M-Net Movies
M-Net Movies is a film-only group of South Africa-based television channels launched as Movie Magic in 2005 and broadcast across Sub-Saharan Africa on pay TV satellite services DStv and GOtv. The channels broadcast films/movies based on genre as well as clips featuring behind-the-scenes look at previous, current and future breakout box office hit films.
| M-Net Movies | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 1995 (as Movie Magic) 2005 (as M-Net Movies) |
| Network | M-Net |
| Owned by | MultiChoice |
| Picture format | 16:9 (SDTV, HDTV) |
| Country | South Africa |
| Language | English, Afrikaans |
| Broadcast area | Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg |
| Formerly called | Movie Magic (1995-2005) |
| Website | See below |
Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DStv | 104-111; 139 |
| Streaming media | |
| via DStv Now | Same as its TV platform |
History
MultiChoice through M-Net launched two M-Net film/movie channels, Movie Magic 1 and Movie Magic 2 a day after the launch of its pay television satellite service DStv. In order to unify the M-Net were renamed respectively M-Net Movies 1 and M-Net Movies 2 in 2005. [1] Two additional film channels, M-Net Movies Stars and M-Net Movies Action (which on launch replaced M-Net Action, then actionX, which launched in 2006), were later launched. In October 2012, the previous film 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, both only in Southern Africa, in October 2016.
Channels
Currently and since 2016, there are six M-Net Movies channels:
- M-Net Movies Premiere HD
- M-Net Movies Smile HD
- M-Net Movies Action+ HD
- M-Net Movies Action SD (Rest of Africa)/HD (Southern Africa)
- M-Net Movies All Stars SD (Rest of Africa)/HD (Southern Africa)
- M-Net Movies Zone SD (Rest of Africa)/ HD (Southern Africa)
A seventh channel M-Net Movies Showcase was later dropped by M-Net on 1 April 2017 with the aim of creating limited run pop-up channels, airing films ranging from those starring Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone and Will Smith. 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 all DStv packages. M-Net Movies Zone is the only channel airing on the GOtv service via its Max and Plus packages.
References
- "Super Brands: M-Net" (PDF). 10 November 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- "New channel numbers and more HD for DStv customers". Multichoice. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
External links
As of January 2016, all M-Net Movies Channels are under the sub-domain of the M-Net website;