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Heroes, Scream and Nashville star Hayden Panatierre died suddenly at the age of 36 on Sunday 16 August. Police are investigating and no cause has been disclosed. This comes three months after the release of her memoir in which she alleged she went onto a yacht with someone she trusted and was encouraged to get intimate with a 30-something famous British singer who was lying on a bed. She said she fled and hid. She was 18 at the time.
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17 Aug 2026 10:46
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Confirmed: e.tv's new novela The Four of Us will be streaming on Netflix. Each episode will premiere on e.tv and stream on Netflix the following day. Will it stream on eVOD too? Yes, but only 30 days after its TV broadcast!
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30 Jun 2026 11:19
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Doyenne Helena Bonham Carter's out of The White Lotus Season 4. According to HBO: "it had become apparent that the character which Mike White created for Helena Bonham Carter did not align once on set." Laura Dern's replaced her, in a rewritten role.
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21 May 2026 17:03
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Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte - Walter White's son Walt Jr - says he's paid more in taxes on his earnings from the series than he did from the actual show! His business manager scammed him. He'd write her cheques for the IRS but she didn't submit them. Kept the money for herself and sent him fake confirmations that his taxes were paid. Five years later he was hit with a massive tax bill that took him 10 years to pay. Moral of the story: always pay your tax yourself.
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24 Apr 2026 15:25
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Streaming platform SportyTV announces that it's secured the pay TV rights to all 104 games of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The platform's been in other African countries since 2022 and launched in SA last year as a free streamer. Now it's becoming pay TV. No word on how much it's going to cost. What does this mean for the World Cup rights on DStv?!
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13 Apr 2026 13:37
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Is iThonga ending after Season 1 on 27 February 2026 or is there a Season 2? We've asked Mzansi Magic who tell us they're still waiting to hear. This is unprecedented - for there to be no answer on what's happening with the future of a DStv soapie that's reaching the end of a season within a month.
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28 Jan 2026 11:15
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BB Mzansi housemate Cia's been hospitalised after her emotional collapse and exit (see below). According to MultiChoice, the production's organised accommodation for her family in Joziburg so they can be closer to her - they live in Pretoria.
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19 Jan 2026 10:36
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Season 2 of Annika Larsen's special report Gangland starts on e.tv and eNCA on Monday 12 January 2026 at 20h30 and 21h30 respectively. Explores how Mexican cartels, Colombian cocaine lords and Nigerian crime syndicates have infiltrated South Africa. Airs nightly until 15 Jan. >>
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12 Jan 2026 16:45
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Turns out the 12 Warner Bros. Discovery channels on DStv AREN'T part of the deal with Netflix. The plan was that these channels would become a separate company next year but now Paramount Skydance wants them included in the new militant deal they're fighting for. Hostile Takeovers, Billions, Succession. It's happening in real life.
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09 Dec 2025 13:11
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The new second season of Showmax Original telenovela Outlaws starts on Mzansi Magic on Saturday 22 November at 20h00 - only five days after it premieres on Showmax. The first season took a year to reach Mzansi Magic! The time gap between Showmax and DStv premieres keeps getting smaller. What happens next? Our guess: Showmax will disappear and be absorbed into DStv Stream.
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11 Nov 2025 16:21
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BET's Black Gold suddenly extends to double bills from Monday 22 December 2025 in the build-up to what they're calling the "season finale". Or do they actually mean the channel's finale?! It makes no sense to rush off episodes over the festive season. We suspect the channel's on the brink of closure with everything going at Paramount (see below).
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03 Nov 2025 17:36
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Formula 1 ditches ESPN in favour of Apple TV. It's been broadcasting on ESPN in the US and will move to Apple exclusively for the 2026 season in a five year deal, meaning it'll no longer be available on cable TV, only streaming.
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20 Oct 2025 17:39
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Sibongile & The Dlaminis star Nsikelelo Mthiyane (Sibongile Number 2) headlines SABC1's new telenovela Amalanga Awafani. Translated: either there's a Sibongile Number 3 on the way or the show's over, cancelled with Duma Ndlovu's other properties in the wake of his tax scandal. The latter seems most likely.
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28 Mar 2025 15:31
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All episodes of Queendom removed from DStv Catch-Up on Friday 20 December 2024. They were still there on the 19th.
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20 Dec 2024 11:47
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Ms South Africa Mia le Roux withdraws from this weekend's Ms Universe pageant in Mexico because of health concerns. No transparency as to what these are. According to Mia: "Making this decision has been incredibly challenging, knowing the dreams and hopes that have been placed upon me." Full statement in the comments >>
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15 Nov 2024 10:19
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MultiChoice recorded a brain-melting loss of R1.8-billion in the past six months. Another 400,000 South Africans have unsubscribed from DStv with a total of 1.8 million subscribers lost across Africa. This was revealed in the company's latest financial report for 31 March to 30 September 2024.
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13 Nov 2024 10:25
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Big change strikes the "Happiness" movie franchise. Thabang Moleya isn't directing the latest, third instalment Happiness Is. He did the first two: Happiness Is a Four-letter Word and Happiness Ever After. Directors now: Naledi Ya Naledi and Nthabiseng Mokoena. Also, no Khanyi Mbau (see below). Producer remains the same: Bongiwe Selane. Netflix says the movie "introduces new creative direction."
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27 Sep 2024 15:51
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South African production house Rapid Blue now owned by BBC Studios. Founded by Duncan and Kee-Leen Irvine in 1993, the company's resume includes Family Feud, SA's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars and Come Dine With Me South Africa. This is why we think the Dancing with the Stars revival could air on BBC Lifestyle on DStv (see below). OR could air on S3 too, in the BBC Primetime slot.
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03 Sep 2024 13:11
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BBC/ITV streaming service BritBox to shut down in South Africa in August 2024, three years after its launch. Another sign of how streamers are struggling in a saturated market, with dispersed audiences and limited content. Bring back the days where there were only TV channels that we all used to watch together!
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20 May 2024 10:54
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French media company Canal+ announces offer to buy MultiChoice. It owns 31.7% already and wants 100%. According to their statement, they anticipate paying R105 per share - they were R75 on 31 January 2024 before the offer was announced. They jumped to R92,67 by 10h45 on 1 February.
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01 Feb 2024 11:03
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Did you know? Local Netflix romcom Yoh! Christmas isn't an original series. It's a remake of Norwegian show Home for Christmas and I Hate Christmas, an Italian version. Same as Unseen - a remake of Turkish series Fatma.
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18 Dec 2023 12:36
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e.tv yanks Roekelose Dade from the 17h00 timeslot in August and puts it on the shelf until Winter Son ends on eExtra - which hasn't even started yet. Elbowed out by Annekan’ Die Swa’ Kry which premieres on e.tv on 21 August. Winter Son starts on eExtra on 9 August at 19h00 for 50 episodes.
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31 Jul 2023 14:08
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The final episode of cancelled Motswako airs on SABC2 on Thursday 1 December (at 19h30) and the guest is... Carol Bouwer, currently under investigation by the Hawks. According to City Press, they're accusing her of fraudulent involvement in a tender worth almost R40-million awarded to her production house to organise a Nelson Mandela memorial. The same production house that makes Motswako, which is why she's in the finale.
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28 Nov 2022 13:48
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Apple TV+ subscriptions increased by a massive 47% in South Africa on Tuesday 25 October. The price skyrocketed from R84,99 to R124,99 per month. The hike is global but hasn't increased by the same percentage everywhere e.g. it's 40% in America. It's the first increase since Apple TV+ launched on 1 November 2019.
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26 Oct 2022 10:00
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M-Net loses Grey's Anatomy to Disney+ after 18 seasons. The new 19th season will stream on Disney+ exclusively from Wednesday 26 October. Story picks up six months after Season 18, with five new interns. Previous 18 seasons will be available too. >>
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06 Oct 2022 13:06
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Trevor Noah steps down as host of The Daily Show after seven years. Says there's "another part of my life that I want to carry on exploring” and that he wants to go back to “being everywhere doing everything”. >>
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30 Sep 2022 09:40
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Production manager Cheryl Chelsea Vilakazi and cinematographer Ari de Beer call producer Uzanenkosi Motha "a CHARLATAN". They allege he's fled without paying the UK or South African crew, cast, caterers and everyone involved the UK/SA action thriller Stolen that was supposed to stream on BET+. Apparently the production received R1.5-million from the KZN Film Commission and £1-million from the British Film Institute. Oh, the irony of the movie title. See comments >>
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15 Sep 2022 13:34
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Tanya Nefdt follows Shahan Ramkissoon to Eclipse Communications, a PR and communications agency. She's leaving eNCA to head up their new online news department.
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04 Aug 2022 17:54
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Days of Our Lives to move off NBC in the US and onto their subscription streaming service Peacock after 57 years of airing on free-to-air linear TV. This as HBO Max struggles to stay afloat as a separate entity after a merger between WarnerMedia (who owned HBO) and Discovery, Inc. TV networks are scrambling.
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04 Aug 2022 13:56
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Giyani to go off-air on SABC2 from 30 May. Suddenly and without clarity regarding its future. According to the SABC, it's going on production break and will be replaced by a rebroadcast of uBettina Wethu. This in the wake of its declining ratings, which slumped to under 1-million viewers for the first time in April. Tap comments box for more >>
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16 May 2022 15:20
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The eNews and Sport Channel go dark on Openview 120 from 1 April in eMedia's ever increasing musical chairs involving disappearing and reappearing channels on DStv (see below) and new channel eXposed which replaces eRewind on Openview on 1 April. English Premier League and selected sport will move to eReality. Well done if you managed to keep up.
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31 Mar 2022 14:13
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It's only Day 3 of Big Brother Mzansi and housemate Keamogetswe "QV" Motlhale makes a voluntary exit. Departs for personal reasons, the day after a task in which she shared her story about how she was raped multiple times before the age of seven. Shirley Adonisi of MultiChoice: "A psychologist is working with her to ensure a smooth transition back into the outside world and guide her through her journey going forward."
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26 Jan 2022 15:04
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It's happened to Muvhango and now 7de Laan too. According to The Citizen, the soapie's cast and crew have also been sitting at home since August waiting for a new contract that hasn't been signed yet.
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18 Oct 2021 10:58
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Muvhango cast and crew left hanging at home without salaries for almost two months. Sowetan reports that the SABC hasn't signed the contract for the new season. What's new? Nothing. Same old shambolic situation.
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07 Oct 2021 16:23
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Lingashoni changes time on 1Magic on Monday 2 August, from 19h30 to 21h30. Remains Mondays to Thursdays.
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28 Jul 2021 18:09
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Now you see him, now you don't. The SAFTAs jury has ditched scandal-riddled Katlego Maboe from the Best TV Presenter public voting category citing "concerns raised regarding the nomination."
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14 May 2021 18:11
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621 staff members left the SABC on Wednesday 31 March as a result of the nine month long retrenchment process.
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31 Mar 2021 10:04
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Ashley Judd (Missing, Star Trek: The Next Generation) saved in the Congolese rain forest after severely injuring her leg while on a research expedition to study endangered Bonobos chimps. She's been flown to ICU in South Africa.
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17 Feb 2021 13:19
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Giyani star Fumani Shilubana claims Daily Sun journalist Hopewell Mpapu lied about speaking to him regarding Giyani's renewal and made up the quotes by Fumani in an article. See Fumani's post in the replies>>
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25 Jan 2021 14:49
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SABC2 slashes 7de Laan and Muvhango to three days a week, Mondays to Wednesdays, from April and August respectively. New novela Die Sentrum and Giyani Season 2 elbow them out on Thursdays and Fridays.
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22 Jan 2021 19:11
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The Real Gold Diggers of Durban has been ripped from 1Magic with no explanation. Will now be "first and exclusive" on Showmax from 29 January instead.
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15 Jan 2021 16:38
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Muvhango's Hulisani morphed into a different face on Monday (6 December) in a sudden and unannounced recasting of the role. Khathu Ramabulana is off the show, replaced by newcomer Burnett Gededger who says he's never experienced so much hatred projected at him. See what he has to say in the comments>>
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09 Dec 2020 09:51
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Sis Ribs to headline BET's Behind the Story on Saturday, 14 November at 18h30, with a repeat on Wednesday (18th) at 22h00. She tells Pearl about her impoverished upbringing and how she worked on a tobacco farm at a very young age. She also discusses the trauma of losing her mother who later remerged, after she was thrown into the Crocodile River by her abusive father.
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13 Nov 2020 16:48
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Actress Deli Malinga claims she's been fired from Imbewu after telling the show's casting director that she wanted to negotiate her contract herself instead of negotiating through the agent who negotiated her first contract. In a Facebook post Deli says she was supposed to reprise her role as Nomalanga, Nkululeko's mother, but she's been written out instead. Deli claims she never got to the point of a negotiation but was told she's lost the role because she wants too much money. Says the casting director and agent in question are friends.
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21 Oct 2020 15:37
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Mzansi Wethu to debut new crime docu-series Accused about the horrific injustice faced by people who've been wrongly convicted of a crime. Premieres Saturday, 10 October at 19h30.
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02 Oct 2020 13:17
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Imagine a world where every 16-year-old is forced to have an operation to make them "pretty" by conforming to an ideal standard of beauty. Sounds insane but we're almost there! And in the upcoming new Netflix series Uglies, this IS the reality. It's based on Scott Westerfeld's dystopian novel and stars Joey King (Gypsy Blanchard in The Act), who also executively produces.
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30 Sep 2020 14:49
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Somizi accused of stealing idea for Dinner at Somizi from producer Hastings Moeng. See comments for Hastings' e-mail to Somizi about it>>
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16 Sep 2020 10:01
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Mangaliso Ngema to headline new SABC1 drama series Family Secrets, a month after being fired from SABC2's Lithapo after allegations of sexually harassing fellow cast members. Series starts Sunday, 6 September at 19h30.
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04 Sep 2020 11:26
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Twitter erupts after Pearl Thusi excitedly announces that she's interviewing comedian Tol A$$ Mo for Behind the Story as if she's totally unaware that he's been accused of rape by Lerato Moloi. BET hurries in with a sweaty statement about Gender Based Violence. See all in the comments>>
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22 Aug 2020 16:17
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Simon Cowell breaks his back after falling off an electric bike while testing it at his home in Malibu.
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09 Aug 2020 14:01
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