{"id":1409,"date":"2014-07-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/2014\/07\/02\/lifetime-set-for-dstv-launch\/"},"modified":"2014-07-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T00:00:00","slug":"lifetime-set-for-dstv-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/lifetime-set-for-dstv-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifetime Set for DStv Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: The MultiChoice DStv pay-TV platform in South Africa is set to begin offering its customers access to Lifetime later this month.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLaunching July 22, Lifetime joins HISTORY and Crime + Investigation in the A+E Networks portfolio in Africa. It will be available to all DStv Premium customers. The channel&#039;s lineup will include dramas, Lifetime original movies and factual-entertainment series. In 2015, it will begin airing some local commissions. Key shows for the network will include <em>Dance Moms<\/em>, <em>Kim of Queens<\/em>, <em>24 Hours in A&amp;E<\/em> and <em>Preachers&rsquo; Daughters<\/em>; acquired drama like <em>Orphan Black<\/em>; and movies such as <em>A Day Late and a Dollar Short<\/em> starring Whoopi Goldberg, <em>Flowers in the Attic<\/em> with Heather Graham and <em>Betty &amp; Coretta<\/em> starring Mary J. Blige and Angela Bassett.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&ldquo;The launch of Lifetime in Africa is exciting for us and marks a key moment in our continuing investment in this market,&quot; said Tom Davidson, the managing director of A+E Networks UK. &quot;With a schedule packed with powerful stories, passionate people and addictive entertainment, we are confident that Lifetime will appeal to African audiences.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDean Possenniskie, managing director for EMEA at A+E Networks, added: &ldquo;In less than two years we have launched Lifetime into more than 60 countries outside the U.S., and during 2014, we will add over 50 more. Lifetime brings a unique offering to DStv viewers, and we believe our new channel will play a leading role in the current African female-skewing pay-TV space.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: The MultiChoice DStv pay-TV platform in South Africa is set to begin offering its customers access to Lifetime later this month. 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