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Friday, October 9, 2020

The End Of Paradise Coming In November To Telemundo Africa

Two years later, Catalina, la grande (Carmen Villalobos) assumes her new duties and responsibilities as the new director of the DEA in Colombia, her daughter Mariana (Stephania Duque), El Titi (Gregorio Pernía) and Dayana (Elianis Garrido) they have associated with Yésica Beltrán (Kimberly Reyes), their worst enemy, whose ambitions are increasingly dangerous. This time it was devastating to return with a formidable weapon since La Diabla has a new face thanks to a total face transplant. This finally manages to infiltrate the organization of the DEA precisely with the help of Mano Negra (Juan Pablo Gamboa). Without knowing it, Catalina Santana works hand-in-hand with Yésica but who presents herself under a new identity, that of Valeria Montes with the aim of slowly destroying her to end the growing rivalry that has existed between them for three decades.

Meanwhile, Catalina, la grande will have to fight against the world of drug trafficking and a new cartel of criminals who threaten to flood the country with a new synthetic drug that will trigger a war between good and evil that will put Catalina's world to the test. and of all those around her, like her friends Paola (Alejandra Pinzón) and Vanessa (Estefanía Gómez), recruited from the DEA. In addition, Catalina, la grande will be cornered by Zoraya Fuentes (Eileen Roca), who became Ingrid Román regarding her husband Santiago (Roberto Manrique), who is unjustly in jail because of Zoraya.

On the other hand, calm finally comes to Catalina, la Medina (Carolina Gaitán) and Hernán Darío (Juan Pablo Urrego), who are waiting for their first child. However, this happiness is likely to be short-lived, since its enemies now have more power than ever, especially Mariana.

The series airs Monday 16 November at 22:00 CAT/21:00 WAT/23:00 EAT (Don't be surprised if they push it to 2021)

Other developments:
- Aurora replaces Behind Closed Doors on Thursday 22 October
- Someone's Watching replaces Dangerous Affairs on Saturday 18 October
- Rumored to be making a comeback on Telemundo: My Heart Beats For Lola, Precious Rose, Broken Angel and Labour Of Love, Decisions, False Identity, Woman Of Steel and Queen of Miami

We Baby Bears Coming Late 2021 On Cartoon Network Africa

Cartoon Network’s beloved Baby Bears assemble for their next adventure, We Baby Bears, an original comedy coming to Africa in November 2021. Overloaded with the cuteness and humour that fans around the globe adore them for, the series tracks baby Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear through a multitude of imaginative worlds, but this time via their magical box. Currently in production, We Bare Bears director, Manny Hernandez, returns as executive producer to bring his own creative vision to life in the newest iteration of the sibling cubs’ arrival.

“Manny’s admiration for anime and music come to life in this fresh new expansion of the beloved franchise,” said Tom Ascheim, President, Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics (GKYAC). “The spectacular landscapes and musical inspirations transform this new series into an unforgettable journey for all We Bare Bears’ fans and beyond. And did I mention they are baby bears!”

We Baby Bears features the baby bears on their search for a place they can settle down and fit into. Each episode transports them into vibrant and colourful worlds, where they befriend legions of familiar fairy-tale faces. During their ongoing crusade, they are faced with the decision to stay or continue their journey for a permanent abode they can call home. Produced by Cartoon Network Studios, We Bare Bears creator, Daniel Chong, joins Hernandez as executive producer.

The announcement follows the debut of We Bare Bears: The Movie, the first-ever TV movie for the series, which served as the finale for the long-running hit show We Bare Bears. The TV movie debuted for digital download earlier this year and trended in the top 10 Comedy and Kids & Family categories on iTunes for several weeks following its release.

Fans across Africa can tune in to catch We Bare Bears: The Movie on Sunday, 29 November 2020 @ 16:05 CAT where Grizz, Panda, and Ice Bear catch the Department of Wildlife Control's attention and their world turns upside down! Forced to go on the run by the diabolical Agent Trout, the Bears rely on friends, both old and new, on a wild and hilarious road trip. Join the Bears as they stack up for their biggest adventure ever on Cartoon Network Africa, DStv channel 301, and GOtv channel 67 (Ghana 158 and Uganda 356)!

MultiChoice CEO On Content And Channel Collection

Aletta Alberts: It's not the one or the other, it's more a hybrid. There will always be linear channels because there is content that people want to see live, and things that we see that people still prefer to watch on a linear channel more so than on-demand.

People show much more tolerance for shorter, "event-like" series on-demand because the experience is like binge-watching, compared to say sitting through a 22-episode anything, unless you're very committed or you watch it in intervals.

Yes, the world has changed but the channels is still very, very strong and on a daily basis, we still get pitched hundreds of new TV channels every week. But the world is shifting in the sense that there are other genres coming to the foreground.

Also, as the base of viewers grows, the mix of the base is changing, so you are looking for different content. So we know that the top-end for instance in South Africa where it's not a homogenous market here and they've got a lot of access to Wifi, they're more moving towards streaming services and over-the-top services and watching content that is maybe slightly more discerning or niche genres that are more about personal taste than watching things in groups.

Then when you get to the middle market and lower, those viewers still want to see content that they can watch together and they also don't have hours and hours and gigabytes of data to view with.

Having said that, there are still genres that people want to watch live. People want to watch reality TV live because if they don't watch it live, they can't take part in the social conversation. You don't, for instance, want to watch MasterChef on OTT or something like Our Perfect Wedding or My Kitchen Rules or those types of shows because everybody wants to comment on the dress or what people are doing wrong. People do still want to watch that live because of social media. I think the reason why we are taking channels off-we're taking content off that we believe can go sit on OTT because audiences are so small now on those channels that it doesn't warrant it to have actual linear channels anymore; and only look at those channels that are really mass-market channels over time, as the base keeps on changing.

In Africa, the channels business is still very, very, very big and will be for the foreseeable future. I don't think that's something that's going to change overnight.

Update: Mindset Pop On DStv And DBE Learning On OpenView

Earlier in the year, Covid19 hit South African shores forcing schools and businesses to shut down. During that time, service providers were trying to source out content that was educating and entertaining to viewers.

MultiChoice and Mindset teamed up to launch a spinoff pop-up channel catered to Grade 4-9 with a mix of Grade 1-3 called Mindset Pop (also known as Mindset's Pop Primary) in South Africa and the rest of Africa on channel 317.

eMedia Investments teamed up with the Department of Education to launch DBE Learning which caters Grade 10-12 with additional subjects to help out the current Mindset channel. It is currently occupies channel 122.

Both channels were available from 1st April. Through media outlets, DBE Learning as stated would be available until the end of September while Mindset Pop would be available until 10 December according to MultiChoice Africa earlier in the year.

Now DBE Learning is still running on the OpenView despite reaching its cutoff date so it's possible that there are no plans to do away with the channel. It first launched as a channel for Grade 10-12 now they added material for Grade 1-3 meaning it's no different to Mindset.

Mindset Pop has been dominating the DStv platform and is highly recommended through schools and educational forums across Africa. Several outlets still list it as a pop-up channel but no cutoff date was actually confirmed for South Africa (only ROA) and through an enquiry their customer care listed it as a permanent channel for customers and this very likely includes the rest of Africa.

Schools are now reopened under several conditions and children in most schools get time off meaning they won't able to wrapup their academics but with these channels put in place they'll help them catch-up.

Friday, October 2, 2020

Limpopo TV Might Launch On OpenView Really Soon, No News On Whether DStv Or Starsat Will Be Adding It Soon

Limpopo's first ever TV channel launched in the beginning of October offering quality programming from shows that are created, delivered and produced by talent from the province.

There's been a lot of hype about the channel's presence on DStv, Starsat and OpenView in the beginning of the year through other people and the channel themselves. Even viewers with Starsat where able to view the channel without changing settings before the channel disappeared.

After the launch of Limpopo TV you could only access if you unlock the public channels on your decoder. The channel's media handler did mention that they are in negotiations with several service providers.

So far it looks like OpenView is one of the confirmed service providers. The channel founder mentioned that:
We are at the Final Stages of our Negotiations with the Provider and we will wait for them to Release the News first then we will also Share.

The channel might pop up on Starsat and DStv but viewers will likely get it later as both providers are still rolling out more channels in the coming months maybe they'll be able to squeeze this one in as an added bonus like they were suppose to do with the long awaited channel, SABC Education.

Naagin Season 2 Coming Soon On eExtra

Colors TV's Naagin returns for a second season on its new home, eExtra. The show also aired on eBella before it got discontinued and reruns surfaced on eExtra for the time being.

It took eMedia Investments 2 years to bring the second season of Naagin and Qubool Hai but what's important is that they've both got release dates. eExtra is currently available on OpenView, DStv and Starsat while eBella wasn't available on Starsat which would have caused quite a riot if these shows didn't get reruns to get them up-to-date.

In the second season of Naagin which takes place three months after the first season, Shivanya delivers her daughter, Shivangi (Mouni Roy, also played her mom) in the third month of her pregnancy which shocks the doctors. Yamini (Sudha Chandran) gets resurrected and they'll also be a 24 year leap revolving around Shivangi. She'll be seeking justice for her mother's death.

Since the second season debut in , Naagin managed to walk away with 4 awards including Best Actress, Face of the Year and BIG Zee Most Entertaining TV Show (Fiction) and Actor.

The series airs Thursday 15 October at 15:30 on eExtra

The channel is available on OpenView channel 105, DStv channel 195 and Starsat channel 489.

As Expected, e.tv Acquired Broadcasting Rights To 9-1-1

e.tv will be rolling out 9-1-1 in the coming weeks FOX production in the coming weeks called 9-1-1.

9-1-1 explores the high-pressure experiences of the first responders who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. The series follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: police officers, paramedics, firefighters, and dispatchers.

NAACP Image Awards winner Angela Bassett stars in this action series produced by Ryan Murphy who also worked on other FOX properties such as Glee and American Horror Story.

The series made its debut on FOX in 2018 followed by M-Net and M-Net City in that current year. It managed to get over 3 seasons with a fourth one on the way alongside a spinoff called 9-1-1: Lone Star.

The first season starts Wednesday 14 October at 20:30 on e.tv

Netflix And DStv Are The Monopoly Of Africa

MultiChoice's DStv and Netflix have been the top players in cable and streaming respectively for over a decade. Before they were like cats and dogs now they've seemingly become besties so here's how the pair are similar.

MultiChoice's DStv has provided funding for several channels like Moja Love and Newsroom Afrika while Netflix has provided funding for several businesses like DreamWorks Animation (which spawned the DreamWorks Channel) so if there such case where these platforms shut down these brands would likely shutdown or downsize if possible.

Dependency - Through a briefing with ICASA, Cape Town TV revealed that they're reliant on DStv in order alongside several other channels like the SABC while Nickelodeon, Disney and NBCUniversal provided distributed several old and exclusive programming through Netflix.

Quantity - Netflix provided over a hundred new content a year while DStv provided over 120 TV channels. Quality - they're both not perfect, Netflix is mass producing making it hard to actually find something worth watching while DStv provides 1000 hours of new content in 12 years when Netflix can actually do that in 4 months.

Superiority - DStv has the sports, local dramas and news to keep viewers onboard while Netflix has their large catalogue and doesn't have much knowledge of the African heritage to back them meaning bigger is better.

Competition - DStv's only competitor charges almost half of Compact subscription (Starsat), what turns people off about their rival is the lack of premium entertainment and sports. Netflix has Amazon Prime which is barely hyped about in Africa and least talked about it.

Costs - DStv and Netflix monitor the subscription based on the programming and the economy. If Netflix doesn't hike their subscription yearly it's only due to the fact that they supply content not channels.

Repeats: You can repeatedly stream the same season of Umbrella Academy on Netflix and still get charged for all those times you were binging the show (that answers your question on DStv).

CONCLUSION: Netflix and DStv are overrated it's up to you on which platform you invest your money onto. My advice don't invest in Netflix only because they offer a lot of content unless you plan to follow those shows and don't invest your money onto DStv if you'll only watch 1 channel.

Thursday, October 1, 2020

A Brand New Pop-Up Channel Joins DStv's School Of Laughter

ZooMoo, a children’s channel which provides kids with educational content about animals around the world, is now available on DStv Premium, Compact Plus, Compact and Family. The channel will be available on DStv 314 until 31 March, 2021.

Unlock new adventures
ZooMoo is a collaboration between some of the world’s foremost wildlife filmmakers, early childhood educationalists and technology developers. Its programming engages and entertains children with the wonders of animals, to stimulate and develop their innate emotional connection with the natural world. Some of ZooMoo’s well-loved shows are Leo the Wildlife Ranger, Lost!, Clawdia’s Amazing African Adventure, Piglet’s Adventure Machine, and Ninja Pop.

Watch and win!
To celebrate the channel launch, ZooMoo and DStv’s School of Laughter are looking to share the excitement by giving away some awesome prizes!

All you have to do is watch the elephant-tastic, zebra-stonishing and lama-stounding ZooMoo Awesome Animal Awards on Sunday, 4 October at 11:00 on ZooMoo (DStv 314). Tell us who won the award for the Most Colourful Animal by commenting on the competition post on DStv’s Twitter, Facebook or Instagram pages, and you could win one of 30 ZooMoo hampers. It’s that easy!

What to watch
With an entire new channel to explore, we know you’ll be wondering which shows are unmissable. Here are out top picks for you to set recordings and reminders right now!

Catch Me If You Can
Did you know that sloths are the slowest animals on Earth? It can take them almost a month just to digest a single leaf! Sloths may spend most of their time on trees but they are great swimmers They can move three times faster in water than on land and can hold their breath for 40 minutes in water Learn more about this cute mammal on ZooMoo this October!

From Tuesday, 20 October on ZooMoo (DStv 314) at 12:00.

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Halloween + Trick or Treat Special
It's a Halloween spook-tacular on ZooMoo! In a frightfully fun Halloween special we'll take a special look at all kinds of scary animals and creepy creatures. Junior and new ZooMoo team member Fluffy take us trick or treating! From Friday, 30 October on ZooMoo (DStv 314) at 09:30.

And don’t forget…
It’s the Awesome Animals Awards Special!

Join host Owl and the rest of the ZooMoo crew in cheering for the winners in the ZooMoo Awesome Animal Awards! Will your favourite animal win a ZooMoo Golden Egg Award? Tune in to find out!

Sunday, 4 October on ZooMoo (DStv 314) at 11:00.