The telenovela channel Telemundo launches on DStv this Monday (12 August) - on Channel 118.
Here are 10 must-knows about it:
1) It's official launch is on Monday - on all of the DStv bouquets. It'll be activated from today at 16h00 though (Thursday, 8 August) - it's airing introductions to the channel and shows as a build-up. It'll start each show from Episode 1 on Monday.
2) It's going to feature these four telenovelas daily:
3) They'll be broadcast in English - they're dubbed from Spanish. They'll also be airing in Portuguese in Mozambique and Angola.
4) New episodes of each will air weekdays and repeat in a loop.
5) The times of premiere and primetime episodes are:
| Show |
Premiere
episode
(first broadcast) |
Primetime
repeat |
| Aurora |
15h20 |
18h40 |
| Precious Rose |
16h10 |
19h30 |
| My Heart Beats for Lola |
17h00 |
20h20 |
| Behind Closed Doors |
17h50 |
21h10 |
6) The Telemundo headquarters are in Miami - the majority of the series are filmed there. Other cities they're filmed in include LA and New York. The channel's content's syndicated in about 100 countries and translated into 35+ languages.
7) The series' stars look like this:
David Chocarro (pronounced Daviiiiiid) from Behind Closed Doors.
Aylin Mujica and Jorge Luis Pila, stars of Aurora.
Daviiiid with Catherine Siazhoque, also from Behind Closed Doors.
Rafael Amaya and Angelica Celaya who aren't on
any of the four series. They star in a murder/thriller
called Someone's Watching You - it starts on the
channel in about six months time.
8) The actors work for the channel and not the individual shows so they'll star in multiple series. Most of the series run for about six or seven months so once an actor's been in one show they move on to the next. For instance they'll have a three-year contract and then appear in various shows across that time.
9) 80% of the time the actor's don't know what's going to happen in the show while they're filming it - they don't know how things will unfold. They film close to the US broadcast of shows so often the writers will use social media as a gauge of what people are feeling and thinking about the storyline and then adjust it accordingly.
10) Aylin Mujica wears these groovy sunglasses (I desperately want a pair) and these toe'cruchers: