Bollywood Updates: Fan-Favourite Series Jodha & Akbar Returning To Zee World While Star Life And Glow TV Welcome Respective Series Pandya Store And The Power Of Love

Glow TV fans in South Africa with Zee World and Star Life fans across Africa have even more reasons to celebrate as a reruns of the historical fiction Jodha And Akbar surfaces on Zee World with two additions, the family drama Pandya Store and romcom The Power Of Love.

On Zee World, Jodha & Akbar follows a fiery Rajput princess who is obliged to marry a Mughal emperor, Akbar, for political reasons. Eventually, mutual respect and admiration lead to true love between the two. Rajat Tokas and Paridhi Sharma take on the lead roles.

 

On Glow TV, The Power Of Love (Barrister Babu) follows Bondita, a former child bride, becomes a barrister with the support of her progressive husband. Educated and empowered, she takes on social evils while also tackling obstacles in her personal life. Anchal Sahu takes on the lead.

On Star Life, Pandya Store follows married couple Gautam and Dhara Pandya that manage the Pandya Store. Apart from their business, Dhara also looks after Gautam's three younger siblings. The leads are Kinshuk Mahajan, Shiny Doshi, Kanwar Dhillon, Alice Kaushik, Akshay Kharodia, Simran Budharup and Mohit Parmar.

Jodha And Akbar will take up the repeat telecast of I'm On The Edge at 4pm CAT from 18 July on Zee World. Two days later, Glow TV airs The Power Of Love at 7pm and Pandya Store makes its way to Star Life by August.

Update: BBC World News To Close Later In 2023, To Be Replaced By BBC News

BBC News has set out further details of the new TV news channel which will launch next year, replacing its two existing separate news channels for UK and global audiences. The channel, which will be called BBC News, is expected to launch in April 2023.

This forms part of the plan announced earlier this year to create a modern, digital-led and streamlined organisation that drives the most value from the licence fee and delivers more for audiences.

BBC News Digital Director Naja Nielsen says: “Our aim is to create the best live and breaking video news service in the world - on our web pages, our apps, on BBC iPlayer and on our new TV news channel.

“The way audiences consume news is changing. In recent years we’ve seen a huge surge in audiences coming to our live coverage, with tens of millions following live pages when big stories and events unfold.

 

“As the world’s most trusted source of news, with a huge depth and breadth of expertise, the BBC is uniquely placed to offer audiences the best analysis and explanation as these stories are unfolding. So we are investing in new capability to cover breaking news stories, and our news channel and digital teams will work hand in hand to bring the best journalism to audiences both at home and abroad.”

The channel will be broadcast around the world, bringing the BBC’s trusted journalism to international audiences and providing licence fee payers in the UK with ad-free access to a huge range and breadth of international coverage which hasn’t previously been available to them. It will feature new flagship programmes built around high-profile journalists, and programmes commissioned for multiple platforms.

UK viewers will receive specific content at certain times of the day, and during certain news stories. A new live and breaking news team will provide universally available coverage of global breaking news, and – when relevant - a domestic-only stream for UK-specific news events, ensuring that audiences get the best live video coverage of the news that matters most to them.

Further details of the plans include:
- The channel will be broadcast from London during UK daytime hours, and then Singapore and Washington DC. The BBC will invest in new on and off-screen journalism roles in Washington DC.
- Sports programming will be a mixture of the UK-facing Sportsday and new global-facing sports programmes.

 

The BBC will invest in visualising programmes based on popular radio shows, with new technology and studio capacity to do so. This will begin with the BBC Radio 5 Live Nicky Campbell programme, which will be broadcast on BBC Two on weekday mornings as well as on the UK stream of the new channel.

BBC Studios will continue to have responsibility for securing commercial revenues from the channel outside the UK, primarily through advertising, returning funding to the BBC that can be reinvested in public service journalism. The channel will remain ad-free in the UK.

These plans are now subject to consultation with staff and trade unions.

JimJam Went Off Air In Parts Of Europe, Why Africa Will Be A Likely Target?

JimJam is an international preschool channel wholly owned by AMC International on MultiChoice's DStv and StarTimes' and On Digital Media's StarSat across Africa following the acquisition of Chellozone in 2013 which included MGM (now AMC), CBS Reality and CBS Justice.

The channel once served shows like Thomas And Friends, Bob The Builder, Fireman Sam and Barney And Friends from the former HiT Entertainment (now Mattel Creations) now the current lineup consists of Ricky Zoom, Conni, Noddy In Toyland and Curious George.

 

By June 2013, JimJam was available in 17 million households in over 60 territories including Romania, Poland and Hungary. By the following year, there had been several termination notices in Asia, Australia and New Zealand with notable ones in MENA and Portugal.

In Africa, the channel had started on Top TV (now StarSat) in 2010 and it took 4 years to be made available on more platforms. At the time, MultiChoice had welcomed 3 general entertainment channels from AMC International and JimJam probably came by chance just like The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Baby TV.

 

Just like most channels from AMC International, JimJam had been funneled with old programming some of which have moved or can be seen on various DStv channels like Postman Pat, Make Way For Noddy, Pingu, Olivia, Bob The Builder and Thomas And Friends.

Would it be shocking if the channel went off air as JimJam was managed by the regions it ceased to exist.

New Series Alert: Irreplaceable Coming Soon To Novelas E Plus

Emerging from a terrible event that changes the course of his life, Emman finds a stable job and lives a simple life in the province of Alcala with his father and brother. Blessings continue to come Emman's way when he reunites with his son, Robbie, for the child's birthday celebration and finally buries the hatchet with his ex-wife Celine.

However, Celine's fiancé Anton cannot help but burn with jealousy despite her continued reassurance. As their reunion nears its end, things take a turn for the worse when an unidentified man takes Robbie captive in broad daylight. The story of Emman's and Celine's loss is every parent's nightmare. To lose one's child is devastating, and to lose them to an organ trafficking syndicate preying on defenseless and innocent children is an abomination.

 

The couple, once estranged, come together to search for their son, and discover their love for one another is still there. In the process, they discover the betrayal of people they trust, and the evil permeating within their community.

Irreplaceable (Walang Hanggang Paalam) comes from The Filipino Channel in charge of other series seen on St Novelas like When Love Burns, A Soldier's Heart, Brothers and Blood Sisters. The series stars Paulo Avelino, Zanjoe Marudo, Arci Muñoz, Angelica Panganiban and JC Santos.

Irreplaceable airs weeknights at 20:40 from July 20th on St Novelas.

August 2022 On WBD Africa: Third Instalment Of Battle Of The Belts On TNT, Two New Family Friendly Movies On Cartoon Network Movies And Legend Of Spark Is Back For More Adventures On Boomerang (Drafted)

TNT:

Battle Of The Belts 3

Battle of the Belts featured professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds

Nicolas Cage Fan Day and Pumped Up

Cartoon Network:

Jellystone S2

The residents of the town Jellystone accidentally create trouble for each other as they follow their seemingly mundane routines.

Hotel Transylvania 1 & 2

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed.

 

The Angry Birds Movie

Red, Chuck and Bomb have always been the outcasts within a community of flightless birds on an island. But when mysterious green pigs intrude the island, it is up to them to figure out the reason.

Boomerang:

Dino Ranch

Two young cowboys and a young cowgirl travel lands where modern-day dinosaurs roam around.

 

Legend Of Spark

Spark works as a repaircar, but his dream is to become a racer. One day, he discovers a launcher and his dream becomes within reach.

Zig & Sharko Marathon

Zig the brown hyena lives on a desert island and constantly schemes to eat Marina the mermaid, who is loved and protected by Sharko the great white shark.