What To Expect On Da Vinci Kids Africa In December 2022?

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PREMIERES
100 Ways to Draw (26 x 5 mins)
From December 5th – Mondays to Fridays 17:50
Learning framework: Creativity
Spark your creativity and imagination with 100 Ways to Draw. Each episode offers a theme, an idea, a game, and a technique that will inspire a drawing moment.

NEW EPISODES
The Pet Rescuers — SEASON 2 (20 x 30 mins)
From December 12th – Saturdays & Sundays 18:00
Learning framework: Critical Thinking & Social-emotional Learning
The Pet Rescuers follows the adventures and challenges of a devoted team on a mission to give abandoned pets another chance at a happy life. This heart-warming series will take you on an extraordinary journey and restore your faith in humanity.

How to Do Stuff Good
Fridays 16:05
Hosted by a zany bunch of school-aged kids, each with their own story to tell and lesson to share, this hilarious series demonstrates how to do all manner of amazing things, from arts and crafts to cooking and pranks.

SPECIALS
Da Vinci Christmas!
Saturdays & Sundays, December 3rd–25th from 14:00 to 15:30
‘Tis the season for warm cocoa, cosy sweaters, and your favourite festive shows! Our Da Vinci Christmas special has a holiday line-up that’s sure to make you jolly.
Crafty Christmas fun is just around the corner with a marathon of Box Christmas every Saturday. And on Sundays, make wintery creations straight from the North Pole with back-to-back episodes of the all-new Marvellous Makes Christmas Special!
Whether you’ve been naughty or nice, you can watch all the cheerful Christmas celebrations all month long on Da Vinci!

Cost Cutting: The Possible Outcome To South African Based Bollywood Channel On The Openview Platform

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Following Glow TV's return to the Openview platform, there's been a lot of questions regarding the fate of SA based Bollywood infused TV channel by Nismedia as sources speculate the channel's demise when its contract with eMedia Investments expires in February 2023.

Glow TV was removed on the DStv platform in March 2018 when the pay-tv platform opted to not renew their agreement which had a major impact to their offering as primetime converted to reruns as they worked on sourcing new episodes.

Since 2018, Openview has been a top priority for Glow TV as most of their viewers and income reside on that platform. Whenever there's a blackout, Glow TV helps viewers to catch-up on what they've missed even adjusting their normal viewing to accomodate those viewers.

That's all about to change by February 2023 should the channel go off air on the Openview platform. Glow TV will likely cutback in staff and programming to accommodate their remaining audience on the StarSat platforms.

eMedia's 4 channels were removed from the DStv platform which left several disgruntled customers that are fed up with the excessive repeats on the platform with several others opting for Openview but that might not entirely be the case with Openview.

Openview is catered to low income households and taking that to account how many consumers have the funds for StarSat. Even if the channel makes its presence aware on the platform there's no guarantee that all their consumers will head there.

If anything the channel could try growing its presence with the launch of a streaming service or mobile app another could be partnerships perhaps with the likes of TelkomOne and rival to Openview, PremiumFree and if possible SABC's DTT.

Prediction: Bollywood Continues On eExtra As A Catch-Up With Istanbul Getting An Additional Timeslot

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Prediction: A statement of what you think will happen in future

Bollywood programming has been dominating the African circuit for several decades and well eMedia's journey began in 2018 and just like Kuiertyd it feels like an eternity I mean with the stack of content lined up it would be hard to keep tabs on every show that comes on.

In this case, eMedia Investments is taking on Disney Star's Star Life and in some way not sure if it's even an option Zee Entertainment Enterprises' Zee One with shows like Qubool Hai, Twist Of Fate and Kindred Hearts all of which will resurface on Zee One so again is it an option.

What started out as 2 hour slot now operates for at least 4 hours a day but as seen during the years Kuiertyd has been getting a lot of buzz lately. So much buzz that it got a Sunday Night Block so much buzz it's got a rewind channel.

Taking various timeslots to account, eMedia has shown several sides to Kuiertyd I mean the English feed is sort of dead I mean Fatmagul is still on every now and then but that's a repeat so my point still stands and the other is more aligned to Istanbul I mean the folks there don't use language known to Africa.

It kind of leads you to wonder how eMedia views eExtra. Is it a brand that does whatever possible to save SABC 2's dismal Afrikaans offering or is it more like e.tv and Mzansi Magic which is all about stories of characters who live life like everyone else.

Honestly, there's more Turkey than anything else on the channel so much so that I wouldn't be surprised if the Bollywood stuff got a channel with a part of eExtra serving as a catch-up.

eVOD has plenty of Turkish shows primarily 3 outside of Kuiertyd for which one weekly slot is meant to renovate the 3 on eExtra imagine how many years it would take to just catch-up so it would make all the more sense to open up another slot.

In theory, the one currently occupied by Orphan Of A Nation it's basically a timeslot for English dubbed soaps and such outside India has been going through a dry spell on eMedia so what better way to make it stable then to give Saturday Nights at 8pm a companion.

SABC 1-3, e.tv And DStv Ratings For October 2022

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SABC 1:

Uzalo - 5 885 560
Generations the Legacy Soap - 4 643 191
Skeem Saam - 3 947 527
Skeem Saam Repeat - 2 450 962
Dstv Premiership Orlando Pirates vs Kaiz - 2 423 495
Uzalo Repeat - 2 414 381
Zulu News - 2 304 660
Xhosa News - 2 190 530
Muvhango Repeat - 1 990 752
Uzalo Omnibus - 1 906 091
Ingono Yomsamo - 1 874 283
Mtn 8 Amazulu vs Kaizer Chief - 1 755 035
Roxic - 1 715 652
Mtn 8: Mamelodi Sundowns vs Orlando Pirate - 1 678 476
Fooled by Love - 1 621 164
The Executives - 1 588 745
Stokvel - 1 558 673
Come Again - 1 535 831
Emasisweni - 1 518 662
Skeem Saam -O Dram 3.64 1 407 682

SABC 2:

Muvhango - 1 579 884
7De Laan - 908 895
Muvhango Omnibus - 869 911
Kgatelopele - 771 078
Phamokate - 670 229
Nuus - 611 606
Father's Matter - 583 652
Morning Live - 570 202
Live Lotto Draw Quiz - 567 248
Ses/Tsw/Sep News - 532 032 5.8
Noot Vir Noot - 492 398
The Estate Repeat - 490 481
Majakathata Repeat - 465 410
7De Laan Repeat - 465 624
Presidential Address News - 449 769
Black Tax Repeat - 444 711
Murder She Wrote - 443 929
7De Laan Omnibus - 439 429
Generations Repeat - 429 079
Venda/Tsonga News - 428 747

SABC 3:

Premier League Manchester City vs Southa - 608 491
Tropika Island of Treasure - 547 990
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Movie - 546 037
News - 509 394
Soccer Wrap - 507 618
Twilight Movie - 485 575
Die Hard with the Vengeance - 467 469
Animal Einsteins Documentary - 464 721
The Estate Repeat - 457 703
The Estate Omnibus - 445 046
Die Hard 4 Movie - 386 168
Burnt Movie - 356 986
7De Laan Repeat - 355 067
Top Docs Repeats - 350 636
Generations the Legacy Repeats - 334 666
The View - 296 121
Tropical Heat - 288 162
On Point - 286 416
Sport Arena - 285 035
Mapungubwe Echos in the Valley - 280 964

e.tv:

Scandal - 5 114 755
House of Zwide - 4 312 744
Durban Gen - 2 594 173
Imbewu - 2 257 070
The Black Door - 1 994 484
The Tuxedo Movie - 1 795 383
The Powerball Draw Quiz - 1 770 787
Xxx:State of the Union Movie - 1 743 742
Ride Along Movie - 1 704 180
Xxx: Return of Xander Cage Movie - 1 646 873
E.TV News - 1 602 816
Xxx Movie - 1 555 916
Imbewu Repeat - 1 531 748
Durban Gen Repeat - 1 458 695
Scandal Repeat - 1 432 933
John Wick Movie - 1 407 942
Ride Along 2 Movie - 1 383 217
Blood Father - 1 354 396
Durban Gen Omnibus - 1 314 768
Xxx Return of Xander Cage Movie - 1 300 856

DStv:

MZAN Gomora - 997 735 & 1 213 829
MOJA Uyajola 9/9 - 924 859 & 1 084 848
MZAN Uthando - 741 043 & 978 775
MZAN Idols SA - 686 199 & 840 965
MZAN The Queen Movie - 659 211 & 839 214
MOJA X-Repo - 647 213 & 757 135
MZAN Diep City Repeat - 625 098 & 785 910
MZAN Uthando Nesthembu - 585 731 & 713 062
MZAN The River Movie - 564 451 & 748 562
MZAN Diep City - 534 130 & 657 634
MZAN The Real Housewives of Cape Town - 531 981 & 653 260
MZAN Mnakwethu - 531 409 & 676 496
MZAN Our Perfect Wedding (Mag) - 495 598 & 601 290
MOJA Umakhelwane - 491 618 & 569 420
MWET The River (Drama) - 481 247 & 635 468
MOJA Mamazala - 476 919 & 565 774
MWET Ngi Shade Wrong - 456 047 & 552 361
MZAN Mngani Wam - 433 612 & 527 440
MWET The River (Drama) Repeat - 429 624 & 481 593
MWET The Queen Omnibus - 428 289 & 557 133
MWET Suxoka - 413 120 & 570 001
MZAN The Wife Movie - 407 994 & 520 578
MWET The Queen Repeat - 395 759 & 473 824
MWET Our Perfect Wedding - 392 210 & 508 408
MBIO Losing Lerato - 385 858 & 527 300
MOJA Khuzeka - 385 063 & 435 780
MWET Ebukhosini - 380 268 & 488 173
MOJA Zodwa Wabantu Uncensored - 379 640 & 474 622
MOJA Giants of the City - 377 237 & 474 618
MWET The Queen Repeat - 373 735 & 408 930

What To Expect On DStv And Openview's Newest Addition To The Platform, BBC UKTV?

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Last month, eMedia Investments and BBC Studios were expected to launch BBC UKTV to the Openview platform none of which came to pass as they were finalising some details with the channel's launch date in very much of a limbo.

Thanks to our sources, we got confirmation that MultiChoice will also be adding BBC UKTV to the DStv platform but don't reveal at what capacity. As it is they've been shying away repeats from certain packages with the channel holding more value for those between the Family to Easyview bouquet.

Although we do have channels like Real Time and Me available on the Premium bouquet so I can see it go either way at this point. The only thing I'm more curious about is which channel is being discontinued as most new channels usually come when one door closes or is on the stage of closure.

My guess the WWE Channel as SuperSport doesn't give credit were due, Spice TV as that channel is hanging on eggshells or Travel Channel as it remains the last talked about channel on the planet.

As for the shows, BBC UKTV is said to air the following:

• Yakka Dee
• Africa With Adepitan
• Amazing Hotels
• Andy's Aquatic Adventures
• Andy's Safari Adventures
• Casualty
• Chronicles Of Nadiya
• Deadly 60
• Doctors
• Dog Loves Books
• Father Brown
• George Clarke's Old House
• Live At The Apollo
• Million Dollar Car Hunters

Mentioned in previous press release

• The Great British Bake Off
• Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook
• Mary Berry Cooks
• Top Gear
• Wild Africa
• Go Getters
• My World Kitchen
• My Pet & Me