner Bros. Discovery handpicked for Cartoon Network.

 

Hotel Transylvania is a film trilogy that follows the life of Dracula and his daughter Mavis in a land crawling that once was crowded with monsters open their doors to humans. The channel might have picked up rights to the first 2 instalments as the second is listed.

Hotel Transylvania is rated FAMILY but the forgotten Disney Channel series which Cartoon Network should look into acquiring caters to GIRLS I mean throughout the year the channel has mostly featured boy skewed content and HS ain't boy exclusive.

The Angry Birds Movie based on the video game follows a bunch of birds who have to retrieve their eggs from a bunch of pigs before they get eaten. Just like Hotel Transylvania, the movie caters to family with an inclusion to boys like in the games.

Warner Bros. Discovery picked up rights to various Angry Birds shorts a couple years back for Boomerang. Could the rollout of The Angry Birds Movie be another signal to the demise of the channel as various Cartoon Network feeds are seen airing Boomerang content.

New Series Alert: From India To Turkey Here's A List Of Reported Telenovelas Launching In July

July is gearing up to be one of the most busiest months in telenovela history. Sure some of this content didn't come at the best time but point being made the options are expanding.

Below are a list of shows for the next month and we might update it as more content is confirmed or mentioned.

Here's a list of telenovelas coming in July:

- I'm On The Edge: Originally titled Beauty And The Beast follows Devi Chauhan, a woman who is married into a rival family by force. Her husband Adhiraj Rajawat resents her but she manages to win him over and bring out his otherwise hidden kindhearted nature. Otherwise no different to the novel of the same name. Airs everyday at 22:00.

- Kruispad: Explores the life of Irfan, an idealistic professor who is upset by his unfair dismissal and is trying to care for his sick son. As the doors close one by one, Irfan finds himself in the middle of a dark adventure that he can't escape. Premieres July 3rd at 19:30.

- Twice My Son In Law: Lee Jin-sook is a speaker on family happiness. However, she has a sad past. Years ago, she was kicked out of the house by her mother-in-law and was forced to be separated from her newborn daughter. An encounter with Hyeon-tae leads her to not only fall in love but meet her birth daughter.

- No One Like You: Ricardo and Toño are identical twin brothers leading different lifestyles were seperated at birth and a chance encounter lead them switch lives. Premieres July 4th at 16:30.

 

- In Die Ysterhand Se Greep: Yiğit is a successful businessman who does not believe in love. After being responsible for the accident that landed his wife, Iclal, in a coma, he denies her existence to survive emotionally. Their little boy, Mert, believes his mother is in heaven. Then Yiğit meets Nur and they fall in love. Unaware of Iclal, Nur agrees to marry Yiğit. Premieres July 4th at 17:30.

- Kind Van Die Noodlot: Defne and Kahraman Yorukman are wealthy - but childless. Their family rejects them and this drives Defne to find an alternative way to give her husband an heir: She decides to hire a surrogate mother to give birth to a child for them. Premieres July 4th at 20:00.

 

- Meet The Family: George Cruz is a 50 year old Hollywood screenwriter who is suffering a Midlife crisis under the shadow of his only success, the death of his mother, and his wife, Leticia, cheating on him. His frustration, loneliness, and feeling like a failure take him to Mexico where he meets Carmen Jurado, a Mexican singer that turns into his muse, artist, and great love. Premieres July 4th at 21:00.

- The Legend: The series follow a young man from Sinaloa, Mexico that became a legendary figure and defender of the people. Malverde had a troubled childhood as an orphan where he experienced the trials of war, danger and love as he amassed unexpected power. Premieres July 4th at 22:00.

- Die Vetroueling: Revolves around a veteran of Turkish special forces 'Celal Kün'. His life changes when his daughter is shot down in a celebratory event. After this tragedy, he tries to find the planners of this deadly event and joins his agency again. Premieres July 7th at 19:30.

New Series Alert: The Highly Anticipated Series Vikingskool Launches On Disney Channel Africa With Several Preschool Favourites Making A Comeback To Disney Junior Africa

Disney Channel:

VIKINGSKOOL
PREMIERE
Monday - Friday from 4th July at 15:15

Erik, Ylva, and Arni hope they can survive Vikingskool. This tough-as-nails elite academy for Vikings is going to push them to their limits! Whether it's preparing for the deadly obstacle exam or questing up peaks for a mountain troll's nose hair, these new students must adapt to make it through skool and face the threats hidden deep in its past.

In the season premiere episode, when Hammerson announces that he is going to test all the students to make sure they belong at the school, Arni is worried that he will fail: he is not a warrior! On the other hand, he is cunning...

Catch the brand-new series premiere of Vikingskool on Monday, 4th July at 15:15 on
Disney Channel.

BIG CITY GREENS
SEASON PREMIERE
Monday – Thursday from 18th July at 18:15
          
All-new Season 3 premieres episodes

Follow the off-beat adventures of 10- year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family.

In one of the new episodes this season, The Greens prepare for their Halloween party, and Tilly feels bad for Bill, who’s disappointed by the poor yield of his small pumpkin patch. When they visit BigTech to make a produce delivery, Tilly secretly “borrows” Gwendolyn Zapp’s alien chemical compound to make Bill’s pumpkins grow bigger. At first, it works, making the pumpkins larger, but it also mutates them into bodysnatching alien monsters.

Watch Season 3 episodes of Big City Greens from Monday, 18th July at 18:15 on Disney Channel

 

Disney Junior:

MIRA, ROYAL DETECTIVE                      
NEW EPISODES                                    
Saturday and Sunday from 2nd July at 17:30

Inspired by the cultures and customs of India, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a young girl who travels throughout the fictional land of Jalpur solving mysteries for her friends, family and extended community.

Expect Bollywood-inspired brand-new special episodes from Season 2 that celebrate Bollywood music and dancing and centered around the Indian holidays of Holi and Diwali and an Eid al-Fitr.

In one of the new episodes, (The Mystery of the Legendary Sword) Mira and her friends embark on an epic quest to find a legendary sword said to belong to the rightful ruler of Jalpur.

Catch brand-new episodes of Mira, Royal Detective on 2nd July at 17:30 on Disney Junior

The Chicken Squad
New episodes
Monday to Friday from 11th July at 09:30
Brand-new episodes of everyone’s favourite squad returns to Disney Junior
Inspired by Doreen Cronin’s popular children’s books, the series follows a trio of young chicken siblings—Coop, Sweetie and Little Boo—and their retired search and rescue dog mentor, Captain Tully. Together, they team up on problem-solving adventures in their backyard to help their animal friends, while modeling what it means to be good community helpers and finding the joy in assisting others. 

Play along with new episodes of The Chicken Squad on 11th July at 09:30 on Disney Junior

 

PJ MASKS
New episodes
Monday to Friday from 25th July at 12:30
Brand-new episodes of Season 5 episodes
During the day, Amaya, Connor and Greg lead totally normal lives, but they transform into superheroes Owelette, Catboy and Gekko during the night and use their powers to fight villains and solve mysteries.
This season has new villains and new problems to solve, but nothing is too big for the PJ Masks when they band together to fight the bad guys.
Catch all the action with new episodes of PJ Masks on 25th July at 12:30 on Disney Junior

Rumour: End Of An Era, FOX Turkey Home To Shows Like Wings Of Love, Dokter Ali And Doodsondes On e.tv Will Cease Transmission In 2023

FOX had been discontinued in the African market for almost a year as it was part of the 100 international channels The Walt Disney Company plans to shutter for their streaming service, Disney+.

FOX was a general entertainment channel geared to audiences aged 18-49 serving up comedies like The Simpsons and Family Guy alongside other dramas like Resident, Deep State, Killing Eve and Grey's Anatomy but that wasn't the case in all regions.

In Turkey, the brand was the only international market to offer original content not that the shows above aren't original but they were sourced from the same outlet and there wasn't much differentiation between feeds as seen in this region.

 

Throughout FOX Turkey's run they were able to bring out original series part of which have been viewed on Timeless Dizi Channel and eExtra such as Yasak Elma (Doodsondes), Mucize Doctor (Dokter Ali), Bana Sevmeyi Anlat (Wings Of Love) and Bay Yaniliş (Mr. Wrong).

According to sources, FOX Turkey kind of like what's seen in the UK, Europe and Asia's former FOX channel it will fold under Disney+ but not all hope is lost as seen in Asia as the channel is said to be replaced with TGRT from February 2023.

 

TGRT was the previous name for FOX Turkey back when it was managed by Turkish conglomerate İhlas Holding and the idea of reverting it back to this could be The Walt Disney Company's way of separating their linear and streaming business.

But the idea of TGRT being phased out in the process doesn't seem far fetched as Latin America had FOX then Star only for it go off air after a year but Asia's replacements are still active so maybe there's a glimmer of hope and it's not like the content is changing or anything just the name.

Roundups #72: Nickelodeon To Be Phased Out In South Korea For Educational Channel, FOX Italy To Cease Transmission From July And NBC 3 To Rollout On The DStv Platform

More educational content for the little ones

Last month, it was reported that Nickelodeon would exit in more Asian markets by the end of June with several content folded under the streaming service, Paramount+.

As the brand prepped for its closure, the channel featured mainly local content like Hello Carbot, Jurassic Cop, Dr. Egg and Larva In New York possibly in an attempt to rollout the replacement Kizmom which won't carry any Nickelodeon content as future content goes to Paramount+.

It's been speculated that more brands from Paramount are expected to cease transmission mainly those with a localised feed.

 

Another one bites the dust

Last year, The Walt Disney Company halt various FOX brands across Europe as several content went onto the streaming service Disney+ as the brand plans to close 100 linear channels in the coming future as streaming becomes their top priority.

FOX in Italia was another victim to cord cutting as its last days saw the channel broadcast Boris a local drama which Disney+ will be rebooting soon air throughout the day while other regions actually tried to incorporate variety.

Star is a tile under Disney+ where viewers can view various FOX programs. Other available on Disney+ are Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars and National Geographic.

 

NBC set to add third TV channel to the DStv platform

The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) (Afrikaans: Namibiese Uitsaai-Korporasie, NUK) is the public broadcaster of Namibia. It was established in 1979, under the name South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC).

The brand opened up one of their channels to several African regions as part of the WorldSkills Africa competition which featured various regions including Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The brand is set to launch NBC 3 on the DStv platform after the pay-tv platform was spotted testing NBC 3 a pay-tv channel home to dramas, telenovelas, sports and movies.