August 2025 On The Home Channel | Channel Premiere: Love Your Home And Garden | Rebroadcasts: Open Homes Season 4 | More

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Tiny Homes Season 1

Monday, 04 August 2025 at 10:00

Mon 10:30 & 19:30 | Tue 14:30 & 22:30 | Wed 11:30 | Thu 18:30 | Fri 23:30 | Sat 10:30 | Sun 09:00

Welcome to Tiny Homes, the series where we explore the fascinating world of small-space living. From cleverly designed tiny houses on wheels to cozy houseboats floating on tranquil waters, and even compact motorhomes that roam the open road, we take you inside the unique spaces people call home.

Each episode reveals the innovative designs, resourceful solutions, and inspiring stories behind these downsized dwellings—proving that sometimes, less truly is more.

Luxury Listings Season 1

Monday, 04 August 2025 at 16:00

Mon 16:00 | Tue 19:00 | Wed 20:00 & 22:30 | Thu 11:00 | Fri 12:00 & 15:00 | Sat 15:00 & 22:00 | Sun 10:30 & 19:00

Luxury Listings is a stylish, high-energy property series hosted by Sibiya that showcases South Africa’s most exclusive homes—from city penthouses to coastal gems.

More than just a tour of beautiful spaces, Luxury Listings offers an allaccess pass into homes most can only dream of. It’s a curated journey through style, scale, and indulgence—where high-end design meets bold personality.

Blending aspirational living with social-savvy flair, Luxury Listings brings its signature energy to The Home Channel and ensures viewers never miss a moment of breathtaking, glamour-soaked luxury.

Love You Home And Garden Season 1

Monday, 11 August 2025 at 15:00

Mon 15:00 & 20:00 | Tue 08:00 | Wed 12:00 & 19:00 | Thu 16:00 & 22:00 | Fri 11:00 | Sat 08:30 | Sun 07:00

For decades, Alan Titchmarsh has tackled some of the toughest backyards in the country to help people achieve their dream of a perfect garden. But in that time, he has recognised that for many people, a stand-alone garden is not enough. They dream of a stunning outdoor space, that works hand in hand with their home.

For the first time, Alan and his expert team create brand new indoor and outdoor spaces for some truly inspirational people. Top architects, builders and gardeners turn run-of-the-mill homes into jaw-dropping, life changing places to live, for people who truly deserve them in this new three-part series.

Creative Living Season 1 on 04 August at 10:00 (Tue 19:30), Open Homes Season 4 on 04 August at 16:30 (Wed 20:30) Tom Kerridge Sunday Lunch Season 1 on 11 August at 11:00 (Tue 18:00), Freshly Picked with Simon Toohey Season 1 on 18 August at 11:30 (Thu 18:00), Grand Designs New Zealand Season 7 on 18 August at 13:00 (Thu 21:00 & Fri 18:00), Dream Homes Revealed Season 1 on 19 August at 18:30 (Tue 18:30 & 21:30) and Rochelle Humes: Interior Designer In The Making Season 1 on 25 August 2025 at 08:00 (Wed 21:00 & Fri 20:00).

Corus Entertainment Planning To Close Several Kids Channels In Canada By September

Corus is preparing to pull the plug on a handful of children’s services come September 1, Cartt has learned, amid the company’s pursuit to cut down on costs and as the CRTC weighs what to do about such at-risk programming.

Corus has told distributors that Disney XD, Disney Jr., Disney French (La Chaine Disney), Nickelodeon, and ABC Spark will be pulled at the start of the new broadcast year, a source with direct knowledge of the matter told us, which was then confirmed by Corus.

“Corus regularly reviews its portfolio of channels to ensure we are meeting the evolving needs of our audiences and distribution partners,” a Corus spokesperson told us. “Following a comprehensive review we have decided to cease distribution of the ABC Spark, Nickelodeon, Disney French (La Chaine Disney), Disney XD and Disney Jr. channels. These channels will no longer be available as of September 1, 2025 at 12:01 a.m. ET.”

The media company still operates Disney Channel, Teletoon, Nelvana, Boomerang, YTV, Treehouse, and the Cartoon Network.

The news comes on the heels of the upfront period, which gives media companies an opportunity to showcase their programs to advertisers for the next broadcast season.

It also comes after Corus CEO John Gossling said on a quarterly earnings conference call late last month that the company “will do things that will manage the content cost line better as we go forward,” adding the company has been “trying to stabilize things.”

He noted that Corus has been hurt by its reliance on linear, despite having digital options like Stack TV. “We’re absolutely feeling it,” he said. The company, which has been trimming costs, reported lower advertising and subscriber revenues last quarter compared to the same period last year.

The news also comes against the backdrop of a broader conversation about the viability of children’s programming on traditional television as more audiences seek online options. Last spring an MTM survey found that, while traditional TV remains popular among Canadian children, they are more likely to watch video content on other sources such as YouTube and SVOD services like Netflix and Disney+.

In May, broadcasters told the commission that CBC/Radio-Canada could be made to step up on carrying such at-risk programs. The public broadcaster, however, said floating this kind of programming must be a whole-of-system effort.

For nearly two years, Corus has been in a regulatory standstill with Rogers, which has been seeking to remove some of its services, including what it says are underperforming children’s channels. Rogers has maintained that the decline in viewership on children’s programming has significantly outpaced overall television viewership.

Rogers is now in active litigation against the imposition of the standstill rule forcing it to continue to carry some of Corus’s services.

Last month, Corus told the commission during a hearing on the dynamics between programmers and distributors that the regulator must factor in how distributors package their services when determining performance.

“When considering whether there are valid commercial reasons for a request to remove, consider the commercial agreement,” Matt Thompson, Corus’s vice president and associate general counsel, told the regulator at the time.

“Are there mitigants in the commercial agreement for channel performance that the BDU might be able to realize? I think the reality of termination requests for programmers is that loss of carriage … can be very, very harmful, more harmful in fact for the programmer, to our mind, than the continued carriage in the case of BDUs.”

Corus executives did, however, say that it is not in the business of continuing to maintain channels that are underperforming.

Corus isn’t the only children’s programmer that has been feeling the heat. WildBrain said this spring that it had been unable to renegotiate a new carriage agreement with Bell for its Family Channel, Family Jr., WildBrainTV, and Télémagino services after the CRTC ruled that Bell was not unduly disadvantaging those services.

The failure to get that affiliation deal meant it had to renegotiate certain commercial aspects of its previously announced agreement whereby IoM Media Ventures would acquire a majority stake in its TV broadcast business.

MultiChoice Planning To Make Huge Changes To It's DStv Packages

MultiChoice is currently in the process of completing its acquisition by Canal+ with deal being reviewed by the Competition Tribunal. Prior to this, their DStv service has been losing subscribers and their turnaround plan is a possible unbundling to its services.

In a media briefing, MultiChoice was able to provide more context on the matter and apparently the restructure goes beyond SuperSport. It was stated that if the outcome of the investigation was successful people would have the option to pay for only TLC and Mzansi Magic minus the sports.

Just as I've mentioned several stories done the line, MultiChoice could look to merge packages best guess would be DStv Premium and Compact+. Following the closure of 1Magic and the inclusion of History and CBS Justice to DStv Compact there's not much sought after from those packages. 

They might try to bundle more services as a means to drive in subscription. Like the option to give premium subscribers the chance to watch 1 free movie monthly on BoxOffice or free streaming data to Showmax.

MultiChoice also mentioned that their entertainment offering needs a makeover as they try to cater toward younger audiences who get most of their content online. Implying that MultiChoice may look to reduce channels something several insiders hinted would await it's proposed transaction with Canal+.

With MultiChoice making DStv a lot cheaper, they wouldn't be able to retain some of its existing agreements particularly in its current structure. So I can only assume when MultiChoice wants to adjust its DStv offering they're referent of its movie and international channels.

M-Net has been streamlining it's offering for several years and with Movie Room and TNT already available they could dissolve M-Net Movies 3 and 4 to optimize it's offering for Showmax. Same goes for Comedy Central and Discovery Family as their lineup is filled with too much repeats and old content.

Could Nickelodeon Undergo A Major Restructure Under Skydance?

Skydance is currently in the process of acquiring Paramount Global home to IPs like CBS, Nickelodeon and MTV with the deal still awaiting further approval from the FCC. Following Trump's lawsuit with one of Paramount's cable networks the deal is believed to have been postponed.

Although it had been stated from various outlets that this whole lawsuit served as a separate transaction.

As some consumers have heard, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Paramount's new owners might be looking to get rid off Nickelodeon and MTV's other cable networks. This idea wouldn't seem far fetched as Warner Bros. Discovery and NBCUniversal are going a similar scenario.

But what many consumers have been worried about for sometime is how Nickelodeon will be affected. Because there's been a lot of chatter that most of its content is likely to get booted off leaving SpongeBob Squarepants to takeover the channel I mean look at Cartoon Network.

Before AT&T decided to spinoff WarnerMedia and merge with Discovery, Cartoon Network had been branded off as The Teen Titans GO! channel. Initially, it had relied on Summer Camp Island, Infinity Train and The Fungies for life support but after the merger less content came out to the network.

Bloomberg covered this story were it was revealed that Cartoon Network very much like The CW and SABC 3 had been losing millions in ad revenue. If Skydance does acquire Paramount Global you can bet your bottoms that Nickelodeon will undergo some restructure.

As seen with Cartoon Network Studios, it now focuses solely on IPs curated by Cartoon Network over the years as Warner Bros. Animation is the new face of original animation. Skydance has plans to integrate it's animation division with that of Nickelodeon Animation and Paramount Animation.

Nickelodeon over the years had been curating content for Netflix such as Glitch Techs and Pinky Malinky. You can only assume that they'll strengthen this partnership and shift the focus away from its cable networks.

I mean look at MTV.

Paramount is now using the network to air shows like The Big Bang Theory and Teen Wolf. Is there any chance of duplication in other markets now that Comedy Central is on a repetitive slope as acquiring companies tend to scale back on redundancy and low performing assets.

August 2025 On Disney Channel And Disney Junior Across Africa | Channel Premiere: Electric Bloom | Returning Shows Including Pupstruction: Pups On The GO | More

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* For the rest of Africa

Hamster And Gretel S2 (Final)

Starts 4 August At 14:25 CAT

* Starts 25 August At 09:45 CAT

After learning about a villain from space, Hamster, Gretel, Kevin, and the team prepare for battle with their biggest threat yet. 

Big City Greens S4 (New Episodes)

Starts 11 August At 16:30 CAT

Follow the offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy. His older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice. Cricket’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm lead him and his family on epic journeys.

Electric Bloom S1 (New Series)

Starts At 11 August At 17:00 CAT

The show follows the three members of the now mega-famous pop group, Electric Bloom, as they look back and tell the story of their band and friendship, starting with the day they all met in high school. The girls go on a journey to becoming the biggest band in the world and the best friends in the universe.

* StuGo (New Series)

Starts 4 August At 09:45 CAT

Six middle schoolers are tricked into attending a mad scientist's fake summer camp on a tropical island filled with impossible machines, monsters, and fashion-forward mutants.

Inside Out

Airs 8 August At 17:00 CAT

Eleven-year-old Riley moves to San Francisco, leaving behind her life in Minnesota. She and her five core emotions, Fear, Anger, Joy, Disgust and Sadness, struggle to cope with her new life.

Disney Junior

Disney Junior's Ariel S1 (New Episodes)

Starts 25 August At 17:30 CAT

Disney Junior Ariel is a preschool musical adventure series about Ariel, a young mermaid learning that her power lies in using her voice to speak up, sing out, and make waves.

SuperKitties Su-Purr Charged S2 (New Episodes)

Starts 4 August At 10:00 CAT

The SuperKitties — Bitsy, Ginny, Sparks, and Buddy — are back and Su-Purr Charged! The team is on a mission to right wrongs and make the world a kinder, more pawesome place.

Pupstruction: Pups On The Go S2

Starts 11 August At 11:30 CAT

The Pups rev their trucks and raise their tools. This season, Pupstruction lend their paws to the citizens of Petsburg by building planes, trains, monster trucks and more!

August 2025 On History Across Africa | Channel Premiere: Secrets Declassified With David Duchovny | Returning Shows Including Swamp People | More

Brand New & Exclusive

AMERICAN PICKERS S21

8 August

Wednesdays 20:15

The American Pickers are once again hitting the back roads of America, to search in the most unlikely of places to find forgotten relics in the hopes of restoring them to their former glory.

From barns on an old walnut farm in California, to an historic Oregon flour mill and beyond, the team tour various sites in season 21 hoping to pick up some awesome items along the way. What hidden treasures will they find on their quest to transform one person’s trash into another’s treasure?

Repeat: Next Day 12:35

Brand New & Exclusive

DEADMAN’S CURSE S3

15 August

Fridays 20:15

The team returns hot on the trail of Slumach’s legendary lost gold mine as Adam, Kru, Don and Taylor chase new and ‘unconventi onal’ theories further, beyond Pitt Lake into new and unexplored terrain. Legends are linked and oral history examined as the team climbs, dives and digs through surprising new leads in the 130-year-old legend. They discover the shocking truth behind the man and a sinister plot to steal his gold. Repeat: Monday 12:35

Brand New

WEIRD OR WHAT? WITH WILLIAM SHATNER S2

18 August

Mondays 19:25

We’re all fascinated by mysteries and strange phenomena. But in this series, join science fiction legend William Shatner for an investigation of all that’s weird in the world to find a logical, scientific, explanation. Each episode contains three separate stories of the bizarre and unexplained and will weigh up the various supernatural and scientific theories that could explain them. Repeat: Next Day 11:45

Brand New 

ALIEN DISCLOSURE FILES S2

20 August

Weekdays 11:00

Alien Disclosure Files covers the declassification of information by the United States Government. The series explores UAP enigmas, historic encounters, UFOs, government secrets, Mars mysteries, and more. Repeat: Next Day 10:15

Brand New & Exclusive 

SWAMP PEOPLE S16 

21 August

Thursdays 20:15

It’s a new season of Swamp People, deep in the bayous and swamps of Louisiana. At the dawn of a new gator season, a devastating onslaught of storms and hurricanes threatens the fate of swampers’ livelihoods. Catch season 16 as we once again follow the day-to-day activities of alligator hunters during the 30-day alligator-hunting season. Repeat: Next Day 12:35

Brand New & Exclusive 

SECRETS DECLASSIFIED WITH DAVID DUCHOVNY 

22 August

Fridays 19:25

From black ops and bizarre experiments to deadly cover-ups and nefarious gadgets, David Duchovny pulls the curtain back on all the government secrets in modern history we always suspected but were never given the answers to. Through the strange and shocking things countries the world over (and those who work for them) have done in the name of national interest, we’ll investi gate the explosive evidence from newly declassified files that will finally shine a new light on what’s really going on deep in the shadows. Repeat: Monday 11:45

Brand New 

HITLER’S TREASURE HUNTERS

26 August

Tuesdays 19:25

This six-part historical docuseries tells the stories of the many treasures and religious relics sought out by the Nazi SS, including the Holy Grail and Thor’s hammer. Heinrich Himmler’s special branch of the SS – known as Das Ahnenerbe – was tasked with finding treasures, artifacts, and religious relics of power, that might win Germany the war and prove Aryan supremacy. With the aim of erasing Europe’s cultural identity and replacing Christianity with their own beliefs - of the occult, mysterious legends and religious folklore – Himmler used his Ahnenerbe troops’ research and plundering of Europe’s masterpieces to justify Nazi notions of superiority, including the racial purity laws that led to the Holocaust. Repeat: Next Day 11:45

Brand New

THE SUMATRAN MONSTER

30 August

Saturday 19:25

In the forests of Indonesia throughout history people have reported sightings of an unknown mysterious Hominid or Primate-like creature known as the Orang Pendek (Forest Man). This documentary takes us on a journey looking at the history of this phenomenon and examining pre-existing evidence. Join a team of Cryptozoologists as they travel to Sumatra on a quest to prove this creature’s existence. Repeat: Sunday 18:40

Brand New

WEIRD BRITAIN: UFO SPECIAL 

30 August

Saturday 20:15

Join paranormal researcher Andy McGrath on a captivating journey into British Ufology, uncovering notorious cases across the country. He explores the Welsh Triangle, meeting childhood eyewitnesses who recount astonishing encounters with UFOs, revisits UFO landing sites and stories of missing time in Scotland’s Falkirk Triangle; and retraces the steps of military eyewitnesses who experienced unexplained aerial phenomena at a U.S. air base in Rendlesham Forest. Are these phenomena more than just strange lights and misidentifications, or, could we be on the verge of a ground-breaking discovery? Repeat: Sunday 19:25

A&E Networks, Parent Company For The History Channel Currently Seen On DStv Is Up For Sale

The parent company of A&E Network, History and Lifetime is joining the growing list of cable channels that are being sold or divested by their studio parent company. NBCUniversal is preparing to divest MSNBC, CNBC, USA Network and four more linear channels. Warner Bros. Discovery also plans a similar separation from a clutch of linear cable assets: CNN, TNT, TBS, Discovery, Food Network, HGTV, TruTV and more.

A+E Global Media (which was formerly known as A+E Networks) is owned as a 50-50 joint venture by the Walt Disney Co. and Hearst. Disney and Hearst recently tapped the investment banking arm of Wells Fargo to handle a sale process.

Sources stressed that there’s no certainty that A+E Global Media will be sold entirely or in part. But with the market conditions that have developed in recent months, Disney and Hearst are motivated to see who may come after A+E’s lifestyle and unscripted outlets. The list of linear channels includes Lifetime Movie Network, FYI and Vice TV. The assets also encompass content units A+E Studios, A+E Factual Studio, A&E IndieFilms, A+E Global Media Digital as well as streaming apps, games, FAST channels, AVOD and subscription-video services Crime 360, Lifetime Movie Club and History Vault.

A+E Global Media is a rare example of a sizable media company that is privately held. The company does not disclose its financial results.

Representatives for A+E, Disney, Hearst and Wells Fargo declined to comment for this story.

The move to nail up a “for sale” sign on A+E’s properties comes as NBCU and WBD are looking to slim down their asset bases and balance sheets by spinning off collections of cable channels that were once marquee properties. But even established traditional cable channels are struggling amid cord-cutting and the rise of streaming.

NBCUniversal is keeping only Bravo out of its eight linear cable channels to help fuel Peacock. WBD will be a significantly smaller company once it is built around the Warner Bros. movie and TV studios, HBO and streamer HBO Max, and gaming division. In announcing plans for a complicated restructuring to separate WBD into two entities – one for Global Networks, the other for Studios and Streaming — WBD nodded to the potential for the channels to be scooped up in a cable rollup. Post-split, both sides of WBD will be better equipped “to be faster and more aggressive in pursuing opportunities that strengthen their competitive positions,” WBD said in its June 9 news release.

A+E Global Media’s well-known brands could be an attractive dance partner for the either the WBD Global Networks divestment or for Versant, the new corporate moniker for NBCU’s spun-off cable channels. The Versant transaction is expected to be done by year’s end. WBD projected a mid-2026 closing for its separation. A+E brands have the benefit of owning outright the bulk of their studio libraries over three and four decades.

Disney has been an outlier among its traditional studio peers. Mouse House leaders in recent months have articulated that the company has found a good rhythm in using linear TV assets to drive content to Disney+ and Hulu. CEO Bob Iger last month said ESPN, ABC, Freeform and Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations are engines for the company’s expansive streaming platforms.

A+E Global Media channels have never been woven into Disney’s larger channel group, even has Disney has built out its streaming offerings. There’s been speculation for some time that the A+E channels would be part of a sales process. Disney and Hearst both have significant wholly owned linear TV assets that are not connected to the focused sale effort around A+E Networks.

A&E Network, Lifetime and History have bucked the general trend of slashed programming budgets for other cable outlets facing steady audience erosion. Lifetime in recent years as doubled down on its volume of original telefilms. History has upped the production value and promotion around its marquee documentaries and series.

Under president Paul Buccieri, A+E has made the most of its deep library by establishing FAST channels and licensing programs around the world. Buccieri, a seasoned producer and programming executive, joined A+E in 2015 as president of A&E Network and History. He was upped to president of A+E Networks Group in 2018.

The company has its roots in the fertile ground of early 1980s cable in New York. A&E Network and Lifetime were launched in early 1984 at a time when the overall cable channel lineup was still pretty thin. History Channel followed in 1995. All three channels have yielded numerous spinoffs over the years.

For its first 20 years, A&E Networks was jointly owned by ABC, NBC and Hearst. When Comcast acquired NBCUniversal from General Electric in 2011, the cable giant had to sell off its stake in A&E Networks to comply with federal merger conditions.

Cruz Afrika Launches New Show On Moja Love

Cruz Afrika calls for peace between him and rapper Emtee

Ahead of his release for his single Tau featuring a surprise Motswako rapper, and his reality TV show, Cruz Afrika wants to start on a clean slate - new image, new brand, and calls for peace between him and rapper Emtee.

 

Their beef dates back to 2017. What was meant to be banter turned ugly, and the two rappers fell out. All grown up, no longer looking for clout and hype, rapper Cruz wants to make peace and start afresh.

 

They were once close friends, thick as thieves, and did some work together and have several unreleased songs in their bank. But when rumours surfaced that some people in their circle of friends sacrificed their late friend Swati so they could get ahead, things turned sour. Cruz was fingered as one of the people and instigators at the centre of the conspiracy theory, and accused Emtee of being part of the alleged Illuminati. He came out guns blazing on social media and even released a diss track dedicated to Emtee.  

 

Years have since passed, Cruz, all grown up, has reached out to Emtee wanting to make peace and book him for his concert, the Rusternburg Garden Festival on 25 December 2025. However, Emtee has rejected the offer. Ahead of the concert, Cruz is set to release his single Tau, which he describes as "a mature and better version" of himself.

 

"I've grown up now. I want my music to be wholesome and uplifting. I want to squash the beef with Emtee and start over. I invited him to perform as a guest at my annual Rustenburg Garden Festival event, and he declined. I just want to make amends," Cruz Afrika says.

 

Cruz Afrika’s upcoming relese features a massive Motswako artist whom he will announce in due time. The release comes two years after Cruz Afrika took a break from releasing music.

 

"I took time off from making music because I wanted to focus on my event company and other businesses, but because music is a calling, I had to answer to fans. My supporters kept asking me to drop more new music, so I thought of a comeback.”

 

Tau is set to be released in Spring on 05 September 2025. Cruz Afrika is also set to share his story on Moja LOVE (157) in the reality show Love In The Keys to premiere in August 2025.