Country | South Africa |
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Broadcast area | Sub Saharan Africa |
Network | M-Net Series (formerly) |
Affiliates | M-Net |
Headquarters | Johannesburg |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | MultiChoice |
Sister channels |
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History | |
Launched | 1 April 1998 |
Replaced | Vuzu (merge) |
Former names |
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Links | |
Website | Official website |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
DStv | Channel 115 |
Streaming media | |
DStv App |
M-Net Essentials, [lower-alpha 1] branded on-air as Me, was a South African pay television channel originally launched by M-Net on 9 July 2013 as M-Net Series Zone, one of three channels from the parent M-Net Series channel.
It rebranded as M-Net City in 2015 and as Me in 2021, the latter from a merger with Vuzu. It currently broadcasts on satellite television service DStv on channel 115.
The channel began on 1 April 1998 as The Series Channel, eventually rebranded as M-Net Series to align with the parent M-Net channel in 2005.
On 9 July 2013, the channel broke into a three-channel network consisting of M-Net Series Showcase, [1] M-Net Series Reality and M-Net Series Zone. M-Net Series Showcase was touted by M-Net as "its main network for the launch of current serial programming, M-Net Series Reality airing reality television programming and M-Net Series Zone (this channel's adopted name) airing delayed programming from M-Net. However, within a year of launch, the channel formats of M-Net Series Showcase and M-Net Series Reality failed and got respectively rebranded as Vuzu Amp and M-Net Edge on 13 and 20 October 2014. [2]
On 6 April 2015, M-Net Series Zone was rebranded as M-Net City #115, [3] the channel number suffix getting dropped the following year.
Typically, M-Net City featured reruns of international television serial programming previously aired on parent channel M-Net along with some homegrown shows, the former M-Net Edge, and sister channel 1Magic (rebranded from Vuzu Amp on 1 March 2018) and Mzansi Magic.
On 1 October 2021, M-Net announced that Vuzu would be merged into M-Net City and be rebranded as Me effective from 1 November. [4]
M-Net City signed off the air after 29 October for a 2-day channel reel promoting the premiere of its successor, along with Vuzu, with the successor assuming its channel run 3 days later at 16:00 CAT. As of 23 June 2023, the channel's official website designates the channel as M-Net Essentials whiles still maintaining its Me on-air branding.
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