TLNovelas To Debut New Series "The Path Of Love" Across Africa

Memo Santos Pérez makes a living driving his trailer. In addition to being loving to his family, he wants to form a home with Úrsula, a woman with a dark past whom he has just proposed to. When his life plans are underway, Olivia, his ex-girlfriend, on the verge of death, confesses to him that they had a daughter and asks him to look for her at the home of Daniela Gallardo and Fausto Beltran, Isabella's adoptive parents. Memo goes to the Beltrán family's house to meet his daughter, where he is mistaken for Daniela's new assistant.

Daniela is successful a landscape designer who has been unable to fulfill her dream of carrying a child in her womb. Memo decides to work with Daniela to be close to Isabella, while he confirms with a DNA test that he is her father. Thanks to the daily coexistence, Memo becomes Daniela's confidant and that is how he discovers the loneliness she lives in her marriage and that her only reason in life is Isabella. Daniela and Memo begin to fall in love, but they decide to keep their feelings quiet in order to respect their commitments to their partners.

Based on the Chilean telenovela El Camionero, The Path Of Love premiered on Las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 November 2022 to 12 March 2023 as Mi Camino Es Amarte. It starred Susana González as Daniela Gallardo, Gabriel Soto as Guillermo "Memo" Santos Pérez, Mark Tacher as Fausto Beltrán, Ximena Herrera as Karen Zambrano, Sara Corrales as Úrsula Hernández and Mónika Sánchez as Amparo Santos.

The series premieres across Africa from 25 November replacing My Secret once it comes to an end with Telemundo scheduled to air a new Colombian series from RCN Television titled Ana's New Life later in the month. Both brands hit a repetitive slope for most of the year and these shows continue to serve as the only few primetime shows with Telemundo also offering Queen Of The South.

SuperSport And SABC Agree On Sub-Licensing Terms Of PSL Broadcast Rights

SuperSport and the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) have reached an agreement regarding the sub-licensing of Premier Soccer League (PSL) broadcast rights ahead of the start of the new Betway Premiership season.

 

The move comes after strong relations between the two South African broadcasters following the agreement of sub-licence agreements for the MTN8 tournament as well as the Currie Cup semi-final match which was contested this past weekend and upcoming final match.

 

The PSL saw the dawn of the new Betway Premiership last Saturday, 14 September 2024, with millions of fans seeing their favourite team content the biggest prize in South African football.

 

SuperSport CEO Rendani Ramovha said “The latest sub-licence agreement with the SABC is another step towards a strong relationship with the public broadcaster, for the benefit of the millions of football lovers across the country and the African continent. The PSL has proven itself time and again to be the most coveted football product among South Africans and we look forward to delivering another outstanding season of football action on Your World of Champions, SuperSport.”

SABC Group CEO Nomsa Chabeli said: “We are pleased with this acquisition, and it is another demonstration of our commitment to delivering exceptional sport content to our diverse audiences. Our rights package includes a total of 51 matches comprising of 23 Betway Premiership matches, 10 Carling Black Label Cup matches, 12 Nedbank Cup matches, and 6 National First Division matches. We will broadcast league matches every Saturday on SABC 1 during the league season, ensuring our audience has access to exciting live local football”.

 

 

 

Ms Chabeli further stated that “We will also be enhancing our coverage by strengthening the analysis team. This move will ensure that we provide insightful commentary and in-depth analysis for our viewers. The added new members to the team are Itumeleng Khune, Jabu Mahlangu as well as Coach Thabo Senong who will be joining our resident analysts Doctor Khumalo, Simphiwe Dludlu and Hlompho Kekana in studio”.

Canal+ Is Shutting Down In Ethiopia By The End Of December, Could DStv Follow?

During the week, it was revealed that both Canal+ and Bruh Entertainment PLC that launched a rival platform to StarTimes in Ethiopia back in 2021 will be closing down by 31 December 2024. This is due to the dominance of free-to-air operators in the region with the French broadcaster putting more focus on existing agreements with BeMedia.

This means channels like Canal+ Gebeta and Canal+ Jumbo will cease to exist unless another company was looking to revive these endeavors for consumers in the region. Other channels like Star Life, KIX, Cartoon Network and Trace Urban can be viewed on DStv with Canal+ also looking to acquire it's parent company MultiChoice which is awaiting approval from local legislation.

If this takeover succeeds, what happens to MultiChoice's operations within Ethiopia do those suffer the same fate or is Canal+ departure from Ethiopia having to do with the acquisition in general. This happened to be the only part of French broadcaster's operations that wasn't actually based in Francophone Africa and Canal+ is looking to merge their operations with MultiChoice Africa.

MultiChoice Africa hasn't been profitable in a long time which is likely the area Canal+ will manage and what could as well happen is the possible demise of DStv within the region and maybe MultiChoice through Canal+ will only seek to partner up with local broadcasters or license select content from MultiChoice Studios I mean it wouldn't seem far fetched.

Disney+ launched back in 2019 and there's still various markets within Europe and Africa that had been excluded from it's offering despite Disney cutting back on content. Even Netflix despite being a giant in it's current field doesn't have any local presence in Japan, Russia, Syria and North Korea.

Instead of having a DStv, there could be instances where the only reminisce of MultiChoice would be some of the local offering seen on M-Net another could as well be Showmax. Then there's that stake with African pay-tv operator MC Vision they could explore more partnerships/mergers in an attempt to stabilize MultiChoice's operations outside South Africa.

Statement from Canal+ regarding it's closure in Ethiopia

CANAL+ and Bruh Entertainment PLC have been partnering since 2021 to develop a satellite Pay TV distribution business in Ethiopia. Both companies have jointly decided to close the satellite pay-TV distribution business in Ethiopia this year, in a dynamic market led by a strong penetration of free-to-air channels. Broadcast for CANAL+ offers existing subscribers will continue until December 2024.

CANAL+ has decided to set new strategic directions for its activities in Ethiopia and will keep on investing in content production activity through various partnerships with BeMedia.

CANAL+ wishes to continue supporting Ethiopian artists, producers, and media professionals as a purchaser of content and services from Ethiopian companies, and other future opportunities in the country.

CANAL+ appreciates the contributions of its institutional and commercial partners over the last four years, and is committed to an orderly winding up process which respects all stakeholders. We warmly thank the staff of Bruh Entertainment for their remarkable work over the last three years.

Play Room Adds Three New Shows "The Jungle Book" In Isizulu Alongside "Super Sema" And "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn"

Play Room is a South African based children's channel operated by Movie Room and Newzroom Afrika makers Ngwato Nkosi Group. The channel offers a mix of locally produced content with Play Room Live and Cocomelon dubbed in Isizulu alongside other content like Henry Danger and Barbie: Dreamhouse Adventures.

The channel is slated to rollout three series in the coming weeks such as "The Jungle Book" and "Super Sema" both of which will form the local portion of Play Room while "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" joins the international slate.

Details on The Jungle Book

"The Jungle Book" is about the adventures of Mowgli, a human foundling raised by Akela's wolf pack, and his best friends, fatherly bear Baloo and playful panther Bagheera. They live in the Indian jungle where many dangers lurk, such as the mighty Bengal tiger Shere Khan. The inquisitive Mowgli often gets himself into trouble and can't resist helping animals in danger or solving other problems.

Based in France, "The Jungle Book" will be made available in Isizulu alongside existing shows such as "Akili And Me", "Supa Strikas" and "Cocomelon". New episodes will be broadcast daily at 08:15 from 23 September.

Details on Super Sema

“Super Sema” follows the world-changing, STEAM-fueled adventures of a brave and heroic 10-year-old girl, Sema, and her twin brother, MB, as they protect their African village from the villainous Tobor and his bungling robot army. A heartless, artificially intelligent ruler, Tobor meets his match in Sema, who learns that with determination, creativity and a helping hand from the amazing worlds of science and technology, anything is possible. 

Exec produced by Oscar-winning actor, Lupita Nyong’o, (“12 Years a Slave,” “Black Panther,” “Us”), “Super Sema” is written by four-time BAFTA winner, Claudia Lloyd (“Charlie & Lola,” “Mr. Bean,” “Tinga Tinga Tales”). CAKE comes on board as international distributor. 

The series will broadcast daily at 09:15 from 16 September.

Details on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn

"Nicky, Ricky, Dicky and Dawn" follows the adventures of the 12-year-old Harper quadruplets Nicky (Aidan Gallagher), Ricky (Casey Simpson), Dicky (Coronel) and Dawn (Lizzy Greene) who don’t have much in common, except their birthday, but know they can do anything when they stick together. Rounding out the cast are Allison Munn (That '70s Show) who plays the Harpers' mother Anne, Brian Stepanek (The Loud House) as their father Tom, Kyla-Drew Simmons as Dawn's best friend Mae.

It ran for 84 episodes over four seasons between September 13, 2014 and August 4, 2018, and was a consistently strong ratings performer during its broadcast on Nickelodeon. The first season will be broadcast daily at 17:30 from 23 September.

Weekly Roundups #1: Canal+ Announces 'Joan' And 'Max & Rabbit", Showmax Greenlits Local Adaptation Of The Office, Paramount Looking To Sell 12 Channels And More

• Canal+, CBC, Prime Video and NBCU join early buyers of 'Snowed-In' jewel thief drama 'Joan'

Produced by Snowed-In Productions for ITV in the UK and co-produced by The CW in the US, “Joan” is a six-part drama starring Sophie Turner (“Game of Thrones”) in the role of the notorious real-life jewel thief Joan Harrington in 1980s London.

• CosmoBlue acquired full ownership of Azoomee and Da Vinci parent company Macademia

• Paramount Global looking to sell 12 TV channels

According to reports, brands being eyed out for possible disposal include BET, VH1 and Pluto TV then there were reports years prior that they were looking to sell the batch of channels from Showtime.

• e.tv dumps Scandal from weekend viewing following ratings slump while weekday's viewership could pull around 3 million households this was further reduced to a million household within the weekends.

• A rebroadcast of Forbidden Passions launches on Telemundo once Until Money Do Us Part ends.

• Showmax to rollout local adaptation of BBC's The Office possibly titled Die Kantoor with Superstore SA also said to be in development for the streamer.

The Office created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant made its debut over two decades ago as a British series and was successfully adapted in other territories like the United States and recently Australia. Showmax will produce the 14th adaptation after garnering popularity in the United States with the series slated for 2025.

Superstore created by Justin Spitzer and starred America Ferrera and Ben Feldman (who also serve as executive producers), made it's debut a decade ago and spawned 6 series. Since then, there had only been one adaptation based in Mexico titled Supertitlan with Showmax said to be developing one in South Africa which is set in Pick 'n Pay or ShopRite.

• Cocomelon is expanding its universe with a live-action series

The series invites children to interact with a real-life Ms Appleberry, the cherished teacher from CoComelon, who comes to life in the series with a performance by educator and 2021 National Teacher of the Year Juliana Urtubey. CoComelon viewers were introduced to Ms Appleberry in 2019, when JJ met her on his first day of preschool at Melon Patch Academy.

• James Earl Jones, voice actor in Star Wars and The Lion King dies

• Karate Kid actor Chad McQueen who is the son of Steve McQueen dies