M-Net

: M-Net is also the name of a computer bulletin board service operated by Arbornet in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

M-Net (originally an abbreviation for Electronic Media Network) is a pay TV television channel in South Africa, established in 1986 by a consortium of newspaper companies.

Similar to Canal Plus in France, the channel offers a mix of general entertainment, children s programmes, sports and movies, most of which are acquired from overseas but some are also locally produced. While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net shows some programmes free to air in its Open Time slot between 5 PM and 7 PM. This time slot will close in April 2007.

In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second channel on the analog service (CSN), and began digital broadcasting via satellite television to the rest of Africa, via its sister company MultiChoice.

With the introduction of MultiChoice s multi-channel digital satellite TV service, ) for an African audience.

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