Pearl Magic
{{short description|Ugandan television station}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Pearl Magic
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption =
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2018|10|1|df=y}}
| network = M-Net
| owner = MultiChoice Uganda.
| country = Uganda
| language = English
| area = National
| headquarters = MultiChoice Headquarters Kololo Kampala
| former_names =
| replaced =
| sister_channels = Pearl Magic Prime
(2021 — present)
| timeshift_service =
| website = {{URL|pearlmagic.dstv.com}}
| terr_serv_1 = DStv
| terr_chan_1 = Channel 161
| terr_serv_2 = GOtv
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 304
}}
Pearl Magic is a Ugandan television station owned by MultiChoice Uganda' DStv. The station was launched in October 2018 with its headquarters and studios at the MultiChoice Uganda headquarters in Kololo Kampala and only broadcasts through DStv and GOtv to audiences around Africa.{{cite news |title=Pearl Magic celebrates one year |url=https://observer.ug/lifestyle/62474-pearl-magic-celebrates-one-year |access-date=11 September 2020 |newspaper=The Observer}}{{cite news |last1=Thembo |first1=Johnson |title=Pearl Magic TV, Uganda's New Breed of Unique, 24 hour Thrilling Family Entertainment |url=https://theinsider.ug/index.php/2018/10/05/pearl-magic-tv-ugandas-new-breed-of-unique-24-hour-thrilling-family-entertainment/ |access-date=11 September 2020 |agency=The Insider}}{{cite news |title=DSTV LAUNCHED 'PEARL MAGIC' CHANNEL IN UGANDA |url=https://nextvnews.com/dstv-launched-pearl-magic-channel-in-uganda/ |access-date=11 September 2020 |agency=Next TV |issue=News}}
At its launch, Pearl Magic was branded as the television channel that would promote Ugandan culture from film, television and music, airing 100 percent of local Ugandan content. The station has since broadcast a number of syndicated television series some of which had aired on other stations and others being first run syndicates. Such shows include; The Honourables, Mizigo Express, Sesiria, Loving Tyra, and others.{{cite news |last1=Kaggwa |first1=Andrew |title=A week later, Pearl Magic comes home|url=https://www.sqoop.co.ug/201810/four-one-one/a-week-later-pearl-magic-comes-home.html |access-date=11 September 2020 |agency=Sqoop}}{{cite news |last1=Bamulanzeki |first1=Nicholas |title=Will Pearl Magic transform our local film industry? |url=https://observer.ug/lifestyle/58854-will-pearl-magic-transform-our-local-film-industry |access-date=11 September 2020 |newspaper=The Observer}}
Sister channels
=Pearl Magic Prime=
{{Infobox television channel
| name = Pearl Magic Prime
| logo =
| logo_size = 250px
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2021|02|08|df=y}}
| owner = MultiChoice Uganda
| network = M-Net
Pearl Magic
| country = Uganda
| language = English
| headquarters = Kololo, Kampala
| website = {{URL|pearlmagicprime.dstv.com}}
}}
Pearl Magic Prime is DStv's flagship channel for Uganda middle and upper bracket TV audiences. It is a 24-hour General Entertainment Channel targeted at Compact, Compact Plus and Premium Uganda pay TV audiences. The Channel showcases premium, authentic Ugandan local content.
With a context mix of telenovelas, reality, drama, comedy, Lifestyle, Music and Uganda movies, Pearl Magic Prime is the home to Ugandan Premium local content. Pearl Magic Prime is exclusively available on DSTV Channel 148 is truly Ugandan like never before.[https://mnetcorporate.dstv.com/news/pearl-magic-prime-launches-on-dstv-channel-148 Pearl Magic Prime launches on DStv channel 148] M-Net Corporate. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
TV series
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!Title !{{small|First broadcast}} !{{small|Last broadcast}} |
| 5 @Home
| | |
| The Hostel
| | |
| Campus Life
| | |
| Love Makanika
| | |
| Mistakes Girls Do
|2018 | |
| Ba Aunt
| | |
| Sesiria
| | |
| Loving Tyra
|2020 | |
| The Honourables
| | |
| Mizigo Express
|October 2018 | |
| False Dreams
|January 2020 | |
| The Lukkas
|July 2020 | |
| Kyaddala
| |
References
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