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December 2020 On Da Vinci Kids Africa | New Seasons For The Family | Christmas Stunt

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Kids Programmes – Premiere
Operation Ouch! - Season 8
From December 12th
Saturdays & Sundays 18:30
Identical twin brothers and doctors Chris and Xand van Tulleken experiment on themselves and meet real patients in hospital to explore the fascinating world of medicine and biology. They show how the body works in normal and extreme situations - from Oh! to Eeeuw!

Adults Programmes – Premiere
Forces of Nature – BRAND NEW
From December 13th
Sundays 22:00
Shape, motion, elements and colour tell us a lot about Earth. Using the latest technology to bring unique perspectives and understanding of nature’s wonders, this series shows the immense forces that make our world so vibrant and diverse.

Christmas with Da Vinci!
Friday, December 24th from 17:30 to 20:00 and Saturday, December 25th from 08:50 to 10:55

The Treehouse Stories
Airs at 17:25 and repeats at 08:50
The Christmas Feast
The kids hear what happens when a wolf, a fox and a weasel decide to have a Christmas feast with a turkey. The clever turkey teaches them how to have fun and they all have a Christmas to remember.

Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
Airs at 17:35 and repeats at 09:00
Stranger in a Strange Lab & Sturm Und Drag
An old friend of Edison’s visits the lab and asks the Secret Lab Kids to help him with a top-secret project. And, The Secret Lab Kids work on a secret new aircraft for a mysterious character named "Bob".

Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
Airs at 18:00 and repeats at 09:25
All the Heavy Lifting & Twas the Night Before Liftoff
When Von Bolt finds a tiny wrapped present, he comes to the conclusion that Bob is Santa Claus. And, the Edison Kids need to complete their new airship, but are locked out of the impenetrable mountain lab!

Thomas Edison's Secret Lab
Airs at 18:30 and repeats at 09:55
Von Bolt Meets Santa & And to All a Good Flight
The Secret Lab Kids must devise functioning space suits to travel to the moon to rescue Von Bolt and Bob. Later, the Secret Lab Kids are stuck on the moon and only have a few hours left to return to Earth!

Horrible Histories
Airs at 19:00 and repeats at 10:25
Horrible Christmas
Christmas in the past wasn’t always fun, with smelly Saxon gifts, terrible Tudor pudding and crazy Victorian cards. On Christmas Day in 1914, British and German soldiers stopped fighting and played football.

Did You Know?
Airs at 19:30 and repeats at 10:55
Making Christmas Special
Christmas is a special time of the year. Get tips on decorating and discover ways of spotting fake money and gifts.

Continuing Shows
Siyaya: Come Wild with Us – NEW EPISODES
Saturdays & Sundays 14:30
Siyaya – Come Wild With Us is an adventurous journey to fascinating places in and around South Africa’s national parks. Young explorers experience unique challenges in every episode as they experience nature at its wildest.

PinCode – NEW EPISODES
Saturdays & Sundays 15:00
Captain Pin and his colourful crew zoom through space, time, volume and dimension in their trusty spacecraft, the Umflier. In each episode they encounter a different problem that can be solved and explained by science.

Disasters Engineered – NEW EPISODES
Thursdays 22:00
Through extensive archive footage and expert interviews this series explores the stories behind mankind’s greatest engineering disasters, looking at how they happened and what we have learnt from them.

Did I Mention Invention? - Season 2 – NEW EPISODES
Saturdays & Sundays 15:30
In each episode, host Alie Ward presents fascinating new inventions, from a robot football player to technology to keep babies safe. She meets with their inventors, learns about their journey from idea to production and presents fun facts on the history of innovation.

How To Do Stuff Good – NEW EPISODES
Fridays 15:55
Hosted by a zany bunch of school-aged kids, each with their own story to tell and lesson to share, this hilarious series demonstrates how to do all manner of amazing things, from arts & crafts to cooking and pranks.

Da Vinci Kids is available on DStv, Starsat (SA) and StarTimes (ROA)

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Why SABC Wants Streaming Platforms To Pay TV Licences?

The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has clarified its requests for new regulations that would require companies like MultiChoice and Netflix to collect TV Licence fees on its behalf.

The public broadcaster recently proposed that the definition of a TV licence be expanded and that pay-TV and streaming companies be engaged to assist in the collection of TV Licence fees.

It added that this would be similar to municipalities collecting traffic fines and motor vehicle licence discs.

Speaking in an interview with MyBroadband, SABC Head of TV Licences Sylvia Tladi confirmed the SABC was looking at improving compliance as well as expanding the definition of the television set to include devices such as smartphones.

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“We are of the view that the regulation is outdated,” Tladi said.

“Bear in mind that the Broadcasting Act was last amended in 1999, whereas the TV licence regulations are 16 years old. In that time, there has been a significant development in the manner in which content is being consumed.”

“We cannot play in the media environment as much as everyone else is doing because the legislation is outdated,” she said.

Looking at obligations for MultiChoice and Netflix
Tladi said that the SABC was considering working with companies like MultiChoice and Netflix to improve compliance in terms of TV licence fees.

“We would like obligations to be placed on companies that sell set-top boxes, decoders, to be able to ensure that when people apply for a subscription, there needs to be a process where it can be validated that they do have a current TV Licence,” Tladi said.

She said that the motivation behind this is that customers do not buy a decoder on its own – they are going to connect it to a TV for which they should have a valid licence.

Tladi added that the SABC is also looking at ensuring TV Licence compliance through streaming services including Netflix.

“With regards to the likes of Netflix, what we are talking about here is streaming services, and what we are looking at is that where streaming services are available in the market and people are able to stream SABC’s content, there needs to be valid or paid-up TV Licence,” she said.

“We are not saying they should physically go out there and collect; we are looking at a process of making sure that there is compliance.”

She noted that the regulations of how this process will unfold will have to be drafted to outline a specific process.

“For example, instead of saying Netflix collect TV Licence fees, there are various ways of doing it. We can negotiate with the streaming service about a percentage of whatever people are streaming that is content which belongs to the SABC,” Tladi said.

She added that the SABC’s main priority in proposing regulation changes is to improve compliance.

“I think a part of that will include tying up loose ends where pay-TV operators are concerned as well as streaming services,” Tladi said.

It is important to note that these proposals by the SABC are currently in very early stages.

These potential changes to regulations must be debated before parliament and concretely defined before they are propagated further towards becoming law.

The SABC issued a statement on 29 October stating that it will make a detailed submission on the Draft White Paper on Audio and Audiovisual Content Services and invited public comments on the proposed changes to local broadcasting regulations.

“In finalising the SABC’s submission, the public broadcaster will take cognisance of the wide range of views expressed on the need for a licence fee or a public broadcasting levy,” the SABC said.

“The SABC calls on the public and all interested parties to also make their comments to the DCDT by 30 November 2020.”

Fight Sports Stops Airing On OpenView

Fight Sport was only available for a year on OpenView and created for fans of boxing, sumo and wrestling. OpenView confirmed that today will be their last day on their platform.

Details on its removal still remain a mystery as this came in as a last minute announcement kind of like the time BBC World News was swapped for the French lifestyle channel, France24.

2020 has been a hectic year for cable providers where platforms like OpenView, Starsat and DStv have been witnesses loss of channels. To make for those losses they've been working around the clock to source out more content and channels.

Throughout 2020, OpenView managed to launch 3 unwatchable channels with one of them being a Mindset+ channel which is deemed useful. According to reports, they were planning to rollout more channels on top of a streaming service but due to the complications of covid19 there have been some minor setbacks.

Good news is OpenView will be rolling out more channels likely by November. According to witnesses, there's more than one channel rolling out and there's been speculation that one of them is an entertainment channel.

Even though, Fight Sports will no longer be available on the platform viewers can still enjoy the best of Impact and other sporting events on News&Sports (channel 120).

Star Life: The Fate Of My Identity And The Evil Eye Has Been Revealed

If anyone has been following the news circulating in the web. Star Life was suppose to air My Identity and The Evil Eye earlier in the year but due to lockdown regulations both these shows were delayed.

My Identity has been delayed for the second time in a now filling up its spot at the moment is A Perfect Lie but now that's being snatched for the long-awaited show, The Evil Eye.

The Evil Eye (Nazaar) 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.

The series airs everyday at 22:00 CAT/21:00 WAT/23:00 EAT from 28 November

Star Life is available on DStv, Starsat (SA) & StarTimes (ROA) and OpenView

Zirc Media's Idents For Their New Channel On DStv

Ziric Media is an upcoming channel intended to broadcast on DStv. The channel will be modern, stylish, powerful smooth, dynamic and unique.

The channel will have trends, events, history, fashion, travel, action, lifestyle and sports.

Upcoming Shows For Kids Networks In Africa

Now you'll see why critics say Disney Channel is dominating animation and part of them are speculation and the ones in brackets

are for streaming services.

Cartoon Network:
The ones in brackets moved to streaming and are uncertain at this point

- (Tiny Toons Looniversity)

- (Unicorn: Warriors Eternal)

- (Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed)

- (Unlimited Squirrels)

- (Cat The Cat's Show The Show Show With You)
- Batwheels
- Elliott From Earth
- The Heroic Quest Of Prince Ivandoe
- We Baby Bears
- (Infinity Train)
- (The Fungies)
- (Tig N Seek)

Boomerang:
- Lucas The Spider
- The Mysteries Of Master Moley
- Agent Binky
- Mush-Mush And The Mushables
- The Misadventures Of Master Foley

Disney Channel:
Animation and live-action
- Pup Academy
- Hamster And Gretel
- Ghostforce
- School Hacks
- Bia
- Vikingskool
- Best Bugs Forever
- The Unstoppable Yellow Yeti
- The Secrets Of Sulphur Springs
- Disney Fam Jam
- Marvel's Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur
- The Ghost And Molly McGee
- Go Away, Unicorn

Disney Junior:
- Mickey Mouse Funhouse
- Pikwik Pack
- The Chicken Squad
- Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends
- Whisker Haven: Royal Hearts of Fun
- Dino Ranch

Nickelodeon:
Animation and live-action
- Rugrats
- Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (miniseries)
- Best Bester
- Just Add Magic spinoff
- Middlemost Post
- Club 57
- The Smurfs
- Tyler Perry's Young Dylan
- Spyders
- (Pinky Malinky)
- Side Hustle
- Brendar The Barbarian
- (Glitch Techs)
- Untitled Garfield Show
- Cake My Day
- Star Trek: Prodigy
- Unleashed
- Man Of The House
- Meet The Voxels
- Adventure In Wonder Park
- The Astronauts
- Side Hustle
- Big Nate
- Real Pigeons Fight Crime
- The Patrick Star Show
- Untitled Simon Fuller And Ryan Tedder Musical Series

Nick Jr:
- Baby Shark's Big Show!
- Ricky Zoom
- The Beatbuds
- The Tiny Chef Show

CBeebies:
- Ragdoll Robot
- Monty & Co
- Boogie Beebies
- Andy's Aquatic Adventure
- Bot And The Beasties

PBS Kids in Africa:
- Let's Go Luna
- Ready Jet Go
- Hero Elementary
- Xavier Riddle And The Secret Museum
- Elinor Wonders Why
- Clifford The Big Red Dog
- Donkey Hodie
- Splash And Bubbles
- Nature Cat

eToonz (e.tv):
- Todd World
- Art Attack
- Harvey Street Kids
- The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle
- Inspector Gadget
- Talking Tom And Friends
- The Moe Show
- Treehouse Detectives
- Transformers Rescue Bots (and the sequel)
- Valt The Wonder Deer
- Fifi And The Flowertots
- Roary The Racing Car
- Miraculous: Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir
- Power Players
- Megaman: Fully Charged
- Space Ranger Roger
- Oswald
- Yoko! Jakamoko! Toto!
- Polly Pocket
- The Toy Book
- Angry Birds
- Kitty Is Not A Cat
- She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power
- Rubbadubbers
- Doozers
- Lego City Adventures
- Kung Fu Panda: The Paws Of Destiny
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia
- Mighty Little Bheem

Da Vinci Kids:
- The Odd Squad