M-Net Movies

M-Net Movies
Launched In its current form, 2012
Network M-Net
Picture format 16;9 SD/HD
Country South Africa
Language English, Afrikaans
Broadcast area South Africa
Headquarters Johannesburg
Formerly called movie magic
Website http://mnetmovies.dstv.com/
Availability
Satellite
DStv 104-111; 139

M-Net Movies is a group of nine television channels broadcast by South African pay TV satellite network DStv. The channels broadcast films based on genre. As of 2017 , there are now six channels:

  • M-Net Movies Premiere HD
  • M-Net Movies Smile HD
  • M-Net Movies Action+ HD
  • M-Net Movies Action HD
  • M-Net Movies All Stars HD
  • M-Net Movies Zone HD

M-Net Movies Showcase was later dropped by M-Net on 1 April 2017 in order of creating limited run pop-up channels. On 1 June 2017 it was replaced by Sundance TV. On 1 December 2017 M-Net Movies Zone was made available in HD to all households who owned a HD capable decoder such as the DSTV Explora, HD Decoder, HD PVR and were on the DSTV Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and Premium packages.

History

The original two M-Net movie channels, Movie Magic 1 and Movie Magic 2, were renamed M-Net Movies 1 and M-Net Movies 2, respectively, in 2005. [1] Two additional movie channels, M-Net Movies Stars and M-Net Movies Action, were later launched. In October 2012, the original two movie channels were replaced with six HD channels which grouped films according to genre.[2] These new channels, along with the pre-existing Action, Stars and Zone, made for a total of nine movie channels.In June M-Net Movies Action was made an HD channel,followed by M-Net Movies All Stars in October 2016.

References

  1. ↑ "Super Brands: M-Net" (PDF). 10 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. ↑ "New channel numbers and more HD for DStv customers". Multichoice. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
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