NEW SERIES ALERT!!! Iron Man: Armored Adventures (Play Room) + Doodloopstraat (eVOD) + Uthando Lukamama (VIU)

This is incoming if you're viewer in South Africa, as you already heard Play Room, VIU and eVOD has rolled out new content in the new month without any notice to the media and they go as follows:

Iron Man: Armored Adventures S2 (Play Room)

The series follows the adventures of a younger version of Tony Stark and his alter ego of Iron Man. As Iron Man, he uses his technological inventions to fight other similarly technologically advanced threats. His friends James "Rhodey" Rhodes and Pepper Potts help him on his courageous and dangerous adventures.

Broadcast on Disney XD, Iron Man: Armored Adventures consists of 26 episodes and features Black Widow, Hawkeye, Doctor Doom, Magneto, and Justin Hammer appear in this season.

Doodloopstraat (eVOD, Turkey)

Cennet marries Yılmaz, whom she fell in love with, and comes to Istanbul from her village as a bride and as a result of their marriage, they have three children. Division ensues amongst the children as their dad is blamed for her death in a letter she had written prior to her passing which leds to a search for the truth and self discovery.

Broadcast on TRT1 as Yürek Çıkmazı, it starred Ayça Bingöl as Cennet Tekin, Alp Navruz as Halil Tekin, İrem Helvacıoğlu as Av. Zeynep Önder, Mesut Akusta as Yılmaz Tekin, Bihter Dinçel as Birsen Karataş, Dilara Aksüyek as Feride Büyükdere.

Uthando Lukamama (VIU, Brazilian)

Lurdes, Vitória and Thelma are three women from different social classes that live their dilemmas as mothers. Lurdes is a struggling woman who is in search for her child after her ex-husband sold them to a child trafficker. Vitória becomes an unexpected single mother following a one night stand. Thelma is an overprotective mom who discovers that she has an incurable brain aneurysm.

Broadcast on Globo TV as Amor De Mãe, it starred Regina Casé as Lurdes dos Santos Silva, Adriana Esteves as Thelma Nunes Viana, Taís Araújo as Vitória Amorim, Isis Valverde as Betina Torres da Nóbrega, Humberto Carrão as Sandro Amorim Camargo and Chay Suede as Danilo Lopes Viana.

Afrikaans Voice Actors For Gelukbringers

Donnie Yen Easter Special Launches In April On KIX Across Africa

Donnie Yen Easter Double Special

18 -21 APRIL

EVERY NIGHT @ 7 PM (CAT) | 6 PM (WAT) | 8 PM (EAT)

Celebrate Easter with Donnie Yen's double bill titles 

and gear up for an action-packed holiday!

Iceman

18 April 

Cast: Donnie Yen, Eva Huang, Simon Yam

An imperial guard framed for treason is buried with three guards during a battle and kept frozen. Unearthed 400 years later in modern times, their battle continues…

Iceman The Time Traveler

19 April 

Cast: Donnie Yen, Eva Huang, Simon Yam, Wang Bao Qiang

In this sequel, the four imperial guards are defrosted and reanimated in modern times. With different motives in mind, they strive to find their way back in time…

Ip Man   

20 April

Cast: Donnie Yen, Gordon Lam, Lynn Xiong

Set during the Sino-Japanese War, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man is forced to leave home and work to support his family by teaching martial arts skills for self-defense.

Ip Man 2   

21 April

Cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Huang Xiao Ming

Ip Man and his family moves to Hong Kong to start a martial arts school but he must first overcome the challenges put forth to him by the local martial arts grandmasters.

Is eMedia Investments Betting It's Future On eVOD As Cable Starts To Erode?

eVOD is a South African based streaming service operated by eMedia Investments that distributes locally produced and international content. It is currently rivalling with MultiChoice's Showmax, Netflix, VIU and Amazon Prime Video who offer an alternative and expansive lineup.

As seen in 2024, eMedia Investments decided to shutter both OUTtv and FUSE from Openview's pay-tv add-on Ultraview after broadcasting for less than a year. Further content from these brands had been allocated on the eVOD streaming service under a hub known as OUTtv Proud.

eMedia Investments hadn't stated why these channels were offloaded from Openview but if we had to guess the fault may have fallen on current market conditions. As it stands, their competitors DStv has seen a dip in subscriptions and Ultraview is struggling to find it's flock with those consumers.

At this stage, we wouldn't be shocked if the remaining lineup of Ultraview which comprise of Zee Family and Star Select were to join OUTtv on eVOD if not shut down. Bollywood programming has resonated with Openview viewers and eVOD was built on consumer's preferences.

Of course, what's interesting about OUTtv's integration with streaming is that all the content has been locked away from Openview consumers. It comes on eVOD at no additional charge but to date none of the content has yet to make entry on eMedia's linear platforms.

This is what consumers had already seen with local dramas Stout, uMbali and Splintered Pieces so I can only assume similar to Showmax, eMedia Investments is trying to give eVOD some independence. They don't want consumers to regard it as a repeats or catch-up service like SABC+ so they're banking on new content.

eMedia Investments had boasted about turning eVOD into the Netflix of South Africa and that could as well mean curating content specifically for the platform.

This trend had been seen with Disney+ and ABC, Max and HBO even Showmax and M-Net so it would only seem logical for eMedia Investments to follow soon. They do operate 8 channels (4 of which are on DStv) each with their own offering so again it's not shocking that eVOD would gain some independence.

With the government looking to turn off analogue signals in the coming future, eMedia Investments is expected to see a dip in ad revenue. I can only imagine similar to Showmax, they're looking to make eVOD profitable even if that means taking a chunk of content away from Openview.

Drake And Josh (GBA)

Based on the animated series of the same name, the player controls Drake and Josh in a variety of modes featuring problem solving, stealth, strategy and action-style gameplay. The game uses a password feature to save progress.

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