TNT:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TNT!
Birthdays are a real big deal, and who wants to be restricted to solely one day for celebrating their birthday? Not us! October is TNT Africa’s birthday, which means we’re celebrating all month long! Our gift to you – a month of Friday’s flled with three of TNT’s top action-driven and pulse-raising movies, mixed with family favourites – just as our African fans like it! So, join in the birthday celebrations every Friday and wish TNT Africa a very happy birthday!
Friday, 2 October
16:00 – Air Force One (1997)
18:00 – I, Robot (2004)
20:00 – Warcraft (2016) channel premiere
Friday, 9 October
16:50 – Wall-E (2008)
18:25 – Faster (2010)
20:00 – The A-Team (2010) channel premiere
Friday, 16 October
16:45 – Race to Witch Mountain (2009) channel premiere
18:20 – The Transporter (2002)
20:00 – The Transporter 2 (2005)
Friday, 23 October
16:45 – Surrogates (2009)
18:15 – Escape from Pretoria (2020)
20:00 – The Rock (1996)
Friday, 30 October
15:25 – Cinderella Man (2005)
17:45 – The Karate Kid (2010)
20:00 – Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

FOR CRYING OUT LOUD
This month, TNT wants to make you cry, not that bad, ugly cry, but laugh-out-loud cry, and what better way than a perfect selection of comedies? For this month’s special, TNT has put together some of the most hilarious, unthinkable and surrealistic stories. Every Sunday of October, fans will have a triple opportunity to laugh aloud with all forms of comedy titles such as Police Academy, Spy Hard, George of the Jungle, and The Distinguished Gentleman.
Sunday, 4 October
16:35 – Stuck on You (2003)
18:35 – Spy Hard (1996) channel premiere 20:00 – Drunken Master II (1994)
Sunday, 11 October
15:35 – Police Academy (1984) channel premiere
17:10 – Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985) channel premiere
18:35 – Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) channel premiere
20:00 – Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) channel premiere
Sunday, 18 October
16:30 – George of the Jungle (1997)
18:00 – The Distinguished Gentleman (1992) channel premiere
20:00 – The Waterboy (1998)
Sunday, 25 October
16:25 – What About Bob (1991)
20:00 – Grown Ups 2 (2013)

CARTOON NETWORK:

THUNDERCATS ROAR
MONDAY 19/10/2020 @ 15:15 CAT
FIGHTING EVIL!
As the ThunderCats attempt to make this mysterious and exotic planet of Third Earth their new home, Lion-O and the ThunderCats − Tygra, Panthro, Cheetara, Wilykat, and Wilykit have to stop the evil Mumm-Ra’s tyrannical reign over the planet! In a two-part special called ‘Mumm-Ra of Plun-Darr Part 1 and 2’, The Thundercats’ worst nightmare comes true when their worst enemies, Mumm-Ra and The Mutants, team up after Mumm-Ra acquires The Sword of Plun-Darr! Chaos reigns over Third Earth now that the Mutants and Mumm-Ra control the Cats’ Lair! The Thundercats’ only hope is to sneak back in and get a super-secret weapon Panthro has hidden at the Lair’s heart. Tune in to Cartoon Network and watch as the Lion-O and the ThunderCats save the day!

PREMIERE DATE
TEEN TITANS GO! TUNE-IN
WEEKENDS @ 08:25 CAT
SATURDAY 17/10/2020
NOTHING TOO BIG TO HANDLE!
Our favourite Titans are back in all-new episodes, guaranteed to be full of adventures! There’s nothing too big for these fve to handle with lots for them to do this October, from being out in Gotham solving mysteries to introducing a new Superhero dress code. This month, The Justice League holds yet another talent competition, only this time they’re facing of against the Titans. In order to be the most talented superhero team in the DC universe, Robin and Beast Boy must work together on a jazz performance. They are naturals, so of course they can pull this of … or can they? Watch Cartoon Network this October to find out!

BOOMERANG:

Brand New Movie
Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Saturday 17/10/2020 @ 09:40 CAT
Even superheroes need some help … on speed dial. After rescuing Scooby and the Mystery Inc. gang from evil eons ago, Batman needs their help to solve an old case after gathering new evidence. The theatrical flm, a crossover between Scooby-Doo and Batman: The Brave and the Bold involves Scooby-Doo and his friends teaming with Batman and other DC Comics superheroes in order to defeat a new villain. Will their teamwork be enough to solve the mystery and foil the plans of the most dangerous rogue villains the world has ever known? Can the gang show up for Batman like he did for them? Find out on Boomerang this October

Zig & Sharko Marathon
Sunday 25/10/2020 @ 07:10 CAT
Three’s a crowd…
There’s nothing like Sunday morning, but if you add a Zig & Sharko marathon, it is bound to be extra special! On the last weekend of October, the damsel in distress, Marina, her over-protective shark best friend, Sharko, and obsessed hyena, Zig, will light up the screen with their endless drama! On the high seas, beach, or an ocean liner, tune in to Boomerang this October to see Zig’s unending plots to eat Marina squashed by Sharko – every single time. Tune in to this Boomerang favourite for some silly and funny Zig & Sharko adventures!

The move is the latest change at ViacomCBS following the merger and comes after the company revealed that its upcoming streaming service is to be called Paramount+.

As part of the move, the network has cancelled a slew of non-scripted titles including Ink Master, Wife Swap and Battle of the Fittest Couples, while other titles including Bar Rescue and Lip Sync Battle will move to other ViacomCBS networks.

Chris McCarthy, President of Entertainment and Youth Brands at ViacomCBS, told Deadline’s sister title Variety, which broke the news,  that it is planning to air 52 original movies a year on the network with one mini-series or scripted series per quarter.

It marks a bright spot for the television movie business, which was once a mainstay of network and cable television but has been seen as the less sexy end of the spectrum in recent years.

Development of these projects will be overseen by former A+E Networks exec Meghan Hooper White, who joined earlier this year as EVP and Head of Original Movies and Limited Series.

Scripted originals that have been cancelled or moved at Paramount Network this year include 68 Whiskey, which was cancelled after one season, Sexy Beast, which was originally given a straight-to-series order before being axed earlier this summer and Darren Star’s Emily in Paris, which was originally ordered at Paramount Network before moving to Netflix.

Yellowstone, the Paramount Network’s hit western starring Kevin Costner, was renewed for a fourth season earlier this year.

Discovery CEO David Zaslav has teased the upcoming streaming service during the company’s earnings calls and at industry conferences, but the company has been light on details. Speaking at a virtual event hosted by Goldman Sachs on Sept. 17, he said the streamer will be coming to market “very soon.” Discovery has yet to officially announce the streamer’s name, but The Information had previously reported its name as Discovery+. Discovery filed a trademark for Discovery+ on July 10, according to a copy of the filing.

Discovery+ will feature an ad-supported and an ad-free tier, and the ad-supported tier will carry a maximum of five minutes of ads per hour of programming, according to the agency executives. Discovery has not shared with the agency executives how much money it will charge for people to subscribe to the service.

Discovery is seeking a limited number of advertisers to sign on as launch sponsors in time for its start, according to the agency executives, who were unaware how many sponsors the company is looking to secure. One agency executive likened Discovery’s initial ad sales strategy as “another Peacock,” referring to NBCUniversal’s move to secure 10 launch sponsors for Peacock’s debut. That contrasts with WarnerMedia’s strategy to attract a broader array of advertisers for HBO Max’s ad-supported tier, which is slated to come online next spring. Discovery has not formally presented advertisers with sponsorship packages, including details of how much those packages will cost or what they will entail beyond Discovery offering to guarantee ad impression counts and to arrange co-marketing deals for the advertisers to help to promote the service.

“It’s appealing, but we still have to see what it’s going to be,” said a second agency executive of the Discovery+ pitch.

Discovery is aiming the service at people who are less likely to tune in to Discovery’s linear networks, said the agency executives. Discovery already operates separate streaming apps that require people to log in with their pay-TV subscriptions to stream its TV networks’ shows. “This is for cord cutters,” said a third agency executive.

To attract cord cutters who are likely younger than Discovery’s linear audience, Discovery has been in the market for original programming, including reality shows and documentary series, for Discovery+ that appeal to younger adult audiences — twenty- and thirty-something viewers — and that star mainstream celebrities, according to entertainment industry executives.

Discovery has posted job listings on LinkedIn for positions overseeing the DTC service’s original programming. Those postings include an svp of original series as well as vps overseeing “lifestyle” programming (an industry term synonymous with reality TV series, like food, true crime and fashion shows), “factual” programming (an umbrella term for documentary series focused on science, animals, technology, etc.) and documentaries and specials.

Given Discovery’s ownership of networks including Discovery, TLC and Food Network, Discovery+ could vie to be the streaming network of choice for audiences interested in home, cooking and lifestyle-related programming as well as science-related documentaries.

The service will be niche compared to general-interest entertainment services like Netflix, HBO Max or Peacock. That could be to Discovery’s advantage, positioning it as a complement to other streamers that people may subscribe to. Such positioning has worked for Disney’s Disney+, appeals primarily to families and has attracted 60.5 million subscribers since launching in November 2019, and appears to be what Discovery has in mind for Discovery+.

“If you have Netflix, if you have Disney+, if you have Amazon, if you have any video product, who wouldn’t want what we have? It’s what most women in America are watching all the time,” Zaslav said when discussing Discovery’s streaming plans during Discovery’s earnings call on Aug. 5.

Discovery has made a point of owning the shows that air on its networks. That should give Discovery+ a large built-in library for viewers to find programming to watch rather than relying solely on original shows to attract audiences.

However, it’s unclear how much of the programming currently airing on Discovery’s linear networks will be available on Discovery+ because distributing those shows on the service could violate Discovery’s distribution deals with pay-TV providers. In addition to the original shows and programming that had previously aired on TV, Discovery appears intent on augmenting Discovery+’s library by acquiring programming from outside companies, according to a Discovery job posting on LinkedIn.

“We’re going to be coming with a fresh library of content, a huge amount of fresh originals, at a time when the road has been paved by Netflix and Disney and HBO and people are getting more and more acclimated to viewing content on devices,” Zaslav said during the Goldman Sachs event.

However, on which devices will Discovery+ be available remains a big question. Discovery has not detailed its distribution plans to agency executives, who are keen to hear whether the streamer will be available on Amazon’s and Roku’s connected TV platforms at launch.

A year ago Discovery+’s availability on two of the top CTV platforms may not have been a question, but this year both Amazon and Roku have shown themselves taking a harder line when negotiating distribution with TV network groups by asking to have a hand in the streamers’ subscription sales and to sell a share of the streamers’ ad inventory. WarnerMedia and NBCUniversal have yet to strike deals with Amazon to distribute HBO Max and Peacock, respectively, and NBCUniversal only reached a deal with Roku on Sept. 18 while WarnerMedia remains deadlocked with the CTV platform.

Discovery could run into a similar stalemate with Amazon and Roku and, as a smaller company than WarnerMedia or NBCUniversal, may not have as much leverage in negotiations or willingness to withhold its service from the CTV platforms as it attempts to scale.

During the Goldman Sachs session, Zaslav seemed to imply that Discovery still had some work to do in rounding out the distribution mix for Discovery+, though he did not get into specifics. “Our only challenge right now is we’re not on every device. We will be very soon, and we will be in a way that’s aggressive,” Zaslav said.

Remember even Disney had a similar situation and not long ago it was announced that Discovery will be streamlining their entertainment offering.

Hilarious animated series Big City Greens returns this month as season two launches with premiere episodes on weekdays from Wednesday 14th October at 19:05.

The Green family is back for more fun in the Big City! Cricket, Tilly, Bill and Gramma continue to go on epic journeys through the city and into the hearts of their neighbours. There's no such thing as an ordinary day in Big City when you're with the Greens! Season two of Big City Greens launches on Wednesday 14th October at 19:05 with the premiere episode entitled Cricket's Kapowie!/Car Trouble. Cricket gets a role in Big Coffee’s TV commercial but loses his confidence. Then Bill trades his pickup for a cutting-edge electric car, but gets more than he bargained for in return.

Premiere episodes of Big City Greens season two air on weekdays from Wednesday 14th October at 19:05, on Disney Channel.

DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIES
Programming event
Fridays throughout October at 17:00

This October Disney Channel continues its summer treat for movie fans – the chance to see a classic Disney Channel Original Movie every Friday at 17:00, repeated on Saturday at 10:40.

The October DCOMs start with Invisible Sister (Friday 2nd October), then continue with The Swap (Friday 9th October), followed by Twitches (Friday 16th October), Mom’s Got a Date with a Vampire (Friday 23rd October) and finally Zombies (Friday 30th September).                          

In Invisible Sister (Friday 2nd October) Cleo has always been overshadowed by Molly, her popular older sister. But when Cleo's Halloween science experiment causes a freak accident that leaves Molly invisible, it's now Molly who nobody notices. By working together to reverse the invisibility, the sisters learn to overcome their differences and find they have more in common than they ever expected.

Fans have a chance to see these great Disney Channel Original Movies again on Fridays throughout October at 17:00, repeated on the following Saturday at 10:40.

THE OWL HOUSE
Series premiere episodes
Weekdays from Monday 26th October at 15:15

The end of October sees the launch of an exciting, brand new Disney Channel series featuring a teenager who wants to be a witch, a magical world and a tiny warrior! The Owl House launches with premiere episodes on weekdays from Monday 26th October at 15:15.

In this premiere series Luz, a self-assured teenage human girl, accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical new world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda's apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting. In the second of these premiere episodes, Witches Before Wizards (Tuesday 27th October at 15:15), when an ancient wizard gives Luz a map for a mystical quest, she wonders: is she actually a Chosen One?

Premiere episodes of The Owl House air on weekdays from Monday 26th October at 15:15, on Disney Channel.

MAGIC MONSTER MARATHON
Halloween event
Saturday 31st October from 16:10

It’s here – the spookiest day of the year! Time to dress up in your scariest costume and have a night full of “fright-full” fun. Even if you are home alone, Disney Channel is here to entertain you with Halloween-themed shows, and a Magic Monster Marathon on Saturday 31st October from 16:10.

During the day there’s lots of Halloween entertainment, including our great movie Freaky Friday Sing-Along (2018) at 10:40 and a Halloween themed episode of Lab Rats. In the latter, entitled The Haunting of Mission Creek High (15:45), fed up with Trent bullying him, Leo scares him by saying there's a school ghost. Then he finds it may be true - is the school haunted by a former janitor?

Our Magic Monster Marathon starts at 16:10 with two repeat episodes of our great new series The Owl House, followed by monster movies Zombies and Zombies 2. The second of these, sequel to the hit DCOM, chronicles the continuing adventures of Seabrook High students Addison and Zed, whose budding romance is threatened by the arrival of werewolves.

Happy Halloween! Have fang-tastic fun-packed day with themed shows and our Magic Monster Marathon, from 16:10.

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P.J. MASKS
Premiere episodes and special
Episodes: weekdays 28th September to 9th October, and 19th to 30th October at 18:00
Special: Saturday 17th October at 11:00
October provides a bumper bonanza of treats for P. J. Masks fans. We have premiere episodes of season three every weekday at 18:00 until the season finale on 9th October. Season four launches with a four-episode length special on Saturday 17th October at 11:00, and continues with premiere episodes on weekdays from Monday 19th to Friday 30th October at 18:00 (19:00 from 26th October).
In the season three finale episode of P.J. Masks, entitled P.J. Robot Vs Romeo, (Friday 9th October at 18:00) P.J. Robot and Romeo must work together when the Flying Factory is damaged.
Season four launches with a four-episode length special entitled Heroes of the Sky (Saturday 17th October at 11:00). In this exciting animated adventure Owlette argues with Luna, endangering a mission - and loses her memory of being a PJM as a result. Catboy and Gekko can't see how to fix this and give up on her, but eventually learn that the heart of being a hero is being a good person, and a good friend. Following the special, season four continues on weekdays from Monday 19th October at 18:00 (19:00 from 26th October) with a premiere episode entitled Who Let the Moths In? With Motsuki’s help, the moths infiltrate HQ and Gekko won’t admit that he let them in until it is too late.
October’s P. J. Masks premieres start with premiere episodes on weekdays at 18:00 until 9th October. Season four launches with the special on Saturday 17th October at 11:00, and continues with premiere episodes on weekdays from Monday 19th to Friday 30th October at 18:00 (19:00 from 26th October).

T.O.T.S.
Premiere episodes
Weekdays Monday 12th to Thursday 22nd October at 16:30
This month we have a treat for fans of T.O.T.S. (Tiny Ones Transport Services). Premiere season one episodes air from Monday 12th to Thursday 22nd October at 16:30.
Pip the Penguin and Freddy the Flamingo are Junior Fliers at T.O.T.S., where they’re tasked with delivering adorable baby animals to their parents. In the episode entitled A Chewy Challenge, (Thursday 22nd October at 16:30) the incessant chewing of Bernice, the baby beaver, is destroying T.O.T.S. HQ.
Premiere episodes of T.O.T.S. air from Monday 12th to Thursday 22nd October at 16:30.

VAMPIRINA
Premiere episodes
Weekdays 19th to 27th October at 17:30
October’s full of super spooky fun in the run-up to Halloween, including premiere episodes of Vampirina on weekdays 19th to 27th October at 17:30 (18:30 from 26th October).
In the season two finale Ghoul Guides Save the Day (27th October at 18:30) when Edgar crashes the annual Ghoul Guides Extravaganza vamping trip in Transylvania, Vee and the girls must come clean about Vee's family.
Premiere episodes of Vampirina air on weekdays from 19th to 27th October at 17:30 (18:30 from 26th October).

FANCY NANCY CLANCY
Season two launch: premiere episodes
Monday 26th to Friday 30th October at 18:00
Fancy Nancy is back on Disney Junior – finding the extraordinary in the ordinary, and transforming the plain into the exquisite! Season two of her experiences launches on the channel with premiere episodes from Monday 26th to Friday 30th October at 18:00.
In the first premiere episode, entitled The Return of Dudley (Monday 26th October at 18:00), Nancy accidentally becomes Freddy’s new best friend when JoJo ditches him for her imaginary friend!
Premiere episodes of Fancy Nancy Clancy air from Monday 26th to Friday 30th October at 18:00, on Disney Junior.

In MultiChoice's press release, to which Lusa had access, the operator says that the cancellation of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias, as of October 15, is part of their "ongoing efforts to update" the content grid and "optimize the set of channels available. MultiChoice justifies the decision with a "greater focus on investment and local content offering" and ensures that it "will not give up" on "offering the best content available" to its customers.

"As a business born and raised in Africa, we have made significant investments in the development of original African programming to deliver the best African content on the continent," stresses the South African company, which operates in sub-Saharan Africa through the DStv platform.

MultiChoice said it will create "a platform to share Angolan stories," while recognizing that investment in local content faces constraints such as "market size" and "ability to fund these initiatives. SIC channels had previously been suspended by DStv on June 5, 2017, but at the time the company did not explain the decision, regretting only the "inconvenience caused".

At that time, DStv joined the decision taken earlier by satellite television operator Zap, of businesswoman Isabel dos Santos, who, on March 14, 2017, had interrupted the broadcasting of SIC Internacional and SIC Notícias channels in the Angolan and Mozambican markets, after the Portuguese channel had released critical reports of the regime of former President José Eduardo dos Santos.

At the time, the decision was justified by the costs of acquiring the rights of the two Portuguese channels.

In September 2018, after more than a year without broadcasting in Angola, the Carnaxide station announced its return to DStv.

SIC K, SIC Mulher, SIC Caras and SIC Radical are still available on the Zap grid, and have never been suspended.

The good news is that some of their programs are moving over to MYTV which is obviously also on the StarSat decoder.

No details where provided on the sudden removal perhaps it was another cost cutting decision especially during these tough times with the pandemic out and about.

Starsat and StarTimes (ROA) will also be losing FOX Life from October luckily the channel's supplier Televisa already provides a channel through their platform and FOX will be rolling out The Candidate later in November which is another Televisa production.

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10 Things You Need to Know About the Future
Documentary
Horizon interviews some experts and looks at the matters which can change our lives in the future, like: climate change, the future of transport, energy production, gene therapy, artificial intelligence, among other things.

The Wonderful World of Blood with Michael Mosley
Documentary
Michael Mosley takes an in-depth look at blood. He carries out six experiments on his own blood, from starving it of oxygen to injecting it with snake venom and even eating it.

Catch Me If You Can
October 20, Tuesday 12pm
*in conjunction with International Sloth Day*
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!

Zoomoo is available on DStv channel 314 and Zuku channel 630

PBO TV is an entertainment channel focused on providing its viewers with refreshing entertainment experience across Africa. The 24-hour entertainment channel broadcasting top-rated Nollywood Movies, Series, educational shows, Sitcoms, Music and late night comedy shows.

“PBO TV celebrates the richness and diversity of African Culture with original and exclusive content,” said Gabriel Nworah, CEO of the BigIdea Mediaworks Limited. “We are excited to bring PBO’s live content and catalogue of original programming to millions of StarTimes viewers across Africa. We want people to enjoy entertainment of quality; Premium Boxoffice Television is your dose of premium entertainment for everyone. That’s why we say ‘Everyone loves Premium’.”

“It’s always a pleasure for StarTimes to provide local content and channels to the audience. We know that the local culture is vigorous and charming, and hope more people here can get the beauty of our own creations and works. Later on, there will be more local channels on StarTimes for the very fans to enjoy the happy hours spending before the screen.” Said Felix Ahonzo, COO of StarTimes Ghana.

(This includes Starsat in South Africa)

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eExtra has been airing reruns occasionally so that viewers don't lose track of the show but the wait was very long the important thing is that the second season finally has an air date.

Season 2 takes place 20 years after the first season where fans witnessed the deaths of Zoya Farooqui-Ahmed Khan (Surbhi Jyoti) and Asad Ahmed Khan (Raqesh Bapat). This season revolves around one of their daughters named Sanam (Surbhi Jyoti) who lives in Punjab with her aunt and deaf cousin running a business but faces opposition from from a business tycoon Aahil Raza Ibrahim (Karanvir Bohra) and also encounters her sister Seher who was raised to con people.

The second season airs weekdays at 15:10 from Monday 12 October on eExtra

Notice: Season 3 is likely to follow after the second season

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

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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“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)!

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:
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- 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, Woman Of Steel and Queen of Miami