The Fungies Are Back For More Adventures On Cartoon Network Africa And Boomerang Africa Celebrates Easter Weekend With Movie Stars

Cartoon Network:

WE BABY BEARS
PREMIERE SUNDAY, 17/04/2022 @ 11:00 CAT
MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS @ 16:35 CAT
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF WE BABY BEARS
Get ready to fall in love with We Baby Bears, a spin-of of one of our all-time favourite animated series, We Bare Bears. After making a wish upon a shooting star, three young bear siblings, Grizz, Panda and Ice Bear, embark on a series of adventures with a magic box, giving them the ability to transport themselves into diferent worlds! Sent into far and imaginative lands, the bears try to fnd a place they can call home. It’s double the fun this month as Cartoon Network Africa spoils us with an Easter Weekend Stunt, starting with We Bare Bears: The Movie on Friday, 15 April. On Saturday the 16th & Sunday the 17th, get treated to special We Bare Bears episodes featuring the Baby Bears. You can catch the frst two episodes of the all-new We Baby Bears series on Sunday at 11:00. Then tune in every weekday from Monday, 18 April at 16:35 for more We Baby Bears fantasy, fun & adventure, as our bear bros discover that ‘home’ can be wherever they are, as long as they’re together!

EASTER WEEKEND
@ 10:10 CAT 15/04: We Bare Bears: The Movie 16/04 & 17/04: We Bare Bears
special episodes We Baby Bears premiere (first 2 episodes) on 17/04

 

COACH ME IF YOU CAN
PREMIERE MONDAY, 04/04/2022
TUNE IN MONDAYS TO FRIDAYS @ 15:40 CAT
KEEN ON WHACKY ADVENTURES AND UNSTOPPABLE LAUGHTER?
Have you met Daniel Sissou, a young soccer fan who’s keeping a huge secret? His soccer ball is none other than the world’s greatest soccer player, Erico Platana, who was transformed into a soccer ball after an unfortunate encounter with a mad sorcerer. Erico has to defate his ego and help clumsy Daniel become a soccer champion, and only then will he return to his normal human form. While Erico tries to teach Daniel the art of ‘faking it’ − a skill that can mean winning or losing a match − Daniel ends up in hospital. Is he faking it … or could he really be wounded? Catch the all-new episodes from season 1 on Cartoon Network this month and join the whacky adventures of this eccentric pair as they turn their small city upside down while learning about the importance of friendship and trust.

 

THE FUNGIES
PREMIERE SATURDAY, 23/04/2022
TUNE IN WEEKENDS @ 19:35 CAT
COME AND EXPLORE A WHOLE NEW WORLD!
Welcome to Fungietown! A mythological metropolis set in a strange prehistoric world inhabited by some fungi-looking creatures − and the occasional dinosaur! Tag along on the adventures of Seth, a whimsical 10-year-old mushroom whose love for science and big adventures often leads him to stir trouble with the town’s local inhabitants. Will Seth get digested by his brother, all in the name of love? Or will his mom, Dr Nancy make it just in time to save him? And then it’s Shania’s turn to host the Fungietown Breakfast Club, but she’s embarrassed by her house! How will the other kids react after she convinces them that she lives in a cool cave behind a waterfall? So come along and join the Fungies as they have fun and explore the world around them. It’s curiosity and fun, all-in-one!

Boomerang:

THOMAS & FRIENDS: ALL ENGINES GO
PREMIERE: MONDAY, 04/04/2022
TUNE IN: EVERYDAY @ 06:50 CAT
All aboard!
Thomas & Friends have found a brand-new home on Boomerang where a younger Thomas the Tank Engine is ready to go on the biggest, silliest, most musical and toot-ally awesome-est adventures across the island of Sodor! Join your number one pal, Thomas, and his familiar friends Percy, Diesel, Gordon, Nia, and Sir Topham Hatt, along with new  engines like Kana — the first electric train in Sodor, and the best fix-it crew, Carly the Crane and Sandy the Rail Speeder. And just to add to the holiday fun, Boomerang has a one‑hour special, Thomas & Friends: Race for the Sodor Cup. Super-fast Kana thinks that her speed is all she needs to win the Sodor Cup but soon finds out that it takes much more than speed to really be a champion.
With his ‘I think I can’ attitude, Thomas has plenty of fun in store for our Boomerang viewers so catch a ride with him in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go! this April.

 

DINO RANCH
PREMIERE DATE: MONDAY, 18/04/2022
TUNE-IN: Everyday @ 06:30 CAT
Discover the thrill of ranch life!
Dino Ranch follows the adventures of the Cassidy Family as they tackle life on the farm in a fantastical, ‘pre-westoric’ setting where some of the biggest and wildest dinosaurs still roam. While trying to help his grandpa Goliath build a barn, Clover accidentally smashes the roof of the Stegosaurus Barn. The Dino Ranchers head off to the foothills to gather more logs when Clover accidentally sends Goliath and the logging wagon sliding down the foothill slope, leaving him injured! Will Clover’s special Dino doctor skills be put to good use? Tune into Dino Ranch, every day on Boomerang, and watch as the young ranchers learn the ropes and discover the thrill of ranch life while navigating the great outdoors through unpredictable challenges.

 

MOVIE STARS
Easter Weekend Family Fun
The four-day Easter weekend is the perfect time to kick back, relax and spend some family time together in front of the TV — while devouring your chocolate eggs and hot cross buns, of course! Whether you’re looking for a feel-good movie or an all-time family favourite, Boomerang has picked out four Easter movies to keep the whole family entertained. From everyone's favourite rascally rabbit Bugs Bunny, in Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run, to The Ant Bully's fun and colourful animated adventures, or to basketball superstar Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny teaming up in Space Jam — hop on over to Boomerang and enjoy your Easter weekend special!

TUNE-IN: EVERYDAY, 18/04/2022 @ 06:30 CAT
EASTER WEEKEND – EVERY MORNING @ 09:40 CAT
Looney Tunes Rabbits Run - Friday, 15/04/2022
Space Jam - Saturday, 16/04/2022
The Ant Bully - Sunday, 17/04/2022
Tom & Jerry: The Magic Ring - Monday, 18/04/2022

New Gadgets: Random Posts And Related Posts

We know how some people get irritated by the nearsight of links inbetween a post that's why we begun testing out two new features to help reduce that, Random Posts and Related Posts.

Random Posts can be seen if you switch from the mobile version of our website to desktop (the option can be found below Insidus). As the name implies readers will see links to several articles on our site and it changes everytime a user gets into another link or even reloads the website.

Basically, it doesn't stick to particular articles like Related Posts.

 

 

Related Posts can be seen if you are using the mobile version of our site and entering the post on Insidus. To help readers better understand this tool what it does is source content from the tags seen at the bottom of an article or sidebar on the left through the desktop version of the site.

These two gadgets will replace the "Also read" sections of the post or at least most of it. We know some readers who love Cartoon Network might be interested in what's happening with Nickelodeon so the simple solution would be using the tags as discussed in the related posts paragraph.

Remember

Desktop/web version: Random Posts alongside Popular Posts (now at the bottom of the site)
Mobile version: Related Posts

We also added these gadgets to our gaming blog: Insidus Games.

Samuel L. Jackson Fan Month Launches On TNT Africa Alongside The Already Announced Battle Of The Belts And Second Installment Battle Of The Belts - April 2022 Highlights

TRUE TO LIFE
Have you ever heard a story that was so wild you couldn’t believe it? This April, TNT Africa’s ‘True to Life’ stunt takes you through several critically acclaimed stories inspired by actual live events. Headlining this month’s special is the channel premiere of the multiple academy award-winning movie Bohemian Rhapsody, inviting you to take a close look into the iconic band, Queen’s music and extraordinary lead singer, Freddie Mercury, who defed the status quo. More unbelievable, shocking, yet entertaining adventures await you every Sunday; from scuba divers stranded in shark-infested waters after their tour boat has left; an up-and-coming sports reporter rescuing a boxing legend believed to have passed away; and a dad holding a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance won’t cover his son’s heart transplant. Tune into TNT Africa this month for your dose of True To Life drama!

TUNE IN DETAILS (channel premieres)
Sunday, 3 April
18:10 – Escape from Pretoria (2020)
20:00 – Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
Sunday, 10 April
18:10 – Soul Surfer (2011)
20:00 – Hurricane Season (2009)
Sunday, 17 April
18:15 – It Could Happen to You (1994)
20:00 – Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
Sunday, 24 April
18:05 – John Q (2001)
20:00 – Open Water (2003)

 

SAMUEL L. JACKSON FAN MONTH
What do the movies Snakes on a Plane, The Negotiator, and A Time to Kill all have in common? The highest-grossing actor of all time – Samuel L Jackson, of course! Come on, he’s defnitely on the list of our top 10 ultimate actors. The prolifc big screen giant has starred in more than 150 flms in his career, many of them often labelled as all-time greats. Join us this April, every Friday evening, as TNT Africa celebrates the illustrious career of Samuel L Jackson in movies like No Good Deed featuring Idris Elba (The Wire, Luther, The Suicide Squad) and Taraji P. Henson (Empire, Hidden Figures). TNT brings you a full day of back-to-back greats from this Hollywood icon on the last Friday of the month. You don’t want to miss this one!

TUNE IN DETAILS (channel premieres)
Friday, 1 April
18:15 – Snakes on a Plane (2006)
20:00 – The Negotiator (1998)
Friday, 8 April
18:20 – Basic (2003)
20:00 – No Good Deed (2002)
Friday, 15 April
18:15 – Deep Blue Sea (1999)
20:00 – A Time to Kill (1996)
Friday, 22 April
18:15 – XXX: State of the Union (2005)
20:00 – Meeting Evil (2012)
Friday, 29 April
09:15 – Basic (2003)
10:55 – Deep Blue Sea (1999)
12:40 – XXX: State of the Union (2005)
14:20 – Meeting Evil (2012)
15:50 – The Negotiator (1998)
18:10 – No Good Deed (2002)
20:00 – Snakes on a Plane (2006)
21:45 – A Time to Kill (1996)

 

FUN WITH THE FAM
It’s April, and we all know that long weekends are the order of the day, so why not celebrate Family Day on Monday, 18 April with your entire family and TNT? The good news is that there are plenty of heart-warming, entertaining, and funny family movies right for all ages. Some are classics, while others are newer flms that are chock-full of wit or live-action. Catch four wisecracking New Yorkers vs a marshmallow apocalypse in the supernatural comedy Ghostbusters, or if you’re feeling brave enough for some science-fantasy action-adventure, catch Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. We’ve come up with a list of our top picks that will win over every member of your family. So, grab a bowl of popcorn and settle in for some family togetherness as TNT brings plenty of action and entertainment for everyone this Family Day.

TUNE IN DETAILS
Monday, 18 April
11:25 – Liar Liar (1997)
12:55 – Rush Hour (1998)
14:30 – The Karate Kid (1984)
16:40 – Jumanji (1995)
18:25 – Journey 2: The Mysterious
Island (2012)
20:00 – Men in Black II (2002)
21:30 – Ghostbusters (2016)

 

TNT brand-new original movie premiere HERO MODE
With his family’s indie video game business on the brink of bankruptcy, a teenage coding genius (Chris Carpenter) has 30 days to create the world’s greatest video game or his family loses everything. This is what we call, a high stakes mission!
PREMIERE: Thursday, 7 April @ 21:30 (CAT)

Roundups #35: Cocomelon Expands To EMEA With Cartoonito, Black Widow And Captain America Partner Up For New Film At Apple And Cosmetology High Launches On St Sino

Moonbug forms a partnership with more Cartoonitos

Moonbug Entertainment has inked its first multi-territory linear deal, partnering with WarnerMedia to air preschool series CoComelon across EMEA.

Under the deal, WarnerMedia has picked up 170 episodes of the popular series to air on the conglom’s fledgling preschool block Cartoonito across more than 115 countries in the area this year. The brand’s 3D-animated musical episodes, which cover educational topics and nursery rhymes, will roll out in multiple languages, including German, French and Italian.

This partnership expands on Moonbug and WarnerMedia’s previous deal to air CoComelon on Cartoonito in the UK , where it rolled out in April 2021. That was the brand’s first move onto linear TV.

 

 

Apple inks new deal with Marvel stars

Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow) and Chris Evans (Captain America) are set to star in buzzy new movie package Project Artemis with Ozark star, director and exec-producer Jason Bateman aboard to direct.

Evans and Johansson have been looking for projects to team up on following the end of their Avengers days and came close on Ghosted, another hot package that Apple scooped up .
Johansson fell off after scheduling conflicts with Ana de Armas stepping in. That film is currently filming but everything works out in the end as the two A-listers and old friends get a second chance at teaming up again.

Apple and Johansson are also teaming up on Bride, which the actress is starring in and producing for Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio. That project is currently in development

 

Cosmetology High expands to Africa

St Sino is a Chinese entertainment channel offering a variety of content including reality, lifestyle, movies and mainly drama series picked up rights to the costume mystery drama, Cosmetology High.

The play tells the love story between He Lanjun, a beauty expert from the Imperial Physician Department, and Su Lianyi, the owner of a brothel in Tang Dynasty. The series stars Merxat, Zhang Zhehan and Yang Rong.

The series airs weekdays on St Sino from 1st April at 19:50.

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The Search For Frida & The Scent Of Passion April 2022 Teasers - Telemundo Africa

THE SEARCH FOR FRIDA
Friday 1 April 2022
Rafaela changes her strategy, and doubts start to arise. Her son, Tomás, doesn’t believe her story. Meanwhile, Angel takes an overdose.

Saturday 2 April 2022
The police launch a search to find and arrest Rafaela. She takes refuge in the cement factory, with Ingrid as her hostage.

Sunday 3 April 2022
Series finale!
The chase comes down to Martin vs Rafaela. Will he catch her? Kill her? Arrest her? Does she escape?
Three years later, Marcela publishes a book.

THE SCENT OF PASSION
Monday 4 April 2022
In the Colombian coffee region, Gaviota saves her boss, Octavio, from a kidnapping. Meanwhile, in New York, Lucía breaks up with Sebastián.

Tuesday 5 April 2022
Sebastián tries to get Gaviota out of his mind. Margot blackmails Iván into confessing about the argument that caused Octavio’s heart attack.

Wednesday 6 April 2022
Iván tells his family about his plans to marry Lucrecia. Meanwhile, Margarita meets with her brother Wilson and they talk about their new jobs.

 

Thursday 7 April 2022
When Julia asks Margot about Octavio’s death, Margot plays ignorant. Meanwhile, Sebastián gets a call from Café Elite with some bad news.

Friday 8 April 2022
Lucrecia asks Lucía to be her maid of honour. Gaviota and Carmenza are excited when they visit the land that Octavio gave them.

Saturday 9 April 2022
Sebastián makes it clear that he has no interest in being the manager of Café Elite. Iván suggests that Pablo Emilio could become the new manager.

Sunday 10 April 2022
Gaviota and Sebastián dance together, and he offers to teach her English so they can move to New York together. Lucía returns to Colombia.

Monday 11 April 2022
Gaviota confides in Carmenza that Iván tried to abuse her. Meanwhile, Sebastián turns down Lucía when she tries to kiss him.

Tuesday 12 April 2022
Gaviota tries to negotiate the land issue with Iván, but he doesn’t respond as she hoped. Meanwhile, Arthur visits Paula late at night.

Wednesday 13 April 2022
Iván sends a photo of Sebastián and Gaviota to Lucrecia, who shows it to Lucía. Paula asks Iván to offer Arthur a job at the company.

Thursday 14 April 2022
Sebastián and Gaviota set off on a trip to Salamina together. Carlos Mario asks Pablo Emilio to convince Iván to continue laundering money.

Friday 15 April 2022
Sebastián tells Gaviota that he doesn’t know if he can live without her in New York. Bernardo apologises to Carlos for their altercation.

Saturday 16 April 2022
Sebastián confides in Marcela that he is in love with Gaviota. Meanwhile, Leonidas asks Gaviota to help him make a documentary on the coffee farms.

Sunday 17 April 2022
Iván tells Pablo Emilio that he will do everything possible to get Aura to resign. Sebastián and Gaviota attend Iván and Lucrecia’s wedding together.

 

 

Monday 18 April 2022
At the wedding, Julia refuses to let Gaviota sit at the main table. Iván asks Carlos Mario to leave the wedding party, but he refuses.

Tuesday 19 April 2022
Iván and Sebastián get into an argument about the land Octavio promised to Gaviota. Sebastián threatens to get the police involved.

Wednesday 20 April 2022
Marcela confronts Lucía for deliberately tripping Carmenza up. Paula breaks up with Arthur, while Bernardo rejects Gabriela’s advances.

Thursday 21 April 2022
After rumours are spread about Gaviota, she and Carmenza are kicked out of the farm. Aurelio tries to defend them, but Julia doesn’t cave in.

Friday 22 April 2022
Raúl steals Gaviota’s phone. Lucía lies to Sebastián about a problem at her apartment, and asks if she can stay at his for a few days.

Saturday 23 April 2022
Sebastián tells Marcela and Bernardo that he doesn’t believe what Wilson said about Gaviota. Iván and Lucrecia return from their honeymoon.

Sunday 24 April 2022
Gaviota tells her mother that she is going to look for Sebastián in New York. Meanwhile, Iván tells Julia that he plans to fire Aura.

Monday 25 April 2022
Gaviota asks to borrow five million pesos from her mother. Meanwhile, Iván confirms to Pablo Emilio that he will continue laundering money.

 

Tuesday 26 April 2022
Carmenza goes to the police station to try to convince them of Gaviota’s innocence. Lucía takes care of Sebastián when he is sick.

Wednesday 27 April 2022
Lucrecia suspects that her husband is unfaithful to her. Gaviota arrives in New York, but the immigration officer at the airport is suspicious.

Thursday 28 April 2022
Gaviota manages to convince the immigration officer to let her enter the US. Aurelio tells Margarita he is interested in her. Lucrecia confronts Iván.

Friday 29 April 2022
Sebastián desperately searches for Gaviota on the streets of New York. Meanwhile, Gaviota tries to find a hotel within her budget.

Saturday 30 April 2022
Carmenza refuses to give Aurelio details of Gaviota’s whereabouts. Lucrecia installs security cameras in her apartment to keep an eye on Iván.

Rumours: TLC Will Now Be Handled By WarnerMedia When It Merges With Discovery Inc. To Form Warner Bros. Discovery

Here is what appears to be the rumored full leadership structure of Warner Bros. Discovery:

Warner Bros. Discovery's structure (take with a grain of salt) will focus on a coherent, streamlined structure in order to accelerate the company's direct-to-consumer strategy, with the intent of unleashing the potential of Discovery WarnerMedia's combined holdings.

Under WBD, distribution, commercialisation and licensing operations from Discovery (Discovery Global Enterprises) and WarnerMedia (WB Domestic & International Releasing, WB TV Distribution, WB Home Entertainment, WB Consumer Products, WB Themed Entertainment) will all be centralised under a new organisation known as Warner Bros. Discovery Global Entertainment; the new group will be responsible for the global distribution of programming from WBD's networks, streaming services, and production studios, commercial activities including licensed products and experiences, and the worldwide theatrical exhibition of films produced by WBD's film production labels (Warner Bros. New Line, etc.). The Global Entertainment unit will be led by Tony Gloncaves; he will report directly to WBD CEO David Zaslav.

In terms of the company's leadership, only a handful of WarnerMedia execs will remain post-merger.

 

Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming will encompass the company's direct-to-consumer platforms, including Discovery+ and HBO Max, and will be responsible for the combination of the two services, and the combined service's global rollout. The streaming unit will be overseen by Andy Forsell.

Warner Bros. Discovery Motion Pictures will comprise the company's film production labels, including Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Animation Group, DC Studios, among others. The division will be led by Emma Watts, replacing WB Pictures chairman Toby Emmerich; she will report directly to Zaslav. (note: films will now be released under a different label depending on the film, instead of for example, New Line's films being released through Warner Bros. - similar to Disney and Sony releasing films under different labels)

Warner Bros. Discovery Television will comprise the company's entertainment (Discovery, HBO, Turner Networks) and sports (Turner Sports) channels, overseen by Casey Bloys, who will report to Saslav. Among the businesses within WBD Television are:

Discovery Networks will focus on WBD's portfolio of factual and lifestyle television networks, including Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Science Channel, Food Network, HGTV, and others. The president of this division will report to Bloys.

 

HBO Media Group will focus on WBD's vast selection of general entertainment channels, comprising of HBO, Turner Networks (TBS, TNT, TruTV), TLC, and Turner Classic Movies. Content produced on these networks will produced under a singular HBO Media Studios banner. The president of this division will report to Bloys.

Turner Sports will continue to be led by Lenny Daniels, reporting to Bloys; the regional AT&T Sports Networks (now renamed Turner Sports Regional) have now been added to his purfew.

The division will also be responsible for Warner Bros. Television Studios, which will continue to be led by Channing Dugney, as well as The CW network and the Motor Trend Group, WBD's joint venture with Source Interlink.

Warner Bros. Discovery Family & Brands will comprise of content based around WBD-branded content, including the Cartoon Network Group (Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Boomerang, Cartoonito), DC, Warner Bros. Games, Otter Media (including Rooster Teeth), and Discovery Golf. The division will continue to be overseen by Tom Ascheim; within WBD F&B, Michael Ouweleen (president of Cartoon Network Group), Jim Lee (CCO of DC), and David Haddad (president of Warner Bros. Games) will all report to Ascheim.

CNN Global will manage CNN and other worldwide news broadcasting assets within WBD, and will be overseen by Chris Licht, who will report directly to Saslav.

 

Warner Bros. Discovery International will be led by J.B. Perette, serving as an integrated division comprising of the international distribution and operations of Discovery Networks, HBO Media Group, Cartoon Network Group and others, along with local operations such as Eurosport and TVN Group in Poland. This group will be responsible for local execution of all Warner Bros. Discovery linear businesses, and regional programming for the company's streaming services. The division will also be responsible for All3Media - its 50/50 joint venture with Liberty Global, which will integrate the assets of Warner Bros. International TV Production (WBITVP), giving it operations in thirteen more territories.

Additionally, Gunnar Wiedenfels (CFO), Axel Saxena (CTO), Jim Cummings (CHRO), and Jim Meza (EVP, General Counsel) will also report to Zaslav.

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Could Televista Be The Next Channel To Go Off Air On MultiChoice's DStv And GOtv Packages?

Televista is a Nigerian based entertainment channel offering English dubbed telenovelas from Spanish speaking markets including Latin America, Colombia and Brazil. The channel also featured news, local dramas and reality shows.

Over the years, Televista had become redundant I remember at one point the channel chose to repeat the batch of content viewers had come across on the station and now the channel opted to repeat shows mainly from Telemundo and Zee World.

Although executives remain quiet on the developments of a brand, I have a hunch on why Televista abandoned most Spanish speaking markets and transitioned to Bollywood programming.

In 2015, AMC International launched a competitive channel to NBCUniversal's Telemundo called EVA. The channel was also home to Spanish based programming in Latin America and expanded to other regions such as Colombia, Mexico and Argentina.

 

Fast forward to 2020, the channel was packed with mostly repeats as Bold And The Beautiful from CBS was the only thing alive at that point.

To answer on those repeats, most of their suppliers were low on stock while others like Televisa established a presence in Africa with the launch of TLNovelas.

All Televista needed to do was adapt and find new content that consumers would actually follow and not ones you can already find on other stations.

If I had to compare it with their South African counterpart eExtra, I'd say eExtra is doing way better although it's not much outside Turkish dramas there's less DStv repeats.

 

As some consumers are aware, MultiChoice seems to be involved in a court case with eMedia Investments regarding the carriage agreement for the channels a situation seen in America where suppliers demand pay-tv platforms for more money is now duplicated in South Africa.

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History: MultiChoice Bleeding Money On The SABC And eMedia Investments

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In 1998, the SABC began to broadcast two TV channels to the rest of Africa: SABC Africa, a news service, and Africa 2 Africa, an entertainment channel to the DStv platform. Few years down the line, the pair were merged only to be subsequently discontinued in 2008.

A year prior, SABC News International launched  alongside a potential pay-tv operator e.Sat TV hoping to take on the likes of Telkom Media, On Digital Media and MultiChoice. Feeling that the market was big enough for two operators the plan was later abolished.

 

In 2008, it was announced that e.Sat TV would instead work as a channel supplier just like Siyaya TV with Moja Love to MultiChoice's DStv with the eNews Channel known to the current audience as eNCA.

In 2013, the SABC signed a R500 million deal with MultiChoice which would see the launch of the revised SABC News International which was shortened to SABC News accompanied by an entertainment channel, SABC Encore.

In 2017, e.tv's 4 channels at the time were exclusive to Openview with eExtra available on StarSat launched on DStv under eMedia Investments which saw a cut in carriage fees which went from R240 million with just eNCA to R140.8 million with the new additions.

Amidst the pandemic in 2020, you saw MultiChoice making cutbacks in an attempt to streamline which saw the discontinuation of SABC Encore which is rumoured to make a comeback later in 2022 the same time e.tv's 4 channels were reportedly going dark on the pay-tv platform.

 

In the pandemic, MultiChoice introduced some new methods such as the reduction of DStv Premiership to households carrying the Openview platform which tuned into a duplicate SABC 3 or Sport channel now it's seperate versions of the same channel.

Example: while Openview customers view Bafana Bafana on SABC 1 at 7pm DStv customers are watching DStv Premiership on the same channel.

MultiChoice has expressed on several occasions that they'd never aid SABC as it would be an extra expense to consumer's monthly subscription to DStv but seperate SABC channels says otherwise although the channel is blocked when you miss your payment and some of the content is added to DStv Catch-Up.

The SABC struggles to fill their end of the bargain with SuperSport so although no money is coming to them with DStv outside of SABC News and advertising. The chances of them getting discounted sports doesn't seem far fetched and the rate could have gone up with the feed separations.

 

e.tv was likely making money from their African feed known as eAfrica or eGhana and now eMedia Investments is taking the pay-tv platform to court regarding the carriage agreement for their 4 channels in South Africa.

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Roundups #34: eReality Becomes A Sports Channel, Akissi Launches This May On Boomerang Africa And WWE Channel Currently Has An Open Window On DStv

eReality is making some moves

eMedia Investments discontinued News And Sport and Rewind from the Openview platform later this week and questions arouse on the fate of some content seen on these stations particularly News And Sport which is home to Impact's library.

Through an updated schedule, it has been confirmed that sports will now be available to eReality as Saturday afternoons are dedicated to sports.

The new Xposed channels seems to be incorporating a bit of Rewind as High Society Scandal, 48 Hours and Hawaii Five-O can be viewed on the station.

 

Akissi coming to Boomerang

In 2021, France Télévisions and WarnerMedia were co-financing an animated special based on publishing property Akissi, which centres on a mischievous girl growing up in Ivory Coast.

The 1×26' special was produced by French animation studio Ellipsanime while African Animation Network had international dubbing rights.

Akissi is expected to air next month on Boomerang.

 

WWE Channel available to DStv Access customers outside South Africa

MultiChoice Africa recently launched a brand new Ethiopian sports channel for consumers outside of South Africa and currently opened the WWE Channel to all DStv Access customers until April 4th.

Several Access customers in South Africa complained about the lack of sports seen on the platform while consumers on Openview get EPL, La Liga with Access customers in other markets awarded a football channel and for a limited time WWE.

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