Fashion One Channel Launch

Fashion One’s trends and style coming to DStv! Fashion One launches 1 March across 48 countries in Africa, replacing Fashion TV.
On 1 March 2016, a wealth of ideas, trends and creativity will be coming to DStv customers with the launch of Fashion One on channel 178.
Brought to you by MultiChoice and Fashion One LLC, Fashion One is well known across the African continent and will now reach an estimated 10 million households. Fashion TV currently fills the slot on DStv channel 178 but will stop airing on Sunday, 28 February to make way for the much-awaited newcomer.
Fashion One caters to a fashionable and stylish audience with content covering the very latest in entertainment, international fashion, lifestyle news and events. Showcasing a strong portfolio of original programs from reality shows to documentaries, food to travelogues and beauty tips, the channel also covers African markets and captures the essence of local trends and styles.
The channel will debut in March with
Style Wars and new seasons of Eco Fashion and Fashion on a Plate. Style Wars is a six-episode long reality series where stylists compete to create original and inventive outfits for commercials and photo shoots. Designed to challenge each person’s versatility, the competition provides and exciting look into this colourful and performance-oriented world. Ngugi Vere, a Zimbabwean-born stylist and creative consultant, currently living in South Africa, will go up against other determined stylists from London, Los Angeles, Australia and New York. The show starts on 3 March and airs every weekend at 11pm.
When fashion and gastronomy meet, you’ll find Fashion On A Plate Season 2 which sees top chefs and restaurants from around the world using their ingenuity to interpret what ‘fashion on a plate’ means to them. From inception to presentation, we get to see how a simple ingredient is turned into a work of art in this this six-episode docu-series, starting on 21 March at 21:00 and airs every Monday.
Eco Fashion Season 3 carries on the fight against a world of waste as eco-friendly fashionistas use recycling, repurposing and other innovative techniques to create environmentally sustainable couture. This ground-breaking docu-series will take you on a mind-opening journey into the realm of environmentally sustainable fashion. It starts on 22 March and airs every Tuesday at 10:30pm.
“We are thrilled about the collaboration with MultiChoice which bring us to the position of number one fashion channel in Africa,” said Fashion One LLC.’s Head of Marketing, Mr. Gorden Li, says: “the channel will introduce African audiences to fashion like they’ve never seen it before, as well as great stories about local fashion and lifestyles. We look forward to collaborating with the local fashion and entertainment industry to bring these stories to your screens.”
Aletta Alberts, Head of Content for MultiChoice South Africa, added: “ Fashion One will give our DStv customers front row seats to the biggest international fashion shows and runways that they’ve become used to seeing. They’ll also be introduced to a rich blend of local fashion, entertainment and lifestyle shows. It’s fashion like you’ve never seen it before.”
Fashion One, the only dedicated fashion channel on DStv, will be available to DStv Premium, Extra, Compact, Family and Access customers in South Africa and Lesotho.

Disney Junior March 2016 Highlights

THE LION GUARD: RETURN OF THE ROAR
The sun is rising on the African Savanna!
Roaring onto the channel this Easter is the brand new feature length special, The Lion
Guard: Return of the Roar.  Join us in welcoming Simba’s son Kion, as he assembles his
very own elite team for the “Lion Guard”: defenders of The Pride Lands!  Watch as  Kion selects a group of young animals, based on their unique skills…from the super
strong hippo Beshte, lightening quick cheetah Fuli or the brave, loyal honey badger  Bunga.  This Lion Guard can accomplish anything when they stick together!  
Catch the Disney Junior Premiere of The Lion guard: Return of the Roar on 26th March
@10:00repeating @13:50, 15:25 & 16:25 and 18:35  & 19:35 .And lots more over the  weekend.

THE LION KING MOVIES
Disney Junior is now home of the Pride Lands!
This month, catch all three of The Lion King movies each Saturday.  Starting the month with
the all time classic The Lion King, see how a  young Simbas learns and embraces the circle of
life.  Next up is Simba's Pride, will Simba be able to overcome Zira's revenger?  And finally
catch The Lion King 1 ½  to see adventuresfrom everyones favourites...Timon and Pumba.
See all three movies each Saturday @11:25, repeating @17:15

DOC'S PET VET
The Doc has another string to her bow…she can help pets!
Join us for Doc McStuffins Pet Vet, including 3 premiere episodes throughout the week, where Doc not only helps her toys, but becomes a little veterinarian.  From
dogs, to goats…Doc McStuffins can fix them all.  Stay tuned to Disney Junior for a
fortnight full of magical medicine from the Doc! 
Doc's Pet Vet kicks off on 07/03 every day for 2 weeks with special episodes   @09:35 

GET MOVING WITH DISNEY JUNIOR
Spring into Spring, and get moving with Disney Junior!
Jump up, get down and twirl along to this new day part.  Join all your favourite
characters from Sofia the First, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Miles From Tomorrow,
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Sheriff Callie's Wild West .  So jump up off that sofa and
play along.
Get Moving with Disney Junior starts from 28th March, weekdays @12:00

Disney XD Africa March 2016 Highlights

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY SEASON 1 LAUNCH
Everyday 21st March at 14:40
Meet the members of our newest show Guardians of the Galaxy! See the voyages of Peter Quill, Rocket, Gamora, Groot and Drax the Destroyer and how they  work together to protect the galaxy along with some great 70s songs.
Tune in every day from the 21st March at 14:40 to catch the brand new series launching with a
double episode.

KIRBY BUCKETS SEASON 2 LAUNCH
Weekdays at 15:30
Kirby is back for another season, see what amazing cartoon creations he
comes up with now and what crazy adventures Fish, Eli and Kirby go on.

BIONIC SATURDAYS
Saturdays  from 09:25
Adam, Chase, Brie  and Leo are  coming to your Saturday mornings in a marathon and starting  with a brand new episode  at 09:25!
The marathon starts off with a special 44 minute episode where Douglas ex-girlfriend Giselle is
making a film about the Bionics, but she has other plans in mind. Find out what happens  Saturday 19th March at 09:25

EASTER MOVIES
What better way to start off your Easter Weekend withsome great movies.
Good Friday we are bringing you the brilliant Toy Story at 12:00 SAST/EET
Easter Saturday we have the exhilarating Cars at 12:00 SAST/EET
Easter Monday we have the channel premiere of the Descendants at 12:00
SAST and 13:00 EET

PICKLE AND PEANUT SEASON 1 LAUNCH
EVERYDAY AT 15:05
Pickle and Peanut brand new episodes continue.
Catch their crazy adventures everyday @15:05!

Nickelodeon Africa April Weekday Schedule

05:00  Rabbids: Invasion
05:30  Breadwinners
05:55  Max & Shred
06:20  Harvey Beaks
06:45  SpongeBob SquarePants
07:10  SpongeBob SquarePants
07:35  Game Shakers
08:00  Sanjay & Craig
08:25  Breadwinners
08:50  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
09:20  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
09:45  100 Things To Do Before High School
10:10  Max & Shred
10:35  SpongeBob SquarePants
11:00  SpongeBob SquarePants
11:25  Harvey Beaks
11:50  Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
12:15  Breadwinners
12:40  Rabbids: Invasion
13:10  Game Shakers
13:35  The Thundermans
14:00  Harvey Beaks
14:25  SpongeBob SquarePants
14:50  SpongeBob SquarePants
15:20  Henry Danger
15:45  Breadwinners
16:10  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
16:35  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
17:00  100 Things To Do Before High School
17:25  Game Shakers
17:50  Bella & The Bulldogs
18:20  SpongeBob SquarePants
18:45  Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
19:10  The Thundermans
19:35  Henry Danger
20:00  SpongeBob SquarePants
20:25  SpongeBob SquarePants
20:50  Harvey Beaks
21:15  Game Shakers
21:40  100 Things To Do Before High School
22:05  Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
22:25  Breadwinners
22:50  The Thundermans
23:20  Sanjay & Craig
23:45  Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
00:05  Henry Danger
00:30  SpongeBob SquarePants
00:50  SpongeBob SquarePants
01:15  Bella & The Bulldogs
01:40  The Haunted Hathaways
02:00  Pop Pixie
02:25  iCarly
02:50  Breadwinners
03:20  Rabbids: Invasion
03:45  Pop Pixie
04:10  TMNT /SpongeBob SquarePants
04:35  iCarly

Notice
1.Legend of Korra and Sam & Cat airs weekends at 01:00-03:30

Nicktoons Africa April Weekday Schedule

6:00  T.U.F.F Puppy
6:25  Fairly OddParents
6:50 The Penguins Of Madagascar
7:15  Fanboy and Chum Chum
7:40  Avatar:Legend of Aang
8:05  Avatar:Legend of Aang
8:30  Alvin & the Chipmunks
8:55  Fairly OddParents
9:20 Back at the Barnyard New Episodes (40-52)
9:45 Robot and Monster
10:10  Rugrats New Episodes (63-72)
10:35  The Mighty B! New Series (1-10)
11:00  As Told By Ginger
11:25  Totally Spies
11:50  Totally Spies
12:15  Winx Club
12:40  Winx Club
13:05  Avatar:Legend of Aang
13:30  Avatar:Legend of Aang
13:55  Fairly OddParents New Episodes (83-95)
14:20  Alvin & the Chipmunks
14:45  Get Blake!
15:10  T.U.F.F Puppy
15:35  Kung Fu Panda
16:00  Monsters Vs. Aliens
16:25  Fanboy and Chum Chum
16:50  The Penguins Of Madagascar
17:15  The Penguins Of Madagascar
17:40  Kung Fu Panda
18:05  Avatar:Legend of Aang
18:30  Avatar:Legend of Aang
18:55  Winx Club
19:20  Totally Spies
19:45  Totally Spies
20:10  Alvin & the Chipmunks
20:35  Get Blake!
21:00  Fairly OddParents
21:25  Fanboy and Chum Chum
21:50  Monsters Vs. Aliens
22:15  The Penguins Of Madagascar
22:40  The Penguins Of Madagascar
23:05  Kung Fu Panda
23:30  Totally Spies
23:55  Totally Spies
0:20 Monsters Vs. Aliens
0:45 Danny Phantom
1:10 The Mighty B!
1:35 The Ren & Stimpy Show
2:00 The Ren & Stimpy Show
2:25 Angry Beavers
2:50 Angry Beavers
3:15 Back at the Barnyard
3:40 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
4:05 Jimmy Neutron
4:30 Hey Arnold!/Rugrats
4:55 Angry Beavers
5:20 Angry Beavers
5:45 Fanboy And Chum Chum

Boomerang Africa March 2016 Highlights

Brand New Show
The Jungle Bunch
This March, the Boomerang heroes are at the heart of the African Jungle!
Premiere date:Monday 14/03/2016
Tune-In:Monday-Friday at 17:05 CET
The Jungle Bunch-Back to Ice Floe Movie:Sunday 27/03/2016 at 12:05 CET & Monday 20/03/2016 at 14:45 CET

Brand New Season
Masha and the Bear
Adorably troublesome Masha and her best friend. The Bear, are back in a brand new season on Boomerang!
Start date:Monday 28/02/2016
Tune-In:Monday-Friday at 7:10 CET
Repeat:Monday-Friday at 13:45 CET

Programming Block
Wabbit Easter
What up doc? When even Bugs is getting tired of eating carrots it can only mean one thing:Easter is coming!
Tune-In:Sunday 27/03/2016 & Monday 28/03/2016

Nicktoons Africa April 2016 Highlights

Kung Fu Panda
New Episodes (205-214)
Airs Monday to Friday at 17:40 CAT, starting on Monday 11 April. Enjoy the new episodes marathon airing on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 at 8:05 CAT and 13:30 CAT respectively.

Fairly OddParents (NE) + Magic's Territory Stunt
FOP New episodes (83-95)
FOP new episodes air Monday to Friday at 13:55 CAT, starting on Monday 4 April. FOP (NE) + Winx stunt air Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 April at 8:05 CAT and 13:30 CAT respectively.

Rugrats
New episodes (53-72)
Airs Monday to Friday at 10:10 CAT, starting on Monday 4 April.

Back at the Barnyard
New Episodes
Airs Monday to Friday at 9:20 CAT, starting on Monday 4 April. Enjoy the new episodes marathon airing on Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 at 8:05 CAT and 13:30 CAT respectively.

The Mighty B!
New series (1-10)
Airs Monday to Friday at 10:35 CAT, starting on Monday 4 April.

FOX Channel Opens To DStv Compact Customers

MultiChoice has a special treat in store
for its DStv Compact customers. FOX
(DStv Channel 125) will be opened to
these customers for two full weeks,
from Friday, 26 February to Friday, 11
March 2016.
FOX channel is only available on the
DStv Premium and Extra packages, so
the open window will delight our DStv
Compact customers to bring them
sensational Fox programme highlights.
Viewers can look forward to riveting
entertainment, including season one
and part A of season two of Empire ,
the popular musical drama television
series, featuring Golden Globe winner
Taraji P. Henson, Academy Award
Nominee Terrence Howard, Jussie
Smollet and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray.
Empire will start with double bill
episodes of season one every night
from Sunday, 28 February at 21:50 until
Friday, 4 March 2016. Created by
Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels
(Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Precious ),
Emmy Award winner Danny Strong
(Game Change, Lee Daniels’ The
Butler) and Academy Award and Emmy
Award-winning producer Brian Grazer
(A Beautiful Mind, 24), the series
centers on a hip-hop music and
entertainment company, Empire
Entertainment, and the drama among
the members of the founders' family as
they fight for control of the company.
The first part of season two will start
on Monday, 7 March at 21:50 and
continue until Friday, 11 March.
Other highlights include:
The People v O.J. Simpson: American
Crime Story :
This short series based on Jeffrey
Toobin’s book, The Run of His Life:
The People v O.J. Simpson explores
the chaotic, behind-the-scenes
dealings inside the O.J. Simpson trial
with a riveting look at the legal teams
battling to convict or acquit the
football legend of double homicide. It
features a stellar cast of Hollywood’s
finest, including John Travolta as
Robert Shapiro, Cuba Gooding Jr. in
the role of O.J. Simpson, and David
Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian.
Episodes 1 -3 will air on Saturday, 5
March from 19:20 and episodes 4 - 5
on Sunday, 6 March from 19:20.
X-Files:
One of the longest running sci-fi series
in network television is back on the
small screen after a hiatus of 13 years.
FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully
are back on our screens to thrill
viewers once again in this six-episode
event series. The first three episodes
will air on Fox on Saturday, 27
February from 19:20 and the final three
on Sunday, 28 February from 19:20.
Pilot episodes of Tyrant, Wayward
Pines, The Strain , Scream Queens and
You’re The Worst
And, to top it all, the Empire season 1
box set will be available on DStv
CatchUp from 27 February to 26 March
to DStv Premium, Extra and Compact
subscribers with an Explora in South
Africa only.
For more information, visit
www.dstv.com .

Lights Out For FashionTV

Cape Town – DStv is folding up the runway and packing away the Swarovski crystals with FashionTV (DStv 178) that’s going dark on MultiChoice’s satellite pay-TV platform
at the end of this month. FashionTV’s demise on DStv comes after more than a decade and some years – a lifetime in the modelling world – since the 18 year old channel started by Michel Adam first dazzled South African viewers with its unending stream of fashion shows, “midnight haute”, couture collections and fashion
weeks coverage. Sadly in television, not even diamonds
last forever, with the diamond logo’ed channel that calls itself “the biggest fashion medium in the world” that will
go dark on 28 February. Asked why FashionTV is being
discontinued and if the channel will be replaced by another similar type channel, MultiChoice tells Channel24: "FashionTV will be replaced by another channel - we will make the relevant announcements soon". FashionTV (StarSat 282) remains available on StarSat after the channel
went dark for a while in 2015 on that platform. StarSat also carries the Fashion One (StarSat 179) channel that was started by Michael Gleissner. So far DStv subscribers are only told in an electronic programme guide (EPG) message on screen that "Fashion TV will stop airing on 28 February 2016. Thank you for watching". FashionTV didn’t respond to a request for comment made Monday about its
termination on DStv. The demise of FashionTV follows a year after the Style Network from NBCUniversal International Networks was shuttered on DStv at the end of January 2015.