Development Alert: The Fairly OddParents And My Little Pony: Pony Life Coming Respectively To eToonz And Possible New Channel On DStv Boing Africa

During the year, eMedia Investments had (re)acquired various content from Nickelodeon including Kung Fu Panda: Legends Of Awesomeness, Dora The Explorer and The Loud House. Now the brand is set to rollout their fourth series from the brand, The Fairly OddParents.

Synopsis for the show:

The Fairly OddParents follows Timmy Turner, a 10 year old kid who was given his own fairy godparents Cosmo and Wanda who grant his every wish which at times comes with disastrous consequences. Butch Hartman known for Danny Phantom serves as content creator.

Since the series inception, The Fairly OddParents serves as Nickelodeon's second longest running series behind SpongeBob SquarePants. It has also spawned several live-action films and one series alongside various video games, theme park attractions, figurines and toys.

Recently, Nickelodeon had filed a trademark for The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish for entertainment, sporting and cultural services. Not much info is available about it on whether it will be a TV series or film for the brand or through Paramount+.

This comes after the removal of The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder on Paramount+.

Boing, a children's channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery funneling shows from Cartoon Network and Cartoonito (formerly Boomerang) is set to broadcast the first season to one of the brand's forgotten shows, My Little Pony: Pony's Life.

Synopsis for the show:

Based on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, the series explores comedic, slice of life stories that Twilight Sparkle, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy experience, primarily while hanging out at Sugarcube Corner.

The series was picked by Cartoonito (formerly as Boomerang) in 2021 and ran for two seasons. Unlike Friendship Is Magic, the series uses a different art style and each episode is 11 minutes long, consisting of two five-minute segments.

During the year, various content from Boing had been registered under DStv Catch-Up (including My Little Pony: Pony Life). According to reps, there are no plans to add Boing to DStv but that doesn't explain its appearance on Catch-Up maybe it will be added later on.

My guess a replacement for Disney Channel or Nicktoons if not a new channel on the platform.

The Fairly OddParents airs Fridays at 16:30 from 30 June on eToonz while My Little Pony: Pony Life is slated to launch later in July on Boing.

Everyday Novelas Shorts: Overcoming The Past Launches On TLNovelas Africa In The Coming Months While A Rebroadcast Of Almost Yours And Siddhi Vinayak Rollout On Telemundo Africa And eExtra Respectively

The long-awaited third installment is coming to TLNovelas

Overcoming Fear was unveiled in 2021 and amidst the launch it had already been confirmed by the channel that they picked up rights to other two instalments which were made available in Africa prior to release, Overcoming Heartbreak and Overcoming The Past.

Anticipated to rollout after Sightless Love from August 6, Overcoming The Past follows the lives of four women dealing with many issues such as digital bullying, abuse of social media, and abortion. It stars by Angelique Boyer, Sebastián Rulli and Erika Buenfil.

Marjorie De Sousa stars in the Mexican telenovela Almost Yours

Until Money Do Us Part is scheduled to end in the coming week and the channel was initially slated to air the law based drama, Law Of The Heart. But as seen with most of their schedule these plans have been scrapped with Almost Yours taking its place from June 20.

The series revolves around the life of Antonio Solano (Jorge Salina). Antonio is a good and hardworking man whose family abuses him. They only want him to provide for them. However, this changed upon meeting Julieta Vargas (Marjorie de Sousa).

Guilty Pleasure on eExtra hits a new low with this &TV original

Siddhi Vinayak is an Indian television series starring Nitin Goswami and Neha Saxena that aired from 26 October 2017 to 18 January 2019 on &TV. The series was made available on eExtra in 2021 with a rebroadcast set to replace Dare To Love from June 26.

The romantic thriller follows two childhood sweethearts, Siddhi and Vinayak, grow up to hate each other and become enemies until they begin to fall in love. It is produced by &TV the same network behind Begusarai on Zee One and The Heir on eExtra.

Genius Brands International Becomes Kartoon Studios

US-based children’s entertainment company Genius Brands International has changed its name to Kartoon Studios and will transfer its listing from the Nasdaq Capital Market to the NYSE American exchange.

The LA-headquartered studio, which owns the rights to certain IP created by comic book writer and Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee, said the move heralds the label’s “next phase of growth” in the production, distribution and licensing of kids’ content.

The rebrand comes after the company has made several acquisitions over the past year, including taking a majority stake in Germany’s Your Family Entertainment, plus acquiring Canada’s Wow! Unlimited Media and its subsidiaries Frederator Studios, Frederator Network and Mainframe Entertainment.

“We now have capabilities to do everything in-house, from content creation to production, distribution and global merchandising,” said Andy Heyward, Kartoon Studios chairman and CEO.

Kartoon Studios produces content such as Shaq’s Garage for Pluto TV and Stan Lee’s Superhero Kindergarten for its own Kartoon Channel.

The company caused controversy earlier this year for using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to make shows like Kidaverse Fast Facts. As reported by C21, some children’s TV producers blasted the development as “horrifying” and “downright scary,” but the company defended the use of AI as a “digital assistant.”

The 2023 Eco-Logic Awards To Broadcast On People's Weather By October 2023

The Eco-Logic Awards identify individuals, organisations and communities that positively contribute towards a sustainable world – and we encourage consumers to support them by purchasing  their products and services.

These Awards have since grown into South Africa’s most Glamorously Green eco-calendar event, receiving extensive TV, radio, print media and online coverage.

Each year, individuals and organisations are told to submit their eco-logical products, services, projects or initiatives under 13 environmental categories to be evaluated  by a panel of highly respected and environmentally aware Judges.

Finalists are invited to join an exclusive group of Green VIP’s and thought leaders at the annual Eco-Logic Awards Gala event.

The 2023 Eco-Logic Awards is scheduled to air on People's Weather by October 2023.

Development Alert: Telemundo Is Said To Be Censoring Likely Banning Shows From Across Africa

During the week, a lot of Telemundo related developments had occurred first was the removal of Nurses as further episodes can only be streamed on Universal+. Another development was the complete removal of primetime on the channel.

We finally recieved word from our sources about the recent developments:

We aim to comply with local broadcast regulations in each market where our channels are broadcast and are adjusting our schedule to ensure compliance.

What this means in general is that Telemundo will be monitoring the type of content consumers will be viewing across Africa and this may have to do with the recent regulations proposed by Ugandan law enforcers where those under the LGBTQ can be jailed or killed.

Another brand involved in a similar scenario was Nickelodeon with The Loud House which featured two gay dads and the channel opted to censor some of their content before Kenyan government opted to rather ban the show from ever being viewed in the region.

Unlike Nickelodeon, Telemundo offers one feed across Africa meaning consumers won't get to see the rest of Nurses unless you have Universal+ which some consumers had reported is missing likely for consumers in neighbouring countries as opposed to South Africa.

Similar to how Nurses was phased out, it's very much possible that new content on the channel alongside rebroadcasts will likely undergo the same procedure before being made available anywhere in Africa.

Last year, Zee World and BBC Lifestyle rolled out regional feeds across Africa granting consumers particularly in South Africa the chance to see some of this unseen content. It's currently unknown if Telemundo will follow suit or rely on Universal+ for such content.