M-Net Movies Showcase adds Joost van der Westhuizen documentary, Glory Game, to its schedule tonight 9pm, after death of the rugby player.

Following the death of rugby player Joost van der Westhuizen on Monday afternoon, M-Net Movies Showcase (DStv 107) is adding the documentary film, Glory Game, to its schedule that the pay-TV broadcaster will show on Monday night at 21:00.

The 86 minute documentary from Blink Pictures, executive produced by Odette Schwegler and Joost van der Westhuizen with Odette Schwegler as director, covers the former Springbok rugby hero's struggle with the crippling Motor Neuron Disease he was diagnosed with a few years ago.

The documentary includes interviews with commentators and former rugby players, as well as Joost van der Westhuizen himself who said that he was told he only had two years life to live. "I said 'stuff them', I will decide when I go".

"In the beginning you go through all the emotions. And you start to ask, 'Why me?' And It's quite simple. Why not me?"

From former South African Springbok captain to his scandalous fall from grace and his valiant battle with the disease that claimed his life on Monday afternoon, Joost van der Westhuizen lived a very public life.

In Glory Game he gave cameras an up close and personal look as he once again laid himself bare to the world in his fight for survival against Motor Neuron Disease.

Glory Game is described as "a compelling tale of redemption, set against the backdrop of sporting glory"and "the story of a modern day warrior forced to face his own human frailty. He discovers that beyond fame and success, lies the true wealth of life and shows that within a ravaged body can surge the spirit of a survivor."

Glory Game will be repeated on Saturday 11 February at 12:10 on M-Net Movies Showcase.

New #BreakTheNet mobile TV reality show the first foray into original television content creation for Cell C looking to build its own VOD service.

A new mobile TV reality show, #BreakTheNet, is coming to Cell C that plans to start its own video-on-demand (VOD) service and hopes to cash in on the "trending" social media craze with user-videos that end up going viral.

By downloading the specifically designed Cell C Reality App from the Apple App store or the Google Play store, people can enter from Thursday 15 September until 15 October to become one of the 30 contestants on the show.

#BreakTheNet, produced by Bl!nk Pictures, is part of Cell C's plans to launch its own Netflix and ShowMax style video-on-demand (VOD) service with the show that will have a second season in 2017.

The first episode of #BreakTheNet will be shown on 19:00 on Sunday 23 October on the Cell C Channel on YouTube with the first season that will conclude on Sunday 11 December with the chance to win R250 000 and a trip to Hollywood, Los Angeles.

From 23 October viewers will be able to watch a continuous digital flow of content from the weekly shows, to tasks and behind the scenes clips as well as celebrity one-on-one interviews. 

Contestants will be given a task to include in the filming of their videos and will be selected to continue week by week based on the number of views that they receive for each video. 

#BreakTheNet contestants will get 48 hours to complete and upload a video, with the aim of getting videos to go "viral" and to create "the next online sensation".

Derick Watts and the Sunday Blues are the presenters of #BreakTheNet with Whackhead Simpson as the Task Master.

Mentors include the YouTube star, Suzelle DIY, the Instagrammer Ofentse Mwase and the online personality Theodora Lee. The South African actor Blessing Xaba is participating as a "celebrity" contestant.

Cell C says #BreakTheNet will be a never-before-seen talent search show that will challenge the typical way in which television content is produced and consumed and is Cell C's start into "content production for a future content delivery platform".

"How and where content is delivered to consumers is changing dramatically in South Africa as internet access becomes more pervasive. As an innovator, Cell C is taking its first steps into playing a role in the production and delivery of incredible content," says Cell C CEO, Jose Dos Santos.

"This is just the first step for Cell C into this arena and as a business, we plan on taking it by storm," says Jose Dos Santos.

"In the move towards a digital world, it's becoming more and more apparent that if it doesn't exist on your smart phone, it doesn’t exist at all," says Bl!nk Pictures director, Odette Schwegler.