Showing posts with label Violetta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Violetta. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25, 2015

BREAKING. MultiChoice opening The Disney Channel from 8 September to DStv Extra, DStv Compact subscribers for Descendants movie.


MultiChoice is opening The Disney Channel (DStv 303) to all lower-tiered DStv Extra and DStv Compact subscribers for 20 days from 8 September to co-incide with the broadcast of the new made-for-TV movie Descendants.

The Disney Channel will be unblocked on DStv from 8 to 28 September for Descendants that will be broadcast on Friday 18 September at 17:00.

The new musical telefilm revolves around the teenage offspring of fantasy Disney villains who are all living on the Isle of the Lost.

The high schoolers attending Auradon Prep must decide whether they're going to be "bad" like their infamous parents who include Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Jafar and the Evil Queen or whether there's "good" in them.

Besides Descendants The Disney Channel is also rolling out the new third season of the telenovela Violetta from 21 September at 16:10, followed by the I Love Violetta companion show from Friday 25 September at 17:00 which is The Walt Disney Company Africa's first local South African production on the channel.

Other new Disney Channel content new premiere episodes of Jessie, Liv & Maddie, I Didn’t Do It and The Next Step as well as classic Disney movies like The Incredibles, Enchanted and The Princess Diaries.

Thursday, August 20, 2015

I ♥ Violetta on The Disney Channel announces Aneequah Sulaiman, Sophie de Bruyn and Enhle Ntombela as local show's 3 presenters.


The Disney Channel (DStv 303) has announced the three local South African presenters of  Violetta as Aneequah Sulaiman, Sophie de Bruyn and Enhle Ntombela.

Aneeqah Sulaiman and Sophie de Bruyn are both 16 and both from Cape Town; Enhle Ntombela is 13 from Durban.

Following a nationwide talent search and audition process, the three will appear as the trio of presenters fronting I  Violetta as The Walt Disney Company SA's first local TV show on The Disney Channel on MultiChoice's DStv satellite pay-TV platform.

It will be a companion show to the Argentinian teen telenovela Violetta with Martina Stoessel which starts its third season on the channel at the end of September.

 Violetta is produced by Urban Brew Studios and will broadcast every Friday at 17:00 on The Disney Channel as a lifestyle magazine show, tied to Violetta

The presenters will discuss the various Violetta characters, do choreography and some dance moves, give fashion advice based on what the characters are wearing and talk about the issues and challenges facing the teen characters in the show.

"We'redelighted to be able to bring  Violetta, Disney's first-ever South African TV production, to local audeinces, says Deidre King, The Walt Disney Company Africa's head of marketing.

The third season of Violetta starts on 21 September at 16:10 with new episodes on weekdays.

 Violetta will start on Friday 25 September at 17:00 (with a special preview episode on 11 September at 17:00).

Monday, August 17, 2015

Urban Brew Studios producing I Love Violetta; the companion teen lifestyle show will start on 25 September on Disney Channel on DStv.


The Walt Disney Company South Africa commissioned Urban Brew Studios to produce I Love Violetta, the weekly companion series which will be broadcast in conjunction with the third season of the Disney Channel's (DStv 303) telenovela Violetta from September.

In I Love Violetta three local presenters will be talking about a wide range of topics related to Violetta.

"For a South African production company to be awarded international work is a great achievement in itself, but for that work to come from undoubtedly the biggest family brand in the world, that is an incredible milestone," says Urban Brew's Freddy Louw, executive producer of I Love Violetta.

"We're so proud that the production house's journey of 25 years in television production has finally put us on the road with Disney."

"Urban Brew Studios have experience working with broadcasters and producing a vast range of programming in different formats," says Deirdre King, the head of marketing for Walt Disney Company Africa.

"They bring all that local production knowledge, creative and technical expertise and a positive energy to their productions."

"The show is a great example of the many local activities The Walt Disney Company Africa is bringing to South African audiences."

A special preview of I Love Violetta will be broadcast on the Disney Channel on Friday, 11 September at 17:00.

The third season of Violetta will start on Monday 21 September on weekdays. I Love Violetta will start on Friday 25 September with a new episode every Friday.

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Martina Stoessel is back in the new second season of Violetta on The Disney Channel on weekdays at 16:10.


The second season of Violetta has started on The Disney Channel (DStv 303), with new episodes every weekdat at 16:10 as Violetta (Martina Stoessel) is back with most of the rest of the gang at Studio 21.

In the first season of this song-filled teen soap, viewers saw Violetta return to her home town of Buenos Aires with her dad after having lived in Europe for a few years, making new friends, having to choose between two boys and trying to get a singing career going.

Ludmilla is still there, as well as Francesca and Camila and Olga the housekeeper. 

Her dad is still as overprotective as ever and of course there's boys, boys, boys everywhere - and brand-new songs: more than 20 which include solos, duets and group songs performed by the characters in various musical genres.

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Violetta, the teen telenovela, back on the Disney Channel with new episodes on weekdays at 16:10.


Violetta, the music and dance teen telenovela with Martina Stoessel, is back with new episodes on the Disney Channel (DStv 303) channel on weekdays at 16:10.

Violetta who've inherited her talent for singing from her father tries to navigate the difficult world of school, friends, dreams and a singing career as she deals with her teacher and governess, her friends and enemies and of course love with the two boys, Tomas and Leon, who are both in love with her.

Violetta, the first original co-production created between Disney Channel Latin America and Disney Channels Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has been a music-filled sensation since it started showing from August on Disney on DStv in South Africa and Africa and the telenovela has become a popular multiplatform experience with teens in international markets.