Development Alert: People's Weather To Become People's Planet From 1st July On Openview

After being known as a weather service throughout its existence, People's Weather will dumping the iconic trademark for ⁰something more earthly known as People's Planet. The channel is set to go live on Openview channel 115 from the 1st of July.
People's Planet is described as the definitive destination for nature, adventure, eco sport, wildlife, science and sustainability enthusiasts.…

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News Shorts: Disney Junior Looking To Rebrand Simply To Disney Jr. Along With Series Premiere, WildEarth's Live Safaris Relaunch On People's Weather And StarTimes Debuts New Swahili Dubbed Telenovela Channel ST Swahili Plus

DJR is no more
Earlier in the year, Disney filed a new trademark for Disney Junior known simply as DJR. This had garnered poor reception from long time fans of the channel with some questioning Disney's loyalty for the brand as the trademark seemed dull and unimaginative.
During the month, Disney unveiled a trailer for the upcoming animated series The Little Mermaid based on the live-action of …

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Channel Closure: People's Weather Will Stop Airing On DStv By Early March, Remains On Openview For The Time Being

People's Weather is Africa's first and only environmental and wildlife channel since 2007. After launching as a weather service, MultiChoice would move it away from the news section of the DStv package and group it alongside Curiosity Channel, BBC Earth and National Geographic.
The channel would extend its reach to free-to-view consumers by 2015 with eMedia Investments' Openview platfo…

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News Shorts: People's Weather Explores More Of The Wildlife With City Beasts, The Good Doctor Ends With 7 Seasons On M-Net And Selena Gomez To Play Linda Ronstadt In New Biopic

City Beasts is coming to People's Weather
Join Adventurist and Wildlife Filmmaker Josh Crickmay on his journey to uncover the wildlife lurking in the streets of Cape Town.  City Beasts is the story of an enthusiastic game ranger (and self-proclaimed intrepid adventurer) on a mission to find proof that humans and animals can coexist in harmony. He shares his experiences of discovering these ani…

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News Shorts: People's Weather Extends The Reach Of WildEarth To DStv Easyview And Openview Consumers With Dr. Mark And Siyaya Come Wild With Us Added To The Line-up And More Rebroadcasts Of Court Program Case Closed Surfaces On Telemundo Across Africa

WildEarth makes a landing on Openview
A few months ago, MultiChoice extended the reach of WildEarth to DStv Access after being made exclusive to Family consumers going up when it launched in 2020. It broadcasts live and interactive virtual safaris from some of Africa’s most iconic wildlife destinations.
SafariLIVE serves as one of their flagship shows (or blocks) after being broadcast on National G…

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News Shorts: People's Weather Loads Up On New Documentary Guardians Of The Forest, Divya-Drishti Gets A New Release Date On Star Life And Warner Bros. Discovery Scraps Tooncast And TCM From Brazil By The End Of 2023

People's Weather is travelling to Zambia
People's Weather, an environmental and wildlife channel currently viewed on DStv and Openview had announced the launch of a new documentary Guardian Of The Forest from Tuesday 5 December.
Explore how the magnificent Luangwa Valley in Zambia is working to protect its forests, biodiversity and livelihoods. With investable carbon offsets, the Luangwa Va…

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News Shorts: Akili And Me Expands To More African Households With Play Room, StarTimes Novela E Plus Acquired Rights To The Mexican Drama Rubi III And People's Weather To Rollout A Brand New Wildlife Documentary Monkey Rehabilitation

Akili And Me is getting more love
A few months ago, Ngwato Nkosi Group announced the addition of Play Room which features fun and educational content for children with a mixture of live-action and popular animated series such as the Tanzanian based series Akili And Me dubbed in Zulu.
Akili And Me follows a curious 4-year-old who lives with her family at the foot of Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania. She…

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The 2023 Eco-Logic Awards To Broadcast On People's Weather By October 2023

The Eco-Logic Awards identify individuals, organisations and communities that positively contribute towards a sustainable world – and we encourage consumers to support them by purchasing  their products and services.These Awards have since grown into South Africa’s most Glamorously Green eco-calendar event, receiving extensive TV, radio, print media and online coverage.Each year, individuals and …

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Following The Cancellation Of Glow TV Plus, The Get Real Talk Show With Denver Naicker Has Been Revived On People's Weather

People's Weather is an an environmental and lifestyle channel currently seen on Openview and DStv. For several years, it was known as a 24 hour weather service but over the years they've transitioned to offer a range of content including wildlife and doccies.Glow TV went dark on Openview and StarSat earlier in the year and this included a range of original programming. As seen through var…

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New Series Alert: VanG Born Explorer: India Coming Soon To People's Weather

People's Weather, Africa's first and only 24/7 weather, environmental news and lifestyle channel. Striving to make Africa's nature more inclusive for all will be rolling out a new wilderness series from April 14 (or 10th), VanG Born Explorer: India.VanG (full name Mathieu Van Goethem) journeys through all corners of the globe in search of fascinating, unique, rare wildlife and culture…

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Roundups #84: Via's Die Kontrak Has Been Picked Up By eMedia's eExtra, Cape Town TV Partners With Reemay Real Fitness For New Fitness Series And People's Weather Enters The Track With Rotax Karting

Kuiertyd doubles down on Afrikaans entertainmentEarlier in the year, eMedia Investments picked up Die Kontrak formerly seen on Via for a second season on eExtra which stopped airing such content as the content couldn't obtain enough viewers but after almost 3 years the channel gets back in the game.'Die Kontrak' is the popular TV talent search program where a record contract from the …

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Roundups #64: House Of Dragons Coming Soon To M-Net, Tiny Homes Returns For A Twenty Second Season On People's Weather And Disney Channel Africa Welcomes The Third Season Of Walk The Prank

Some details regarding M-Net's much anticipated GOT spinoffSet two hundred years before the events of Game of Thrones, the series chronicles the beginning of the end of House Targaryen, the events leading up to the Targaryen civil war, known as the "Dance of the Dragons", and the war itself.It is a prequel to the television series Game of Thrones and is based on Martin's 2018 no…

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Roundups #53: eReality Documents The Life Of Charles Manson, People's Weather Hosts An Annual Event In Bloemfontein, StarSat Stirs Up Controversy With The Launch Of RT Global And Returning Comer Zee Bollymovies

Inside The Manson Cult lands on eRealityeReality, South Africa's most popular reality channel offering a mixture of local through eKasi and international content continues indulging in some of the bizarre stories with a tale of Charles Manson.A famous musician now criminal who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine …

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Roundups #32: Soweto TV Filming A Brand New Local Drama Se Lebale Maikano, Joining Da Vinci Kids Africa Is People's Weather With Their Own Animal Rescue Series FreeMe Wildlife And Transplant Returns For A Second Season On Universal TV Africa

(You can now share on Facebook)Soweto TV is getting in on the actionSince the start of COVID better yet a few months prior to that several community channels such as Cape Town TV and Mpuma Kapa TV have begun producing their own local dramas and this seems to be a permanent thing despite their budget.Soweto TV has begun filming a new series Se Lebale Maikano of course not much details is available…

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People's Weather Is Also Available On OpenView

People°s Weather is Africa's first and only 24/7 climate, environment and weather channel, which is available DStv Channel 180 is also available on OpenView channel 115.Fight Sports was occupied that channel number till it was removed from the OpenView platform after a year.Our mission is to communicate in an entertaining and informative way the weather and effects of the climate and environm…

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People's Weather On DStv Changes Channel Number

From DStv channel 415 to DStv
channel 180 People’s Weather , Africa’s first and only 24/7 climate, environment and weather channel, will be changing its channel number from DStv channel 415 to DStv channel 180 on Tuesday, 5 January 2016. This channel renumbering will allow MultiChoice Africa to create capacity for new channels and future expansion while making channel navigation more user-friendl…

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