As part of the broader overhaul of the collective M-Net channels from 1 April 2011 the long-running Afrikaans soap Villa Rosa will also be moving... to the brand-new weekday timeslot of 18:00 on kykNET (DStv 111) from Monday 4 April.
From 4 April Villa Rosa will precede the renamed-and-moved-from M-Net soap Binneland Sub Judice (from April just Binneland) at 18:30 and then eNuus at 19:00. Villa Rosa is currently on at 19:30 on kykNET (DStv 111). Making the announcement, the Afrikaans satellite channel says it wants to create a ''soap hour'' for viewers.
Karen Meiring, kykNET channel head says she decided to schedule Villa Rosa and Binneland back to back in the 18:00 to 19:00 timeslot to create a ''soap hour'' for viewers. ''The 18:00 to 19:00 timeslot is worldwide known as the classic soap hour and also in South Africa that is the time that the most loyal soap viewers are taking time out to sit in front of the television before dinner and other family responsibilities.''
Villa Rosa will have a late night repeat slot Mondays to Thursdays at 22:30 and there will be a Villa Rosa omnibus of episodes now on Saturdays at 09:00. Binneland will now get a late night repeat on kykNET as well Mondays to Fridays at 23:00.
