tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44475283650241048732024-03-18T11:48:10.553+02:00TV with ThinusNews & analysis on South African televisionThinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comBlogger14325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-9819155684637170842024-03-16T11:57:00.005+02:002024-03-16T14:46:43.430+02:00Another Big Brother Mzansi contestant disqualified from MultiChoice's Lottostar-sponsored reality-trash show after Yolanda wanted to 'molest' another contestant.by Thinus FerreiraMultiChoice and M-Net's Lottostar-sponsored reality-trash show Big Brother Mzansi was forced to yet again disqualify and remove another contestant, with Eulanda "Yolanda" Monyai who producers had to remove from the Red Pepper Pictures show.After multiple warnings and abrupt removals of other contestants, the 32-year old sales consultant and model from Limpopo said she was ready Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-25808899400362784702024-03-15T09:56:00.006+02:002024-03-15T09:56:58.118+02:00How just 3 SABC shows lost almost 3 million viewers last week.by Thinus FerreiraDrastic moves between TV channels and timeslot changes saw just three locally-produced SABC programmes lose close to a combined three million viewers on Monday last week with ad buyers saying the struggling public broadcaster will pay the price when it's forced to cut advertising rates.Last week Monday was the day the SABC implemented a drastic change: Moving shows on SABC1 Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-60054473979341056462024-03-13T10:49:00.003+02:002024-03-13T10:56:20.974+02:00MultiChoice and M-Net shutter DStv's 1Magic and ME channels. by Thinus Ferreira As part of M-Net's linear pay-TV channels portfolio consolidation, MultiChoice is shutting down both the 1Magic and ME channels at the end of this month, with DStv subscribers losing another two TV channels at the same time as DStv's price hike for 2024 kicks in from April.The axing of M-Net's linear 1Magic and ME channels was originally planned to Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-44843706454504677432024-03-13T08:13:00.000+02:002024-03-13T08:13:21.387+02:00SABC3 set for 260 episodes of cooking competition show Ready Steady Cook SA with Moshe Ndiki through Primedia Studios and produced by Rose and Oaks Media.by Thinus FerreiraThe South African public broadcaster has picked up yet another international format competition show through Primedia Studios with SABC3 that will air 260 episodes of Ready Steady Cook South Africa on SABC3 with presenter Moshe Ndiki.Ready Steady Cook, a format held by Banijay that's been running for years on the BBC, will be produced by Rose and Oaks Media, also responsible forThinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-89557184605003635182024-03-11T08:55:00.001+02:002024-03-11T08:55:49.972+02:00Randburg water woes: MultiChoice City building operational with water but non-essential staff working from home with car wash and gym closed.by Thinus FerreiraWith Johannesburg's water supply woes stretching into a second week and hitting the Randburg area especially hard where pay-TV operator MultiChoice as well as M-Net and SuperSport are headquartered, I'm told the buildings remain operational although non-essential staff are working remotely with some in-building staff perks like the car wash and gum shuttered.Johannesburg's Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-19145125105903436982024-03-06T12:50:00.010+02:002024-03-06T13:04:35.115+02:00New e.tv telenovela Isiphetho set in catering industry will start in April.by Thinus FerreiraIn April e.tv will start a new local telenovela Isiphetho in the channel's 18:30 timeslot.The red letter channel didn't make any announcement when Isiphetho was commissioned from Black Brain Pictures a few months ago but on Monday night on television in a late-night announcement said Isiphetho will start sometime during April.Isiphetho The Destiny is set within South Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-2597183460117983862024-03-06T12:15:00.002+02:002024-03-06T12:19:07.596+02:00E! News promotes Keltie Knight to co-host.by Thinus FerreiraE! News on E! (DStv 124) has promoted Keltie Knight to co-presenter of the programme two years after joining as chief correspondent.Keltie Knight will now be co-host of E! News alongside Justin Sylvester, with the show that has John Pascarella and John Redmann as executive producers."Keltie is a seasoned entertainment journalist and a pop culture expert with strong Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-59585963448846906772024-03-06T11:39:00.007+02:002024-03-06T11:39:55.250+02:00No Star Trek, no Elsbeth: The underwhelming and stale titles list of the Paramount+ tile on MultiChoice's Showmax in South Africa.by Thinus FerreiraThere's little that's new or even noteworthy to watch on the Paramount+ tile that Paramount Global and MultiChoice added to its Showmax video streaming service, with a list of titles that MultiChoice provided that also differs significantly from what's actually available.Paramount Global stalled for several years with launching Paramount+ as a video streaming app in South AfricaThinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-48203918238524413242024-03-06T10:23:00.001+02:002024-03-06T10:23:45.136+02:00Clover's Cardova produced AFP Tropika Island of Treasure back for 11th season on SABC3 to be filmed in Zanzibar.by Thinus FerreiraThe advertiser-funded production (AFP) Tropika Island of Treasure will return for an 11th season to SABC3, again produced by Cardova productions, with the Clover-branded competition reality show that will film the upcoming season in Zanzibar.The South African celebrities who will be paired with people who enter are Hungani Ndlovu (actor), Karl Kugelmann (model), Omuhle Gela (Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-71224675631045301632024-03-06T09:51:00.003+02:002024-03-06T09:51:56.887+02:00Chef Katlego Mlambo completes new MasterChef SA judging trifecta.by Thinus FerreiraChef Katlego Mlambo will also be a taste tester on the new 5th season of MasterChef South Africa coming to SABC3, completing the judging trifecta comprising Zola Nene and Justine Drake.While the already-announced Zola Nene and Justine Drake as returning judges to the Homebrew Films cooking competition reality show based on the Banijay format, Katlego Mlambo is new.He Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-63260583318358980052024-03-06T07:57:00.009+02:002024-03-06T08:04:08.747+02:00SABC1’s Skeem Saam loses 1.3 million viewers in timeslot change that SABC calls 'a massive historical audience rating'.by Thinus FerreiraIn a shocking but not unexpected move the SABC and Skeem Saam immediately lost over 1.3 million viewers on Monday night when the youth-centric series aired in its later timeslot of 19:30 on SABC1 for the first time, plunging to just 3.2 million viewers.From Monday the SABC made drastic changes to the schedules of its three legacy terrestrial TV channels SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3.Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-87993390450837625942024-03-05T13:13:00.003+02:002024-03-05T13:28:39.261+02:00SABC1 adds a South African Deal or No Deal Celebrity spin-off for charity on Saturdays.by Thinus FerreiraPrimedia Studios with Homebrew Films and SABC2 are adding a Deal or No Deal Celebrity spin-off season on Saturdays with South African A-listers with the Saturday edition that will return to the format game show's original version featuring models holding and opening briefcases.After the shift of Deal or No Deal South Africa from SABC1 to SABC2 from March for a second season on Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-41394768019945213212024-02-29T09:48:00.004+02:002024-02-29T09:48:58.875+02:00MultiChoice hikes DStv decoder prices by up to over 17%.by Thinus FerreiraMultiChoice has quietly hiked DStv decoder prices by up to 17% far above the inflation rate.From earlier this month the price of a standalone DStv HD decoder jumped 14.3% from R699 to R799, while MultiChoice increased the recommended retail price (RRP) of an installed HD decoder by 11.1% from R899 to R999.MultiChoice hiked the price of a standalone DStv Explora PVR decoder a Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-24336880069861154592024-02-28T17:39:00.001+02:002024-02-28T17:39:23.108+02:00More TV channels on MultiChoice's DStv axed including People’s Weather.by Thinus FerreiraAs the traditional pay-TV bundle continues to fray at the seams DStv subscribers have lost access to even more TV channels although another price increase will kick in from April, with B4U Movies gone, as well as community TV channels 1Free State TV and NWTV that went dark after just a few months, and with People's Weather getting axed within days.B4U Movies, the Indian movie Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-47263562002905925512024-02-28T16:58:00.010+02:002024-02-28T17:03:42.237+02:00Justine Drake is also back as MasterChef SA judge for the 5th season on SABC3.by Thinus FerreiraJustine Drake is also returning as a judge for the new 5th season of MasterChef South Africa on SABC3.Justine Drake who was a judge on the 4th season of MasterChef SA and the editor of Pick n Pay's Fresh Living magazine, joins the already-announced Zola Nene who was also a judge in 2022.Homebrew Films is responsible for production and is testing a string of tricky Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-48693232809251823222024-02-26T12:16:00.003+02:002024-02-26T12:21:48.750+02:00MultiChoice and Paramount to make its Paramount+ streamer available as a 'destination area' in South Africa on Showmax.by Thinus FerreiraMultiChoice in an agreement with Paramount Global is finally bringing its Paramount+ video streaming to South Africa but not as a streaming app and instead a "branded destination" as part of a licensing deal.Paramount has been late to South Africa's video streaming party where MultiChoice just relaunched its own Showmax streaming service which is competing with the likes of Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-90196880627057977542024-02-26T08:53:00.001+02:002024-02-26T08:53:40.367+02:00Harry Potter series to debut in 2026.by Thinus FerreiraThe Harry Potter TV series that will run for a decade just like Friends will likely start two years from now in 2026, Warner Bros. Discovery says.WBD is creating the Harry Potter drama series for its Max streamer which isn't available in South Africa but promised last year that the show will be made available globally.It means the show - like for instance Paramount Global's HaloThinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-6352721349344282002024-02-23T09:56:00.002+02:002024-02-23T09:56:30.180+02:00SABC holds showcase event about drastic content changes across its TV channels.by Thinus FerreiraOn Thursday evening the South African public broadcaster held what it called an "exclusive showcase" for its SABC1, SABC2 and SABC3 TV channels that it neither bothered telling the media about beforehand, nor shared any of the information or speeches afterwards.In attendance in Johannesburg was Nomsa Chabeli, the new SABC CEO who spoke to stakeholders like advertisers. The SABC Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-31065063560051004092024-02-23T09:26:00.003+02:002024-02-23T09:26:39.096+02:00Amazon Prime Video drops South African PR firm as part of cutbacks.by Thinus FerreiraAmazon Prime Video has also ended its contract with its South African PR firm Ten x Collective which will no longer do any publicity work for Amazon MGM Studios' content after this month.The end of the contract with Ten x Collective is part of Amazon turning off its money tap for the creation of local African content that included the abrupt axing of all further African Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-87791211240967501612024-02-23T08:31:00.003+02:002024-02-23T08:31:47.617+02:00MultiChoice and M-Net's Mzansi Magic bringing rainmaker legend Queen Modjadji to life in new Rhythm World Productions drama series.by Thinus Ferreira After its first epic historical series Shaka Ilembe, MultiChoice and M-Net is following it up with Queen Modjadji for Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) in a drama inspired by the Balobedu legend of rainmaker Queen Modjadji whose bloodline has ruled Southern Africa's Lobedu clan for centuries.Produced by Rhythm World Productions and Duma Ndlovu, Queen Modjadji will tell the "story ofThinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-48931327933276651212024-02-23T08:10:00.003+02:002024-02-23T11:12:29.911+02:00Mzansi Magic adds 13-episode netball teen drama Obstruction from Origin Pictures.by Thinus FerreiraMzansi Magic (DStv 161) has commissioned a new 13-episode teen drama series, Obstruction, produced by Origin Pictures, that will start on Monday 18 March at 20:00 and revolve around a high school netball player and the challenges she faces to attain her goals.Obstruction stars Luyanda Zuma as the 17-year-old Zenokuhle, with dreams of making it to the Gauteng provincial netball Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-41313987997112932022024-02-23T07:48:00.005+02:002024-02-23T07:48:51.888+02:00Wendy Williams diagnosed with dementia and aphasiaby Thinus FerreiraThe former American talk show host Wendy Williams (59) has been diagnosed with dementia and aphasia, after battling alcohol addiction and other health issues like Graves' disease and lymphedema.Her dementia and aphasia diagnosis is the same as what has been happening to former action star Bruce Willis.Williams is currently in an undisclosed treatment facility with family Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-4039031953382612962024-02-22T14:39:00.002+02:002024-02-22T14:39:19.610+02:00National Association of Broadcasters elects new leadership.by Thinus FerreiraSouth Africa's National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has new leadership with Nick Grubb (Kagiso Media Radio CEO) elected as new chairperson, and Philly Moilwa (SABC's head of policy and regulatory affairs) elected as the deputy chairperson for the 2024/2025 term.The NAB's executive committee is its decision-making body and represents various players across the Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-12617080650466867122024-02-21T19:41:00.000+02:002024-02-21T19:41:07.064+02:00Zola Nene back as judge for 5th season of Primedia Studios and Homebrew Films' MasterChef SA on SABC3.by Thinus FerreiraThe culinary queen Zola Nene will be back as one of the three judges in the new season of MasterChef South Africa coming to SABC3.Primedia Studios and Homebrew Films are producing a 5th season of the Banijay format cooking competition series jumping from M-Net to SABC3, with Pick n Pay back as the season's sponsor.South Africans older than 18 have until 15 March to enter on the Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4447528365024104873.post-22297938798546969392024-02-21T12:03:00.000+02:002024-02-21T12:03:10.963+02:00Clover's Tropika Island of Treasure returns for 11th season in 2024 with Zanele Potelwa as host.by Thinus FerreiraThe radio presenter Zanele Potelwa who is also the newest addition of the Expresso morning show on SABC3 will host a new season of Tropika Island of Treasure this year, with the advertiser-funded production (AFP) which will return for an 11th season to SABC3 around September.Clover's Tropika is once again the sponsor of the upcoming season which will have 13 episodes as well as Thinus Ferreirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17047178066844853211noreply@blogger.com