M-Net

M-Net
CountrySouth Africa
Broadcast areaSub-Saharan Africa
HeadquartersRandburg
Programming
Language(s)
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Timeshift serviceM-Net +1 (defunct as of 2021)
Ownership
OwnerMultiChoice
Sister channels
History
Launched4 October 1986; 38 years ago (1986-10-04)
Links
WebsiteM-Net website
Availability
Terrestrial
SentechChannel depends on nearest repeater
DStvChannel 101 (HD)
Streaming media
DStv NowChannel based on Internet connection availability

M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986.[1] The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, sport and movies. While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net showed some programmes 'free to air' in its "Open Time" slot between 5 p.m. and 7 pm, until the slot closed on 1 April 2007.

In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second analogue channel called Community Services Network (CSN),[2] and began digital broadcasting via satellite to the rest of Africa, via its sister company MultiChoice. With the introduction of MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service, DStv, in 1995, several different channels have been created to complement the original M-Net channel, including the now-defunct M-Net Series and several film/movie channels based on genre and preference.

  1. ^ "History – M-Net Corporate". M-Net Corporate. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  2. ^ Mass Media, Towards the Millennium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication, Arrie De Beer, J.L. van Schaik, 1998, page 220