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SABC Education Revises Their Channel's Schedule And Introduces New Programs

SABC Education is currently available on DTT and TelkomOne with plans to launch on DStv and StarSat STILL UNDERWAY while Openview customers still waiting on the two entertainment channels promised earlier in the year.

The channel revises its schedule with new curriculum-support and children’s programming from 14h00 to 18h00, Mondays to Sundays. Catch up episodes of Skeem Saam and Daily Thetha air at 18h00 and 18h30. Evenings feature themed programming from 19h30.

THE SCHEDULE:
14h00 to 18h00
Programming for Grades R-3, 4-6, 7-9 and 10-12. Includes TOMZ, Geleza Nathi, YOTV, Hectic Nine-9 and Words and Numbers.

18h00
Skeem Saam (a rebroadcast of the episode that aired on SABC1 the day before)

18h30
Daily Thetha (also a rebroadcast of the day before)

19:30 onwards
Line-up focuses on different themes like so:
Mondays: Careers, leadership and entrepreneurship with shows such as 48 Hours, 100% Youth, Game Plan and One Day Leader.
Tuesdays: Parenting, disability and health with Raising Babies, Life Begins after Coffee and Vital Signs.
Wednesdays: Food, farming and the environment with Dijo le Bophelo, Living Land, Whip the Chef and 50/50.
Thursdays: The spotlight is on the elderly, life skills and spirituality featuring Going Strong, The Golden Years, Motswako and the best of Issues of Faith.
Fridays: Teaching, finance and documentaries, with Mother of all Professionals, Rands with Sense, Making Moves and Our Moments.
Saturdays and Sundays: Light entertainment with local music, emo-tainment, docu-reality, consumer affairs, local gospel music, faith magazine and choral music with Afro Café, Kumbul’ekhaya, Botho - An Act of Kindness, Speak Out, It’s Gospel Time, Big Up, The Chatroom and Imizilili.

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eMedia Investments No Longer Have Broadcasting Rights To La Liga, Could This Be The End Of e.tv News & Sport?

Last year, eMedia Investments claimed that they secured rights to La Liga for the next 4 years now they're saying they no longer have the rights to La Liga.

Angry and upset customers were rallying around Openview with queries about La Liga only to be disappointed. The company didn't bother issuing a press release or respond honestly to these consumers.

Which kind of leads to the question what will become of News & Sport?

They started out as OpenNews offering a mix of local and international news only to chop most of the international news for sports content which led to the name change.

News & Sport has been dominating the viewership circuit and become one of the top 10 watched channels in South Africa that they even bagged rights to Impact Wrestling.

Following the launch of SABC Sport, eMedia Investments has diverted most of its attention towards that channel than they do News and Sport.

As months pass, SABC Sport seems to be the only one bringing in the viewers while News & Sport is heavily reliant on content from Impact Wrestling and reruns of e.tv News.

SABC's sports division recently signed a content distribution agreement with ESPN the same company that distributes NBA to News and Sport so they could just snatch that from them.

Also, SABC wants to launch a second sports channel aka SABC Sport 2 which is likely to follow the same format as ESPN's linear channels on DStv and StarSat. Not to mention, they were rumours a year ago that FreeSport UK would launch.

SABC Sport 2 or FreeSport could serve as a placeholder for News & Sport while news and Impact Wrestling is transmitted through eMedia Investments other channels either that or it becomes an Impact Wrestling channel infused with other content.

SPI International Launches A Digital Version Of Their Top Performing Turkish Channel, Dizi

Global media company SPI International unveils their new digital streaming service, Dizi, which will offer a selection of critically-acclaimed Turkish series as well as the best series, telenovelas and soap operas from all over the world depending on the demands of the local markets. Dubbed the Home Of Good Stories, Dizi combines the lean-back and lean-forward viewing experiences with a linear channel offer and a large selection of on-demand content.
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“The launch of the Dizi streaming service signifies the evolution of the Dizi brand into a fully integrated service that combines linear and on-demand content propositions to bring the best series from Turkey and beyond to all available screens around the globe,” comments Berk Uziyel, CEO at SPI International. “As a part of SPI’s macro strategy, we offer good movies spanning all genres under one roof via FilmBox’s "Home of Good Movies". Now with our Dizi brand, we introduce the "Home of Good Stories", where in addition to some of the most sought-after Turkish series, viewers can expect to see top-quality series with powerful storylines from around the world in the future,” adds Uziyel.
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The service’s global debut will take place this week at a NEM Dubrovnik event. In reference to the new product, SPI's Chief Marketing Officer Haymi Behar says: “The Dizi app builds on the success of the Timeless Dizi Channel and features around 400 hours of content from an inventory of critically-acclaimed series such as Black Money Love, Kurt Seyit & Shura and Insider with new episodes added monthly. The app will feature English, Polish and Spanish localized interfaces and 13 language options and more will be added in time. The Dizi service will both enable viewers to tune into the linear channel and watch episodes on-demand through their preferred devices at their leisure.”

Subscribers can access the service at www.dizi.com via web, download the mobile app that’s compatible with iOS and Android operating systems or stream their favorite content through the Smart TV app that’s available for Apple TV and soon-to-come for Android TV, Samsung and LG Smart TV devices. Dizi service also aims to integrate with many platforms and partner operators worldwide to provide their subscribers a seamless entertainment experience and the option to discover new series on demand.

For those who were upset with MultiChoice for terminating the channel and those who want to view the content in English. Good news the above fits your tastes.

7de Laan Switches Back To 5 Days A Week From October With Plans For A Reduction In Muvhango Scrapped

This comes after the SABC cut the popular soapie to three episodes a week earlier this year.

"7de Laan is delighted at the SABC's decision to bring back the show to 5 days a week," said the production.

The Afrikaans weekday soap 7de Laan on SABC2 is returning to a full 5-days a week while the Venda weekday soap Muvhango remains a full-week show, bringing to an end the SABC's failed experiment to cut down on the episodes for both series to try out other programmes in their timeslots.

From the week of Monday 4 October, 7de Laan is back to broadcasting five episodes per week on SABC2. The channel has not yet issued any statement about the soapies' return to full-week episodes.

"7de Laan is delighted at the SABC's decision to bring back the show to 5 days a week," the production confirmed to the media on Friday. "We know that our fans are over extremely appreciative and excited for this. We owe much of their persistent request to the return. Viewers can now enjoy an entire week of their favourite show without the long anxious wait. Best of all, the months ahead are packed with nail-biting, love-hate and comedic storylines."

Earlier this year, the South African public broadcaster angered viewers when it announced a shocking SABC2 schedule shake-up.

The SABC confirmed that it would cut back 7de Laan, produced by Danie Odendaal Productions, from five to just three episodes per week from April. The SABC also confirmed that it would be cutting back on Muvhango, produced by Word of Mouth Pictures, from August, with the popular primetime soap also seeing its episodes reduced from five to just three episodes per week.

It led to a petition signed by over 7 000 concerned viewers, and the SABC saying that it won't back down from its plan to "make more room for drama".

The SABC, in another statement shortly after that, said that "a public petition was circulated, in an attempt to prevent the SABC from diversifying its content on SABC2". This was, however, not what the petition from concerned viewers was actually about; viewers were not against diversifying programming, but concerned about losing weekday episodes of their shows.

Merlin Naicker, the SABC's head of TV, said that reducing the episodes of 7de Laan and Muvhango was "part of our long-term plan to invest in quality local content" and that "it is imperative that we come with innovative and exciting content, which will not only draw the viewership but bring in the revenue required to keep the public service broadcaster financially sustainable."

The SABC considers both long-running series as having somewhat run out of steam creatively and thought that gradual timeslot replacements would yield viewership bumps from new shows.

7de Laan was reduced to three episodes to make way for Die Sentrum, but the show from Penguin Films, which aired on Thursdays and Fridays, never got the viewership traction 7de Laan has, with lower ratings in SABC2's 18:00 timeslot.

Before the debut of Die Sentrum, the SABC, in a statement, said that it was "confident that this new programme will be a drawcard and, like 7de Laan, will keep the channel's loyal viewers entertained for the remainder of the week."

In July, 7de Laan lured around 1.2 million viewers to SABC2, while Die Sentrum hovered around 720 000 per episode. This is far below 7de Laan and represents a net loss of thousands of viewers in the timeslot and also forced SABC2 to lower ad rates during the slot, meaning less revenue for the broadcaster.

Meanwhile, the promised second season of the Xitsonga telenovela Giyani, produced by Tshedza Pictures, never materialised in Muvhango's 21:00-timeslot from August with no explanation to viewers or an update to the TV industry.

Neither the SABC nor SABC2 channel head Gerhard Pretorius made any further public statements before August that Giyani isn't going to start, or since, about why Giyani didn't start last month on Thursday and Friday nights, as initially promised.

According to insiders, the Covid-19 pandemic severely delayed Giyani production, and SABC2 couldn't get the show on air in time.

Covid-19 hugely impacted development and production on Giyani, and the production couldn't deliver episodes for playout from August as planned, although production is now in full swing. No new SABC2 broadcast date is available.

Could MultiChoice's Upcoming DStv Flex Package Replace The Premium And Compact+?

Over the years, MultiChoice has lost several Premium subscribers due to the ongoing increase in costs for the package as well as streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video offering cheaper services.

Sometime ago, MultiChoice mentioned they were planning to launch the Premium downfall package known as DStv Flex which is geared towards the mid to top tier consumers.

The timing for this package couldn't have come at a better time. As viewers noticed, a lot of international channels have been pulled off as their suppliers are taking back the content and adding it to onto their streaming services.

In the end, consumers are left with less options and no reason to stay on the platform.

MultiChoice has been working around the clock to keep these viewers connected through the launches of several local channels and M-Net's increased investment within the local industry.

No matter how successful their attempts have been when it comes down to costs viewers feel they're not getting enough which is where DStv Flex comes in.

DStv Flex charges less than the Premium package and has a smaller offering which consists mainly of Premium channels alongside other value added services such as a sports package and Add Movies.

Will this platform end DStv Premium?

Not necessarily, as cheap as it can be you have limited channels so Premium will remain on top. MultiChoice could however chop several channels and merge Compact+ with the Premium package.

With the help of DStv Catch-up, Add Movies, Explora Ultra, Insurance and the DStv app they'll recover from any losses contributed to this.

- FOX will no longer be available in Africa

- Could G4 replace Ginx Esports TV on DStv?
- Three possible new channels coming to DStv
- NHK World Japan is available on the DStv across Africa and on the DStv app in South Africa
- Could Nicktoons be the next channel to get booted on DStv?
- Is Big Brother Africa making a comeback?

- Star India channels rebranding into Utsav?
- Disney+ launching in South Africa
- Peacock and Paramount+ merge into one hub
- Discovery and WarnerMedia could launch a joint streaming service
- tvN working on becoming permanent in Africa

October 2021 On CBS Africa | 5 New Series Alerts Including Injustice With Nancy Grace | Returning Shows Including Borderlands USA | More

CBS Reality:

PARANORMAL NIGHTSHIFT
Season 1
Channel Premiere.
Weekdays at 7:30 and 21:10, from 11th until 27th October. Repeated on weekends at 07:05, 20:20 and 00:35, from 16th October to 27th November
Each hour-long episode on Paranormal Night Shift presents three stories of supernatural encounters, each more terrifying than the last! Personal testimonials are the heart of each story. A narrator keeps the plotline moving, but the vast majority of the storytelling is done by the men and women who have lived through it. These interviews are ﬁrst hand intimate peeks into the spine tingling world of those who work the witching hour.

BORDERFORCE USA: THE BRIDGES
Season 3.
Channel Premiere
Weekends at 08:40, 19:30 and 01:25, from 16th October to 14th November. Repeated weekdays at 09:30, 18:40 and 22:55, from 15th to 26th November.
The 2,000-mile border that separates Texas and Mexico is the busiest international boundary in the world. On the United States side, Customs and Border Protection oﬃcers have the job of keeping goods and people ﬂowing in both directions while making sure that guns, drugs and other contraband don’t make it across the border. The challenge is daunting: on one side is the ruthlessly-eﬃcient Mexican drug cartels; on the other, the biggest – and most lucrative - drug market on earth. Borderforce USA: The Bridges follows CBP oﬃcers stationed at 12 of the 28 international bridges that straddle the border and documents the immense challenges that the oﬃcers face on a daily basis.

RANDOM BREATH TEST
Season 6-10.
Channel Premiere.
Double bills on weekdays at 11:10, 14:50 and 23:45 from 1st to 29th October. Repeated weekends, stack, at 06:00, from 9th October to 21st November.
Follow the police units for a unique, behind-the-scenes look at RBT patrols testing for alcohol and drug aﬀected drivers.
In episode 1 of season 6 oﬃcers in Wollongong are diverted from their regular RBT duties by an emergency call over the radio. They join in the hunt for a runaway driver who ﬂed from police when they tried to pull him up for a breath test. He led police on a dangerous chase through the backstreets until he crashed his car into a dead end street and ﬂed, climbing over back fences and running through yards. Police ﬁnd the driver, Tyrone out of breath and worse for wear at a local Subway. He insists he was only getting a sandwich and denies he was the driver of the car police spotted him in. A breath test is just the start of Tyrone’s problems….

CBS Justice:

INJUSTICE WITH NANCY GRACE
Season 1 & 2. Channel premiere.
Weeknights at 19:00.
From 11th October until 4th November.
Renowned legal analyst and former felony prosecutor Nancy Grace draws upon her vast knowledge and expertise as she unravels mysterious and shocking true crime cases. Each standalone episode delves into a captivating, multi-layered story of injustice, from wrongful accusations to botched investigations to unjust sentences and more. Through ﬁrst-hand interviews, archival footage and Nancy’s unique perspective, the series shines a light on these untold cases and the ﬁght for justice.

KILLER SIBLINGS
Season 1. Channel premiere.
Weeknights at 20:00. From 11th until 22nd October.
"Killer Siblings" delves into the disturbing true stories of some of the deadliest siblings of all time. Featuring exclusive interviews and ﬁrsthand accounts, the series explores the minds, upbringings and motivations of family members who were driven to kill.
Each hour-long episode proﬁles a diﬀerent set of siblings and the brutal crimes they committed, oﬀering insight into their murderous bond and what led them down a path to murder.

HOW I CAUGHT THE KILLER
Season 2. Channel premiere.
Weeknights at 21:00. From 11th until 22nd October.
Featuring exclusive oﬃcer accounts, chilling evidence and stylish recreations, “How I Caught the Killer” provides a gripping insight into what it’s like to work on indecipherable cases.
The series shines a light on a myriad of murders and an array of outstanding oﬃcers who made key discoveries during investigations - from the dedication of the detectives, to the forensic analysis of the CSIs and the heart-wrenching role of the family liaison oﬃcers.

THE KILLER WITHIN
Season 1. Channel premiere.
Weeknights at 21:00.
From 25th October until 5th November.
The Killer Within examines what turns someone into a murderer, the triggers that could transform them into a killer or whether some people are just born to kill.
Throughout the series, leading forensic and criminal experts delve into the psyche of the killer.
We speak to those directly involved with each case, to discover the common signs and events that could lead to your nearest and dearest harbouring The Killer Within.

LICENSE TO KILL
Season 1. Channel premiere.
Weeknights at 20:00.
From 25th October until 9th November.
Hosted by prominent plastic surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow ("Botched"), "License to Kill" examines shocking cases of killer doctors, nurses and medical professionals who used their practice to inﬂict harm on their defenseless patients. Told through the eyes of the victims, families, colleagues and law enforcement, each riveting episode reveals how these sinister medical professionals took advantage of their positions to render their patients injured, ill or dead. The series delves into the perpetrators’ malicious motives while chronicling how authorities were ﬁnally able to bring an end to their malpractice.