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The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball S2 - New Season

Welcome back to Elmore, where the laws of reality are a joke, and family life is anything but ordinary. Whether he's battling an evil fast-food empire, facing off against a sentient AI in love with his mom, or trying to stop Banana Joe from wearing pants, Gumball Watterson drags his brother Darwin, sister Anais, and the rest of the town of Elmore along for the ride.

Regular Show - Rebroadcast 

Mordecai, a blue jay, and Rigby, a raccoon, are groundskeepers at a park, but these best friends are lazy and don't let their jobs interfere with their ability to have fun. While Mordecai tries to be responsible and do a good job, he's frequently led astray by his immature pal, who is totally without fear or shame. The friends often end up having to pay for their irresponsible actions as they usually get into more trouble than they anticipated. Their slacking off at work causes much chagrin for their hot-tempered gumball machine boss, Benson.

The Love Bug

"The Love Bug" on Cartoon Network refers to a recurring Valentine’s month programming event, specifically promoted in February. It featured popular Cartoon Network characters acting irrationally or "lovestruck" in special themed marathons.

POKÉMON 30TH ANNIVERSARY 

The entire year of 2026 is being celebrated as Pokémon's 30th Anniversary, as February 27, 2026 will mark the thirtieth anniversary of the original Japanese release of Pokémon Red and Green and therefore the thirtieth anniversary of the Pokémon media franchise as a whole.

Pokémon Horizons - New Episodes 

Two young adventurers on a quest visit new lands, unravel ancient mysteries, and encounter Pokémon and Poké Balls they have never seen before.

Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa And The Clash Of Ages

When Ash, Pikachu, and their friends visit a desert city by the sea, they meet the Mythical Pokemon Hoopa, who is able to summon things - including people and Pokemon - through its magic ring. After a scary incident, they learn a story about a brave hero who stopped the rampage of a terrifying Pokemon long ago. Now, that Pokemon is in danger of breaking loose again! Can Ash help overcome the darkness within - or will a dangerous secret erupt into a clash of legends?

Cartoonito

Mr. Bean S4 - New Episodes 

This series follows Mr Bean, his best friend Teddy and his long-suffering landlady Mrs Wicket as we witness more of the mishaps that surround Mr Bean's daily life.

Bugs Bunny Builders - New Episodes 

Bugs, Lola, Daffy, Porky and Tweety use their amazing vehicles to take on the looniest construction builds while learning valuable lessons -- they never give up, because The Looney Builders always get the job done.

Grizzy And The Lemmings - New Episodes 

Grizzy the bear loves to snack and relax in a Canadian forest cabin, where a pack of adorable, thrill-seeking lemmings are always making mayhem.

Scooby-Doo And Krypto Too!

Scooby and the gang join forces with Superman's dog when members of the Justice League mysteriously disappear.

Tom And Jerry: The Movie - Premiere

Kayla is responsible for organising a high-profile wedding in a fancy hotel. But when Jerry, a mischievous mouse, wreaks havoc in the hotel, she enlists his arch-rival's help to get rid of him.

Tom And Jerry: Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory 

Tom and Jerry help Charlie, an orphan, win a ticket to Willy Wonka's chocolate factory. However, they must deal with Wonka's rival from stealing his prized candy, the Everlasting Gobstopper.

Tom And Jerry Sherlock Holmes 

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes is a 2010 animated direct-to-video film where the iconic cat and mouse pair help the legendary detective solve a London jewel heist. While trying to assist Holmes and Dr. Watson in clearing the name of a singer named Red, the duo continues their classic rivalry. 

Happy Valentine's Stunt 

Similar to The Love Bug on Cartoon Network, it is a recurring programming event mainly in February which features various Cartoonito shows including Mr. Bean, Zig & Sharko, Masha And The Bear, Barney And Friends and Grizzy And The Lemmings.

Ben 10 (2016) Will Be Making A Re-entry On Several International Cartoonito Channels

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After Cartoon Network in Africa had picked up rights to Looney Tunes Cartoons and Scooby-Doo! And Guess Who? from Cartoonito. It has been reported that reruns of the Ben 10 reboot will be airing on Cartoonito in various European countries from February 2nd.

Confirmed territories include Balkans, Baltics (except Latvia), Benelux, CIS, Georgia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia. It is currently unknown if it's the same fate awaits the feeds in Africa but both are headquartered in the UK.

Warner Bros. Discovery had remained silent on the sudden inclusion of Ben 10 but if we had to guess several scenarios do come into equation.

Firstly, a lot of their cable networks ranging from TLC, ID and Travel Channel have begun cross promoting content for sometime. And it's very likely that Cartoonito is just following a trend.

Another is that Cartoonito had been operating under a different structure in the US and Europe. 

Despite replacing most Boomerang feeds by 2023, Cartoonito was still regarded as a family channel or the preschool equivalent to Cartoon Network. Ben 10 would serve a similar purpose as Spidey And His Amazing Friends on Disney Junior.

Synopsis for Ben 10 (2016)

During summer vacation, Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max travel across the country in their RV, the Rustbucket. Ben stumbles upon the Omnitrix, a mysterious high-tech watch that allows him to transform into ten different alien heroes, each with unique powers. Throughout their travels, Ben battles a variety of villains, including Dr. Animo, Hex, and Zombozo, while honing his skills as a hero with the help of his family. The series includes multi-part episodes that introduce significant arcs, such as the initial confrontation with the alien warlord Vilgax and the introduction of new aliens and armored forms in later seasons. 

From Discovery Channel To CNN: Could MultiChoice Have Broadened The Reach Of More Channels On DStv?

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During the week, it was confirmed by MultiChoice that DStv Access subscribers would be gaining 3 additional 3 channels. This would consist of 2 music channels Trace Ngoma and Trace Gospel alongside wrestling promotion WWE.

This news came right after several DStv subscribers had spotted this channels on the company's website now listed under Access. It appears that MultiChoice may have broadened the reach of more channels.

As it should be noted, MultiChoice was running an Upsize promotion for various DStv consumers which is scheduled to end by 31 January 2026. Since then, a majority of Warner Bros. Discovery's channels are now listed under particular packages.

And it goes follows:

Discovery Channel - DStv Premium to Compact 

Discovery Family - DStv Family to DStv Access

HGTV - DStv Family to DStv Access

Food Network - DStv Family to DStv Access 

ID - DStv Compact to DStv Access

Travel Channel - DStv Family to DStv Access

Cartoonito - DStv Family to DStv Access

CNN - DStv Compact to DStv Access

Canal+ made a last minute deal with Warner Bros. Discovery for these channels which led to HBO and Warner Bros. content to get exempted from M-Net. Now it appears that the value of the higher end packages are being diluted.

According to a rep at Warner Bros. Discovery and MultiChoice, these channels are part of the Upsize promotion which runs from November 2025 to 31 January 2026. Of course, it still doesn't answer why these channels are listed on these packages.

Global Phenomenon Landman Dubbed In Afrikaans On KykNET

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kykNET has struck a major blow for Afrikaans viewers by purchasing the dubbing rights to this hit series, which captivates audiences everywhere with nail-biting intrigue in the turbulent world of the Texas oil industry. 

“We are very excited to see how viewers will react to this series—including those for whom Landman is completely new, as well as those who may have already watched the series in English on M-Net and now want to experience it in their mother tongue. Landman is one of the major TV highlights of recent years, and we believe the story world created by Taylor Sheridan will be gripping for many kykNET viewers—and entertaining!” says Waldimar Pelser, M-Net Director of Premium Channels. “Be warned, however: it gets quite hot there in Texas!”

The series was created by Taylor Sheridan, who was also responsible for hit series such as Yellowstone, 1883, and 1923. Landman is set in West Texas and tells the complex story of a group of people—from billionaires to oil field workers—whose lives revolve around oil. 

Billy Bob Thornton stars as the landman Tommy Norris. In Afrikaans, a landman is someone involved in working farmland. In this case, it refers to the crucial link between oil companies and landowners; the one who must negotiate rights for extraction and development while considering legal regulations that a team of highly-paid lawyers naturally tries to bend in favour of their employers. 

Landman, however, does not only revolve around landowners and rich oil bosses. West Texas borders Mexico, meaning the area is also used by drug cartels as a distribution route. 

Who's who

• Tommy Norris (Billy Bob Thornton, voiced by De Waal Stemmet): A hardened landman working for M-Tex Oil who handles all their negotiations. Keeping everyone, from oil bosses to drug dealers, happy is no easy task.

• Angela (Ali Larter, voiced by Natasja Jacobs): Tommy's ex-wife and the mother of his two children, Cooper and Ainsley.

• Cooper (Jacob Lofland, voiced by Rowlen von Gericke): Studied geology but dropped out and now works for M-Tex as a roughneck on the oil fields.

• Ainsley (Michelle Randolph, voiced by Anré Buguegnon): A high school student.

• Rebecca Falcone (Kayla Wallace, voiced by Sue Pyler): A lawyer who does work for M-Tex Oil.

• Dale Bradley (James Jordan, voiced by Antowan Nöthling): A petroleum engineer and a good friend of Tommy.

• Monty Miller (Jon Hamm, voiced by Charl van Heyningen): The owner of M-Tex Oil who has a long-standing professional and personal relationship with Tommy.

• Cami Miller (Demi Moore, voiced by Renske Jacobs): Monty's wife.

• Nathan (Colm Feore, voiced by Jakkie Groenewald): An attorney and administrator at M-Tex Oil.

• Ariana Medina (Paulina Chavez, voiced by Claudia Jones): A young widow whose husband died in an accident on one of M-Tex Oil's fields. 

A formidable team of translators, including Morné Coetzer, Janine Opperman, and Francois le Roux, excelled at the challenging task of capturing the atmosphere of this brilliant series in Afrikaans. The dubbing directors are Rina Nienaber and De Waal Stemmet.

kykNET's Afrikaans version is one of the few dubbed versions of the series available worldwide. 

Showmax Has Been Deemed As Unsuccessful, Canal+ Looking To Wind Down On Investments

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Canal+ CEO Maxime Saada says MultiChoice’s streaming platform, Showmax, was not a commercial success and that the company will cut further investments into the service.

Speaking during Canal+’s presentation on cost-cutting targets following its acquisition of MultiChoice, Saada was asked about his company’s plans for Showmax.

“Showmax is not a commercial success. It’s quite obvious. There were a lot of dedicated investments on the marketing side, on the content side, on the technology side,” the CEO said.

“We are in a position to reduce those investments. They are included in the synergies. I won’t say how much, but it is significant.”

However, he explained that their strategy was all about growth. So, when making these decisions, Canal+ will be very careful to avoid losing potentially valuable subscribers.

“Although we are very quick at assessing the investments that we believe are required and those that are not. We are also very cautious not to negatively impact the top line,” Saada said.

“Otherwise, it would be like a bandaid we could rip off, but we are not going to do that. There was so much investment there that we had a lot of room to improve the situation.”

Groupe Canal+ gained control of the MultiChoice Group in September 2025, following a lengthy mandatory buyout process. The final phase of the transaction commenced on 13 October 2025.

MultiChoice first launched its Showmax streaming platform in 2015. However, it received significant upgrades and relaunched as Showmax 2.0 in February 2024.

The DStv-owner had high hopes for the revamped platform, pinning its entire future on it and telling investors that it expected to generate $1 billion (R15.7 billion) in net revenue in five years.

The first indications of MultiChoice’s plans for Showmax surfaced in March 2023, when it announced a deal that would give its streaming service access to the technology behind NBCUniversal’s Peacock.

The deal’s terms stipulated that MultiChoice would sell a 30% stake in Showmax to NBCUniversal and Sky.

Showmax 2.0

MultiChoice invested in marketing, technology, and new content for Showmax’s relaunch. MultiChoice announced three subscription plans for Showmax alongside its relaunch.

These are Showmax Entertainment, Showmax Entertainment Mobile, and Showmax Premier League. The latter is a mobile-only subscription providing access to all 380 English Premier League matches.

Showmax Entertainment offers content like series, movies, and kids’ shows. It is also available in a mobile-only format for a lower monthly fee.

Showmax’s relaunch included an expanded local catalogue, including 21 Showmax Originals from four African countries. It promised that 1,300 hours of new Showmax Originals would be released in 2024.

The company’s strategy aimed to leverage the African streaming market entering an anticipated boom phase, and position Showmax to become the continent’s leading video streaming service.

It highlighted that Africa is home to more than 450 million smartphone users and 250 million football lovers, which MultiChoice saw as a significant untapped market.

“It is critical that we make our move now before others reorganise themselves and make a play for Africa, which is seen as the last remaining growth market,” MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela said.

A year after Showmax’s relaunch, MultiChoice said it was seeing significant growth in its subscriber base, with the number of paying customers increasing 50% year-on-year by September 2024.

“It was a landmark year for Showmax, which grew its paying subscriber base, excluding discontinued services, by 50% year-on-year,” it said.

In its results for the period, the broadcaster said it expected the growth to accelerate as its strategic initiatives start to bear fruit.

“Showmax streamer was named Best Television/Streaming Network at The National Film and TV Awards South Africa and Entertainment App of the Year at the Stuff App Awards,” it added.

While the streaming platform recorded further year-on-year growth in the 2025 financial year, it hasn’t been the success that MultiChoice had envisioned.

The streamer recorded 44% year-on-year growth and said the number of Showmax Originals offered on the platform had increased to 89.

The revenue it generated during the financial year was approximately R750 million, and MultiChoice said its revenue growth was impacted by discontinued products, like Showmax Pro, ahead of the relaunch.

MultiChoice initially projected that Showmax would make trading losses, which would begin decreasing by the 2025 financial year. However, the opposite happened.

MultiChoice’s latest annual results showed that Showmax’s trading loss had worsened by 88% from R2.6 billion to R4.9 billion. At the same time, revenue also significantly declined.

“The increased trading losses reflect the start-up nature of the business, with a step-change in content costs and increased platform costs,” MultiChoice said.

“Its results were also impacted by discontinuation of the Showmax Pro and diaspora packages in 2H FY24, prior to re-launch.”

The Group also recognised a R1.5 billion net loss from Showmax in its bottom line for its last financial year. Considering it owns 70% of the platform indicates that its overall net loss was R2.15 billion.