New Series Alert: Uthandolwani Coming Soon To Zee Zonke

After launching Umakoti Oyintandokazi last month which proved to be a popular addition with our readers. The Zulu dubbed broadcaster Zee Zonke is set to rollout another TV series onto viewer's screens in the coming weeks titled Uthandolwani (Dildariyan).

Uthandolwani followed a story of rich man who generally hates women bumped into a girl who is extremely different in nature and instantly expresses his discomfort towards her. Navdeesh Arora and Priya Arora starred in leading roles.

It debuted on Zee Punjabi from 14 November 2022 to 6 October 2023 with 235 half hour episodes produced. Based on the Telegu drama series Varudhini Parinayam, it served as one of the eight remakes to have been filmed from Zee Telegu series.

Zee Punjabi is well-known for the series Geet Dholi (also known as Dholi Beats) on Zee World. Similar to Uthandolwani, even Dholi Beats is a remake of another program from one of the Zee branded channels.

Uthandolwani will air daily at 18:00 replacing We Mamezala on Zee Zonke from 16 May. Prior to this Zee World, a sister station will rollout Force Of Attraction to consumers in Southern Africa and ROA.

"Beating A Dead...": Why SpongeBob SquarePants Graveyard Channel Still Serves A Purpose In Africa?

Nicktoons is an international brand operated by Paramount Global and also serves as a sister station to both Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. It was basically a nickname given for the latter's animated productions as the linear channel exists to air archived material.

The channel launched in Africa by September 2014 after NBCUniversal and Corus Entertainment had shuttered KidsCo. It served as the most popular international adaptation of the channel airing animated shows from the 90s to early 00s.

But in recent years this had all changed as the channel was often functioning on autopilot as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Casagrandes takeover the channel. The magic had just vanished as the brand follows a similar pursuit as other international feeds.

As some readers are aware, similar to MTV both Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. are being streamlined at this point using a more unified feed in other countries. This has prevented/minimized the number of local variations to hit consumer's screens.

There are still a few of these feeds available some due to local quotas which expand further to include children's channels.

In Africa, these local investments had been splashed onto Paramount’s remaining set of channels. For instance, MTV Base it has been seen airing MTV's Shuga despite being positioned as a music channel while others like Have Faith air on BET.

Nicktoons was also a result of these endeavors as it currently offers the Nick Jr. block which would often air content that hasn't been seen on the Nick Jr. channel like Munki And Trunk. Same goes with local dubbings of animated shows and NickMusic.

South Africa’s Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) Has Granted MultiChoice And Canal+ An Extension To The Period They Have To Finalise An Agreement To Be Put To Shareholders

On April 8, the French pay TV operator and the South African service provider agreed to post a ‘combined circular’ to shareholders by May 7, some 20 business days later. This would have marked the point at which Canal+’s offer was open to shareholders to accept.

The pair have now secured an extension until June 4.

MultiChoice said the extension was necessary to give its independent expert and the independent board enough set up to examine the deal  time to properly fulfil their responsibilities.

Canal+ and MultiChoice agreed the terms of the French pay TV operator’s proposed mandatory offer to acquire 100% control of the South African company on April 8, with MultiChoice shareholders to receive ZAR125 per ordinary share.

The price was well above the ZAR105 regulatory minimum threshold and represents a 67% premium on MultiChoice shares’ closing price on February 1. When Canal+ made its initial offer for the company.

MultiChoice set up an independent board to consider the offer and appointed Standard Bank of South Africa to advise it.

If Canal+ succeeds in securing 90% of MultiChoice shares during the offer period, it then has the right to acquire any remaining shares and delist MultiChoice.

Since the outline agreement, Canal+ has acquired further shares in MultiChoice, taking its stake to above 40%.

June 2024 On Nickelodeon And Nick Jr. Global | New Movie Alert: No Time To Spy: A Loud House Movie | Returning Shows Including Paw Patrol | More

Nickelodeon 

THE LOUD HOUSE

• New episodes: 714-716, 718-720

• 03/06 – 14/06

• Monday-Friday

• Time: 16:30

Lincoln Loud is an eleven-year-old boy who lives with ten sisters. With the help of his right-hand man Clyde, Lincoln finds new ways to survive in such a large family everyday. 

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS 

• New eps: 111-120

• 17/06 - 28/06

• Monday-Friday

• Time: 16:00

Rock, Paper and Scissors are three best friends who share an apartment together and compete over everything. Week to week, they have tiny problems that always get out of hand.

NO TIME TO SPY: A LOUD HOUSE MOVIE

• Sunday June 23rd

• Time: 12:00/16:15

Lincoln and the Louds are ecstatic to welcome their new Gran-Gran, Myrtle, into the family with a tropical wedding celebration; but the festivities are cut short when an old nemesis from Myrtle's secret agent past appears on the island.

Nick Jr.

BARBAPAPA

NEW SEASON

• Episodes: #201-213

• 27/05/2024 - 14/06/2024

• Monday-Friday

• 11:20am/pm, 02:00am/pm, 06:30pm

The dazzling return to the world's screens of the most pop family of them all! BARBAPAPA - One big happy family! Routine does not exist for the Barbapapas: each day is a merry adventure full of surprises!

PAW PATROL

NEW EPISODES

• Episodes: #1018-1022

• 17/06/2024 – 28/06/2024

• Monday-Friday

• 06:50am, 12:45am/pm, 05:00am/pm, 07:05pm

PAW PATROL follows the adventures of 10-year old Ryder and his pack of 6 uniquely talented, well-equipped and very lovable rescue puppies. In the Lookout on a hill above Adventure Bay, Ryder and the Paw Patrol live, play and frequently save the day!

"The Mighty Have Fallen": Beyond Love Will Also Lose Daytime Repeats With Evil Affairs As Game Of Love And The Evil Eye Take Center Stage From May 6th On Star Life

Last month, it was reported that Evil Affairs will no longer get daytime repeats and zero mentions by the channel. This comes due to onslaught of complaints from several consumers about the show's dark nature and depiction of religious norms and values.

At the time of publishing, not much was known about how Star Life will fill up the timeslot for Evil Affairs or the rippling effect it would have to its other shows. But through an updated programme guide we've got to see the harsh realities of these changes.

From May 6th, Evil Affairs will only air daily at 22:00 with repeats of Game Of Love at 09:00 followed by The Evil Eye at 13:00. The channel had failed to mention Beyond Love had been caught in the crossfire as it too will be losing daytime repeats.

From our understanding, Star Life's schedule follows a particular format ABC-123 and breaking that would cause disruption. Seeing as Game Of Love And The Evil Eye didn't get that much airtime in its current state slotting them in minimized the problem.

Instead of Beyond Love getting double bill repeats the channel probably wants to give all their other shows a fair amount of airtime. Of course, the decision to remove Beyond Love and Evil Affairs from the daytime had only stirred up criticism amongst consumers.

Some are led to wonder if more censorship could be instilled from this point on. If StarPlus had a another program like Evil Affairs it could be excluded another instance is that Star Life follows Telemundo and makes 22:00 their "Super Series" slot.

But then there comes issues with Star Life in this matter, Telemundo is willing to repeat these shows throughout the night until no later than 5am. Star Life to make 15 shows look bloated at this point offers zero repeats for the affected shows in the night. 

It's more of a you snooze you lose type of scenario here as some consumers would probably have to wait a couple of months or years for a rebroadcast of Beyond Love. Unlike Evil Affairs, it is more of a victim and that is due to its current timeslot. 

Notes

• Evil Affairs airs daily at 22:00 followed by Beyond Love at 22:30 from May 6th.

• Repeats of Game Of Love airs daily at 09:00 and The Evil Eye at 13:00 also from May 6th.

• The schedule remains the same for other shows.