New Channel Alert: Galaxy Universal Network Coming Soon To StarSat

Galaxy Universal Network, is Media Broadcasting company, that currently has three (3) Channels (News, Movies and General Entertainment Channels) being hosted by StarSat. The channels have a strong mandate to focus on changing the African narrative from one of despair to one of hope; telling the stories of African development, highlighting the strength of Africa and its people as a whole. The Channels are committed to connecting, informing and reporting on communities who have been overlooked in the discourse. We seek to raise the level of awareness and consciousness around the issues affecting the people of South Africa.

June 2020 On NickToons Africa | ALVINNN!!! And The Chipmunks | Stunts

ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS SEASON 4
NEW EPISODES: #414-#419 | HALF CARTS
WEEKDAYS 15 TO 30 JUNE | AT 14:20 WAT/15:20 CAT /16:20 EAT
The Chipmunks and Chipettes aren’t your typical kids. They go to school, have chores and homework, fight like siblings and play soldout concerts to millions of fans. Oh, did we mention they're international rock stars?
New episodes will be: Best in Shoe, Royal Pain, World Day, Between a Rope and a Hard Place, Allergic Reaction, Lice-enced to Teach, Animal House Party, Dr. Zap vs Electroboy, Mega Bounce Battle, Gossip Guy, Chimpmania and Dad Jokes.

HOME OF THE EXTRAORDINARY
WEEKDAYS AT 11:20 WAT/12:20 CAT/13:20 EAT 08 JUNE TO 03 JULY
Whether a band a of humanoid warrior turtles, a heroic phantomfighter with ghostly super powers, the best secret agents in the world, the master of all four elements or a hero in the Valley of Peace.
No one said being extraordinary was going to be easy.
They are still often nervous, clumsy, overwhelmed and tend to ‘geek out’, but ultimately need to grow, train, battle, learn and teach. With help from family and friends along the way, it’s easy to take on new responsibilities and face new adversaries when the world is falling out of balance. After all, life is not a destination, it's a journey filled with fantastic action-packed adventures. Who knows, there might even be time for pizza!

INTERNATIONAL DAYS OF...
PROGRAMMING STACKS
04 TO 24 JUNE
04th - INTERNATIONAL CHEESE DAY - 05:40 WAT/06:40 CAT/07:40 EAT
05th - INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT DAY - 05:20 WAT/06:20 CAT/07:20 EAT
08th - WORLD OCEANS DAY - 05:40 WAT/ 06:40 CAT/07:40 EAT
21st - FATHER’S DAY - 08:45 WAT/09:45 CAT/10:45 EAT
24th - FAIRY DAY - 08:45 WAT/09:45 CAT/10:45 EAT

SUNDAY MARATHONS
EVERY SUNDAY AT 15:00 WAT/16:00 CAT/17:00 EAT
PROGRAMMING STACKS
07th DORG VANDANGO
14th THE X’S
21st ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS
28th PEPPA PIG

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Star Life Will Bring In Two New Telenovelas: Nazar And Naamkarann

Covid-19 has affected tv channels as you already know Star Life was airing only repeats during the month of April due to the lockdown that occurred in South Africa and India with most of their plans put in jeopardy.

Since April, the channel has only been filled with repeats of Chasing My Heart, Forever Yours and The Crossroads. The channel recieved major backlash from fans and forced others to temporarily distance themselves from the channel.

Before the lockdown was implemented, Star Life was set to introduce two new Hindi telenovelas which were Nazaar and Naamkarann to the channel.

Nazaar (The Evil Eye) follows the life of an evil Daayan, who worship the mother goddesses Kali and Durga. But as a devil, she was cursed by gods and captured into the human world. Jatinder Bhardwaj and Ankur Nayyar take up the lead role with Monalisa set to follow.

Naamkaran (My Identity) is the story of an illegitimate 11 year old girl, Avni Ayesha, who tries to give herself a legitimate identity despite cruel obstacles by her own grandmother Dayawanti Mehta. Aditi Rathore and Zain Imam take up the lead role with Reema Lagoo set to follow.

Both these series were originally set to air weekdays from 21:00 CAT but now the release dates for these shows are up in the air. The only thing I can confirm is there's still plans to air the show on the channel.

StarSat Will More Likely Launch A Total Of 10 Channels, Part Of Them Are Currently Active On The Platform

StarTimes Media has upgraded their bouquet offering that will see the introduction of 10 new premium channels across news, kids, movies, fashion, novelas, gaming and esports giving subscribers an enriched content experience at the same affordable monthly subscription for their bouquets of choice. Some of them may take longer to appear on the platform or become a no show.

Consumers will have access to channels Sky News, CBeebies, Gametoon, Timeless Drama Channel (TDC), Tlnovelas, FashionBox HD, SABC Education, FilmBox, Limpopo TV and Toonami will enrich the already existing content genres available to the broadcaster’s terrestrial and satellite television.

Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation. Sky News is distributed via a radio news service, and through online channels. It is owned by Sky Group, a division of Comcast. The channel is also available on MultiChoice's DStv.

CBeebies is a British free-to-air television network owned by the BBC through BBC Studios. It is aimed at young children aged 3 and upwards. It manages an international network supported by subscription services. The channel is also carried on MultiChoice's DStv.

Gametoon features interactive gaming/second screen gaming, game reviews, tournaments esports and viral content fueled with best of the Web and much more. The channel gives its viewers a unique opportunity to play dedicated games on their mobile devices and share scores along with social profile pictures on air. The channel is owned by SPI International.

Timeless Drama Channel is a Turkish entertainment channel featuring Turkish drama and Turkish telenovelas with series such as The Uncle in Black, Kurt Seyit and Sura, 20 Minutes, The End and many more. The channel also airs movies and run by SPI International.

Tlnovelas is a Spanish-language pay television network that broadcasts Mexican telenovelas produced by Televisa, the owner of the channel.

FashionBox HD features inspirational, educational and always highly entertaining content on shopping, lifestyle and new fashion trends. The channel is owned by SPI International.

SABC Education is an interactive education channel for the youth that carries programming from the department of education, archived shows from the SABC library, as well as educational programmes seen and available on SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3.

FilmBox is a movie channel that broadcasts a range of Hollywood blockbusters, world movies and local productions.

Limpopo TV is a multi-advertorial channel offering a variety of programs that include magazine style shows, reality shows, local dramas, animation, current affairs, movies, sitcoms and sports, local news, infomercials and local stories.

Toonami is a 24-hour kids channel with the best of DC animation carrying a bit of action, adventure and team work which was available on DStv as a pop-up channel but runs full-time on StarSat. The channel is owned by WarnerMedia.

So far StarSat and StarTimes have launched several of these channels or are still trying to launch them. You need visit their customer care for more details about the channel.

New Channel Alert: NHK World Japan To Be Added On MultiChoice's DStv Platform In South Africa

MultiChoice seems to have listed another channel on their website and this time it's NHK World Japan which launched in April on DStv in neighbouring countries.

 

NHK World Japan will be launched on DStv as a new lifestyle channel. The channel, which will air on DStv channel 432/3 (yet to be confirmed) will showcase a variety of arts and culture, current affairs, dramas, documentaries, sport and much more.

 

All DStv customers will have access to a new world of Japanese content and will be able to discover a unique and diverse blend of programming featuring live international news along with lifestyle, culture, food, travel, sports, technology, science, and history programs, with an Asian perspective.

This channel will be available to DStv Premium, Compact+, Compact, Family and Access customers.

ViacomCBS Media Networks Africa Discreet Deal With MultiChoice: Could MultiChoice Be Looking Into Adding Paramount Network In Place Of Another Channel On DStv?

In December of last year, MultiChoice renewed the distribution deal between Viacom International Media Networks which is now known as ViacomCBS Media Networks which will see continuation of all their channels carried on the platform including Nickelodeon, BET, MTV, MTV Base and Comedy Central.

The thing both parties left out in this extended agreement was the duration of the deal. Which led me to believe that MultiChoice or ViacomCBS is more likely looking into canning some of the channels later this year or early in 2021. The likely candidates could be MTV and Comedy Central.

Since Viacom and CBS merged early last year a lot of reconstructing has been underway which included having two managers handle seperate parts of these brands alongside aligning the channels such as CBS Reality and Justice from CBS side with MTV, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon from Viacom.

CBS Reality and Justice are crafted through a partnership and listed under ViacomCBS Media Networks and AMC International so those candidates are unlikely to suffer the chop on DStv while MTV and Comedy Central both channels currently listed under one brand which is ViacomCBS Media Networks.

MTV is the name doesn't suggest is a reality channel catered to young adults aged 18 to 35 at launch it also carried music overtime it shifted to just reality and left it's sister channels MTV Base and Music24 to handle the music while Comedy Central is a comedy-based channel carry movies, series, reality shows and cartoons.

The reason I picked these two besides being ViacomCBS channels they carry a lot of repeats and old programming part of them can be seen through a single channel which isn't accessible in the market yet. Comedy Central has one local production that appears once a year other than that it's mostly repeats while most of MTV's content can be transmitted through BET and MTV Base since both channels are struggling to boost their lineup with MTV Base struggling that was struggling to gain traction in South Africa alone.

Back in 2018, ViacomCBS launched Paramount Network as a premium, general entertainment channel that carried "bold original scripted and non-scripted series" with Viacom that's moving its best shows to this channel and rolling out several brand-new scripted series and drama series on this channel which in turn led to the discontinuation of dramas folded onto MTV.

At the time ViacomCBS Africa said they will explore opportunities to build the brand in the market. After a year through an interview the former CEO he stated they are looking at ways to build the brand and how to get it into the market.

Paramount Network is available in the UK, Spain, Latin America, Sweden, Denmark and Italy and Canada. Some of these markets once carried it as a movie channel. For those living without the brand had to wait a little longer for the channel.

Paramount carries sitcoms (some from Comedy Central), reality shows, drama series, documents (some from MTV) and movies. In the UK, the channel is mostly filled with scripted series and a bit of crime based reality shows.

If Paramount Network had to launch in Africa through MultiChoice's DStv it definitely coming as a placeholder and NOT a new channel since most of the programming would be familiar with the market. If you basically do research in each territory that sources out this channel you'd find that it takes up Comedy Central's space in a few of these markets and offers a small lineup of reality shows seen on MTV particularly the talk and game shows.

Here's my theory, Paramount Network launches in South Africa to replace both MTV and Comedy Central on DStv with selected programming from these defunct channels moved to BET and MTV Base not only does it reduce the repetition on DStv but boosts these channels offering now that ViacomCBS will have less channels to all their focus and efforts on.