Discovery to launch Real Time in South Africa

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Discovery recently announced the expansion of its African portfolio with the launch of Real Time, the brand-new general entertainment channel for female audiences.

Bringing the best of Discovery's lifestyle and factual storytelling to a whole new fan base, Real Time will launch in South Africa on Monday, 3 September on DStv channel 155, tailored specifically for customers on DStv's EasyView package.*

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We are incredibly excited to present Real Time to the market, and further expand and diversify our local portfolio offering, said Amanda Turnbull, vice president and general manager for Discovery in Africa and the Middle East. With an already successful suite of pay-TV brands, Real Time affords us the chance to bring our world-class content to even more audiences across South Africa, in the form of a channel designed to provide much-needed me time' to the modern African woman and her wider family.

Real Time: Africa's Newest Entertainment Channel for Women

From Real Lives and Real Nature, to Real Crime and Real Medical; Real Time's cleverly curated schedule and dynamic mixture of lifestyle and factual content will ensure audiences get their daily fix of real reality and must-see entertainment, all in one channel.

Real Time's impressive launch programming line-up includes:

Real Lives

Our Little Family: Meet the Hamills! Parents Dan and Michelle are not raising the typical American family: the entire family of five has achondroplasia, a form of dwarfism. Dan and Michelle use their own life experiences to help guide their kids to overcome physical obstacles and learn to adapt to the world around them. (Wednesday 5 September at 21h00)

Real Weddings

Married by Mom & Dad: In this new social experiment, men and women who have been unlucky in love have agreed to put their love lives and their future in the hands of the people who know them best: their parents. (Tuesday 4 September at 20h00)

Real Medical

My Extreme Excess Skin: In each episode of My Extreme Excess Skin we follow two people who have lost massive amounts of weight and are about to undergo a full body transformation through skin removal surgery. The reveal will not only change each subject's self-image but will change their life. (Thursday 6 September at 21h00)

Real Nature

Predators Up Close with Joel Lambert: This landmark series reveals nature's apex predators as you've never seen them before. Using a new, unique and bespoke polycarbonate and aluminium pod', the Predator team come face to face with lions, hyenas, polar bears and sharks - close enough to carry out a range of original scientific experiments, and to feel the true power (and terror) of the natural world's most effective killing machines. (Sunday 9 September at 20:00)

Real Headlines

Is OJ Innocent? The Missing Evidence: Is O.J. Simpson innocent in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman? In this six-episode series, investigators delve into one of history's most infamous unsolved cases, exploring an overlooked suspect and never-before-seen evidence. (Saturday 8 September at 21h00)

Real Crime

People Magazine Investigates: America's most popular weekly magazine, People, seeks to uncover the truth behind some of the country's most infamous characters and iconic stories of crime. These are extraordinary tales of ordinary people who were thrust into the national spotlight. (Saturday 8 September at 21h00)

In addition to Real Time's linear offering, from launch, a selection of the channel's programming will also be available to stream and download via the DStv Now platform, ensuring all DStv customers can enjoy the best of Real Time, in their own time.

With so much in store for our viewers and commercial partners, we look forward to establishing Real Time as Africa's newest go-to destination for quality female-skewed programming, continued Turnbull.

Experience why fact is better than fiction, when Real Time launches on Monday, 3 September on DStv channel 155.

**Real Time will also be available to DStv customers on the Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and Premium packages. The channel will also launch later this year on the StarSat platform.

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