BayTV Is Now Known As Mpuma Kapa TV

After 7 years, Bay TV has been scrapped for a more stronger and at close at home branding, Mpuma Kapa TV.

Bay TV launched as a free-to-air community television channel in Port Elizabeth and surrounding areas in Eastern Cape before making its way to DStv. It features local news, sport, youth, children, women's issues, current affairs, education, music and local culture.

The channel lost their analogue licence years back that's why it can only be found on DStv besides that they also need the funds to stay open.

Before it's rebrand, the channel was mostly carrying pastor and church based programming like a few other community channels on DStv. This new brand has opened up their doors for content proposals.

Mpuma Kapa TV will more likely be no different to Bay TV at launch. The channel will still be representing Eastern Cape hopefully with more variety and not only church shows.

e.tv Acquired Broadcasting Rights To Elif

South Africa's first and only privately owned free-to-air television station e.tv acquired broadcasting rights to another Turkish telenovela called Elif.

Elif, a pretty and kind 6-year-old girl, is in danger of being sold to pay the gambling debts of her stepfather, Veysel Şimşek. Her mother Melek escapes, but finds out that she is very sick. She leaves Elif in the protection of her best friend, Ayşe Doğan, a maid in a wealthy family's household. Ayşe tries to get permission from the Emiroğlu family to raise Elif in the mansion. However, she is holding a well-hidden secret: Elif is the biological child of Kenan, the beloved eldest son of the wealthy family. Kenan is unaware that Elif is his child from a past love his family forced him to leave. He is now married to Arzu Karapınar. They have a daughter, Tuğçe Emiroğlu, who is a very spoiled girl known for her bad temper. Elif is forced to live at the luxurious estate, away from her beloved mother, and unaware of her proximity to her biological father.

Mrs Petite Universe's Zinnia Rose Petersen will be the voice-over artist for the character, Tugçe Emiroglu. The Turkish telenovela series will be dubbed in Afrikaans. The production which has 5 seasons and over 800 episodes at the moment.

The series will be broadcast on e.tv and eExtra, which is on OpenView, DStv and StarSat later this year.

Zinnia, 9, said it felt "absolutely wonderful" to be in Elif."This is by far one of the biggest and happiest moments. I'm hoping to gain loads of experience and skills to help me into my acting career," she said.

The Grade 4 Pupil will also be at Somerset House will also take part in Van Adamse season two, where she plays Emily. She is also an ambassador for three organisations - Angels United Helping Hands, Spirit Of Hope and Faith - and a motivational speaker with a focus on children.

Brave And Beautiful Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life, is set to introduce a new fantasy telenovela next month to join the existing lineup of shows. This will be the channel's first fantasy show.

Brave And Beautiful (Divya Drishti), separated at childhood, Divya and Drishti attain super powers - to not only see the future, but also manipulate it. However, their own future lies in the hands of an evil Pishachini. Sana Sayyad and Nyra Banerjee take up the titular character's roles.

The series consists of 106 episodes each consuming at least 45 minutes meaning that this will be the second drama series on the channel that doesn't consist of 30 minutes with the first being Crime Alert. It made its debut last year on StarPlus and ended earlier in the year on that channel.

Star Life was set to air two other telenovelas earlier in the year but due to the lockdown regulations implemented in Africa and India months back these shows were delayed indefinitely. The channel hasn't made a statement with regards to the shows but they are likely to air them at some point.

The series makes it debut at 18:00 WAT/19:00 CAT/20:00 EAT from August 18th

StarLife can be found on MultiChoice's DStv, eMedia Investments' OpenView (SA Only) and StarSat (South Africa) with StarTimes (ROA).

MultiChoice South Africa On The Catholic Channel, EWTN

EWTN offers family-oriented, spiritually-enriching programming from a Catholic point of view. The Networks’ diverse programs include live talk shows, news programs, original series and documentaries, teaching series with noted theologians, children’s shows, live coverage of the Pope, a live daily Mass, and much more.

The channel launched 9 years ago for the rest of Africa on MultiChoice's DStv excluding South Africa. EWTN is also available on StarTimes (ROA) and StarSat (South Africa).

During those nine years, A lot of angry DStv customers approached MultiChoice over the possibility of adding EWTN to DStv's South African platform and as always we'll forward your suggestion to a relevant department.

They even created a petition and page to help get the channel to the market seeing as StarSat which is located in South Africa also packages the channel.

Two years ago, I contacted someone with regards to the channel and this is what DStv told them and what they're trying to do:
DStv: Currently it is VERY expensive to get
EWTN on DSTV
The Individual: I have made contact with a representative from EWTN in USA to see how we can get this going, he is currently meeting with the powers that may be to see how we can get the funds available and if it is viable to do so in South Africa.

And two years have passed and EWTN is only available on StarSat. Do you believe MultiChoice South Africa will get this channel they were able to get Da Vinci Kids and AfricaNews on board so anything is possible.

Ebonylife Is Being Removed From MultiChoice's DStv From The End Of July, StarSat And StarTimes Might Follow

TV show host, Mo Abudu has revealed that EbonyLife TV will no longer function as it is now becoming a video-on-demand service called EbonyLife ON.

She also revealed that most of the contents offered by the channel will now be uploaded EbonyLife ON which will be available on iOS stores and Google.

She said: “Remember when we used to wait a whole week to watch our favourite TV shows? Well, those days are gone forever! Now, we can binge on the whole series if we want to. Therefore, we have decided that EbonyLife TV will no longer be available on DStv from 31st July 2020.”

EbonyLife TV was launched by Multichoice in 2013 and operated on DSTV. The deal ended in 2018 and Mo Abudu partnered with Startimes to broadcast the channel.

If you read the first paragraph nicely the channel will no longer function as it used to. They recently signed a content deal with Netflix and with it going dark on DStv in the rest of Africa.

Apparently Ebonylife made the choice to can the channel from DStv so it's likely that StarTimes (ROA) and StarSat will follow as well since Ebonylife might transition into becoming an online platform once their contract expires.

August 2020 On National Geographic Wild Africa | Predator Bloodline | South America's Weirdest

EQUATOR‘S WILD SECRETS (6 x 60‘)
Sundays at 18:00

Life along the equator is spectacularly diverse. More than half of the world's species live here. Equators Wild Secrets is a 6 part series about the Equator's wildest and most diverse ecosystems - the Amazon, the Andes, the Galapagos Islands, Borneo and Sumatra, Africa, and the Coral Sea. This series features a cornucopia of exotic animals in habitats ranging from steamy rainforests and great grasslands to snowy mountains and great reefs.

PREDATOR BLOODLINE (5 x 60‘)
Mondays at 18:00, from 3 August
Bloodlines... It is through this mechanism that individuals inherit the unique code for survival.
The fight for survival is universal. The fight for legacy sets these six extraordinary characters and their families apart. With our camera lens having captured these animals‘ lives daily for three years, the series allows viewers to witness personalities that defy expectation, to see determination without equal, and to watch these characters navigate the extreme tribulations of life in the wild where bloodlines are everything and they strive at all costs to conquer the ultimate prize: survival for themselves and their kin.

SOUTH AMERICA’S WEIRDEST (3 x 60‘)
Wednesdays at 18:00 from 12 August

South America's Weirdest dives into the depths of the South American wild to investigate the cast of misfits, the oddities, the weird, the eccentric and the truly bizarre. The landscape here is truly one of a kind. So, the animals have evolved accordingly. In the South American wild, strange problems gave rise to even stranger solutions.

August 2020 On National Geographic Africa | Gordon Ramsay Uncharted 2 | Barksins | America's National Parks Updates | More

GORDON RAMSAY UNCHARTED 2
Wednesdays at 21:00 from 26 August (ends 2 October)

Gordon Ramsay dives, fishes, forages and leaps out of helicopters on another all-action adventure in the pursuit of food. From the big game filled wild of South Africa; and caiman infested jungles of Guyana, to pristine Tasmania, his culinary journey takes in Louisiana's Cajun swamps, Norway's icy fjords, the spice packed mountains of South India and the epic Indonesian Island of Sumatra.

BARKSKINS
Thursdays at 21:00 from 13 August (ends 3 September) Double billed, 2 episodes per week.  

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battling to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World.

AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS UPDATES
Mondays at 19:00 from 13 August (ends 28 September)

Get to know the Grand Canyons most notable critters, including a new scene featuring one of the Canyons feistiest residents: the Gila monster.

CONTINUING SHOWS

GATHERING STORM
Mondays at 21:00 from 15 July (ends 19 August)  

A major global series forming a unique view on the planet's fiercest storms, through the experience of people who work at sea inside the major hurricane zones of the world. Through extensive access agreements, hundreds of cameras are embedded on boats, ships and oil platforms. So, as the storm approaches and the clock ticks down we are with the men who witness weather at its wildest, from all angles. All face different challenges, with different cargoes, deadlines and routes. At stake is the job, their cargo, their equipment... and their lives. We tell their greatest stories; the triumphs of engineering, ingenuity and sheer bravery that go along with working in storms at sea. Through their eyes we witness the rise of the storm.  And we experience what it takes to get their job done in the face of nature's wildest weather. To explain what lies behind the unpredictability and danger unfolding on the ocean's surface, these first-hand stories combine with scientific insight, analysis and satellite mapping.

MADE IN A DAY
Tuesdays at 19:00 (double bills) from 29 July (ends 1 September)

The last decade has seen a revolution in manufacturing.  A just-in-time economy means the products we love are being made on a massive scale in record time. Lightning fast logistics mean global trade and distribution happens faster now than ever before. This is the story of how some of today's biggest brands, from Tesla Cars to Gibson Guitars, from Tabasco Sauce to Space Rockets, are made in America.

BANGED UP ABROAD S13
Mondays at 21:00, from 13 July (ends 14 September)

The most tense and dramatic series on TV is back with ten stories of drugs, deception, and dramatic downfalls.

WORLD WAR II HELL UNDER THE SEA
Tuesdays at 21:00, from 14 July (ends 18 August)

World War 2: Hell Under the Sea is an event-based series charting the stealth game of subsea warfare from contact to attack of the greatest submarine patrols of World War II. From the rise of the Wolfpack to the drive for victory in the Pacific, meet the masterminds who brought together the strategy, technology and tactics to make every sailor's worst nightmare to come to life.

SPECIALS

India from Above – Wednesday 19 August at 20:00
Lost Voices of World War II – Tuesday 25 August at 21:00

September 2020 On History Africa | Remembering 9/11 | Warriors Way | Lost Gold Of WWII 2 | More

REMEMBERING 9/11
Brand New & Exclusive
9/11 INSIDE AIR FORCE ONE
13 September, Sunday at 20h15
This two-hour feature documentary tells the story of 9/11 from a unique vantage point: inside Air Force One on its nine-hour journey from Florida, across the country, and fnally home to Washington D.C. Featuring interviews with President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Chief of Staf Andy Card, the pilot of Air Force One, Secret Service agents, as well as the intelligence and military aides on board.

9/11 ESCAPE FROM THE TOWERS
13 September, Sunday at 22h05
9/11: Escape From the Towers is a gripping frst-hand account of the 2001 atacks on the World Trade Centre told from the unique perspectve of survivors, most of whom are sharing their experiences for the frst tme. Focusing on two foors - the 81st foor of the north tower and the 77th foor of the south tower, just below the impact zones - it’s the story of ordinary working Americans who are completely unaware of the cause of the devastaton right above their heads, or that they are caught up in the middle of the worst terror atack in American history.

Brand New & Exclusive
9/11 PENTAGON SPECIAL
20 September, Sunday at 20h15 Utlising original interviews, new informaton, and dramatc visualizatons, this documentary brings viewers inside America’s capital city on September 11, when American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the western face of the Pentagon, killing 125 people.

Brand New & Exclusive
9/11 THE FINAL MINUTES OF FLIGHT 93
20 September, Sunday at 21h10
On September 11, 2001, one hijacked plane never reached its target when United 93 crashed in rural Pennsylvania. Now, for the frst tme, previously classifed streams of evidence are combined to piece together what really happened in a gripping minute- by-minute account. Evidence includes secret service documents, air trafc control transmissions, phone records, voicemails, frst person testmony, and a top-secret audio recording that may reveal the details of Flight 93’s crucial fnal moments. It’s the story of heroism in the face of tragedy, and it sheds new light on the biggest mysteries of that fateful fight.

Brand New Season
SWAMP PEOPLE S11
15 September – 15 December, Tuesdays at 20h15 The swamp faces a crisis like never before. Despite hunters’ best eforts to cull the exploding alligator populaton last year, their numbers have reached record levels. Vicious bull gators are breeding at an astounding rate and fooding the backwaters with deadly monsters
-- bigger, bolder and more dangerous than ever before. With their friends, families and pets at risk, swampers take up arms and employ radical new strategies to protects their communites from these savage beasts. New faces are called in to help fght the invasion, and hunters dive deeper into the belly of the bayou than ever before in search of the monster bull gators that are ravaging Southern Louisiana. The threat has never been bigger and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

Brand New & Exclusive
WARRIORS WAY
21 September – 26 October, Mondays at 21h10 Get ready to discover the deadliest, vicious and most successful warriors of their tme. Spartans, Vikings, Samurai and more! These were the most eminent fghters in human history. Episodes highlight the greatest achievements on the batlefelds, command of their armies, brilliant strategies and unique fghtng styles that enabled them to conquer their enemies in overwhelming force.

Brand New Season & Exclusive
LOST GOLD OF WWII S2
25 September – 13 November, Fridays at 20h15 The quest for the one of the largest treasures in modern day history contnues. Lost Gold of WWII returns to resume the search for hundreds of billions of dollars of stolen loot supposedly hidden in Southeast Asia by Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita. In season 2 of Lost Gold of WWII, the team dives deeper into the mystery. Guided by recent scans suggestng gold, they focus on three key sites: a mysterious waterfall, a crater known as Breach 6 and a large tunnel recently found. The series will dig deeper into the conspiracies surrounding Yamashita’s Gold, its link to the CIA and various historic world leaders. Will an all new team, extraordinary technology and unprecedented fnds be enough to uncover the whereabouts of World War II’s greatest treasure?

Brand New & Exclusive
BATTLE OF BRITAIN 80: ALLIES IN THE AIR
27 September, Sunday at 20h15
The makers of ‘That’s All Brother’ and ‘Plane Resurrecton’, draw on their vast experience and archive to commemorate the combatants and aircraf on both sides of the seminal aerial batle of WWII. Features exclusive access to the fghtng aircraf, including the rare, modern 4K footage and technical details of the Axis aircraf involved. Renowned Aviaton author and historian Ian Mcachlan reveals some of the forgoten stories of that fateful period, including the role played by the women of the Women’s auxiliary Air Force, and the overseas pilots air to air footage all combine in this anniversary piece to tell the story of “The Few”.

Brand New & Exclusive
BATTLE OF BRITAIN: THE RACE FOR THE RADAR
27 September, Sunday at 21h10
On the brink of war, the Graf Zeppelin crossed the North Sea on a daring spy mission. Lufwafe wireless experts had come to probe the mysterious towers that had appeared around the Britsh coastline. Fighter Command reeled in horror as they ploted the airship’s progress from Essex to the north of Scotland. Surely the Germans must have discovered all the secrets of Britain’s just completed radar defence system. A year later the Batle of Britain was won with the crucial advantage radar gave the RAF. So why had the Germans not destroyed Britsh radar before the Batle? The answer came afer a chance encounter long afer the war. The Zeppelin spies had made the greatest intelligence blunder of the war.

September 2020 On Lifetime Africa | What Happened To Ashley & Laura? | Surviving Jeffrey Epstein | Family Feud Movies

Brand New & Exclusive
WHAT HAPPENED TO ASHLEY &
LAURIA? HELL IN THE HEARTLAND
23 September – 10 October, Wednesdays 21h00
This four-part investgatve documentary series explores a harrowing and unique missing persons case that is currently evolving into a much larger story of unsolved murder and allegatons of cover-up and corrupton in Oklahoma. Crime author and investgator Jax Miller and former police investgator Sarah Cailean intrepidly research the confounding case of Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman, two teenagers who disappeared in December 1999, afer the Freeman family trailer was burned to the ground. The series delves into the many strange theories of the case and reveals a truth that proves even more incredible.

Brand New & Exclusive
SURVIVING JEFFREY EPSTEIN
27 September, Sundays at 20h50
In the glamorous world of the global elite, an open secret lingered. One trafcking ring, with one man at the centre. Hundreds of survivors. Who knew; who refused to see; and who helped him get away with it? He’s dead, but his survivors are stll living with the traumatc afermath. Surviving Jefrey Epstein is a four-part documentary event series that investgates how the elusive Epstein allegedly ran a global network targetng young girls for himself and his cabal of rich and powerful friends. Operatng from his luxurious homes in New York City, Palm Beach, New Mexico, Paris and the Caribbean, he was also accused of using his extreme wealth and infuence to cover his predaton.
Following his August 10, 2019 death by suicide in federal prison, Jeffrey Epstein stole one more thing from his victms: the chance to face their accuser and finally see justce prevail. This documentary series provides a platorm for these courageous women to share their stories frst- hand as we examine Epstein’s rise to boundless wealth, the people surrounding him who potentally procured and protected, his second arrest, shocking death and the stories yet untold.

Brand New and Exclusive
FAMILY FEUD MOVIES

THE WRONG MOMMY
05 September at 19:20pm Saturday CEO Samantha (Vivica A. Fox) promotes her successful project manager, Melanie (Jessica Morris), who is married with a young daughter. She seems to have it all going on, and the new job prompts her to hire her own personal assistant, Phoebe (Ashlynne Yennie). However, while smart, the new hire is also cunning and has a twisted plan for revenge against Melanie’s mother, Carol, (Dee Wallace).
05 - 27 September 2020

THE WRONG STEPFATHER
12 September at 19:20pm Saturday Ellen (Vivica A. Fox), principal at a high school, feels life is getng beter for her best friend - teacher Karen (Krista Allen), afer she meets Craig (Corin Nemec), a charming new college advisor. Yet something seems of as the relatonship moves fast into an engagement and suddenly Karen’s daughter’s problems magically disappear. Suspicions slowly evolve into real fear when Karen begins to believe that Craig might be the wrong stepfather for her daughter.

DATING TO KILL
12 September at 20:50pm Saturday Jessica, a single mother, has a warm relatonship with her 18-year-old daughter — until Tessa starts dating an older man against mom’s wishes. The crisis becomes lethal when Jessica realizes the older man is someone who attacked her when she was in college — and he’s now back for revenge!

A SISTER’S OBSESSION
19 September at 19:20pm Saturday
Kendra is a happily married career woman. But as her life quickly starts to unravel, she soon discovers the cause of her troubles – it seems her long lost twin sister resents her “enttled life” and is determined to even the playing field.

A DAUGHTER’S REVENGE
26 September at 19:20 Saturday
Elle Spencer has devised a terrifying plan... soon her friend, Anna will be released from jail, where she served tme for a DUI. Anna has nothing – no family, no money, no job – only Elle is there for her. What Elle does not reveal, is that she blames her stepfather for her mother’s suicide, and Anna will become the unsuspectng instrument of her revenge. Stars Jessica Sipos, Linden Ashby and Sierra Wooldridge.