M-Net Movies
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Network | M-Net |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English, Afrikaans |
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
- ^ "Super Brands: M-Net" (PDF). 10 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "New channel numbers and more HD for DStv customers". Multichoice. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 28 September 2014.