Crime & Investigation Ceased Transmission In Spain And Portugal

Crime & Investigation owned by A+E Networks a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company, Sky UK and Hearst Corporation is home to true crime programming like On The Case With Paula Zahn, Homicide Hunters and Green Eyed Killers.

A month ago, A+E Networks UK which is in charge of History and soon-to-be-defunct Lifetime in Europe pulled the plug on Crime+Investigation for viewers in Spain and Portugal for AMC Crime while the brand remains onboard in Africa through VIU for the time being.

 

 

Crime & Investigation was once available on DStv until MultiChoice got into a fist fight with A+E Networks which would have also led to the early termination of Lifetime and History before they were able to settle their differences.

As mentioned, Lifetime will be going off air soon and it led me to the theory that A+E Networks might be planning to halt their linear operations with most of their content likely being made available to Discovery+.

 

 

Compared to Lifetime and History, Crime & Investigation hardly had original content except for the ones they've licenced exclusively through other studios making it a much easier target.

If they chose to remove Crime & Investigation so soon they realised local providers had a set of alternatives to cope with the loss. On DStv, you have CBS Justice and Investigation Discovery for Crime & Investigation while Lifetime has E! and TLC.

e.tv Experiences A Plummet In Viewership For Movies As SABC 3 Becomes The #1 Hotspot For Movies - Viewership Stats For April 2022

SABC 1:

Uzalo - 6 471 686
Generations the Legacy - 5 566 826
Skeem Saam - 4 096 548
The Estate - 3 904 719
Zulu News - 2 625 221
Xhosa News - 2 608 225
Ngomusa Documentary - 2 421 534
Selimathunzi - 2 150 111
Clover Classic Celebrations - 2 063 946
Uzalo Omnibus - 2 062 426
Roxic Reality - 2 025 651
#Issa Vibe - 2 015 621
Uzalo Repeat - 1 977 567
Skeem Saam Repeat - 1 881 438
Ses Top La - 1 841 228
Siswati/Ndebele News - 1 685 009
Makoti - 1 641 520
13 Weeks to Find Mr Right Movie - 1 600 895
Ubambo Lwami Repeat - 1 598 433
Muvhango Repeat - 1 547 113

 

SABC 2:

Muvhango - 3 285 619
Hlala Kwabafileyo - 1 066 447
Giyani - 987 098
7De Laan - 897 739
Presidential Address - 872 141
Muvhango Omnibus - 859 914
Kwa Mamazala - 761 499
Abakwa Zidenge - 731 588
Ses/Tsw/Sep News - 670 784
Nuus - 649 046
Giyani Repeat - 539 454
Venda/Tsonga News - 515 326
Voetspore - 499 996
Samson - 498 043
The Estate Repeat - 486 379
Morning Live - 482 301
Voetspore Zambezi Documentary - 477 698
Uzalo Repeat - 474 962
Muvhango Repeat - 456 676
Generations Repeat - 456 635

 

SABC 3:

Titanic Movie - 793 301
Ice Age Continental Drift Movie - 630 920
Life of Pi Movie - 563 017
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Movie - 561 932
Serengeti Documentary - 559 490
News - 524 295
The Estate Omnibus - 487 796
Planet of the Apes Movie - 446 145
The Masked Singer - 429 838
A Perfect Planet: Oceans Documentary - 394 972
We Bought a Zoo Movie - 384 730
Britain's Got Talent: The Champions - 375 071
Betway 2nd Test Series: South Africa vs B - 351 963
The Estate Repeat - 350 828
The Shape of Water Movie - 349 121
The Estate - 340 269
Water for Elephants Movie - 335 628
Betway 1st Test Series: South Africa vs B - 328 331
Generations the Legacy Repeat - 326 129
On Point - 314 518

e.tv:

Scandal - 5 274 616
House of Zwide - 4 589 276
Mr Bones 2: Back From the Past - 3 238 200
Imbewu - 2 860 068
Durban Gen - 2 753 425
Piet's Sake Movie - 2 613 058
The Black Door - 2 449 977
E.TV News - 1 921 331
The Powerball Draw Quiz - 1 869 208
Is'phindiselo - 1 748 320
Just for Laughs Gags - 1 716 761
South Africa Tonight News - 1 677 656
Droomverlore - 1 669 936
Kandasamys : the Wedding - 1 618 783
Imbewu Repeat - 1 582 917
Imbewu Omnibus - 1 567 666
Date My Family - 1 493 581
Our Perfect Wedding (Mag) - 1 493 026
Durban Gen Omnibus - 1 476 205
The Fashion Hero Repeat - 1 462 231

 

DStv:

MZAN Gomora - 1 278 247 & 1 544 471
MZAN The Queen Movie - 1 077 302 & 1 267 747
MZAN Umbuso - 1 062 406 & 1 330 342
MZAN Our Perfect Wedding - 925 150 & 1 198 165
MZAN Gomora Repeat - 919 687 & 1 113 505
MZAN Date My Family - 861 816 & 1 072 233
MZAN Diep City - 829 222 & 994 215
MZAN The River Movie - 804 304 & 960 674
MZAN Big Brother Mzansi - 752 573 & 996 411
MZAN Mnakwethu Happily Ever After - 722 726 & 928 011
MZAN Diep City Repeat - 643 116 & 787 480
MZAN The River - 640 290 & 788 829
MZAN Twice as Bold - 633 101 & 752 848
MOJA Umndeni Documentary - 613 948 & 729 059
MZAN The River Repeat - 606 932 & 753 566
MWET I Blew it - 564 037 & 675 174
MZAN Sengkhathele - 553 234 & 658 198
MWET Abazali - 545 473 & 652 163
MZAN Housekeepers - 497 548 & 584 440
MWET Ses'fikile - 475 762 & 553 186
MWET Not the One for You - 474 894 & 546 013
MZAN Abandoned Movie - 471 287 & 559 320
MOJA Ukungenwa - 470 761 & 586 354
MWET Ubizo - 467 143 & 557 705
MOJA Ukungena - 442 785 & 564 080
MBIO Zimele - 427 220 & 550 768
MBIO Hunt for Amamillions - 424 261 & 552 989
MOJA Mamazala - 405 400 & 508 145
MZAN The Queen Repeat - 390 996 & 511 019
MOJA Amabishop - 390 495 & 468 960

Several Season Finales Are Coming To HONEY NOW AVAILABLE TO DSTV ACCESS - June 2022 Highlights

Battle of the Ankara Season 1
TX: Monday 11 April 2022 – 4 July 2022
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30
13 Episodes
PG13
60 minutes
Genre: Reality
A design competition series where 10 up-and-coming fashion designers from different regions compete for the Ankara fashion crown. All designs are inspired, rooted and based in the Ankara material. Who will take the top spot?  Luthando "Loot Love” Shosha hosts the show with Palesa Mokubung and Gert-Johan Coetzee as the judges.

7 Colours Season 2
TX: Thursday 19 May 2022
WAT 15:30 | CAT 16:30 | EAT 18:30
13 Episodes
PG13
60 minutes
Genre: Reality
7 Colours is a loved South African meal. Most families pride themselves in being able to prepare the best version of this meal. In this show, we put that theory to the test. Three teams will go
head-to-head to cook the perfect 7 colours plate, they will also host each other in their homes. The teams judge each other and the ones with the most points take the prize with Lillian Dube and Moshe Ndiki as the hosts.

 

 

Sangoma, Khanyisa! Season 1
TX: Friday 14 April 2022 - 2 July 2022
WAT 16:30 | CAT 17:30 | EAT 18:30
13 Episodes
PG13
60 minutes
Genre: Reality
People are always looking for that voice in their lives to confirm that they are on the right track. We feature renowned, Gogo Rametsi who helps people find that voice, hosted by media personality, Penny Lebyane. Each episode sees a person in need who presents their problems to Gogo Rametsi. Accompanied by their loved ones and friends, each person hopes to walk out with an answer to their problems.

My Horror Love Story Season 1
TX: Friday 14 April 2022 – 7 July 2022
WAT 17:00 | CAT 18:00 | EAT 19:00
13 Episodes
PG13
60 minutes
Genre: Reality
What happens when the love you thought was precious turns out to be bitter and painful? We hear directly from women whose fairy tale relationships turned into nightmares. In a sit-down with the women and those closest to them, we relive the moments when they knew that their love story was now a horror.

Roundups #51: National Geographic Kids Africa To Launch By The End Of 2022 On National Geographic And Disney Channel, Afrikaans Voice Actors For eExtra's New Series Fenix, MultiChoice's Monopoly Reboot Could Be On The Cards

National Geographic enter the playground

The Walt Disney Company, Wildlife Direct, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Department of State have announced that production has commenced on the National Geographic Kids Africa educational entertainment series.

The 26-part television series will be shot primarily in East Africa with additional filming in West and Southern Africa.

Additionally, the series’ first group of presenters has been announced. Mysha Hodson (13), Marita Lucas (12), Shanah Manjeru (14), Railey Mwai (10), and Adarsh Nagda (12) will serve as the studio and Nairobi-based hosts for the show.

 

As mentioned last year, the series will air across Africa on both National Geographic Wild and Disney Channel, late in 2022, with engaging digital extensions on social media platforms that will allow viewers to further explore topics addressed in the series.

Who is who in eExtra's new series?

In 2 weeks, eExtra will be the releasing the Fenix, the Turkish adaptation of the French miniseries The Bonfire Of Destiny which follows the story of the 3 women who lives have changed amid a devastating fire which led to the deaths of several people.

 

Each cast member has an Afrikaans voice actor and they go as follows:

Hannah Borthwick as Cemre Kayabeyli
Karli Heine as Rüya Yildirimlar
Celeste Loots as Çiçek Görgülü
Marvin-Lee Beukes as Ömer
Terence Makapan as Ozan
Eben Bester as Kenan
Niël Tait as Ali
Daniel Snyman as Atlas
Electra Hartman as Tomris
Geon Nel as Bulent
Nicola Koen as Günes
Jacques Theron as Cemre's husband Çelebi.

MultiChoice's wings might be clipped

South Africa's broadcasting regulator is restarting its inquiry into South Africa's pay-TV industry and superficially the near-monopoly market dominance of MultiChoice, citing "ongoing developments in what is a rapidly changing market".

"Based on ongoing developments in what is a rapidly changing market, the consultation process in respect of the Inquiry into the Subscription Broadcasting Services Market must be extended into the current financial year," Icasa announced.

 

These over-the-top players like Netflix SA, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, VIU and others are making headway in signing up pay-TV subscribers in South Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa, with The Walt Disney Company Africa set to launch its streaming service Disney+ on 18 May in South Africa adding another one to the mix.

"Icasa is mindful that any regulation of the market and/or its market segments must be aimed at enhancing competitiveness in the market going forward."

"The rebooting of this process is meant to enableIcasa to take account of all relevant and current developments to inform a robust, forward-looking regulatory intervention that balances interests of consumers and stability of the broadcasting services market."

The Walt Disney Company Investing More Than 500 Series For Regional Content For Disney+, This Includes More Regional European Animation and Anime For The Animation Catalog

Disney has previously revealed it has 500 shows in the pipeline outside of the U.S., but on Wednesday, the company broke down for the first time how those planned local-language programs are being dispersed throughout global regions.

According to Christine M. McCarthy, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer, 140 of those shows are in the works in the Asia/Pacific region, including Southeast Asia; 150 are in markets in Europe, West Asia and Africa; 100 are set up in India, and another 200 are being developed for Latin America audiences.

 

 

Elsewhere on the call, CEO Bob Chapek was pressed by analysts on another international topic: Disney’s lack of traction in recent months with getting its movies approved for release in China. Noting that the latest MCU release — “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” — reached nearly $500 million worldwide in its opening weekend without a berth in China, the world’s most populous country, Chapek said the box office split in China is not as generous for distributors as it is in other overseas markets.

 

‘It doesn’t really preclude our success, given the relatively lower take rate that we get in the box office in China compared to the rest of the world,” Chapek said.

Ahead of Disney’s quarterly earnings call on Wednesday, the company reported Disney+ gained 7.9 million customers in the first three months of 2022 to reach 137.7 million subscribers total. That new figure is up 33% year over year. The stat beat analysts expectations, as Wall Street had forecast Disney+ would net 5.2 million new subscribers for the quarter that ended on March 31, per FactSet.

Disney+ is currently available in 64 countries across North America, Europe, Asia/Pacific and Latin America. Disney+ Hotstar is offered by Disney in India.

 

Disney’s trio of streaming services reached 205.6 million globally (a quarterly net increase of 9.2 million, driven by Disney+). As of the end of the quarter, that included 45.6 million for Hulu (up 10% year over year) and 22.3 million for ESPN+ (up 62% year over year). Disney+ subs in the U.S./Canada region netted 1.5 million in the March 2022 quarter, to 44.4 million.

Also during the call, McCarthy said, while Disney had previously expected fiscal ’22 content spending to be as much as $33 billion, it now projects about $32 billion because of a “slightly slower cadence of spending than anticipated” during the first half of 2022.

A First For Nigeria: Zee World's Dance Naija Dance

From roaring success in India to inevitable greatness in Singapore and across 52 countries in Africa in 2021, it’s time for Zee World’s Dance Naija Dance in Nigeria.

Zee Entertainment’s popular General Entertainment Channel Zee World (DStv channel 166 and GOtv channel 125) will be keeping its viewers glued to their seats and screens with a dance show like no other. Dance Naija Dance, Zee World’s reality dance competition aims to reveal the best dance crew in Nigeria.

 

Zee World has been a trailblazer in redefining entertainment across Africa over the years with being the first to dub Indian series and movies dubbed in English, showcasing the first Afro-Indian Telenovela Mehek in 2018 and the first Pan-African inter-country fusion dance challenge, Dance Africa Dance in 2021. Zee World has evolved into a brand of global celebration bringing Africa and India together. Dance Naija Dance offers a fusion of Nigerian-Indian dance moves uniting both cultures through music, vibrancy, colour and diversity.

Dance Naija Dance will be anchored by a blend of Nollywood and Bollywood personalities and dancers. These include the Hosts - Hero Daniels and Pelumi Buari, Choreographers/Mentors - Sashin Kandhai and Kenneth Agabata; while Kunle Remi and Uraysha Ramrachia will be the judges.

The reality show is expected to run for 10 weeks and with not only a grand cash prize of five million naira but also prize hampers for the winning teams.

 

 

With the reality competition set to start airing in August, production has begun for the top 16 finalists selected from more than 350 entries across Nigeria. Dance Naija Dance will air in 52 countries in Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands.
ZEE Africa CEO (Sub-Saharan Africa & Indian Ocean Islands), Somnath Malakar said "Knowing full well how Zee World is important to the family entertainment needs in Nigeria, we have taken steps to ensure that we would always deliver. There is a deep love for Zee World among Nigerians and Zee World has become part of lifestyles. Introducing this show is one of our ways to thank Nigerians for all the love they have shown to us over the years. Nigerians are notable for their incredible dancing talents.

 

 

“We know that the economy is harsh and everyone is feeling it. Entertainment is one of the ways to lessen worries, provide an escape and make people happy. Zee World being an enabler of family happiness saw it fit to create something unique and electrifying,” Somnath said.
Dance Naija Dance Judge Kunle Remi said, "I am proud to be part of this show to mentor young talents, helping them tell stories with their bodies and ensuring that whatever is finally presented on stage is of high quality. These two cultures are known for using dance for storytelling. The highlight for me will be to see how the contestants will use their dance steps to tell entertaining stories that tickle both the judges and viewers at home."

eExtra's Kuiertyd Has Competition As kykNET & Kie Welcomes Two New Turkish Dramas, In Die Ysterhand Se Greep And Kind Van Die Noodlot

World-class TV has been dubbed into Afrikaans for decades. Over the past few years, South Africa's excellent reverberation skills have been used to bring Turkish telenovelas to local screens - in Afrikaans. The plot, action and romance in these telenovelas keep viewers glued.

Now fans of these world-class stories can look forward to two brand new dubbed Turkish telenovelas that will be broadcast on kykNET & kie from July 2022: In Die Ysterhand Se Greep and Kind Van Die Noodlot.

 

“KykNET is very excited to bring two top-quality international telenovelas to Afrikaans to kykNET & kie," says Waldimar Pelser, M-Net director of kykNET channels. "These two series, which were produced in Turkey and resounded in South Africa, have captivating storylines that will not leave any viewer untouched. The reverberation of such large series also creates dozens of jobs in the Afrikaans TV industry for talent behind the scenes and in front of the microphone. ”

The first reverberated telenovela is In Die Ysterhand Se Greep [Never Let Go], known in Turkish as Asla Vazgeçmem.

 

Yiğit is a successful businessman who does not believe in love. After being responsible for the accident that landed his wife, Iclal, in a coma, he denies her existence to survive emotionally. Their little boy, Mert, believes his mother is in heaven. Then Yiğit meets Nur and they fall in love. Unaware of Iclal, Nur agrees to marry Yiğit.

On their wedding day, Iclal wakes up ...

The second reverberating telenovela is Kind Van Die Noodlot.

Kind Van Die Noodlot's Defne and Kahraman Yorukman are wealthy - but childless. Their family rejects them and this drives Defne to find an alternative way to give her husband an heir: She decides to hire a surrogate mother to give birth to a child for them.

This dubbed telenovela is known in Turkish as Belahan Jiwa Kahraman [A Part of Me] and will consist of 148 episodes.

 

“The addition of these two Turkish series is part of a major renewal at kykNET & kie, a channel that will also treat its viewers to several exciting new locally produced programs this year. We want to give our viewers the best of both worlds - international glamor in Afrikaans, as well as local stories and entertainment that is anchored in Afrikaans communities, ”adds Pelser.

kykNET also took on the task in 2020 of dubbing and broadcasting popular animated films in Afrikaans. Sounded movies like Wiekie the Viking and the Magic Sword and The Mermaid Princess provided great enjoyment to the young team.

 

New programs for kykNET & kie will be announced later this year. Keep an eye on kykNET & kie's Facebook page for further information on schedule changes.

In Die Ysterhand Se Greep and Kind Van Die Noodlot will be broadcast from July 2022 on kykNET & kie (DStv channel 145).

Vice Distribution Signs Content Deal With e.tv In Africa

Vice Distribution, the global distribution and licensing arm of Vice Media Group, has announced its first partnership with South African broadcaster e.tv. More than 400 hours of non-fiction content from Vice Media Group will be made available on the national free-to-air broadcaster in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa. Titles available will span all non-scripted genres from entertainment to feature documentary as well as lifestyle programming and true crime.

 

Shows available to e.tv viewers for the first time include Vice franchises such as "Dark Side of the Ring", "Most Expensivest", "Black Market" and "F*** That's Delicious". Premium Vice content such as "The Big Squeeze", a feature documentary telling the definitive story of Gamestop, and true crime docuseries "Betraying the Badge" about police officers who turn bad, will also air on the channel.

 

Vice Distribution launched in 2020 with a catalogue of over 1000 hours of programming that includes the Emmy award-winning "ViceNews Tonight", "True Believers" on alleged cults, a series about links between true crime and food titled "Devoured", and the Paramount+ UK commission "MH370: The Lost Flight" documentary series.

For those wondering through the TV Guide as they see no mention of the shows. Basically most if not all the content picked up or produced by eMedia Investments are labelled under e.tv and at the moment all this content can be viewed on the Xposed channel on Openview.