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In 1986, M-Net was launched as South Africa's first pay-television channel and, along with Canal+, only the second outside of the United States.The channel immediately showed its intention to include sport in its programming line-up, by securing exclusive rights of an important Currie Cup match between Transvaal and Western Province for its first ever broadcast.
The channel was launched as MagicWorld in 2007, [1] following the closure of M-Net's Open Time Prime Time block to retain viewership of popular programs previously available in this slot. Aimed at providing an affordable television service for families, DStv introduced a new pay-TV package for low-income households, initially branded as M-Net Lite.
The channel is available for DStv Compact Plus and DStv Compact . M-Net Movies 4. The lower tiered channel aimed at DStv Access and GOtv Plus subscribers which air all movies shown on M-Net or other M-Net Movies channels. M-Net Movies Pop-Up Channel. The pop-up channel and the first of the movie channels to broadcast less than 24 hours a day.
The time shift channel, M-Net +1 was launched also for DStv Premium customers since 1 June 2016 on DStv channel 901. [20] However, the time-shifted channel was discontinued on 16 May 2021 due to increase of content preference by DStv Premium Subscribers on the DStv app. [ 21 ] [ 22 ]
Digital Satellite Television, abbreviated DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in South Africa, with headquarters in Randburg. DStv provides audio, radio and television channels and services to subscribers across 50 countries, [1] [2] mostly in South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. [3 ...
It is also the sister channel of African-content channel launched by Sony after inspired from the Hindi-language movie channel from India, Sony MAX which only focuses on Bollywood films. The channel, along with Sister channel Sony Channel , were discontinued on 31 October 2018 on DStv , [ 1 ] and on 28 February 2019 on Black .
The channel began on 1 April 1998 as The Series Channel, eventually rebranded as M-Net Series to align with the parent M-Net channel in 2005. On 9 July 2013, the channel broke into a three-channel network consisting of M-Net Series Showcase, [ 2 ] M-Net Series Reality and M-Net Series Zone.
Newsroom Afrika is a South African 24-hour digital satellite television news channel broadcast across Africa on DStv. [1] [2] [3] It is one of two channels on the platform that is 100% black-owned, and 50% female-owned. [4] The channel comes after MultiChoice ended their contract with the now defunct and controversial Afro Worldview. [5]