New Series Alert: Home For Summer And Battle Through The Heavens Coming Soon To eExtra, Isitha The Enemy Rolls Out On e.tv

Two new Asian dramas roll out on eExtra in the coming weeks

eExtra has been snoozefest for 5 months with a lineup of rebroadcasts including Ice Adonis, Dare To Love and Broken Angel. Now the channel is finally ready to rollout on new content for with Chinese series Battle Through The Heavens and K-drama Home For Summer.

Synopsis for Home For Summer:

Geum-Hee has been married to Joon-Ho for the past 10 years. She supported him while he was attempting to become a plastic surgeon. He is now a successful plastic surgeon. They are still happily married, but Joon-Ho happens to meet divorcee Sang-Mi. Sang-Mi wants Joon-Ho regardless if he is already married.

Meanwhile, Sang-Won is a chef and the younger brother of Sang-Mi. Due to his painful memory of being dumped by the woman he loved, his personality seems to have become cold. He actually still has a warm heart.

The series stars Lee Young-eun as Wang Geum-hee, Yoon Sun-woo as Joo Sang-won, Lee Chae-young as Joo Sang-mi, Kim Sa-kwon as Han Joon-ho, Kim Hye-ok as Na Yeong-sim and Na Hye-mi as Wang Geum-joo.

Synopsis for Battle Through The Heavens:

Xiao Yan is the son of Xiao Zhan and Gu Wenxin. When Xiao Yan was nine, his mother was killed by enemies and his father never talked about it. Until he was fifteen years old, his martial art has made no progress due to his mother's ring absorbing all his progress. One day, Xiao Yan encounters the old man Yao Chen after making contact with the ring. With the help of Yao Chen, Xiao Yan makes great advances in martial arts, and learns of the main instigator the death of his mother.

Adapted from the eponymous novel Doupo Cangqiong, the series stars Leo Wu (Shi Xiaosong (young) as Xiao Yan, Lin Yun as Xiao Xun'er, Baron Chen as Yao Chen, Li Qin as Xiao Yixian, Xin Zhilei as Medusa and Liu Meitong as Nalan Yanran.

Ice Adonis and Weaving A Tale Of Love will conclude on May 17th and Home For Summer and Battle Through The Heavens airs immediately after on May 18th respectively at 16:45 and 17:30 on e.tv.

The Black Door axed for new prequel on e.tv

After denying it's happening e.tv has cancelled The Black Door after just a year on air, with the sex-filled telenovela from Black Brain Pictures axed and getting replaced by another telenovela Isitha: The Enemy from the same production company.

Isitha - The Enemy will take a section of The Black Door's already established characters and create a new telenovela out of the Sokhulu family and the "struggles to keep their family together in the face of adversity as new challenges and new rivals come onto the scene".

Here, we find out what happened to Chuma Sokhulu who was presumed dead in The Black Door chapter of the Sokhulu story. It promises to be a gripping drama with captivating storylines and exciting performances.

The series airs weekdays at 21:30 from May 22nd replacing The Black Door. Prior to that, e.tv will be rolling out a new Turkish drama in place of Daai Crazy Somer, Roekeloos Dade.

Reminder: House Of Cards And Die Put Season 3 Coming Soon To eXposed and eExtra Respectively

During the year, eMedia Investments uploaded the third season of mafia based drama Die Put (Cukur) to consumers of the eVOD streaming service and prior to that Annekan Die Swa Kry was also moved to streaming despite reports of both shows launching on eExtra.

After waiting almost a year for the third season, eExtra has unveiled the highly anticipated third season which is slated for May 8th.

Synopsis for Die Put:

Koçovalı Family are faced with the biggest pain of their lives. Because of Yücel's trap, one of Yamaç or İdris Koçovalı had to kill the other. While Akın Koçovalı takes control of Çukur, where nothing will be the same as before, the step of Baykal's daughter Efsun to Çukur will cause the cards to be redistributed. While Efsun's plan, who collaborated with Yücel, Azer, and Timsah, is eagerly awaited, it will be a question mark how Akın will led the neighborhood.

The series stars Aras Bulut İynemli as Yamaç Koçovalı, Perihan Savaş as Sultan Koçovalı, Öner Erkan as Selim Koçovalı, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil as Salih Koçovalı or Vartolu Sadettin, Necip Memili as Cumali Koçovalı and Rıza Kocaoğlu as Aliço.

Ahead of its return will be political drama House Of Cards from May 4th on eXposed formerly seen on M-Net and Netflix. eMedia Investments acquired rights to American adaptation to the 1989 novel of the same name by Michael Dobbs.

Synopsis for House Of Cards:

Frank Underwood, a power-hungry Democratic congressman from South Carolina and House majority whip, celebrates the 2012 election of President Garrett Walker, who had agreed to appoint him Secretary of State in exchange for his support. However, Underwood learns that the President wants him to promote his agenda in Congress and will not honor their agreement. Inwardly seething, Underwood presents himself as a helpful lieutenant to Walker. In reality, Underwood begins an elaborate plan behind the President's back.

The series stars Kevin Spacey as Francis J. "Frank" Underwood, Robin Wright as Claire Underwood, Michael Kelly as Douglas "Doug" Stamper, Jayne Atkinson as Catherine "Cathy" Durant, Corey Stoll as Peter Russo and Kate Mara as Zoe Barnes.

In other developments, the short-lived second season to Daai Crazy Somer comes to a close in the coming weeks with Roekeloos Dade once slated to rollout on eExtra moving to e.tv with Doodsondes S5 rolling out later in the year on the channel.

Club Penguin Demake (GBC)

This game is a recreation of our beloved Club Penguin island into the Game Boy console.
Have in mind this release is only a demonstration and not all rooms are available.

Also no music yet.

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Recap To The Year: Moonbug Kids To Fold Under The Moonbug Brand, Dumps Kids From The Name

Moonbug Kids (DStv 314) is a preschool channel owned by Moonbug Entertainment (a subsidiary of Candle Media). It supplies shows such as CoComelon (also seen on Cartoonito), Oddbods, Blippi, Little Baby Bum and Supa Strikas (also seen on Cartoon Network).

During the year, Moonbug Entertainment had unveiled their first ever refresh of the brand in 5 years following the increased popularity of their content which they've managed to licence to various broadcasters (as mentioned) alongside the Moonbug Kids channels.

As stated by Moonbug prior to the rebrand:

Moonbug was created on the basis of acquiring IPs and growing them into fully established franchises. This rebrand marks a shift that will see everything move under a cohesive Moonbug umbrella, elevating its brand positioning and encouraging industry recognition as the company behind the most beloved shows in kids’ entertainment.

DixonBaxi created a new strategy and creative platform which is says are inspired by Moonbug’s bold attitude.

At the heart of the new identity sits a bespoke animated logotype that ‘fizzes and pops with a playful personality’, hinting at the entertainment that makes Moonbug content unmissable. A flexible brand system with a fresh colour palette, super-sized art direction and activity-focused icons fill every space with the same bright, playful personality.

“It has been a unique challenge to create a new brand that captures the magic of the shows that billions of kids tune in to over and over again, but still feeling distinctly Moonbug,” said Harry Ead, creative director, DixonBaxi. “We feel that we have created a brand that will match Moonbug’s ambitious plans without losing what makes them so special.”

MultiChoice on top of providing various material acknowledging the rebrand they recently updated their EPG to commemorate the long-awaited rebrand of the Moonbug channel.

Moonbug Channel joins other existing brands Da Vinci, History, eNCA, Nickelodeon, Cartoonito (formerly Boomerang), Max and PBS Kids that have or are expected to rollout on air look later in the year.

Recap To Last Year: Glow TV Resurfaces On MultiChoice's DStv And Not Long Ago On Digital Media And StarTimes' StarSat

Last month, Nismedia filed a legal appeal against eMedia Investments regarding the termination of Glow TV on Openview platform similar to MultiChoice regarding eMedia's 4 channels which remain onboard DStv following pending investigation.

Amidst the demise, eMedia Investments unveiled the next phase of their pay-tv venture Openview Ultra, Spice TV. It consists of the highly anticipated, Zee Family and Star Select which celebrate Bollywood culture with made for TV films and series.

As seen by the end of February, Glow TV was terminated not only on Openview but StarSat as well meaning that just like OnseTV and MyTV the channel isn't viewable anywhere in South Africa or at least that's we all thought matter of a fact but it turns out the brand is still active.

Just like Gallop TV revived Tellytrack, Soweto TV distributes Glow TV in a 1 hour segment, Glow TV Plus. The block is currently reserved for former Glow TV soaps such as Complicated Love (Silsila Badalte Rishton Ka) and Love Or Poison (Vish Ya Amrit: Sitara).

To think, MultiChoice opted to discontinue carriage of Glow TV in 2018 and few months ago StarSat did something similar with their consumers and now fate led this channel to be reintroduced on both platforms despite the relationship between the brands.

Glow TV Plus represents the remains of Glow TV which comes with various limitations first it's part of a 1 hour segment meaning not much Glow TV to browse and another accessibility as Soweto TV can only be viewable in the surrounding area alongside DStv and StarSat.

Soweto TV is not available on Openview and consumers wishing to watch Glow TV would need to pay monthly through DStv (R29p/m, Easyview) or StarSat (R120, Special) and only a selected number can afford the monthly rate - the Ultraview effect.

Not much is known on whether Glow TV Plus will continue to be made available on Soweto TV following the termination of Glow TV. As much as the details regarding Glow TV's distribution agreement with Soweto TV for Complicated Love and Love Or Poison.

Complicated Love airs weekdays at 8:30 and 21:00 followed by omnibus every Saturday at 4:00 while as Love Or Poison airs weekdays at 8:00 and 21:30 followed by an omnibus every Saturday at 09:00 on Soweto TV (DStv 251/StarSat 488).