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Could Warner Bros. Discovery Form A New Kids Brand?

Warner Bros. Discovery is the name of Discovery Inc. and WarnerMedia's joint company which is set to take into effect mid 2022.

This new company will see the likes of Cartoon Network, Toonami, Cartoonito and Boomerang clash with Discovery Family (the international counterpart of Discovery Kids).

Discovery Inc. hosts a bunch of brands such as Discovery Channel, Food Network and Discovery Science. These brands provide shows such as Mythbusters, Chopped and Battlebots. Some of these shows even got spinoffs targeted towards children.

Now this merge could see the launch of another block or channel which carries the best in factual, lifestyle and educational programming known as Discovery Kids.

Discovery Kids would also offers shows such as How It's Made, Bear Grylls' Ultimate Survival School, Kids Do The Craziest Things, Mythbusters Jr and many more. Perhaps even conjure up series under Discovery's other brands like TLC and HGTV.

WarnerMedia talked about adding more variety in the kids area what better way to do it then with Discovery Kids. Some countries could supply it through Cartoon Network, Boing and Cartoonito while others could add the brand as a standalone channel perhaps in the place of Discovery Family.

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The Final Season Of Deur Dik En Dun Airs On e.tv In July

After 4 month holiday, e.tv decided to air the final season of Dr. Gülseren Budayıcıoğlu’s TV adaptation with a different name, Deur Dik En Dun starring Özcan Deniz and Aslı Enver.

Deur Dik En Dun follows Süreyya, a young and beautiful singer, involves to the life of rooted Boran family of Bursa as a wife of the oldest son Faruk and all the family's secrets begins to uncover. Faruk is the owner of a bus company and the leader of a powerful family in Bursa which is a metro-pol in Turkey. In season 3, they are going to face Adem and takes back what's theirs.

Don't miss the third and final season of Deur Dik En Dun weekdays at 17:30 on e.tv and four hours later on eExtra from 12 July.

- Dizi might return to DStv
- MacGyver returns to e.tv
- e.tv is filming a new boxing drama
- House Of Zwide replaces Rhythm City
- eVOD launches in July, could this be the reason for the lineup changes?
- Nickelodeon returns to e.tv (updated)
- Analogue TV is going off air soon, be sure to get a decoder when purchasing a TV set
- Linear channels switch to 7 day viewing, Will SABC and e.tv viewers be able to cope
- Judge Judy seen on e.tv ending after 25 seasons
- Is an SABC 4 and SABC 5 channel on the way?
- Details on SABC's kids brand (not SABC Education)
- Other shows coming soon to eToonz?
- SABC to launch a streaming service
- Current status of TV licence
- SABC planning to reduce Muvhango

The Red Room Returns To SABC 3 Alongside The Second Season Of The Longest Date

SABC 3 will be launching the second season of the reality show, The Longest Date and relaunching the Turkish drama, The Red Room which was unexpectedly pulled from the channel after a few episodes.

For those who've forgotten, The Red Room revolve around a psychological clinic, and the stories and attitudes of a group of psychiatric patients who frequent it, and who lived different events between pain and joy, narrated by one of the psychiatrists who own the clinic, supervising their follow-up and trying to treat them while the second season of The Longest Date, 16 contestants compete to find love and win 100 000.

The Red Room replaces The Bay weekdays at 19:30 after The Estate from 2nd July while the second season of The Longest Date airs at 21:00 from 26th July.

- Dizi might return to DStv
- MacGyver returns to e.tv
- Is e.tv becoming another SABC?
- e.tv is filming a new boxing drama
- SABC to launch a streaming service
- House Of Zwide replaces Rhythm City
- eVOD launches in July, could this be the reason for the lineup changes?
- Nickelodeon returns to e.tv (updated)
- Analogue TV is going off air soon, be sure to get a decoder when purchasing a TV set
- Linear channels switch to 7 day viewing, Will SABC and e.tv viewers be able to cope
- Is an SABC 4 and SABC 5 channel on the way?
- Details on SABC's kids brand (not SABC Education)
- Other shows coming soon to eToonz?
- Current status of TV licence
- SABC planning to reduce Muvhango

Update On The 3 Pop-Up Channels On DStv

MultiChoice currently has 3 pop-up channels operating on the platform with the 4th which is on StarTimes being disqualified earlier in the year. These remaining channels could be permanent additions at the same time it could be the end.

ZooMoo is calling it quits on DStv as the channel is scheduled to close by the end of June after its 3 month extension. MultiChoice has sent a channel termination notice onto viewer's screens. If they reconsider its best to place it on a much cheaper package so that it can gain more awareness.

tvN is the now the second pop-up channel to recieve an extension on DStv unlike ZooMoo it's staying for only a month. They've unveiled a bunch of shows coming to the channel the one I'd look out for next month is Memorist, Tomorrow With You, Mr. Queen and The Sixth Sense.

TLNovelas is currently the longest pop-up channel on DStv launching in September of last year with its demise scheduled for August. There's a bunch of titles to look forward to on the channel including Secrets At The Hotel and Single Dad's Club. To be honest I wouldn't be surprised if they kept it. There hasn't been a lot of new channels this year.

Dizi is safely tucked on StarTimes after its dramatic removal from DStv. The feed currently seen on StarTimes somehow got the DStv feed meaning all shows are repeats until the end of August or September giving MultiChoice enough time to pick it up. (Note that I updated the info on the link about Dizi's termination on DStv)

WarnerMedia Is Rebranding The TNT Channels In Germany Into Warner TV, TNT Africa Might Follow Soon

WarnerMedia is giving its pay-TV channels in German-speaking countries new names. TNT Serie will become Warner TV Serie, TNT Film will become Warner TV Film and TNT Comedy will become Warner TV Comedy.

With the name change, which will take place on September 25, 2021, the channels will be clearly visible under the umbrella of the well-known US media brand Warner Bros. and should thus be perceived more strongly by subscribers, partners and advertisers as premium offerings, according to WarnerMedia.

The rebranding brings us closer to the hundred-year legacy of the Warner Bros. brand, which unmistakably stands for creative and authentic storytelling like no other in the world. Overall, it leads to a significant increase in brand awareness beyond the pay-TV sector, which in turn helps with marketing, “says Heyelmann in an interview. The Warner TV brand is already established in France, "and the TNT channels will gradually also be renamed in other European countries."

The current rebranding in Warner is a consequence of the realignment of WarnerMedia in the USA and possibly the merge of Discovery Inc. and WarnerMedia. They recently divested Great American Country to GAC Media some of its content can be seen on Real Time.

Besides that, they were rumours around the time Turner Broadcasting System rebranded into WarnerMedia that the company had plans to do away with the Turner name so far TNT, TCM and TBS all have that name through an interview TCM was considered a valuable property.

So TCM will likely join Boomerang as a brand for nostalgia while other brands like Cartoonito and Warner TV take over. There's no details on whether this will affect the United States.

Could Discovery Science Replace Discovery Family On DStv?

Earlier in the year, Discovery Family was abruptly removed after two years on StarTimes (Starsat) alongside another Discovery Channel known as Fine Living.

According to StarSat, when a content provider decides to make changes in the production of content they cannot prevent it. Since then the channel remained exclusive to DStv.

Before Discovery Family came to Starsat, there was another channel before it known as Discovery Science that featured programming focusing on the fields of wilderness survival, ufology, manufacturing, construction, technology, space, prehistory and animal science.

Basically, most of Discovery Family's current programming is available under there such as Battlebots, Food Factory, Mythbusters, Mega Machines, The Unexplained Files and Strange Evidence.

In 2018, StarTimes decided to trade a useful channel such as Discovery Science with a mass produced Discovery Family for no apparent reason now they're both gone platform is still sourcing out a possible replacement channel.

Discovery Science is currently available on TelkomOne in South Africa with Zuku TV (Kenya).

Starsat's story over the removals kind of checked out. Zuku TV also had Fine Living and it was swapped for another Discovery brand known as Real Time. So the question remains how long will Discovery Family last on DStv.

This change could have something to do with Discovery+ perhaps they're following Disney in realigning their channels so instead of having Discovery Family serving as a family friendly channel internationally and kids channel in the U.S. it will be the oldest relative that keeps the house which is the U.S. counterpart. Perhaps even Travel Channel will join it soon.

If Discovery Family got canned, Discovery Science would make a worthy replacement perhaps Real Time could reposition itself to include programs in the motor and science area and Discovery Channel opens it doors to more homes on DStv.