Entertainment Inside Us (Insidus)

During the day, MultiChoice had been conducting tests on another TV channel which we can confirm comes from SuperSport. This channel offers mainly football from what we've analyzed due to Serie A, La Liga and UEFA Champions League.  From what we were able to pick up through other outlets the channel goes by the name, Super Screen. Which seems to be quite confusing on our part as the channel only offers repeat broadcasts to already seen matches on other channels.  It basically a linear version of SuperSport Play although not necessarily as Super Screen is viewed as a separate channel.  If anything, could it be possible that Super Screen is being curated for Easyview or Access consumers. Compared to other DStv consumers, the sports was lacking on these packages and it was only in recent months where one of the two saw improvements. Super Screen would probably be the final peace of the puzzle to SuperSport's rivalry with the free-to-air sector should it

Play Room, a South African based children's channel operated by Ngwato Nkosi Group that offers fun and learning with a mixture of locally produced content part alongside international shows is set to debut two new series, The Day Henry Met and Earth To Luna. The Day Henry Met follows a charming, inquisitive Irish lad, meets something new like the knight or a whale, it becomes the focus of his journey of discovery and adventure, ultimately teaching viewers about real-life objects and occupations. The series was allocated on Nick Jr. by September 2017 and since then has won numerous awards the first for Best European Work at Cartoons at The Pulcinella Award. This was followed by Best Animation award at the Irish TV Gala Awards.  Earth To Luna follows the adventures of Luna, a young girl who is in love with science, her little brother Jupiter  and their pet ferret Clyde. Unlike The Day Henry Met the series targets a wider spectrum between the ages of 4-9 year olds. The s

During the week, eMedia Investments unveiled their first local Afrikaans soap, Kelders Van Geheime . After SABC had shuttered 7de Laan back in 2023 and moved further Afrikaans content to SABC 3, eMedia had continued to bolster the entertainment.  Initially being reduced to merely dubbed content from Turkey, eMedia Investments expanded the lineup to include local productions Ouma Sarie and Die Fakulteit. Both of which currently have exclusive runs on eExtra serving a minority of e.tv's viewers. As some readers aware, Annekan Die Swa Kry is currently being transmitted on both e.tv and eExtra in the same timeslot. Kelders Van Geheime was also anticipated to follow the same route with eExtra doing weekly repeats on Saturday nights. From what was understood about eMedia's decision to get Kelders Van Geheime at 18:00 on eExtra. It was to give consumers on the channel time to view this new soap without it getting in the way of Elif which now comes on 30 minutes later. Bu

Back in July 2023 it was reported that Disney is in talks with the NFL, NBA, and MLB to have them take joint ownership of ESPN along with Disney. Now it is being reported that Disney is close to a deal that would see ESPN take over the NFL Network in a deal with the NFL. Exact details of the deal are unknown but earlier reports said that the NFL would offer their games to be aired on ESPN in exchange for a small share of ESPN. Exactly how much the NFL would own of ESPN is unknown. It is also unknown if this deal will still include the NFL taking part ownership of ESPN. According to CNBC, theNFL could include Disney taking a stake in the NFL Network, NFL.com, and RedZone. With ESPN taking over production of all three. This could help both sides benefit by giving the NFL access to ESPN productions and Disney access to NFL money. The Wall Street Journal also added that the NFL+ service could be a part of this deal with Disney. Disney currently owns 80% of ESPN, and Hearst owns

Play Room is going Scottish  Peek Zoo is an Irish animated children's television series based on a book series by Kevin Waldron. The show follows the life of zookeeper Mr Peek and his children Jimmy and Violet, who solve problems and mysteries with the help of the animals in the zoo. The series airs daily at 08:30 replacing one timeslot of Magic Cellar or at least in the daytime. We presume the show will be in English which is why they're evading from airing it in the night as the channel has a one hour block for languages.  eExtra loads up on the reruns  As if it isn't enough that Annekan Die Swa Kry and Kelders Van Geheime is telecast on both e.tv and eExtra. The channel has even reduced the Asian offering to merely one timeslot which too is repeats now the Indian offering is set to undergo further downsizing.  Beyhadh is currently airing on the channel at 13:45 and from 8 May this offering will be axed in favor of Forbidden Passion which ended earlier in th

In 2023, Nickelodeon revived one of their iconic logos "The Splat" and incorporated it with the current font of the brand. A year after its rollout, there's still various countries that have yet to go Splat as Nicktoons in the UK rebranded earlier in the week. As reported by NickALive , the rebrand occurred on Worker's Day being May 1st in parts of UK & Ireland. Based on Nickelodeon’s recently launched Splat logo, the rebrand includes new on-air graphics such as bumpers, promos and idents. Last year, MultiChoice and Paramount had reached a new agreement which would see Nickelodeon in the rest of Southern Africa switch to high definition . This was also accompanied by the revamped Splat logo which was introduced months prior . At the time, it was also stated that Nicktoons and Nick Jr. would undergo a rebrand before the end of 2023. None of which come to pass as Nick Jr. was only fortunate to go Splat by February of this year (due to globalization) wi

Zee Zonke is a Zulu dubbed entertainment channel operated by Zee Entertainment Enterprises that showcases romance, drama, action, suspense and crime. It is home to shows like Onespiho, Imfihlo, We Mamezala and Umakoti Oyintandokazi.  Since its debut in South Africa, Zee Zonke has been regarded as the no. 1 pay-tv channel. Catered for adults and families, it currently sits around 276,000 in the month of April which is 67% increase from January which was merely 184,000 viewers. The individual figures for each show has yet to mentioned which is what Zee Zonke is likely using in getting these results. But from observing through Zee World and Star Life, its likely that the 7pm to 9pm timeslot is where these shows are at its peak.  Zee Zonke in these endeavors had allocated Umakoti Oyintandokazi in April which had proved to be a popular addition with our readers. Later this month, they will be launching their second series, Uthandolwani.  Zee Entertainment Enterpris

TLNovelas, a Mexican entertainment channel operated by TelevisaUnivision that is home to various Portuguese dramas will be rolling out a new series in the coming months titled The Thread Of Love, known in Portuguese as Diseñando Tu Amor. Based on the Portuguese telenovela Meu Amor, it followed Valentina and her sister Nora with a desire to become successful in the fashion world. As they try to reach their dreams, obstacles like family and romance complicate their journeys. It starred Gala Montes as Valentina Fuentes Barrios,  Juan Diego Covarrubias as Claudio Barrios,  Sergio Goyri as Guillermo Vargas Mota,  Ana Belena as Helena Vargas Reyna and  Osvaldo de León as Héctor Casanova Morales. The Thread Of Love debuted on Las Estrellas 26 April to 7 October 2021 with 120 half hour episodes having been filmed. Before it's rollout on TLNovelas, TelevisaUnivision had licensed the content to various broadcasters in the African market. The series will air on 22 July replacing

During the week, Nickelodeon unveiled a list of upcoming attractions for the channel alongside Nick Jr for June . This included the new film No Time To Spy: A Loud House Movie for Paramount+ which will likely be exempted from countries. As some readers have noticed, Nicktoons wasn't included in this lineup of announcements that's because while Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. had been globalized. There's still some parts of Nicktoons which are localized and that include the Nick Jr. block and NickMusic. Anticipating that these highlights are handled by someone within Africa while the others are situated in Europe.  Of course, what got my attention here about Nick's June portfolio was the trademark "Nickelodeon Global Unlimited". For those aren't aware, feeds for the channel in Africa had been unified with Germany, Poland, Denmark and various parts of Europe. At that time, this was simply known as Nickelodeon Africa before forming with other markets t