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New Afrikaans lifestyle channel coming to DStv

Written by TVSA Team from the blog News on 28 Jul 2015
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TVSA has learned that a new Afrikaans lifestyle TV channel will be launching on DStv later this year with a line-up of South African shows featuring both real people and celebs.

The channel is being produced by Media 24 and some of the shows will be supplied by Quizzical Pictures (Umlilo, Rhythm City, Swartwater) who are creating six series for the channel.

The first puts celebs through a mother-of-experiences involving a showdown between their mothers and mothers-in-law.  Their mothers and mothers-in-law have to cook their favourite meal, they taste it blindfolded and have to say who cooked it best. What could possibly go wrong?

Another series titled Familie Fotos (Family Photos) follows families as they have new family portraits taken. Families have to send in their old family portraits and those selected will have new ones done professionally as the show follows them through the process.

There's also a consumer show called Die Kortlys (The Short List) that rounds up the 10 best products or services round particular themes. It's described as honest and the series brief says that it aims to be as credible as possible so it could be a valuable addition to the TV landscape which has too few consumer shows.

The channel will be going live later this year.

Channels in this post: VIA



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TVSA Team
28 Oct 2015 10:46



Confirmed! The finer details of the channel have been confirmed, including the name. It's called: Via.

It's going to feature the reality shows we've listed above but will have other genres too so it's being described as a lifestyle channel instead of a reality channel. We've updated the article to reflect this.

It's launching on channel 147 on Monday, 9 November at 16h00.

Here's a link to their website: viatv.co.za

 

TVSA Team
28 Oct 2015 11:07

Extra news...

It's launching with 22 shows with premiere episodes airing between 16h00 to 19h00 on weekdays. It's a 24-hour channel so premiere episodes air between 16h00 and 19h00 and will repeat across the week and at weekends.

It's going to be on the Family, Compact, Extra and Premium bouquets.

Some of the other shows on the channel include:

Die eet oorlog
Three brave women enter a 30-day battle against the bulge. A team of experts assist contestants who try to shed kilos in order to fit into their new swimsuits.

Inspirasiekos met SARIE
SARIE food editor, Herman Lensing goes in search of South Africa’s best ingredients. He meets the passionate personalities behind the produce and creates meals around them.

Zavion
Former Survivor Zavion goes for gold as an event planner and as an athlete. The cameras try to keep up as he juggles the weddings and decathlons filling his diary.

Jy het ’n Wenresep!
Three aspiring chefs go into battle to impress Huisegenoot food editor Carmen Niehaus. The winner has their dish featured in the magazine.

My droom-trourok
Brides-to-be meet designer Diaan Daniels to try on top-designer wedding gowns. In every bride-to-be’s mind she has a perfect wedding dress, but sometimes it’s not always her taste that wins the day.

’n Halfuur met Hanlie
Rapport's leading interviewer Hanlie Retief chats to people who interest, astound and inspire her.

Kom ons braai
A social experiment in which three couples, who are strangers, invite one another for a braai. The show covers what happens round the fire.


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