MultiChoice Zambia Adds Government Based News Channel Zanis TV To DStv

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ZANIS TV has officially been onboarded onto the DStv platform following a landmark signing ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Ministry of Information and Media Permanent Secretary Thabo Kawana represented the Zambian Government at the historic event, describing the partnership between Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) and MultiChoice Group as a major breakthrough for the country’s media industry.

Kawana said the development will significantly expand the reach of ZANIS TV, enabling more Zambians both at home and in the diaspora to access information on government programmes and national development initiatives.

“This partnership is a game-changer for our media industry. By expanding our reach, we are ensuring that every Zambian at home and abroad has a front-row seat to the developmental projects and policies of the New Dawn Administration,” Kawana said.

He noted that the move will enhance the visibility of Zambia’s developmental agenda and strengthen the dissemination of credible, timely and factual information.

However, Kawana said government has taken note of concerns raised by members of the public regarding DStv services. 

During the ceremony, he urged MultiChoice to address issues surrounding high subscription fees, reduce repetitive content and maintain ZNBC TV as a Free-To-Air channel.

“We have heard the concerns of our people and we have conveyed them directly to MultiChoice. It is important that as we expand access, we also ensure affordability and quality content for viewers,” he said.

Kawana also challenged the ZANIS team to uphold high standards of professionalism and integrity as the channel transitions onto a broader continental and global platform.

"To the ZANIS team, the world is now watching. Let us continue telling the Zambian story with professionalism and integrity,” he said.

The onboarding of ZANIS TV onto DStv is expected to boost the channel’s visibility across Africa and beyond, positioning it as a key platform for showcasing Zambia’s development trajectory and national discourse.

King Of Queens Returns For A Season 7 On eSeries

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Airing: 23-Feb-26 at 6:15PM

Season 7 of The King of Queens brings back everything viewers love about this classic sitcom: bigger laughs, deeper family drama, and even more everyday chaos.

What to Expect:

• The Power Couple: Doug Heffernan remains the loud, food-loving delivery driver who prefers the couch to responsibility, while Carrie stays sharp-tongued, ambitious, and perpetually frustrated by Doug’s immaturity.

• Relatable Reality: This season leans into the reality of long-term relationships—tackling money stress, jealousy, and the "small" arguments that inevitably turn into big problems.

• The Arthur Factor: Carrie’s unpredictable father, Arthur, continues to steal scenes with his blunt honesty and bizarre schemes, adding a unique layer of tension and wisdom to the household.

The Verdict: With the supporting cast (Deacon, Kelly, Spence, and Danny) rounding out the neighborhood humor, Season 7 is a crowd-pleasing comedy that celebrates imperfect people and real-life love.

eSeries is available on Openview channel 109

Beloved Shows Including The Wonderfully Weird World Of Gumball, Teen Titans Go! and Batwheels Debut In isiZulu

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Warner Bros. Discovery is strengthening its connection with South African families by introducing isiZulu dubbing for fan‑favourite Cartoon Network and Cartoonito shows, a major step in making its kids’ content more accessible and culturally relevant for the local market. Building on the brands’ existing local productions and on-ground marketing initiatives, the rollout also includes new local channel voice‑overs and multilingual Cartoonito on‑air greetings. Together, these elements celebrate cultural inclusivity, support local talent, and respond to the growing demand for authentic local voices in kids’ entertainment, making Cartoon Network and Cartoonito’s content more accessible and relevant than ever before.

 

These initiatives build on the strong connection Warner Bros. Discovery Kids already enjoys with South African audiences. Cartoon Network has once again been voted the #1 Coolest Kids’ Channel in the Sunday Times GenNext Youth Survey, while Cartoonito ranks as the #1 channel in the DStv Family package. During DStv’s 30th Anniversary Open Window promotion in November, Cartoonito also soared to the #1 kids’ channel across the platform. Cartoon Network remains one of the strongest and most popular kids’ channels on pay‑TV, available from the DStv Access package upwards¹. With beloved shows such as Teen Titans Go!, Regular Show, Mr Bean and Zig & Sharko, the brands continue to deliver the content kids love — now with an even stronger local touch.

 

Cynthia Gonçalves Afonso, Warner Bros. Discovery Senior Manager, Programming and Presentation, Kids Channels, explains, “By introducing local languages into our kids’ channels, we’re not only making our content more accessible, but also ensuring it stays relevant to the everyday lives of South African families.”

 

Fan-Favourite Shows Dubbed in isiZulu

Following the December launch of The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball in isiZulu on Cartoon Network, audiences can now enjoy Batwheels in isiZulu on Cartoonito. More dubbed favourites will roll out throughout the year, including Teen Titans Go!. These shows are being introduced progressively across both channels, giving children the joy of hearing their heroes in their own language.

 

isiZulu is South Africa’s most widely spoken home language, spoken most often at home by 24.4% of the population (15.1 million people) according to the latest national census (Stats SA, 2022). By dubbing flagship shows into isiZulu, Warner Bros. Discovery is directly responding to the growing demand for content in local languages, ensuring that more children feel included in the stories they love.

 

Johannesburg‑based localisation studio EarCandy led the isiZulu dubbing process. Louise Callcott‑Stevens, CEO of EarCandy, says, “Our role was to ensure that the shows were authentically localised, from translation to voice recording, while maintaining the integrity of the original content. By combining linguistic accuracy with cultural nuance, we make sure the dubbed versions look and sound just like the originals.”

 

New Local Channel Voices

Cartoon Network and Cartoonito have strengthened their South African identity by appointing Paballo Koza and Siya Ngxambuza as the new official voice‑over artists for the channels. Siya is a Johannesburg‑based voice‑over artist with extensive experience across major South African brands, while Paballo is an award‑nominated actor and children’s TV presenter, bringing a familiar and trusted voice to the channel. As the leading voices behind promos and on‑air branding, they bring local authenticity and flair to the channels’ identities. This initiative is separate from show dubbing and ensures that the channels themselves sound closer to home for African audiences.

Everyday Greetings in Kids’ Own Languages

Alongside English, Cartoonito’s hosts Nito & his friends now greet viewers in seven additional South African languages: isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, and SiSwati. With a total of eight languages, the channel has introduced more than 100 on‑air greetings and short clips, covering the first language of nearly 90% of South African homes. These everyday moments make the channel feel more familiar and inclusive, while laying the groundwork for future expansion into additional Sub‑Saharan African languages.

Looking Ahead

Warner Bros. Discovery continues to blend global storytelling with meaningful local elements, which helps lay strong foundations for the future of kids’ entertainment in Africa. By expanding language representation in South Africa, Cartoon Network and Cartoonito ensure children see and hear themselves in the stories they love. By reflecting the richness of everyday life across the country, Warner Bros Discovery is future-proofing its content and ensuring its shows remain resonant for the next generation of viewers.

 

Cynthia Gonçalves Afonso concludes: “Language is a powerful connector, and by offering beloved shows in isiZulu and adding multilingual on-air greetings, we’re helping make everyday moments on Cartoon Network and Cartoonito feel more familiar and inclusive. This is an important step in representing the vibrant linguistic landscape of South African homes.”

 

LIV Golf Joins Forces With SuperSport And Canal+ Group To Transform Golf Broadcasting Across Sub-Saharan Africa

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LIV Golf, the global golf league blending world-class competition with entertainment and culture to grow the game worldwide, has announced the renewal of its broadcast partnership with SuperSport, the largest sports broadcaster in Africa and a subsidiary of MultiChoice, a Canal+ Group company.

The partnership allows SuperSport to deliver comprehensive live coverage of the 2026 LIV Golf League season, featuring 14 events across 10 countries and five continents, including events in Adelaide, Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico, the United States, the United Kingdom, and additional international destinations.

The broadcast agreement follows SuperSport's broadcast of the five-part docuseries, Greens & Gold, which chronicled the on- and off-course performance, team culture, and competitive mindset of Southern Guards GC, providing fans with behind-the-scenes access to the all–South African team and its journey within the LIV Golf League.

Golf fans can look forward to the League’s first-ever event in South Africa, LIV Golf South Africa, taking place 19-22 March 2026, at The Club at Steyn City in Johannesburg.

The South Africa event has already emerged as one of the fastest-selling events across the 2026 LIV Golf season, reflecting strong demand from fans and underscoring the momentum surrounding LIV Golf’s arrival in the region.

This historic milestone for LIV Golf is a testament to the passion and national pride of the League’s South Africa–based team, the Southern Guards, captained by major champion Louis Oosthuizen , alongside multiple LIV Golf event winner Branden Grace, prolific global performer and LIV Golf Chicago 2025 Champion Dean Burmester, and Open Champion Charl Schwartzel.

“SuperSport is proud to once again be at the forefront of bringing innovation in the sport of golf to Africa,” said Rendani Ramovha, CANAL+ Director: Sport, Content (English & Portuguese-Speaking Africa).

“This partnership with LIV Golf is a credit not just to the broadcast capabilities of SuperSport in bringing the world’s finest golfers in immaculate broadcast quality to viewers across Africa, but to South African golf as a whole. As part of our integration into the global Canal+ Group ecosystem, we are committed to leveraging our best-in-class production and technical facilities to showcase the South Africa event to the rest of the world. This will pave the way for developing golf further in Africa.”

Örjan Olsson, SVP, International Media Rights at LIV Golf, added: “We’re delighted to reaffirm our partnership with SuperSport and the Canal+ Group, which has been a cornerstone of LIV Golf’s journey in South Africa and across the region. Africa represents a strategically important growth market for LIV Golf, and SuperSport’s scale, production excellence, and commitment to premium sports storytelling make it an ideal partner. As 2026 marks a defining chapter for LIV Golf on the African continent, we believe that SuperSport is the ideal broadcast partner to once again deliver unparalleled coverage of elite competition.”

Via the new rights agreement, golf fans across Sub-Saharan Africa can consistently follow a premier global field spanning the sport’s most elite competitors and iconic figures beyond South Africa’s Southern Guards roster - including Bryson DeChambeau, Jon Rahm, Joaquin Niemann, Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson , Sergio Garcia, Tyrrell Hatton, and more.

LIV Golf’s competition format, with events contested over four rounds and 72 holes across many of the world’s most iconic courses, is anchored by the League’s signature shotgun start.

The League’s innovative broadcast approach accelerates pace and enhances both individual and team storylines, delivering a dynamic, action-dense viewing experience with significantly more live action than traditional golf broadcasts - all within a four-to-five-hour window.

LIV Golf’s South African Team docuseries, Greens & Gold, is available on DStv CatchUp. 

March 2026 On ESPN Across Africa | NRL | Major League Baseball | More

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NRL 

The National Rugby League is a professional rugby league competition in Australasia which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand.

The new season kicks off on 1 March 2026. A few big games to look forward to are: 

Knights vs Cowboys, 1 March at 04:15

Broncos vs Eels, 12 March at 11:00

Sea Eagles vs Roosters, 26 March at 11:00

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 

Major League Baseball is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League and the American League, with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.

Exciting fixtures to look out for:

Giants vs Yankees, 26 March at 02:00

Mariners vs Guardians, 27 March at 04:10

Blue Jays vs Athletics, 29 March at 19:35

THE AFL

The Australian Football League is the pre-eminent professional competition of Australian rules football.

The opening round starts on 5 March 2026. Big fixtures include: 

Sydney vs Carlton, 5 March at 10:35

Melbourne vs St. Kilda, 15 March at 06:15

West Coast vs North Melbourne, 22 March at 09:10

NCAA COLLEGE BASKETBALL – MARCH MADNESS

The NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division 1 level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

March Madness starts on 17 March on ESPN 2.

Please note: 

All fixtures and schedules are subject to change. 

Broadcast times are provided in CAT (Central African Time) 

How to tune in to ESPN:

ESPN: DStv 218, StarTimes 248 

ESPN2: DStv 219, StarTimes 249