Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

Canal+ Group has acquired a stake in Marodi TV, a Senegalese production company which is a leading purveyor of TV series across Africa and a force within the continent’s creative economy. The deal pursues Canal + and Marodi’s ongoing partnership, as well as further strengthens the Paris-headquartered company’s position in French-speaking Africa, where Canal+ produces over 4,000 hours of African content and has 30 channels dedicated to the continent in 10 languages. For the last five years, Marodi TV has broadcast its catalogue as part of Canal + Group’s channel line-up. It has produced exclusive series that premiered on the Sunu Yeuf channel in Wolof, and went on to launch on the pan-African channel A+. Both channels are available to Canal+’s 8 million subscribers in Africa. Marodi TV and Canal+ have also co-produced together a number of successful series, such as “Emprises” and “Déchéances.” Founded in 2012 with the ambition of making quality African content accessible

WildEarth is an interactive wildlife channel which brings viewers closer to nature with live safaris within the hotspot of Africa. Founded in 2007 by Graham Wallington and Emily Wallington, WildEarth has developed a global community of viewers. Not long ago, it was reported that WildEarth would be looking to take their channel off DStv by the end of April . This comes months after the channel's current CEO was negotiating with MultiChoice over adding carriage fees to the channel. As some readers are aware, WildEarth hosted a live event where several notable figures were briefing audiences on the future of the brand. Aside from the departure from DStv, they are looking to no longer offer any live content and transition to short form. This means shows like Sunrise Safari and Sunset Safari will continue to exist but will be pretaped. On top of that airtime for these shows will be further reduced as they try to offer more short form content as they eyeing potential deal

NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer today announced the South African premiere of the new series, Come Back to Me, premiering on Monday 8 April at 22:00 (CAT), exclusively on Telemundo. Starring William Levy (Resident Evil, Addicted), Samadhi Zendejas (Falsa Identidad, Rosario Tijeras), Kimberly Dos Ramos (El Rostro de la Venganza, La Desalmada), Ximena Herrera (El Señor de los Cielos, Buscando a Frida) and Ferdinando Valencia (El Nombre del Amor, La Verdadera Bonita) Come Back to Me is a drama full of romantic entanglements in which a mother's unconditional love for her son becomes the common thread that drives the story. Set in Ciudad de Juárez and Ciudad de México, this romantic drama follows Nuria, a woman of humble means, who begins a relationship with Braulio without knowing that he is one of the owners of the company where she works to support her son and sister. The lives of the main characters begin to intertwine after the tragic kidnap

WildEarth is an interactive wildlife channel which brings viewers closer to nature with live safaris within the hotspot of Africa. Founded in 2007 by Graham Wallington and Emily Wallington, WildEarth has developed a global community of viewers. Since December, the channel's future in Africa came into question after WildEarth uploaded a survey which would help determine if the channel should remain aboard the DStv platform . At the time, the channel didn't share any of their findings on the matter. This past weekend, WildEarth held a live event which was accessible on YouTube. It was there were more details about their survey had come forward.  According to the surveys, WildEarth serves as one of the top 3 favourite channels by 76% of its viewers with 90% voting it as one of their favourite local channels. Despite the positive reception, the channel is not able to retain its position on DStv. Andre Crawford, the current CEO of WildEarth had been engaging conversation with M

Following the rollout of Soos Nag En Dag , eExtra's Kuiertyd continues to expand their local portfolio in more international territories with the addition of mystery drama Sommerdahl Moorde. It is also known as The Summerdahl Murders or Dan Sommerdahl - Todliche Idylle. Synopsis for Sommerdahl Moorde: DCI Dan Sommerdahl investigates murders in a lovely  Danish coastal town with his best friend, Detective  Flemming Torp, and his wife, Marianne, a criminal  technician. But Dan's years of devotion to the job have hurt  his marriage, and with  Marianne wanting a divorce, Dan  discovers his rival for her affections is none other than his  best friend. And they all must still work together to solve  crimes. It starred Peter Mygind as Dan Sommerdahl, André Babikian as Flemming Torp, Laura Drasbæk as Marianne Sommerdahl, Mathias Käki Jørgensen as Benjamin, Lotte Andersen as Hanegaard, Diêm Camille as Lina and Martin Svaneborg as Thor. Sommerdahl Moorde debuted by March

PBS Kids is an American based children's brand operated by PBS Distribution. Ranked as the #1 educational brand, it invites parents and children to experience this trusted content that helps children learn and grow through shows like Arthur, WordWorld and Molly Of Denali. The channel was made available in Africa by 2019 and since last year remains the only international market following its departure from Australia. This was after MultiChoice added various content exclusively to DStv Stream as part of an experiment. This was the feedback given by MultiChoice after adding content from PBS Kids in 2018: "We received a lot of positive feedback from our viewers when PBS Kids was made available on DStv Now [now DStv Stream] and our parents appreciate the fact that DStv is providing the kind of kids' programming that will help to make them classroom ready, while also keeping them entertained". Foxtel had opted to discontinue carriage of the channel in Austral

We’re starting with the conspiracy theory about Oscar Award-winning actress Anne Hathaway and her husband, Adam Shulman. They may or may not be reincarnations of this famous couple from the 16th century: William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway. Let’s discuss the background of each respected, well-known couple and how much this conspiracy theory could be real. How did Anne Hathaway Meet Her Husband? Anne Hathaway has acted in many projects, such as the plethora of adapted films she’s been a part of, the Princess Diaries series, Les Misérables, The Dark Knight Rises, One Day, Love & Other Drugs, and so many more. It’s pretty endless at this point.  She met Adam Shulam, a fellow actor, jeweler, and producer, during a Palm Springs Film Festival in 2008. Oddly enough, Hathaway told a mutual friend of theirs at the time, “I’m going to marry that man. I think he thought I was a little nuts, which I am a bit, but I’m also nice.” And a few years later, they tied the knot

During the month, it was reported that Canal+ had increased its offer to takeover DStv by 19% with a sum of R35,9 billion . This comes after their initial offering of R32 billion was rejected with the  Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) ordering them to propose a new deal. As some readers are aware, Canal+ owns various properties in parts of Europe and Africa. Some of which clash with MultiChoice's current offering and should Canal+ succeed in their takeover of the pay-tv company various changes could await the content.  In this instance, Canal+ owns Nigerian film company ROK Studios who manage the ROK channels currently viewed on DStv. The company was founded by Mary Remmy Njoku in 2013 before folding under the Canal+ company by 2019. For several decades, MultiChoice has operated Africa Magic which serves as a rival offering to ROK Studios with its own lineup of original content. Should the acquisition move forward these two could merge into one entity since they'

NEW SHOW (1-13) Spirit Riding Free  From Monday, 1st April Weekdays at 8.30am, 8.10pm DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free centers on a group of three friends, who together experience coming of age and the power of friendship. Lucky, a gutsy 12-year-old girl, befriends a wild mustang she names Spirit. With her two best friends, Abigail and Pru, and their horses by her side, they explore a world filled with endless rides and never ending fun. Together they’ll push their own limits and  discover what it truly means to be free. NEW EPISODES (53-65) All Hail King Julien   From Monday, 1st April Weekdays at 3.35pm, 8.35pm Weekends at 11.50am, 5.40pm  After King Julien flees the kingdom, a chill sets in on the island of Madagascar: Koto is coming. As a  battle of the lemurs looms large, King Julien must venture across the sea to recruit an army of unlikely allies, including Uncle King Julien, some saucy lemur ladies, and the despicable Karl. In this heroic saga for the ages, Julien must