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Just weeks after announcing that its chairman, Imtiaz Patel, would stay on to oversee a possible deal with Groupe Canal+, MultiChoice Group on Tuesday announced Patel’s exit from the role with immediate effect. The move comes amid concerns about corporate governance at the broadcaster, which is the subject of a takeover bid by France’s Canal+. In a surprise move, MultiChoice said on 2 April — following a board meeting before the Easter weekend — that it had rescinded a previous announcement that Patel would step down, with board member Elias Masilela due to take up the chairmanship from 1 April. “In view of the recent ruling by the Takeover Regulation Panel that required Canal+ to make an immediate mandatory offer to all MultiChoice shareholders … the MultiChoice board has reached an agreement with Imtiaz Patel to remain on as chair,” the company said at the time. “The board believes there is significant benefit in continuity at this time, and Mr Patel has agreed to extend

Not long ago, it was reported that Nickelodeon will be exiting Germany as RTL looks to acquire the channel awaiting regulatory approval . Several shows from the channel such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Paw Patrol are set to rollout under Toggo. Nicktoons and Nick Jr. serve as sister channels to Nickelodeon are anticipated to remain in the market for now. Based on a programming block on Super RTL, Toggo will be rolling out as 24 hour channel in the region which is set to continue the Nickelodeon legacy while also supplying other content. As Paramount opts to build its children's offering through streaming.  Interesting to note, Nickelodeon had a troublesome launch in the market initially rolling out in 1995 went through bankruptcy and several of its shows had been licensed to Super RTL. Coincidence, went it relaunched in 2005 it only came in Africa by 2008. Prior to this, M-Net had operated K-TV as a children's channel to consumers in select countries. The channel s

German family channel Super RTL wants to take over children’s channel Nickelodeon in Germany and rebrand it into its children’s brand Toggo. The companies confirmed a corresponding agreement to German industry publication DWDL . According to the agreement, Super RTL will take over Nickelodeon’s established satellite frequency on Astra (19.2° East) and operate the channel under its own Toggo brand after a transitional period, while continuing to show popular Nickelodeon series such as Paw Patrol and SpongeBob SquarePants. The Nickelodeon channel brand will disappear from German free-TV. Paramount intends to focus entirely on its streaming services Paramount+ and Pluto TV in the children’s sector in Germany in future. “By expanding the partnership with Nickelodeon and Paramount, Super RTL is offering its young audience an even richer wealth of high-quality children’s programmes. The takeover of the satellite frequency creates a new valuable Toggo touchpoint for the target gro

As some readers aware, StarSat once offered a pornographic content on their platforms for consumers in South Africa. This had garnered a lot of media coverage and even led to numerous legal disputes with the channels alienated within the region. Despite StarTimes playing it safe by having those channel's offering reduced to weeknights and making consumers who opted to bundle the entertainment pay extra. Their attempts had proven to be unsuccessful and led consumers to flee the platform.  Now Canal+ is seeking to acquire MultiChoice and should these attempts prove favorable. DStv's entertainment would have to be merge/aligned with Canal+'s current offering of course this may prove to be another hurdle. Similar to StarTimes in select countries, Canal+ offers also offers pornographic material known as MultiMan TV with Hustlers and Private TV. It might form part of MultiChoice's current offering as part of an alignment of content and TV channels. We're not

eExtra hits the snoozefest button with Eternal Love  After debuting on the channel earlier in the year, a rebroadcast of Eternal Love is scheduled to air daily at 16:15 from 3 May. This is by far the quickest comeback ever for a rebroadcast as it ending sometime in February taking a 3 month gap. Based on the novel of the same name, Eternal Love followed a free-spirited woman's soul inhabits the body of a timid woman from a different time. She must find a way to balance her double life when she falls in love with two different men. The Erens are back for more drama As seen on the programme guide, Annekan Die Swa Kry is not going anywhere after the second season finale debuts on e.tv from 19 May. As season 3 is scheduled to air immediately after the second season finale in the same timeslot on e.tv at 17:00. Synopsis on the first episode of season 3 While the Eren brothers are enjoying the rich life they have, Akif, who is left without a penny, is looking for ways to re

Discovery Channel   Crimes Gone Viral S1 NEW TO CHANNEL Gripping clips of kidnappings, break-ins,  wild car chases, and other crimes rack up  millions of views, but the stories behind  these crimes are often never told -- until  now. This series takes viewers inside the  most shocking crimes that went viral. First TX: 28 May TX Day: Tuesday TX Time: 20:55 & 21:25 Last TX: 6 Aug Wheeler Dealers  World Tour BRAND NEW After twenty years of iconic makeovers  Mike and Elvis are back to take on their  most ambitious projects yet and this time,  they're going global. From the US, to  Australia, Europe and the UK, Mike will  track down a selection of vehicles that are  iconic to each country, in need of some  serious TLC, set up in a local garage and leave it to Elvis and local mechanics to  restore them to their former glory. First TX: 31 May TX Day: Friday TX Time: 20:00 Last TX: 2 Aug Wild & Weird America S1 BRAND NEW Watch uproarious real-life moments:  backyard mis

Soccer's global governing body FIFA is close to an agreement with Apple to give the tech company worldwide television rights for a new, month-long club tournament, the New York Times reported on Monday. The deal with Apple could be announced as soon as this month and valued at around $1 billion, a quarter of the $4 billion FIFA had first estimated, the report said, citing three people familiar with the matter. The potential agreement would give the company's streaming business an edge amid competition among streaming services providers to lap up rights for widely watched sporting events in a bid to add subscribers. If the deal goes through, this would mark the first time that FIFA has agreed to a single worldwide contract, the report said. Senior executives at FIFA, however, have raised concerns over the possibility of "free-to-air rights", which would make the event only available to subscribers of Apple TV+, according to the report. It is unclear whether

Six new animated specials for Cloudco Entertainment’s Care Bears: Unlock the Magic are set to premiere on Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) Cartoonito and HBO Max/Max across EMEA and on Max in Latin America. Individual EMEA country launch dates will vary, but both Cartoonito and HBO Max/Max are planning to begin rollouts this summer. In Latin America, Max debuted the first special in mid-March, with plans to release the others in April, July, September, October and November. The Care Bears: Unlock the Magic specials have already launched on POP in the U.K., Family Channel in Canada, Channel 9 in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. They have begun their rollout in the U.S. as well, with future releases continuing into November. The six new specials are titled “The Quest for the Rainbow Stone,” “Grumpy’s Ginormous Adventure,” “The Star of a Thousand Wishes,” “The Mystery of the Snickering Ghost,” “The Bad Crowd Strikes Back!” and “The No Heart Games.” “We’re excited to see the

As reported sometime ago, Warner Bros. Discovery was looking to acquire eMedia Investments several years back . Following various legal hurdles of foreign ownership sold their remaining shares as eMedia Investments continues to blossom. They currently offer Openview, SA's most successful free-to-view DTT platform which is accessible to over 3 million households. It  offers over 20 TV channels which offer a range of movies, reality shows, drama series, telenovelas, sports and cartoons. Most of which probably wouldn't have been under Warner Bros. Discovery's radar leaving consumers the latter on DStv and StarSat. Warner Bros. Discovery (known as Time Warner) at the time consisted of brands such as HBO, TNT, Cartoon Network and Cartoonito (formerly Boomerang). Before the merger in 2019, their lineup consisted of drama series, movies and cartoons. There's no way eSeries could have entered the equation if M-Net licensed content from HBO and Warner Bros. Studios