DStv Compact
viewers will be able to enjoy an enhanced offering on DStv channel 115. From April
6, 2015, this new general entertainment channel, M-Net City, will replace M-Net
Series Zone on channel 115.
This new
high-impact channel will entertain viewers with a variety of programme genres.
Some of the great content lined up includes comedies such as Modern Family and Last Man Standing, talk shows, and for the first time, Chicago PD, a crime and drama series
will be available to Compact subscribers.
The channel will
also screen blockbuster films on Saturdays and Sundays, and series lovers can
indulge in binge viewing with back-to-back episodes over the weekends or enjoy
a fixed time with the favourite shows which will be showcased from Monday to
Friday.
M-Net’s CEO for
South Africa, Yolisa Phahle, says that M-Net City is proof of the company’s
commitment to continuously evaluate, adjust and reshuffle channel offerings in
line with the ever-changing needs of viewers. “In 2014, M-Net upped the ante
with M-Net Edge and VUZU AMP, to the delight of DStv Premium viewers. Now we
have created M-Net City, a new channel that will enhance Compact viewers’
experience of international content.”
The schedule for
the channel will be as follows:
Weekdays 17h00 to
19h00 – the evening’s entertainment will kick off with popular talk shows
Weekdays 19h00 to
19h30 –family comedy time
Weekdays 20h00 to
21h00 – the heroes and heroines of the best international action and crime
series will take over the screen
Saturdays and
Sundays – M-Net City will bring viewers a variety of movies in early prime
time, and from 19h30 it will follow the successful example of M-Net Edge with
weekend binge sessions.
The M-Net Series
Zone transmission will end on midnight on April 5, 2015, and M-Net City will
officially broadcast from the following day at 17h00. The current series
offering on M-Net Series Zone will conclude before the channel becomes M-Net
City.
The full schedule
will be available in due course. For updates, go to www.mnet.tv
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