 | |
| Country | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | South Africa and the rest of Sub-Sahara Africa |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 16:9 HDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Naspers |
| History | |
| Launched | 20 October 2014 |
| Closed | 1 April 2017 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://mnetseries.dstv.com/ |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Sentech | Channel depends on nearest Sentech repeater |
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It was launched on 20 October 2014, after the discontinuation of two of M-Net's Series channels.
The channel ceased its operations on 1 April 2017 as it was going to be integrated with M-Net. [1]
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