TV with Thinus
News & analysis on South African television
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Wheel of Fortune: SABC picks up raft of game show format titles, BBC and Netflix content.
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by Thinus Ferreira The SABC has picked up a further raft of game show format titles through Primedia Studios like Raid the Cage , and Wheel ...
Saturday, March 16, 2024
Another Big Brother Mzansi contestant disqualified from MultiChoice's Lottostar-sponsored reality-trash show after Yolanda wanted to 'molest' another contestant.
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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice and M-Net's Lottostar-sponsored reality-trash show Big Brother Mzansi was forced to yet again disqualify...
Friday, March 15, 2024
How just 3 SABC shows lost almost 3 million viewers last week.
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by Thinus Ferreira Drastic moves between TV channels and timeslot changes saw just three locally-produced SABC programmes lose close to a co...
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
MultiChoice and M-Net shutter DStv's 1Magic and ME channels.
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by Thinus Ferreira As part of M-Net's linear pay-TV channels portfolio consolidation, MultiChoice is shutting down both the 1Magic ...
SABC3 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.
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by Thinus Ferreira The South African public broadcaster has picked up yet another international format competition show through Primedia Stu...
Monday, March 11, 2024
Randburg water woes: MultiChoice City building operational with water but non-essential staff working from home with car wash and gym closed.
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by Thinus Ferreira With Johannesburg's water supply woes stretching into a second week and hitting the Randburg area especially hard whe...
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
New e.tv telenovela Isiphetho set in catering industry will start in April.
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by Thinus Ferreira In April e.tv will start a new local telenovela Isiphetho in the channel's 18:30 timeslot. The red letter channel di...
E! News promotes Keltie Knight to co-host.
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by Thinus Ferreira E! News on E! (DStv 124) has promoted Keltie Knight to co-presenter of the programme two years after joining as chief co...
No Star Trek, no Elsbeth: The underwhelming and stale titles list of the Paramount+ tile on MultiChoice's Showmax in South Africa.
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by Thinus Ferreira There's little that's new or even noteworthy to watch on the Paramount+ tile that Paramount Global and MultiChoic...
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