Back By Popular Demand: My Perfect Family Coming Soon To Telemundo Africa

Telemundo, an international telenovela channel owned by NBCUniversal which is inhabited by Portuguese lovers will air a rebroadcast to the 2019 family based drama, My Perfect Family (Mi Perfecta Familia).

My Perfect Family revolves around of the Guerrero family, a family so united, as dysfunctional, formed by five siblings who were left alone when their father died and their mother was deported. The series stars Jorge Luis Moreno, Sabrina Seara and Gala Montes.

My Perfect Family will be the last rebroadcast for the year as the channel sources out more fresh content alongside old favourites.

Catch the first episode everyday at 18:00 CAT replacing The Son I Never Knew from 23 November.

In December, Hidden Passions will reach its climax and will be supplemented by another RCN production titled The Chosen Granddaughter starring Francisca Estévez, Carlos Torres, Juliette Pardau, and Consuelo Luzardo.

Review: StarSat Trying To Be DStv Friendly As Traditional TV Is Dying

StarSat is pay-tv platform owned by On Digital Media and StarTimes which served as one of the few competitors available for the monopolized MultiChoice's DStv platform in South Africa offering cheaper alternatives to consumers which some find unappealing.

Sure the platform has a range of premium channels such as TNT, National Geographic, National Geographic Wild, ESPN 1 & 2. But that's the thing, there isn't a lot of that or at least not for South Africans as other consumers have Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.

Either way consumers from these regions have been just as pissed as everyone else as the platform lost or scrapped several channels ranging from Real Time, Fine Living, Investigation Discovery from Warner Bros. Discovery to FOX from The Walt Disney Company.

For nearly 2 years, viewers had been fed the same crap every year that these channels would eventually get replaced but never do and when something does launch its likely crappy channels like C12TV or JIB TV or thematic like Zee Bollymovies.

Point being made this platform is being viewed less and less of a DStv competitor I mean it does still give alternatives as there's a lot of Bollywood content and telenovelas to explore other than that consumers feel they aren't getting money's worth.

I get it's meant to be cheap or at least on the part by On Digital Media but the brand needs a lot of improvements something I'm not holding my breath on as this has been long overdue from the moment it replaced Top TV and it's become more transparent now.

But after seeing them promote something like SABC 1 and eExtra not saying they're bad channels but pay-tv platforms usually give alternatives I mean one of the reasons you hardly see MultiChoice promote or mention them on their ratings sheet or when promoting a product.

I mean it's on the platform so why not promote it but lately I feel that StarSat is trying to be DStv friendly kind of like how Warner Bros. Discovery's streaming service Discovery+ has become streaming friendly.

What that means is they're trying to offer a service and sustaining it without making one or the other feel superior but with Openview+ coming in I wouldn't be shocked if it joined those forgotten or lost DStv competitors in South Africa as there's less premium and more mass.

Conspiracy Theory: BBC Brit To Be Replaced With BBC UKTV On The DStv Platform, Will Be Made Available To Openview Customers

Last month, eMedia Investments and BBC Studios were meant to launch BBC UKTV on the Openview platform but was postponed as they finalise various details with some speculating that MultiChoice may have a hand in the matter.

I mean MultiChoice already supplies various linear channels from BBC Studios including BBC Brit, BBC Lifestyle, BBC Earth, BBC World News and CBeebies and now there's reports that BBC UKTV will also be added onto the pay-tv platform.

BBC UKTV will be basically lending their lineup from the bulk of DStv channels joining another channel BBC Brit which too has seen itself borrow content from the current offering.

For several years, the channel has been going through an identity crisis as BBC Studios had tried finding ways to reinvent the channel and make it look more redeemable as if Strictly Come Dancing could distract anyone from Top Gear repeats.

The only reason anyone has to keep wasting their time on there has to do with the bulk of BBC First as MultiChoice thought it would be awesome to keep BBC Brit instead of shelving it and perhaps move shows like The Graham Norton Show and The Weakest Link to BBC First.

Other content such as Top Gear would fit well on BBC Lifestyle. But look where we are are now we're stuck with a channel that is glued to 3 shows and honestly I feel BBC UKTV will be 100 times better.

The channel hasn't even launched yet but the more you hear about it the more interesting it gets. As mentioned, it combines the concepts seen in the BBC channels on the DStv platform with BBC Brit inheriting about 10% of Earth and Lifestyle.

MultiChoice has been keeping the finer details about the channel under wraps but questions amount to what capacity the channel will be distributed to various consumers.

My guess is that BBC UKTV will likely be added as a replacement to BBC Brit I mean look at the brand names Brit and UK aren't they one and the same and the other is the love both of them share for repeats.

My Family is currently on season 10 and this new channel will air it from season 1 and BBC Entertainment had aired several seasons to some shows that BBC Brit opted to air from scratch.

Remember what eMedia and BBC said in regards to the delay they were finalising details what if those details concerned BBC Brit on DStv. What if UKTV was opting to air content from 2016 and with the axing of Brit wanted to align some with the timeframe of the DStv channel.

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

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

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.