What To Expect On The Home Channel In June 2023?

* priority slots in bold

Location Location Location S25
No floorboard is left unturned as dynamic property experts Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer help house hunters find the perfect home in the perfect location in a new season of Location, Location, Location. This time the challenge ahead of Kirstie and Phil is tougher than ever. Britain’s choosiest home hunters are looking for just the right spot and our expert realtors are, as always, up to the task. They will help these house hunters secure the right home in the right spot for these families to live their happy-ever-after.

05 June to 01 Sep 2023
Mon 09:00 Tue 13:00 Wed 17:00 Fri 21:00

Escape to the Chateau S7
Escape to the Chateau is back with brand new season and Dick Strawbridge and his partner Angel are as hard at work as ever! It’s been years since they’ve traded in their two-bed apartment in Essex for a dilapidated 19th century French chateau, and the massive restoration of this 45-room castle is almost complete. With even more events booked, Dick and Angel forge ahead with their plans amidst a very busy year at their new home. Their events business is a huge success, family life remains top priority, and they have their hands full beautifying the Chateau de la Motte-Husson even further..

05 June 2023 to 02 July 2023
Mon 12:00 Tue 16:00 Thu 20:00 Fri 08:00 Sat 12:30 & 19:30

Grand Designs Australia S8
Grand Designs Australia shares the stories behind some of the most interesting builds, with compelling tales of inspiration, focus, and dogged determination. Hosted by leading Australian architect Peter Maddison, the show reveals the highs and the lows of taking on the biggest single investment of most people’s lives – creating their ideal home. From the tiny house overlooking the bay, to the massive steel mansion high on a hill, the genius inventor who spends five tortuous years trialling his revolutionary building system, to the reclusive but hilarious handyman building a bizarre underground hideout in the suburbs, this season of Grand Designs has no shortage of characters and jaw dropping projects. Explore the motivations, memories and connections behind each build, delve deeper and go beyond the architectural style. With each project being as unique as the owners themselves, Grand Designs Australia is guaranteed to be a feast of the finest architecture and home design you’ve ever seen!

05 June 2023 to 13 August 2023
Mon 13:00 Tue 17:00 Thu 21:00 Fri 09:00 Sat 11:00 & 18:00 Sun 15:00 & 22:00

Real Health S13
Holistic health experts and professionals join Real Health host, Michael Porter, to discuss every-day health conditions. They explore causes, symptoms and holistic ways of treating these issues and how these solutions, when practiced correctly, can lead to a healthier mind, body and soul. In each episode, our experts delve deep into the root of what happens at biological, physiological and psychological levels when healthy living is practiced holistically. They inform the viewer of the roles played by diet, exercise, and lifestyle choices on their overall well-being, and the viewer in turn learns about the diverse approaches to health that suit different lifestyles, personalities and beliefs. Whether it’s conventional Western medical solutions or Eastern disciplines that have been practiced for thousands of years, modern nutritional viewpoints or age old remedies, each episode of Real Health aims to inspire, transform and enlighten.

05 June 2023 to 03 September 2023
Mon 18:00 Tue 23:00 Wed 10:00 Thu 14:00 Sat 09:30 Sun 08:00

Cooking with Curtis S1
Food is a universal language that has the power to soothe, comfort, and heal, not only for the eater but for those who cook. Friends, partners, mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons, nominate a deserving candidate to spend an afternoon in the kitchen with Michelin-starred chef Curtis Stone on Cooking with Curtis. Each episode opens with a clip of the nominating guest’s audition reel. Nominees might include a nurse or grocery store clerk who has worked tirelessly over the course of the last year as an essential worker, a single dad nominated by his daughter who is holding down two jobs but strives to put a healthy meal on the table every night, a fiancé hoping to impress his bride-to-be with his newfound cooking prowess, a grandpa whose granddaughter aspires for a professional career in the restaurant industry. Curtis shares why this person’s story spoke to him and why he wants to help lend a hand in improving their culinary skills and make a memorable dish or meal for their loved one.

19 June 2023 to 13 August 2023
Mon 10:00 Tue 14:00 Thu 18:00 Fri 23:00 Sat 07:00 Sun 13:30

Nick Knowles Home Improvements S1
On Nick Knowles’ Home Improvements, Nick and his team of experts – composed of an interior designer, 2 carpenters, a props maker, garden designer, home organiser and upcycler – get stuck in to demonstrate their top tips on how to improve your house when it comes to storage, space and organisation. From reclaiming dead space in your house and turning it into stylish storage, to making the tiniest garden into an extension of your living space, the team venture into every area of the house.

26 June 2023 to 14 July 2023
Mon 08:00 Tue 12:00 Wed 16:00 Fri 20:00

Top Property S1
Top Property follows the Blaber family – an ordinary family doing the extraordinary – building their own dream home on the rugged ocean coastline of the Mornington Peninsula. With no building experience, they work together to turn a humble 1960's beach shack into a million-dollar home. Along the way, they’ll explore the best architecturally designed homes and interview experts from builders to interior designers, giving you ideas and inspiration to create your very own masterpiece. Experience the highs and lows of renovating as a family, as well as the excitement that comes with realising their dream.

26 June 2023 01 September 2023
Mon 11:00 Tue 15:00 Thu 19:00 Fri 22:30

Dream Home Makeovers with Sophie Robinson S1
Featuring the UK’s undisputed queen of colour, Dream Home Makeovers with Sophie Robinson follows the interior design guru as she pushes brave homeowners just beyond their comfort zones to create eye-popping interiors that are cosy to live in and amazing to look at. Every episode features two dazzling transformations along with tips for getting wow-factor results. And—from minimalist and monochrome to Art Deco and country cottage chic—Sophie harnesses creativity, charisma, and the transformational power of colour to revolutionize drab interiors, one stylish home at a time.

26 June 2023 06 August 2023
Mon 20:00 Tue 08:00 Wed 12:00 Thu 16:00 Sat 08:30 Sun 07:00

Home of the Year Ireland S7
Home of the Year is back. Over 8 weeks, 21 homes will compete for the Home of the Year title, with three very different properties featured each week. From restorations and new builds to renovations and re-design, Home of the Year features Irish locals who have created their dream homes. Looking for individuality, functionality and clever design, the judges will individually score each of the homes out of 10, the home with the highest combined score in each programme will go through to the final, where the ultimate winner will be crowned.

27 July 2023 20 August 2023
Tue 19:30 Wed 22:00 Thu 11:30 Fri 15:30 Sat 13:30 & 20:30 Sun 17:30 & 00:30

Love Your Garden S1
Love Your Garden is a British lifestyle gardening show hosted by Alan Titchmarsh, alongside co-presenters David Domoney, Katie Rushworth and Frances Tophill. The show sees the team visit locations around the UK helping people to transform their gardens. Alan Titchmarsh and his team also travel the country to find those dream gardens we'd all like to have. Meeting the colourful characters that create these spaces, they'll show us how we can live the dream at home by recreating these looks in our own gardens.

27 June 2023 15 September 2023
Tue 21:30 Wed 09:30 Thu 13:30 Fri 17:30

What To Expect On HONEY In June 2023?

Sangoma, Khanyisa!
Season 4
TX: Saturday 13 May – 5 August
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30 
13 Episodes  
PG13  
60 minutes 
Genre: Reality
People are always looking for that voice in their lives to confirm that they are on the right track. We feature renowned, Mkhulu Rametsi who helps people find that voice. Each episode sees a person in need who presents their problems to Mkhulu Rametsi. Accompanied by their loved ones and friends, each person hopes to walk out with an answer to their problems.

Yes, I Have HIV 
Season 2
TX: Saturday 13 May – 5 August
WAT 15:00 | CAT 16:00 | EAT 17:00   
13 Episodes   
30 minutes   
Genre: Reality  
The spectacular Nozi Qamngana-Mayaba, a popular HIV activist, helps people reveal their HIV-positive status for the first time to their loved ones. She meets with each person to unpack their journey and how they contracted the virus. She helps families with an expert to face the truth and find a new way of living positively with the disease. 

My Horror Love Story: Zambia
Season 2
TX: Saturday 13 May – 5 August
WAT 16:00 | CAT 17:00 | EAT 18:00 
13 Episodes  
PG13  
30 minutes 
Genre: Reality
What happens when the love you thought was precious turns out to be bitter and painful? We hear directly from women whose fairy tale relationships turned into nightmares. In a sit-down with the women and those closest to them, we relive the moments when they knew that their love story was now a horror.

7 Colours
Season 5
TX: Sunday 14 May – 6 August
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30
13 Episodes  
PG13  
60 minutes  
Genre: Reality
7 Colours is a loved South African meal. Most families pride themselves in being able to prepare the best version of this meal. In this show, we put that theory to the test. Three teams will go head-to-head to cook the perfect 7 colours plate, they will also host each other in their homes. The teams judge each other and the ones with the most points take the prize with Lillian Dube and Moshe Ndiki as the hosts.

Yes, I Have HIV: Zimbabwe
Season 1
TX: Saturday 3 June – 23 September
WAT 20:00 | CAT 21:00 | EAT 22:00  
13 Episodes  
30 minutes  
Genre: Reality
Phyllis Mavushe, a popular HIV activist, helps people reveal their HIV-positive status for the first time to their loved ones. She meets with each person to unpack their journey and how they contracted the virus. Mavushe also helps families with an expert to face the truth and find a new way of living positively with the disease.

OTHER FRESH CONTENT 
Where Are You?
Season 1
TX: Sunday 14 May – 6 August
WAT 16:00 | CAT 17:00 | EAT 18:00
13 Episodes  
30 minutes  
Genre: Reality
A reality show that follows the lives of families whose loved ones vanished without a trace. How have they coped so long with loss and its impact on their lives? We see all the emotions as they try to locate their loved ones. Will they find their family members? Dead or alive?

A Prisoner Stole My Heart
Season 1
TX: Saturday 13 May – 5 August
WAT 15:30 | CAT 16:30| EAT 17:30
13 Episodes  
30 minutes  
Genre: Reality
We meet women who share the real-life experience of falling in love with a convicted offender. They take us through the highs and lows of the relationship, how they maintained romance from prison and how their lovers are in the real world.

Ask The Cook
Season 1
TX: Sunday 14 May – 6 August
WAT 15:00 | CAT 16:00 | EAT 17:00  
13 Episodes  
30 minutes  
Genre: Cooking
A light-hearted cooking show for hopeless cooks and foodies to level up their cooking skills. Chef Asisipho Burwana is self-taught and the life of any room he steps into. He helps viewers figure out the best ways to make tasty meals over a good chat.

Yes, I Have HIV: Zambia
Season 2
TX: Sunday 14 May – 6 August
WAT 18:00 | CAT 19:00 | EAT 20:00  
13 Episodes  
30 minutes  
Genre: Reality
Paul Banda, a popular HIV activist, helps people reveal their HIV-positive status for the first time to their loved ones. He meets with each person to unpack their journey and how they contracted the virus. He helps families with an expert to face the truth and find a new way of living positively with the disease.

Phil Nelson Named Executive Vice President Of CNN International Commercial

CNN Worldwide has appointed Phil Nelson to lead the network’s international business operations and its work with commercial partners outside of the United States.

As Executive Vice President of CNN International Commercial (CNNIC), Nelson is responsible for all international Advertising Sales, Content Sales & Licensing and Commercial Distribution revenue, as well as related client solutions functions including the award-winning Create brand studio and world-class digital and data operations. In this role, Nelson also works with partners across the Warner Bros. Discovery business on areas such as CNN International’s distribution strategy and collaboration on digital operations and ad sales to provide more opportunities for brand partners to access news and other genres across the portfolio. Nelson becomes part of CNN Worldwide’s leadership team and reports to the network’s Group Executive Vice President of Business Operations & Strategy, Chris Marlin.

As CNNIC’s Chief Operating Officer since 2019, Nelson led operational and international growth initiatives while managing advertising sales support functions. In that time he put in place the framework for CNNIC’s Audience First ad sales strategy, took CNN content onto new platforms, and grew the portfolio of CNN’s international affiliate business with broadcasters and publishers around the world as well as its commercial distribution footprint with hotels and airlines. Major initiatives in Nelson’s time at CNNIC to date include the introduction of CNN International onto Connected TV platforms in Europe, the launch of the CNN Apparel business in Asia, licensing the rights to Great Big Story, and the expansion of the CNN branded channel portfolio with additions including CNN Brasil, CNN Prima News and CNN Portugal.

Prior to joining CNN, Nelson was Managing Director, Turner North Asia and South East Asia Pacific, overseeing all aspects of Turner’s business in these regions. He had previously held other business development and strategic planning roles at Turner since joining in 2010 and has significant digital experience from his time at AOL, where he was Managing Director for AOL Asia. In addition, Nelson holds an MBA from Harvard University and, prior to entering the corporate sector, was a commander in the US Navy.

CNN is making additional key changes to CNNIC’s executive leadership team as it evolves its client offering:

• Cathy Ibal is named Senior Vice President, Advertising Sales, to oversee all CNN’s international advertising sales. A proven commercial leader with 22 years’ experience at CNN, Ibal has a track record of leading global teams and developing innovative advertising and brand solutions for a wide range of clients – from major luxury and blue chip brands to travel and tourism and other private and public sector partners

• Rob Bradley is appointed Senior Vice President, Digital Revenue, Strategy & Operations, with a remit that includes everything related to the digital ecosystem for CNNIC – revenue, operations and commercial strategy. In addition to his CNNIC role, Rob is part of the CNN Digital leadership team and will lead CNNIC’s collaboration with WBD’s international business operations on digital projects and utilising best practice in advertising technology and solutions

CNNIC’s sophisticated capabilities in creative, data, revenue strategy and client services are all being brought into one unit under the leadership of James Hunt, Senior Vice President, Global Client Solutions. This will include a joined up offering for partners across CNNIC’s award-winning Create Studio and the Audiences & Data unit along with client servicing, events and strategy functions.

“For journalism to flourish, it’s imperative that we have a robust effective commercial operation to fund the work that CNN does around the world every single day,” said Chris Licht, Chairman and Chief Executive of CNN Worldwide. “To that end, I am delighted that Phil and his executive team are taking the reins at CNNIC to lead us into a new era of working with our commercial partners.”

“CNNIC has an incredible track record in unlocking value for both CNN and our commercial partners across a wide range of sectors,” said Phil Nelson. “As we look to the future, we are creating new ways for partners to work with CNN that enable advertisers to engage with our audiences wherever they consume CNN and for broadcasters, publishers, Out of Home partners and platforms to access and leverage our world-renowned content and journalism. In a fast-changing media landscape, we are combining the best of CNN’s content and commercial offering in an innovative way that reflects client and market needs as well as audience expectations.”

Development Alert: Estação Do Boss To Be Made Available On DStv And GOtv Mozambique's Newest Addition, Maningue Magic Kool

During the month, MultiChoice unveiled Maningue Magic Kool of course details about the content were underwraps. After a few weeks, the pay-tv company unveiled the first show for the reported upcoming for consumers in Mozambique, Estação Do Boss.

Estação Do Boss (Boss Station) is an entertainment program, with a greater focus on music videos, by the irreverent and international television presenter Emerson Miranda. It features behind the scenes of some video clips, interviews from singers.

This series is currently seen on Maningue Magic which confirms my suspicions from weeks back. MultiChoice decided to ramp up yet another BBC UKTV or better yet Magic Showcase to consumers in the region probably another way

As they currently list it under the GOtv Essentials (channel 3) and DStv Base packages (channel 505) which serves as the cheaper tiers within the market. This channel similar to various regionalized M-Net channels appear to be applicable to consumers in the region.

The channel is expected to rollout in the coming weeks.

In other developments, MultiChoice is rumoured to be adding a third kids brand from Warner Bros. Discovery, Boing. Similar to Maningue Magic Kool, the channel was listed under an existing tile before being officially announced by the respective party.

Recap To The Week (Another Annekan Die Swa Kry): River Of Passion Rolls Out On Soweto TV, Complicated Love And Love Or Poison Axed On The Channel Thus Concluding The Run Of Glow TV

Soweto TV, a community channel that is far past its prime or at least with the way their licenced content pan out had acquired rights to the Colombian telenovela, Niche, Lo Que Diga El Corazón (Beats Of Love). For weird reasons, it's distributed as River Of Passions.

Interesting to note, this is a Caracol Television series the same people behind Hidden Passions and Ana's Revenge on Telemundo and they already offer Sinú, Río De Pasiones (River Of Passions) so the titles probably got mixed up as seen with Annekan Die Swa Kry.

Synopsis for River Of Passions:

Ivan Cuero is a total ball of energy when he's on stage. He carries the passion and the feeling awakened by music and love in his voice.

The musical drama stars Jair Romero as the titular character, Abril Schreiber as Marisol López, Helga Díaz as Luz Mariela, Fiona Horsey as Lida.

River Of Passions airs daily at 08:30 and 9 hours later at 17:30 with an Omnibus every Saturday at 09:00. As seen in their updated EPG, Bollywood dramas Love Or Poison and Complicated Love have been phased out thus concluding the last remains of Glow TV.

Nismedia, the company behind Glow TV has been looking to find other means to continue the channel but with no avail. They're currently looking to take legal action against eMedia Investments in regards to the condition in which the channel was removed.