The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish To Make It's European And African Debut On Nickelodeon In May

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Nickelodeon will premiere The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish across Europe and Africa on Monday 26th May 2025. Following its US premiere on the channel and international rollout on Netflix in 2024, more consumers will get the chance to see the follow-up to The Fairly OddParents.

In The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, ten-year-old Hazel Wells has just moved to the big city of Dimmadelphia because of her dad’s new job. On top of being in an unfamiliar environment, it’s the first time she’s been without her brother, Antony, who’s just left for college, leaving her lonely and unsure of herself. All that changes when the pink-and-green-haired neighbors next door reveal that they are no ordinary neighbors…they’re Cosmo and Wanda, Fairy Godparents! And they’re coming out of retirement to make all of Hazel’s wishes come true. As well as new characters, the series brings back many from the original series, including Vicky, Mr. Crocker, CJ, and Poof, who now goes by the name of Peri.

The U.S.-English dub of The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish stars Ashleigh Crystal Hairston (Tiny Toons Looniversity, Craig of the Creek) as the voice of Hazel Wells, joining The Fairly OddParents alums Daran Norris (The Loud House, The Thundermans: Undercover, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder) as the voice of Cosmo, and Susanne Blakeslee (The Loud House, Amphibia) as the voice of Wanda.

The CG-animated series, which features a brand new art style for the franchise, is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and is co-executive produced by David Stone (Teen Titans Go!), Lindsay Katai (Infinity Train), Ashleigh Crystal Hairston, and Daniel Abramovici (The Peanuts Movie). Fred Seibert (Adventure Time) and Butch Hartman (The Fairly OddParents, Danny Phantom) serve as Executive Producers. 

Season 1 is set to rollout to consumers in Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Servia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Africa and Turkey from Monday 26th May 2025.

1Max Purge From DStv Explained

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1Max was Showmax based channel home to variety of locally produced and international content such as The Real Housewives, Youngins and Adulting. Since it's inception, several media outlets including myself had suspected that something was amiss about this channel.

Usually with new channels, MultiChoice tends to give them a lot of press but that wasn't the case for 1Max. Everything was just pieced out at the final moments of 1Magic and while South African consumers were able to access these shows for an additional year most African countries weren't - January or March 2024 was the cut-off.

Lower tailored consumers in South Africa alongside various consumers in other African countries need Showmax to access international shows on M-Net. All that is left on DStv is reruns of Everybody Hates Chris on Comedy Central and Keeping Up With The Kardashians on E! as media companies are optimising for streaming.

MultiChoice sees the 1Max axing as a win for DStv Compact consumers who will have access to Adulting, Youngins and Tracking Thabo Bester. With 1Max these shows would come on a few months or weeks after Showmax with Mzansi Magic that's 6 months if not longer.

This agreement is not a complete win as Compact+ consumers are left with one less channel and 1Max very much like M-Net was meant to build up the subscription. Now that's gone, consumers won't feel it's necessary to hold onto their subscriptions as channels come and go while others downgrade as they start offering little value.

As for M-Net, whose to say it will remain like that for all we know that could be merged with Showmax as MultiChoice feels it's not competitive enough I mean look at SABC 3 even a channel like Mzansi Wethu has more viewers.

Getting back into streaming, Disney had closed a number of its channels across the world for Disney+ so how long will it be till Disney Channel or any other channel on DStv closes in favour of streaming. Netflix had snatched the rights to WWE which is likely to exit SuperSport once it agreement expires in 2027.

GOODBYE!!! MultiChoice And M-Net Dump 1Max From The DStv Platform By The End Of March, Unveils New Content For DStv Consumers

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Viewers of DStv channel Mzansi Magic (channel 161) will have access to 1Max content from 31 March 2025, MultiChoice announced on Wednesday (12 March).

1Max, which was launched in April 2024, features content from popular streaming platform Showmax. It is available to DStv Premium and Compact Plus subscribers in South Africa.

However, MultiChoice has now decided to close it on the DStv platform and migrate its content to Mzansi Magic, according to a MyBroadband report.

‘1Max’ content coming to ‘Mzansi Magic’

“The decision follows detailed research into audience consumption behaviour,” MultiChoice said, adding that it’s part of the company’s channel simplification process.

Many Mzansi Magic viewers are DStv Compact subscribers, which means they previously could not watch Showmax content if they were not Showmax subscribers. They can now watch titles such as:

• Ithonga: A new telenovela about the bond shared by twins, starring Bonko Khoza.

• Cobrizi: The spin-off of the Emmy-nominated and multi-award-winning hit The River.

• Inimba: A new telenovela about Zoleka Mabandla. It is a journey of love, sacrifice, and ambition.

• Genesis: A high-stakes telenovela set in the world of Mzansi’s gospel music scene.

Season 2 of the award-winning Shaka Ilembe which premieres in June 2025.

Although 1Max is closing on DStv, its content is still available on demand on Showmax, which is free for DStv Premium subscribers and comes at a discount for lower packages, including Compact.

This means that viewers can watch their favourite Showmax content on demand on the streaming platform or as part of scheduled programming on Mzansi Magic on DStv.

“We know that our customers want to find their content as quickly as possible, without having to navigate across multiple channels or platforms,” MultiChoice South Africa CEO Byron du Plessis said.

“This consolidation also allows Mzansi Magic to further build its stellar lineup, becoming a stronger premium local content offering than ever before.”

Nickelodeon Unveils New Animated Series, ‘Wylde Pak’

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Nickelodeon has revealed a first look at the new 2D animated comedy series, Wylde Pak. Inspired by co-creators and executive producers Paul Watling and Kyle Marshall’s family life, the series follows half siblings Lily and Jack as they learn to navigate blended multigenerational Korean American family dynamics. Wylde Pak is slated to debut this summer on the network.

“Nickelodeon’s commitment to showcasing stories about the human experience, filled with humor and adventure, holds true with the debut of the original series Wylde Pak,” said Ramsey Naito, President of Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Animation. “We can’t wait for our audience to meet this wonderfully blended family, which encapsulates what it means to be a modern family navigating the world around them while learning more about each other along the way."

In the first look clip, Lily, Jack, and their family navigate their local Asian market, Woori World, and compete to find a highly coveted box of imported Hallasand cookies. With mind-bending obstacles coming at them from every direction, Jack, Lily and their family must work together to stand a chance against some tough competition.

Wylde Pak stars Nikki Castillo as Lily Pak and Benjamin Plessala as Jack Wylde. Additional voices include Ben Pronsky as William Wylde; Jee Young Han as Min-Ju Pak; and Jean Yoon as Halmoni.

The show is the second short from Nickelodeon’s Intergalactic Shorts Program to be greenlit into a series. Seonna Hong (My Life as a Teenage Robot) and Conrad Vernon (Shrek) executive produce alongside Watling and Marshall. Development and production are overseen by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon and Daniel Wineman, Vice President of Original Animation Development. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

NEW CHANNEL ALERT!!! Zee TV Expands Its Local Offering With The Launch Of Zee Dunia

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 Zee Entertainment Enterprises has recently welcomed Zee Dunia to Pang and Signet consumers in Kenya. This will be the third regional station the company has rolled out in Africa following the launches of Zee Zonke (Southern Africa) and Zee Alem (Ethiopia) two of which are distributed to DStv.

Zee Dunia is a Bollywood based channel offering a various films and series in both Swahili and English. It has also been mentioned that the channel will look into introducing local content which is an indicator that Zee Entertainment Enterprises is looking to diversity and not serve as an import from India.

As of right now, the channel offers Iron Lady, Begusarai, Curse Of The Sands and Zara's Nikah shows that have already been broadcast on Zee World. Premieres on the channel include Three Is A Crowd, Money And Morals and Marriage of 3.

This will be the third dubbed channel for local languages in Africa by Zee Entertainment Enterprises with Zee Alem and Zee Dania being imports to Zee World with Zee Zonke that curated it's own offering.

The news of a Swahili based channel doesn't come as a shocker because Zee World has been distributing content in local languages for sometime. The likelihood now is them rolling out a dedicated channel in West Africa probably titled Zee Naija with content in Hausa.

Zee Dunia joins the collection of Zee Africa channels such as Zee World, Zee Zonke, Zee Alem, Zee One, Zee TV, Zee Family and Zee Bollymovies. These channels have since offered content in English, isiZulu, Hindi, French, Swahili and Hausa to consumers across Africa.