Telemundo Africa

Telemundo Africa
Country	South Africa
Broadcast area	Sub-Saharan Africa
Programming
Language(s)	English ; Portuguese
Picture format	16:9
Ownership
Owner	NBCUniversal International Networks
Sister channels	Universal Channel ; E! ; Studio Universal
History
Launched	12 August 2013
Links
Website	www .facebook .com /TelemundoAfrica /

Telemundo Africa is an African cable television channel broadcast on 12 August 2013 by DStv in more than 48 countries in sub- Saharan Africa . ^[1] Owned by NBCUniversal International Networks , the channel programming is dedicated to the Spanish-language telenovelas produced by Telemundo Television Studios . ^[2] The channel is available in English and Portuguese. ^[3]

Overview [ edit ]

Telemundo Africa is only available for the African market, with Spanish-language programming dubbing in English for the countries of South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa, and in Portuguese for Angola and Mozambique . ^[2] The dubbing in Portuguese is done in Miami by the studios The Kitchen and Universal Cinergia Dubbing. ^[4] The dubbing in English is done in South Africa by MultiChoice . When the channel began its broadcasts in August 2013, it began to show the telenovelas Aurora , Rosa diamante , Mi corazon insiste en Lola Volcan ^[4] and La casa de al lado .

From April 2021, the channel started airing all their shows 7 days a week similar to other channels such as Zee World , Star Life and Novela Magic .

In June 2023, Nurses was removed from the channel amidst the final season due to Cameroon and Uganda implementation of anti-gay laws requiring TV broadcasters not to promote homosexual content or risk having their licence revoked or face possible jail time. ^[5]

References [ edit ]

^ "DSTV Sage: Choose the right DSTV package" . Dstv package . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
^ ^a ^b "About of Telemundo" . TVSA . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
^ "telemundo channel in africa celebrates its first anniversary" . Telemundo . August 18, 2014 . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
^ ^a ^b "Telemundo Africa anuncia a estreia de Amor cruel e Paixao proibida" (in Portuguese). Telenoveleiros. February 1, 2014 . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .
^ https://www.tvsa.co.za/user/blogs/viewblogpost.aspx?blogpostid=55637

External links [ edit ]

Official website

[1] "DSTV Sage: Choose the right DSTV package" . Dstv package . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

[telemundo-2] "About of Telemundo" . TVSA . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

[3] "telemundo channel in africa celebrates its first anniversary" . Telemundo . August 18, 2014 . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

[:0-4] "Telemundo Africa anuncia a estreia de Amor cruel e Paixao proibida" (in Portuguese). Telenoveleiros. February 1, 2014 . Retrieved March 4, 2019 .

[5] ttps://www.tvsa.co.za/user/blogs/viewblogpost.aspx?blogpostid=55637

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