Thursday, November 25, 2021

M-Net renews Survivor South Africa for an all-stars 9th season to be broadcast in July 2022.

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by Thinus Ferreira   M-Net (DStv 101) has renewed Survivor South Africa for an "all-stars" 9th season in 2022 that will be broadc...
Wednesday, November 24, 2021

And just like that M-Net snags the Sex and the City sequel And Just Like That as well as the Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon.

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by Thinus Ferreira Similar to Sky in the United Kingdom M-Net (DStv 101) has now acquired from WarnerMedia's HBO Max both the Sex and th...
Tuesday, November 23, 2021

Sbu Ngalwa exiting Newzroom Afrika as political editor and jumping to EWN replacing Mahlatse Mahlase as editor-in-chief.

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by Thinus Ferreira Sbu Ngalwa is exiting Newzroom Afrika (DStv 405) where he was the political editor and is jumping to Primedia's Eyewi...

Second season of National Geographic's killer virus anthology series The Hot Zone: Anthrax set to debut on 5 December in Africa.

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by Thinus Ferreira The second season of National Geographic's dramatised killer virus anthology series The Hot Zone: Anthrax will debut...

Chef-presenter Lorna Maseko to front new 10-episode Homegrown Tastes South Africa series from Rapid Blue for BBC Lifestyle in 2022.

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by Thinus Ferreira BBC Studios' BBC Lifestyle (DStv 174) will broadcast a new lifestyle series, Homegrown Tastes South Africa , in 2022,...

Legendary MultiChoice director Nolo Letele retiring after 31 years with the pay-TV group.

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by Thinus Ferreira MultiChoice has announced through a statement on the JSE's Stock Exchange News Service (SENS) but not released to the...

Rapid Blue appoints Mmabatho Kau in newly-created role to head up its scripted division as production company plans to expand its scripted content slate.

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by Thinus Ferreira Rapid Blue has appointed Mmabatho Kau as the head of its new scripted division as the South African production company th...
Monday, November 22, 2021

TV CRITIC's NOTEBOOK. Why lazy Mzansi Magic's lackadaisical decision to drop the Idols winner media briefing damages DStv, Idols and South Africa's entertainment press.

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by Thinus Ferreira Another one bites the dust: Rome didn't fall in one day and it wasn't so much the barbarians that got better, tha...
Sunday, November 21, 2021

Berry Trytsman wins Idols season 17, reality singing show renewed for season 18 as Mzansi Magic dumps post-show media briefing for the winner after 19 years.

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by Thinus Ferreira Berry Trytsman (Berry Trytsman) (30), a 30-year old mother from Cape Town was announced as the winner of season 17 of Ido...