News Shorts: eMedia Investments Allocates Two Radio Stations Jacaranda FM And Smile FM To Openview, Disney Channel To Launch Third Local Production Across Africa Wandi & Kabz And SoundCity Scoops Up Several Nollywood Films From Trybe TV

eMedia Investments is expanding the audio lineup on Openview
Jacaranda FM is a South African radio station, broadcasting in English and Afrikaans…

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New Snakes. New City. New City. Snakes In The City Returns This SSSSeptember On National Geographic Wild Across Africa

National Geographic Wild's "Snakes in the City" has maintained its status as a cherished favourite among audiences for years. The …

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Development Alert: Roekeloos Dade Moves To eExtra For Season 2, Replaces Winter Son This October

During the month, e.tv unveiled the family drama Annekan Die Swa Kry in place of the first season of Roekeloos Dade. With questions amounting to…

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Development Alert: uBettina Wethu Cancelled After 3 Seasons On SABC 1, Revived For A Season 4 On e.tv And VIU

A few months ago, it was learnt by the public broadcaster that 7de Laan would end their 26 year run on SABC 2 with the last episode slated for 2…

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New Channel Alert (NOT REALLY): CBeebies Coming This September To Zuku TV

Zuku, an East African brand operated by Wananchi Group established with the aim of making quality home entertainment and communication services …

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Press Release: Hit Series Lord Of The Skies Returns To Telemundo Africa In October For Season 8

NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-To-Consumer today announced the return of Lord of the Skies, with Season 8 premiering on Monday…

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Will Zee Zonke Be Available Outside Of South Africa?

During the week, it was reported that Zee Entertainment Enterprises would be rolling out a localised version of Zee Marathi titled Zee Zonke. Ta…

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Reminder: Disney To Close Their Remaining Linear Channels Across Asia In The Coming Months, More Markets Likely To Follow

Disney is to close its six remaining linear TV channels in Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea as the conglomerate puts a greater emphasis …

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Amazon Reportedly In Talks To Buy Minority Stake In ESPN From Disney

Recently we learned that Disney was open to selling part of ESPN to a potential partner if the deal was right. This comes from a June interview …

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Recap To The Decade: Disney Channel Resurfaced In The UK Prior To The Channel's 40th Anniversary

Disney Channel was ripped away from from the UK by the end of September 2020 alongside Disney Junior and Disney XD. This coincide with the chann…

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What To Expect On TNT Across Africa In September 2023?

BEYOND THE ILLUSION
Living in South Africa can feel a bit like a movie sometimes, with bizarre plot twists and surprise guest appearances – but o…

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Pending Development: My Girlfriend's Father + Tickets + More Local Productions That Have Yet To Be Seen On eVOD

Below is a list of local productions some of which are currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video. As advised during the year, eMedia Investments…

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News Shorts: School Is In Session With Woza Matrics Now On Mzansi Wethu, kykNET & Kie To Debut 5 Namibian Based Films And Glow TV Rumoured Relaunch On The Openview Platform Debunked

Mzansi Wethu enters the classroom
WOZA Matrics is a programme designed to help matrics catch up on their studies and to assist Matrics nationwide…

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Development Alert: Disney's Saturdays Coming This October To Disney Channel Across Africa, Phineas And Ferb And New Raven's Home Added To The Channel's Fall Lineup

Disney to rollout their first sitcom of 2023
Saturdays follows Paris Johnson, a 14-year-old girl forms the "We-B-Girlz" skate crew with…

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What To Expect On Warner Bros. Discovery Channels Across Africa In September 2023?

Discovery Channel: • Shed & Buried
TLC: • Flipping El Moussas
TNT: • Myths & Legends • Beyond The Illusion • Celebrate Heritage • Djimon Hounsou…

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Here Are Some Did You Know Facts About

The professional wrestling fraternity was saddened to learn about the demise of the former WWE World Champion Bray Wyatt at the age of 36. He ha…

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Development Alert: Novela F Acquired Rights To Mexican Drama La Tempstad, The Del Monte Dynasty Resurfaces On Telemundo Across Africa

Classic Televisa series resurfaces on another platform
The Tempest (La Tempestad) which serves as a remake to Colombian telenovela La Tormenta fo…

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Amazon's Bestseller I'm Glad My Mom Died By Jeanette McCurdy (PDF)

I'm Glad My Mom Died is a memoir by American writer, director and former actress Jennette McCurdy based on her one-woman show of the same na…

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SpongeBob SquarePants Pitch Bible (PDF)

SpongeBob SquarePants, commonly known as the SpongeBob Bible, is the pitch bible for SpongeBob SquarePants . It contains many concepts originall…

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Press Release: Sisonke With Zee Zonke! DStv Brings The Indian Community To DStv Access

Zee Entertainment Launches new isiZulu channel, Zee Zonke on DStv23 August 2023: The home of entertainment, DStv, will be bringing a new channel…

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BBC Studios And MultiChoice Strengthen Long-Standing Partnership By Expanding Reach Of BBC Channels On DStv In South Africa

• BBC UKTV expands its potential audience by a further 2.7 million homes by joining DStv Compact.
• BBC Lifestyle joins DStv family for the first…

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Development Alert: Kind Van Die Noodlot And In Die Ysterhand Se Greep Currently Streaming On Showmax, #DisComplicated To Rollout On e.tv

Kind Van Die Noodlot and In Die Ysterhand Se Greep now on Showmax
Last year, kykNET rolled out two international dramas Kind Van Die Noodlot (Bel…

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New Series Alert: SpongeBob SquarePants + The Thundermans + More Nick Classics Make Their Freemium Debut On The eBranded Channels

During the year, eMedia Investments scooped up various content for their linear platforms particularly from Nickelodeon like Dora The Explorer, …

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Afrikaans Voice Actors For Winter Son On eExtra

Anton Schmidt as MazharBradley Oliver as Bora Insey Cele as Nadide Stephren Saayman as Burak Vinette Ebrahim as Fatma Raynad Slabbert as Efe/Mete Sue…

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Adult Swim Announces Global Expansion Plans In Latin America With A Dedicated Channel

Warner Bros. Discovery announces the launch of the [adult swim] brand in Latin America, which will soon be added to its solid offer of pay TV ch…

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New Series Alert: Night Of Doom Coming Soon To Star Life

Star Life, a general entertainment home to various Bollywood entertainment from StarPlus like Anupama and Not Without My Family and second Engli…

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Reminder: ROK GH Will Close On DStv And GOtv Across Africa By 31 August 2023

ROK is a general entertainment channel operated by Nigerian film company ROK Studios that produce a selection of content such as Bloodline and F…

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