TV with Thinus

News & analysis on South African television

Monday, February 9, 2026

Moja Love show Sizok'thola shoots and kills 45-year-old Nigerian during filming of TV raid

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by Thinus Ferreira The Moja Love (DStv 157) TV channel's show Sizok'thola shot and killed a 45-year-old Nigerian man on Sunday duri...
Friday, February 6, 2026

Canal+ rips away 2026 Winter Olympic Games from DStv and SuperSport in aggressive ongoing content cutting

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by Thinus Ferreira In yet another shocking content cost-cutting move, France's Canal+ has ripped away the 2026 Winter Olympics Games fr...

NFL Super Bowl LX shown live on ESPN in South Africa on Monday 9 Feb at 01:00, including Bad Bunny halftime show

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by Thinus Ferreira The NFL Super Bowl LX will be broadcast live on both of ESPN's channels seen in South Africa and across sub-Saharan A...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

BREAKING. Canal+ signs new multi-year deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to keep 12 TV channels on DStv and HBO content on M-Net and add HBO Max streamer

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by Thinus Ferreira By high noon on 31 December, just hours before its channel carriage agreement was to lapse by midnight, Canal+ and Warner...

'Black Swan' moment for Canal+'s MultiChoice facing a Y2K crisis at midnight as Warner Bros. Discovery prepares to pull 12 TV channels from DStv on 31 December 2025

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by Thinus Ferreira Canal+'s MultiChoice is ensnared in a "Black Swan" moment and is staring a TV-type of Y2K destruction in th...
Monday, December 22, 2025

Why Canal+'s DStv faces massive downfall danger after a Warner content wipeout

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by Thinus Ferreira Canal+'s MultiChoice is facing a massive DStv content crisis from 2026 if it is unable to retain Warner Bros. Discove...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

SuperSport dumps Philly's Games with DStv blackout as part of Canal+'s cost-cutting at MultiChoice

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by Thinus Ferreira SuperSport has dumped the Philly's Games, with the popular Thembisa off-season that won't be seen on DStv as part...

Actor Marko van der Colff dead at 79

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by Thinus Ferreira The South African actor Marko van der Colff who lived in Betty's Bay died on Saturday, he was 79. His life partner, R...
Friday, December 19, 2025

M-Net loses the Oscars after decades as Academy Awards switches to YouTube worldwide from 2029

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by Thinus Ferreira From 2029, after more than 40 years, the annual Academy Awards ceremony in the United States will no longer be broadcast ...
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is an independent TV critic, writer and journalist in South Africa and reports breaking news about the TV industry. He writes trend and analysis pieces about the TV business and continues to write extensively about TV - chronicling what's on it and happening behind the scenes.
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