Could Mindset Network Also Go Dark For Consumers In Africa, Here's Why?

Mindset Network (also known as Mindset Learn) is a curriculum based channel catering to Grade 10-12 pupils in the Maths, Sciences and Accounting category. It is also offers content for early childhood development alongside others like MTV Shuga.

As seen these past years, businesses have been hit hard in this economic climate from COVID-19 to the current blackouts the problems just keep escalating so much so that tvplus for those who don't know a magazine company will be ceasing operation from March 17th.

Glow TV, a South African community channel owned by Nismedia which promotes Bollywood culture with reality shows, dramas series and movies joins OnseTV and InPas TV as a list of brands struggling to find their means of survival as they were let go by cable providers.

Another brand which could be joining in this struggle might as well be Mindset Network.

Since inception, Mindset Network had mostly catered to Grade 10-12 pupils with Big School being one of the few attractions for younger audiences and it was not until Pop Primary came along that they had space to also cater for Grade 4-9 pupils.

In the past months or better yet years, Mindset Network appears to have lost sight of reality I don't blame them seeing as they are an NGO but even such organizations are likely to suffer the same outcome as above-mentioned brands which is the case here.

Before Glow TV went off air it was very much repetitive which is the case here for Mindset Network as selected content was actually live with others particularly Pop Primary being rebroadcasts with whatever investment toward actual programming down the drain.

Aside from that, Mindset Network was very interactive so much so that they used their social platforms particularly Facebook as a form of communication with their viewers now that is longer the case as the only known platform had since then been deleted.

I don't want to speculate anything but would it really be shocking if it were to go off air I mean MultiChoice struggles to provide a decent EPG program guide for the channel on DStv and opt to just write the channel name and description.

Of course, this wasn't the first time the first dated back to 2022 and at that time Mindset Network had a bit of life left in itself and now their only reliable social account vanishes at the time the channel on DStv has no schedule to what lesson is currently being broadcast.

Drafted Version: What To Expect On Openview Ultra's Long Awaited Channel, Zee Family?

During the week, eMedia Investments unveiled the Pride bouquet featuring two channels OUTtv and FUSE priced at R74,99 per month and catering to the LGBTQ community with reality, lifestyle, drama series, movies, music and documentaries.

Of course details as to when the Spice bouquet would rollout remain as much of a mystery at this point considering the Pride is available for distribution it's possible that Spice will be unveiled shortly after.

As consumers wait on the Indian bouquet to rollout in the coming future, here's a list of content anticipated to rollout on one of the brands, Zee Family which is basically what Zee One is to Zee World - competition. The list of shows goes as follows:

- Main Bhi Ardhangini: Mahamaya, a transforming snake, visits the bungalow in search of Madhav who she believes has killed her family but, she finds no trace of him.
- Vani Rani: Two sisters, who are poles apart in nature, are married to two brothers in the same family. As with their nature, they have their own ways of dealing with the troubles and turmoil in their lives.
- Badho Bahu: Lakha Singh is hesitant to marry Komal, a sweet but chubby woman. However, his apprehension does not stop her from overcoming life's battles with grace and aplomb. It was broadcast on &TV in 2016.
- Chupke Chupke: A man is looking for a woman who loves reading books. However, sparks fly between him and a woman and they could not be more different from one another.
- Bitti Business Wali: It depicts Bitti as a hardworking woman who aspires to gain financial independence, being aware that it might invite naysayers in her small town. It was broadcast on &TV in 2018.
- Ghar Ek Mandir - Kripa Agrasen Maharaj Ki: It follows Genda as she faces the challenges of life with her unshakable faith in Maharaja Agrasen. It was broadcast on &TV in 2021.
- Baal Shiv - Mahadev Ki Undekhi Gaatha: Lord Shiva in his younger avatar, faces several challenges as he strives to uphold justice in his realm and facilitates the destruction of evil forces. It was broadcast on &TV in 2021.
- Ek Mahanayak - Dr. B. R. Ambedkar: Preyed upon due to socio-economic discrimination, Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, a young boy from a poor family, strives for basic human rights and equality for all. It was broadcast on &TV in 2021.
- Meetha Toh Banta Hai: Chef Akansha Khatri starts her journey of Meetha Toh Banta Hai with traditional Indian sweets made with ingredients that are easily available at home. It was broadcast on Zee Zest in 2021.
- Goan Gullies: Food enthusiasts Rocky and Mayur explore all things food and bring out untold stories from the bylanes of Goa. It was broadcast on Zee Zest in 2021.
- Sa Re Ga Ma Pa: A nationwide talent hunt for budding singers, which brings together the best-untapped talent in the country and provides them with a platform to begin their careers as playback singers. It was on air since 1995 on Zee TV with 2021's batch on Zee Family.
- Hoshiyar…Sahi Waqt, Sahi Kadam: An Indian crime reality show which broadcast on &TV in 2016.
- Yaaron Ki Baraat: The hosts interview renowned celebrities who are also friends in real life and test their friendship through various challenges. It was broadcast on Zee TV in 2016.

New Series Alert (Rumour): The Three Sides Of Ana, Falling In Love With Ramon And More Developments Coming Soon To TLNovelas Africa

TLNovelas, a Mexican entertainment channel owned by TelevisaUnivision which is home to various productions from Las Estrellas. As some viewers may have already noticed TLNovelas is another DreamWorks rehashing content consumers in certain parts of Africa have already seen.

Although, the channel has yet to adjust their offering or modernize their lineup like current rivals, Telemundo. They do however offer a lot of stories to keep viewers occupied and distracted from the existing repeats.

Presenting a list of shows anticipated to rollout on the channel in the coming future, if you see anything you recognise from the channel it's a rebroadcast:

1. The Three Sides Of Ana (Tres Veces Ana): Three identical triplets with different personalities life changes upon a car accident.
2. Falling In Love With Ramon (Enamorándome De Ramón): Fabiola's parents are killed in a plane crash leaving her and her younger sister Andrea orphans. Their parents' estate is divided equally between the girls, but at the will reading, the family is surprised to learn of the existence of $1-million life-insurance police, and even more surprised when they learn who is the sole beneficiary of it.
3. Fall Into Temptation (Caer En Tentación): Raquel and Damián are happily married with two children. Destiny leads Damián to meet Carolina and feels an undeniable attraction towards her. Damián did not know that Carolina was already married to Santiago, a construction architect with whom she has two children with.
4. Unforgivable (Lo Imperdonable): Basically it's about something unforgettable and vengeance and hate is formed along the process yet at the same time something beautiful can be formed as long as there is forgiveness.you know what they say something's can be forgiven.
5. The One Who Couldn't Love (La Que No Podía Amar): An original story by renowned novela dame Delia Fiallo. Ana Paula fights to set herself free from her powerful, short-tempered husband Rogelio, whom she met while working at the Hacienda del Fuerte.
6. If They Let Us (Si Nos Dejan): After having dedicated a lifetime to her family and husband, Alicia's world will change completely after a betrayal.
7. I Love You, Güero (La Mexicana Y El Güero): The story revolves around Andrea, a beautiful swindler, and Tyler, an idealistic millionaire who returns to Mexico in search of his biological family after his adoptive mother dies and tells him to return to his place of origin.

Recap To The Past Month: Boomerang Is More Safe With Cartoonito Than Cartoon Network

Last month, Cartoonito Africa got some much needed attention from consumers across the world after Warner Bros. Discovery dropped a bombshell in their virtual event regarding the future of Boomerang programs such as Looney Tunes Cartoons and Mr. Bean.

Warner Bros. Discovery opts to keep the Boomerang DNA intact as they gear up for the preschool based channel, Cartoonito. As seen through my research, Cartoon Network is not the ideal brand to let shows like Scooby-Doo much less Looney Tunes transmit.

Cartoon Network is a boy skewed channel targeting audiences aged 8-14 with shows like Teen Titans GO!, Craig Of The Creek, We Baby Bears, Big Blue, Regular Show and Jellystone. Since 2021, Warner Bros. Discovery has been trying to incorporate variety.

Fast forward to 2023, that variety is not present I mean Cartoon Network has upcoming shows like Fionna & Cake, Invincible Fight Girl and Tiny Toons Looniversity shows that make it seem less boy centric but most of this has yet to be released at this point.

As for Boomerang, Cartoon Network doesn't really do much saving of the brand almost similar to Disney Channel with Disney XD it appears as if they're more focused with the present as opposed to dwelling on the past as seen with the final years of the affected brands.

When Disney XD was scrapped in 2020, Disney Channel limited the amount of rebroadcasts before you had most of their shows getting 1 timeslot each now you have only 2 XD programs Marvel's Spider Man and Big City Greens getting a fair share of airtime.

As of 2023, Disney Channel is more like Cartoon Network nowadays a lot of animation resides on the channel compared to cheesy sitcoms. Big City Greens is the most noted show but it could have been axed and forgotten had it not been this popular.

Looney Tunes Cartoons is the only program from Boomerang I've seen on several Cartoon Networks, I don't think it's there because they want to keep the Boomerang spirit but solely to air the remaining episodes until it joins the lists of other forgotten shows.

Cartoonito Africa continuing to supply these shows isn't a bad thing considering how poorly managed they are when seen on Cartoon Network but it's not a bad thing wanting to focus on the present as much as it's not a bad thing to carry a part of your past.

As mentioned, Disney Channel got a lot better after retiring Disney XD with shows like Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur, Hamster & Gretel, Amphibia and The Owl House. Cartoon Network at some point in future will air Invincible Fight Girl and Tiny Toons Looniversity.

Honestly, I feel Cartoonito will mess things up with Boomerang in future in regards to airtime as Latin America already view these shows in the late hours of the day. But it's better having trouble watching 5 shows on Cartoonito than having 1 on Cartoon Network.

Cartoonito Latin America After Combining The Boomerang DNA Into A 24 Hour "Preschool" Destination With Cartoon Network Becoming A Pushover For Selected Programming

Cartoonito Africa is set to combine the Boomerang DNA from March 25 in into a 24 hour full fledged channel offering fun, creative and entertaining content for preschoolers and their families with shows like Interstellar Ella and Bugs Bunny Builders.

Although we have yet to see how Cartoonito Africa is set to merge the Boomerang DNA. Here's a region which was first in phasing out the brand back in 2021. This is a schedule for this month consisting of those Boomerang favourites.

* What's seen in Africa on Boomerang

Weekday:

00:00 Grizzy and the Lemmings
01:00 Oddbods
01:30 Oddbods
02:00 The Tom and Jerry Show
03:00 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
03:20 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
03:40 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
04:00 Masha and the Bear
05:00 Blippi Visits
05:15 La Granja De Zenón
05:30 Sésamo
06:00 Mecha Builders
06:30 Masha and the Bear
07:00 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
07:30 Pocoyo
08:00 Bita World: Imagine It
08:15 Hey Duggee
08:30 Odo
09:00 Lucas the Spider
09:30 Grizzy and the Lemmings
10:00 Batwheels
10:30 Monica's Gang
11:00 Masha and the Bear
11:30 Bugs Bunny Builders
12:00 Mush-Mush and the Mushables
12:30 Gabby's Dollhouse
13:00 Grizzy and the Lemmings
13:30 Hey Duggee
14:00 Masha and the Bear
14:30 Bugs Bunny Builders
15:00 Batwheels
15:30 Lucas the Spider
16:00 Odo
16:30 Morphle
16:45 La Granja de Zenón
17:00 Masha and the Bear
18:00 Gabby's Dollhouse
18:30 Bugs Bunny Builders
19:00 Grizzy and the Lemmings
19:30 Mush-Mush and the Mushables
20:00 Lucas the Spider
20:30 Batwheels
21:00 La Granja de Zenón
21:30 Cocomelon
21:45 Cleo & Cuquin
22:00 Pocoyo
22:30 Oddbods
23:00 Masha and the Bear

Weekend:

00:00 Grizzy and the Lemmings
01:00 Oddbods
01:30 Oddbods
02:00 The Tom and Jerry Show
03:00 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
03:20 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
03:40 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
04:00 Masha and the Bear
05:00 Oddbods
05:30 Oddbods
06:00 Cocomelon
07:00 Blippi
07:15 Cleo & Cuquin
07:45 Morphle
08:00 La Granja de Zenón
08:30 Sésamo
09:00 Masha and the Bear
10:00 Hey Duggee
10:30 WeeBoom
11:00 Mecha Builders
11:30 Grizzy and the Lemmings
12:00 Lucas the Spider
12:30 Odo
13:00 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
13:30 Pocoyo
14:00 Gabby's Dollhouse
14:30 Bita World: Imagine It
14:45 Cleo & Cuquin
15:00 Cocomelon
15:15 Blippi
15:30 Cartoonito Movie
16:45 Oddbods
17:00 Masha and the Bear
18:00 Tom and Jerry in New York
18:30 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
19:00 Mecha Builders
19:30 Hey Duggee
20:00 Gabby's Dollhouse
20:30 Sésamo
21:00 Lucas the Spider Shorts
21:06 Lucas the Spider
21:30 Grizzy and the Lemmings
22:00 La Granja de Zenón
22:15 Cocomelon
22:30 Blippi
22:45 Morphle
23:00 Masha and the Bear

Taking all this to account, notice how Boomerang occupies 37,5% of the schedule particularly on weeknights if you're not into the Boomerang Junior (or Boomernito) part of the channel on weekdays with 38,9% on weekends.

I don't want to speculate anything for Africa but this is how I imagine Cartoonito Africa. Masha, Bean and Grizzy would be safe in my opinion while everything else like Zig & Sharko, Looney Tunes, Tom And Jerry and Scooby-Doo are screwed over in this shake up.

With this being a new channel, it kind of makes sense to not dwell so much in the past if you're intent is to make this another Cartoon Network for much younger audiences as opposed to a TCM reliant on Mr. Bean and Masha And The Bear to keep it afloat.

Cartoonito Movies (formerly Boomerang Movie Stars) is the only reminisce of Boomerang so I'm not expecting much changes to go there as seen with other parts of the channel. It will continue to offer the best of Looney Tunes, Tom And Jerry and Scooby-Doo.

As for Cartoon Network, what can I say the channel isn't reliant on nostalgia it was only just last year that they remembered Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo and Ed Edd'n Eddy but most parts of the world are more focused in getting on with the present.

Which is what's currently seen on Cartoon Network's schedule at the moment.

Weekdays:

00:05 Total Dramarama
00:28 Looney Tunes Cartoons
00:57 Craig of the Creek
01:20 Craig of the Creek
01:44 Craig of the Creek
02:08 Teen Titans Go!
02:31 Teen Titans Go!
02:54 Steven Universe
03:19 Steven Universe
03:44 Steven Universe
03:55 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:21 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:46 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:58 We Bare Bears
05:23 We Bare Bears
05:48 We Bare Bears
06:00 The Amazing World of Gumball
06:26 Craig of the Creek
06:51 Cartoon Network
07:02 Craig of the Creek
07:26 Total Dramarama
07:50 Total Dramarama
08:01 We Bare Bears
08:27 We Bare Bears
08:52 We Bare Bears
09:03 Summer Camp Island
09:28 Teen Titans Go!
09:52 Teen Titans Go!
10:14 Teen Titans Go!
10:40 The Amazing World of Gumball
11:06 The Amazing World of Gumball
11:29 Craig Of The Creek
11:54 Craig of the Creek
12:05 Teen Titans Go!
12:31 Teen Titans Go!
12:57 We Bare Bears
13:25 We Bare Bears
13:52 We Baby Bears
14:04 The Amazing World of Gumball
14:31 The Amazing World of Gumball
15:00 We Bare Bears
15:34 We Bare Bears
15:45 Monica and Friends
15:52 Craig of the Creek
16:21 Craig of the Creek
16:32 Total Dramarama
17:00 The Amazing World of Gumball
17:33 The Amazing World of Gumball
17:45 Craig of the Creek
17:56 Apple & Onion
18:21 Apple & Onion
18:32 We Baby Bears
18:57 We Baby Bears
19:11 Teen Titans Go!
19:34 Teen Titans Go!
20:00 Total Dramarama
20:26 The Amazing World of Gumball
20:52 The Amazing World of Gumball
20:19 The Amazing World of Gumball
21:31 Craig of the Creek
21:57 We Bare Bears
22:23 We Bare Bears
22:48 We Bare Bears
23:14 We Bare Bears
23:25 The Amazing World of Gumball
23:52 The Amazing World of Gumball

Weekends:

00:05 Total Dramarama
00:28 Looney Tunes Cartoons
00:57 Craig of the Creek
01:20 Craig of the Creek
01:44 Craig of the Creek
02:08 Teen Titans Go!
02:31 Teen Titans Go!
02:54 Steven Universe
03:19 Steven Universe
03:44 Steven Universe
03:55 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:21 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:46 The Amazing World of Gumball
04:58 We Bare Bears
05:23 We Bare Bears
05:48 We Bare Bears
06:00 Craig of the Creek
06:25 Apple & Onion
06:50 Apple & Onion
07:01 We Baby Bears
07:27 Lucas the Spider
07:37 Cartoon Network
07:49 Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go
08:00 Bugs Bunny Builders
08:15 Batwheels
08:26 Tom and Jerry in New York
08:52 Craig of the Creek
09:18 Craig of the Creek
09:29 Teen Titans Go!
09:55 Teen Titans Go!
10:21 Teen Titans Go!
10:53 Teen Titans Go!
11:16 Teen Titans Go!
11:41 Teen Titans Go!
12:03 Total Dramarama
12:30 Total Dramarama
12:56 The Amazing World of Gumball
13:25 The Amazing World of Gumball
13:42 The Amazing World of Gumball
14:01 Hotel Transylvania 2
15:32 The Amazing World of Gumball
16:00 Teen Titans Go!
16:27 Apple & Onion
16:55 Toontubers: Dragon Ball Fighter Z
17:25 Cartoon Network
17:43 Toontubers in CTRL
17:55 The Amazing World of Gumball
18:21 The Amazing World of Gumball
18:47 The Amazing World of Gumball
18:59 Craig of the Creek
19:26 Craig of the Creek
19:52 Craig of the Creek
20:03 We Bare Bears
20:29 We Baby Bears
20:43 Teen Titans Go!
21:08 Teen Titans Go!
21:34 Total Dramarama
21:59 Teen Titans Go!
22:24 Teen Titans Go!
22:49 Teen Titans Go!
23:00 Apple & Onion
23:26 The Amazing World of Gumball
23:52 The Amazing World of Gumball

Notice how 2,08% of the schedule is used to promote Boomerang on weekdays only for it to double on weekends. Basically not much changes were added as Cartoonito launched in the market.