Category Archives: TV channels / Content

HBO’s Gossip Girl reboot now available on Showmax

Showmax announced that the first 10 episodes of HBO’s Gossip Girl reboot are now available with the final two episodes coming express from the US on 10 December 2021. The reboot’s launch saw it trending at #1 on Twitter and generating over 15 billion total social impressions, pulling in a record number of viewers over [...]

Mauritius Telecom to bring UEFA Campions League

Mauritius Telecom and Showmax, the Multichoice-owned local streaming service, have partnered up to bring UEFA Champions league and major football leagues to my.t customers and football fans in Mauritius. Through this partnership, my.t customers will be able to access Showmax Pro features the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, English Premier League, FA Cup, Serie A, [...]

TVMS and KBC partner for World Athletics Series 2022-2023

TV Media Sport (TVMS), the long-time free-to-air media rights partner of World Athletics in sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya Broadcasting Corporation announced KBC as the official and exclusive free-to-air broadcast partner for all Events part of the World Athletics Series in 2022 and 2023 in Kenya. Hédi Hamel, President of TVMS, commented on the partnership saying: [...]

SPI international inks deal with Axian Group to expand its footprint in Africa

SPI/FilmBox has signed a new distribution deal with Axian Group to bring four channels from its portfolio, available in Madagascar, Comoros and Togo on Telma TV and Togocom TV. In the operators premium packages, subscribers will be able to access FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Adrthouse, DocuBox and FightBox. Georgina Twiss, Managing Director, Western Europe & Africa [...]

SBA partners with Art Format Lab for new game show ‘Eish El Tahdi’

Saudi Broadcasting Authority (SBA) has launched a brand-new game show titled Eish El Tahdi (Live the Challenge) on SBC channel. The show, commissioned by SBA to ART Format Lab, is the first of several original productions intended to woo young Saudi audiences to linear TV. The hour-long episodes will see 16 teams of six players [...]

Netflix to release South African-produced animated movie “Seal Team”

Netflix announced its lineup of movies for the month of December with the inclusion of the South African-produced animated movie Seal Team which will be arriving globally on December 31st, 2021. Other Netflix regions will also likely receive Seal Team although it will vary region-to-region. The animated movie which is directed by Greig Cameron and [...]

Spacetoon partnered with IMPS to reintroduce ‘The Smurfs’ in MENA

IMPS, the worldwide licensee for The Smurfs, has partnered with Spacetoon to bring the brand to the MENA region via the Spacetoon TV channel, branded on-ground activities, and new toys.  Through this partnership, the two companies will reintroduce the show to a young audience in MENA by broadcasting a localised, Arabic-dubbed version of The Smurfs in 3DCG [...]

Showmax’s Kenyan TV series Crime & Justice renewed for another season

Showmaxs Kenyan crime procedural and legal drama series Crime and Justice had officially began filming of its second season. Crime and Justice is Kenyas first Showmax Original and the first co-production with global broadcaster CANAL+ Group. The series follows detective duo Makena (Sarah Hassan, Famous, Just In Time) and Silas (Alfred Munyua, Nafsi, The First [...]