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M-Net

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M-Net (Channel 101) is your channel to connect with the very best in television entertainment. Experience the latest blockbuster movies, gripping international series and highly acclaimed local shows in one magical destination, M-Net, Where Magic Lives.

M-Net Movies Premiere

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The crème-de-la-crème of big budget, hit movies await on the M-Net Movies Premiere channel. This is where Hollywood royalty lives and where you can find the freshest movies appearing on TV for the first time. Movies will be screened first on this channel before moving to the relevant themed channel.

M-Net Movies Comedy

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Relax, put your feet up and prepare to laugh till it hurts. Whether you like your comedies tinged with romance, drama, slapstick humour or a little on the naughty side, the comedy channel will leave you in stitches.

M-Net Movies Family

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Wholesome entertainment for all ages awaits with the family channel. A fun and enjoyable lineup featuring animation, musicals, fantasy and feel-good family movies will keep both kids and the young at heart engrossed all day.

M-Net Movies Action+

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Escape on an adventure, discover what lies in the far reaches of Space, fight the bad guys and save the world. M-Net Movies Action+ will take you there with a host of blockbuster movies from Action to Westerns, Horror and Sci-Fi.

M-Net Movies Drama & Romance

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Get swept away by an enchanting love story, or lost in a heart wrenching drama. The drama and romance channel features a variety of new and entertaining content including biographies, thrillers, documentaries and war movies.

M-Net Movies Showcase

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Revisit your most magical movie moments and discover new ones with the Showcase channel. M-Net Movies shines the spotlight on specific movies and directors with exciting festivals, themes and box sets. Plus you get to take control with viewers’ choices.

M-Net Movies Action

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Do high speed car chases, massive explosions, hot woman, ripped action stars and giant bloodthirsty mutant animals make your world go round? With the M-Net Movies Action channel you’ll find everything to keep you glued to your lazy boy.

M-Net Movies Stars

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Your best loved actors and movies shine brightly on M-Net Movies Stars. Featuring cult classics and movie favourites from past and present across a variety of genres from comedy to drama and romance, it’s the channel for young and old alike.

Studio Universal

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Studio Universal is the top quality Hollywood movie destination, offering a wide choice of action, comedy and family movies for everyone to enjoy. We bring Hollywood into your home.

M-Net Series

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M-Net Series offers the best of the series genre for viewers who have a distinct taste for drama, comedy and more. Some of the best award-winning series and popular sci-fi series can be found in this home for A-list entertainment.

Vuzu

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VUZU is a youth focused entertainment channel for young Africans. The programming is a combination of big name international series and locally produced shows. The channel will feature a wide variety of genres including drama, reality, comedy, animation, extreme sports, gaming, and magazine style shows.

Universal Channel

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Universal Channel Africa compels audiences with engaging, high-quality character-driven entertainment

BBC Entertainment

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Bursting with glossy new dramas, classic sci-fi, hilarious sitcoms, celebrity chat shows and irresistible glamour, brace yourselves for BBC Entertainment! Made by the brightest talent on and off screen, our world class, award-winning shows will keep you glued to your screens.

Discovery Channel

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Discovery Channel offers viewers the finest in non-fiction entertainment in the areas of history, nature, science & technology, world class culture and human adventure.

Comedy Central

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Comedy Central is the first 24-hour comedy channel for sub-Saharan Africa, combining international comedy programming with locally produced content.

E! Entertainment Television

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A core channel brand for NBCUniversal, both in the US and internationally, E! is seen in 150 countries and delivered in 26 languages. As the home of pop culture E! captures the topics that fascinate us all including personalities, trends, music, fashion, TV, movies, art, nightlife, philanthropy, technology, design and sports. The channel’s new look and logo, “Pop of Culture” tagline and talent-driven brand campaign help bring this to life, evolving and extending the E! brand.

FOX

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FOX is a general entertainment channel designed for an audience 18-35 years, early adopter, urban and looking for something new, bold and innovative, offering the best international fiction series of the moment, including quality drama, comedy and entertainment programming.

SONY

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Sony Entertainment Television is the ultimate destination for complete family-friendly entertainment with mix of programming that includes captivating dramas, witty comedies and gripping thrillers.

SONY MAX

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Sony Max is a male channel filled with compelling dramas, action movies and edgy, sometimes irreverent and gripping entertainment.

Blackbelt TV

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Blackbelt TV is a 24-hour martial arts television network airing martial arts fights, series, movies and animé.

MTV

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MTV is the world’s premier youth entertainment brand, the cultural home of the millennial generation, music fans, artists, and a pioneer in creating innovative programming for young people. MTV reflects and creates pop culture with its award-winning content built around compelling storytelling, music discovery and activism across TV, online and mobile.

CBS Reality

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CBS Reality opens your eyes to the weird and wonderful sides of life, as well as the extraordinary moments which transform the everyday.

Turner Classic Movies

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TCM is the definitive classic movie channel that gives you the greatest movies of all-time, all the time.

M-Net Movies Zone

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Featuring an exciting mixed bag of content from dramas, comedies and family movies, to something that will satisfy the action buffs. Zone treats viewers to a wide range of well-loved stars and movies from recent years.

kykNET

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If Afrikaans is your home language or even your second language, here's a television channel with REAL local flavour. Its called kykNET, its produced by M-Net, and it broadcasts only in Afrikaans. Programming includes everything from talk shows, to variety and music programmes, the best in local dramas and cooking shows.

kykNET & Kie

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kykNET & kie is an Afrikaans General Entertainment channel that consists of previously seen kykNET favourites that include lifestyle programmes and magazine shows. kykNET & kie also simulcasts some programmes from kykNET channel 144 and offers Afrikaans children’s programming previously seen on Koowee.

KykNET Musiek

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kykNET Musiek is an adult contemporary music channel, that will feature popular Afrikaans commercial artists and their music, featured music blocks, various music request and chart shows as well as related magazine shows.

AfricaMagic Entertainment

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A stylish 24-hour channel dedicated to glossy soaps, glam drama series, glitzy lifestyle shows, great comedy, grade-A movies, gorgeous talk-show queens and gripping reality TV…all made in Africa.

AfricaMagic Movies

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AfricaMagic+: an entertainment channel dedicated to African programming made by Africans, with the best of Southern and Eastern African content.

AfricaMagic Movies 1

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Africa’s bustling and growing cities provide the busy urban backdrop for the dynamic stories of modern life and love showcased on this 24-hour dedicated movie channel. From dramas to comedies, from action to romance, it’s non-stop African movie entertainment. The channel will be made available on channel 145 on the Compact, Compact + and premium bouquets.

AfricaMagic

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An entertainment channel dedicated to African programming made by Africans.

AfricaMagic World

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Magic World is a variety channel packaged with programming covering local productions in the movies, sport and series genres.

Mzansi Magic

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Mzansi Magic is M-Net’s new proudly South African entertainment channel. The channel will broadcast the very best South African and international feature films, bubblegum movies, short films, documentaries, music specials and talk shows.

Magic World

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Magic World is a variety channel packaged with programming covering local productions in the movies, sport and series genres.

Mzansi Wethu

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Mzansi Wethu is a locally focused general entertainment channel. The channel will broadcast game shows, a soap, bubblegum movies and reality shows. The programs reflect the day to day reality of South Africans.

Crime & Investigation Network

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The only channel dedicated to true crime stories, CI will take you on a journey deep into the heart of the criminal underworld, exploring the minds and methods of both criminal and detective.

Discovery ID

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ID delivers remarkable insights into the real world of investigation, forensic analysis and true crime stories. ID promises a destination for people who like to “play along” as they follow the mystery and piece together the puzzle. Step inside the shoes of the investigator with ID Investigation Discovery, the new authority in real crime investigation.

Discovery TLC

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TLC is a new flagship entertainment and lifestyle network targeting women 25-49. Embracing the multifaceted lives of today's woman, TLC offers a wide variety of entertainment for every mood and occasion The programming will include inspiring content focused on lifestyle, human interest stories, family, parenting, food entertainment and real life.

Style

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Style is a savvy, sexy and stylish channel that has everything a young female craves with original series that showcase the latest trends in leisure, home design and décor, weddings and fashion.

BBC Lifestyle

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Whether you’re reinventing your home, wanting more fun in the kitchen, looking for tips on better parenting or searching for ways to feel better and look great, you’ll find it all on BBC Lifestyle. The sassy and energetic channel that’s alive with inspirational ideas to transform your life.

Food Network

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Food Network delivers a fresh approach to food programming and celebrates everything that is bold, fun and entertaining about the genre. The channel offers a combination of credible cooking, new ideas and high-energy entertainment to inspire foodies and non-foodies alike.

The Home Channel

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Whether you're looking for inspiration about the latest decor trends, thinking of doing some home improvements, or searching for your dream home... The Home Channel is your one-stop TV solution, with local and international programmes that inform and inspire.

Fashion TV

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Fashion TV introduces you to over 300 leading designers in the world 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A mixture of sensuality, eroticism and beauty makes Fashion TV a universal language watched and enjoyed in every part of the world.

Travel Channel

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The Travel Channel offers high quality programming for the business and leisure traveller. Besides keeping viewers entertained and informed, there are many special offers and travel-related competitions for subscribers too.

Discovery HD

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Discovery HD is a 24-hr high-definition television brand offering factual and lifestyle entertainment that fulfills the promise of high-definition technology. As the leading global provider in HD Networks, the channel delivers unrivaled content, providing thousands of hours of Discovery HD content across the company’s 29 media brands.

National Geographic

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With unrivalled quality and spectacular imagery, this channel brings you award-winning documentaries from around the world - from wildlife adventure and exploration to natural phenomena and world cultures.

Nat Geo Wild

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This 24 hour channel from the National Geographic stable, is dedicated to the best in wildlife programming, the power of mother nature and the future of our planet

Animal Planet

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Animal Planet, a major channel of the Discovery network's portfolio, offers intrigue, adventure,
humour, relationships, life and death. It's television that Grabs You!

BBC Knowledge

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Broaden your horizons with BBC Knowledge. Where facts are made fascinating and the truth is as entertaining as fiction. Our award winning factual and non-fiction programmes are presented by charismatic experts, whose passion for their subjects reveals the world in all its wonder.

HISTORY

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The History Channel brings to life the history that is such an integral part of our lives. Entertaining and informative, and often more than a little surprising, our compelling documentaries examine the events and experiences that have shaped our world from ancient times.

Discovery World

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Discovery World offers an experience of the very best factual programming from around the globe. It showcases a rich and colourful selection of high quality factual programmes from around the globe, with different genres. These range from the ancient world to natural history, people and places, modern history and key events, exploration, to history of technology, war and weaponry.

TRACE Sports

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TRACE Sports offers up close, factual and lifestyle entertainment programming exclusively dedicated to sports celebrities.

Ignition

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New models, old bangers, supercars or classics, hot rods and pimped up racers – if you’re crazy about cars SA’s only motoring channel will get your engine running.

SABC 1

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SABC 1 is commercially oriented local channel aimed at a funky youth audience. If you feel like some fun, escapism or something a little more provocative - then this is the channel for you.

SABC 2

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Programming is chosen to uplift and enlighten the viewer, and provide entertainment for the family. The channel embraces the cultural diversity of the African continent - it is the spirit of African Renaissance. For a good dose of Afrikaans, Xhosa and Zulu programming this is the channel for you.

SABC 3

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SABC 3 balances excellent entertainment programming with sport, news and actuality content.

e.tv

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Watch world class entertainment, local style and Be Free with e.

SuperSport Blitz

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Catch all your sporting highlights and result updates with SuperSport Blitz, a handy tool for any sport enthusiast.

SuperSport 1

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Get 24 hours of top international and local sporting events.

SuperSport 2

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Experience all the live action of super events and news from around the world, 24/7.

SuperSport 3

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SuperSport 3 is Africa’s premier football channel, which brings you national and international football events.

SuperSport 4

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South Africa's premier football channel, made for broadcasting national football events such as PSL games, including various PSL Magazine and highlight shows.

SuperSport 5

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Ensures you get all the games, all the time. It acts as an extra channel to handle the overflow when all the other SuperSport Channels are bursting with live matches and other features.

SuperSport 6

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SuperSport uses this channel to broadcast special features and events. Check out the guide to see what’s being televised next.

SuperSport 7

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This is your wide-screen channel. During big events, SuperSport may choose to broadcast in wide-screen and this is where you can catch the action… and become part of it.

SuperSport HD 1

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SuperSport HD 1 consists of a variety of sporting codes, including local and international rugby, PSL football, Uefa Champions League, tennis majors, European Tour and US PGA golf, F1 and MotoGP.

SuperSport HD 2

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SS HD2 will feature various HD sports programming, including selected cricket, Bundesliga, PSL, Europa, tennis majors, Champions League and F1 and MotoGP (select events).

SuperSport HD 3

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24 hour Barclays English Premier League channel in HD covering all games either live or delayed. The channel also includes magazine and turn around EPL content.

SuperSport HD 4

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SuperSport MaXimo 1

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Your Portuguese sports channel. Maximise your sports in-take with MaXimo. A channel that brings you SuperSport action of all kinds.

ESPN

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The worldwide leader in sports, with non-stop international sports action.

ESPN Classic

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ESPN Classic offers viewers a look back at the greatest moments in South African and international sports history, from full length matches to sporting highlights, interviews, documentaries and films.

TellyTrack

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TellyTrack is the racing fan's ticket to the magic of thoroughbread horse racing. The channel brings you up-to-the-minute information to keep you on top of the game.

Soweto TV

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An interactive, engaging and informative ‘talk radio on television’ concept, where presenters and producers engage with Soweto viewers about issues relevant to Sowetans. It is about Soweto every day in every household.

Bay TV

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Bay TV’s programming incorporates a diverse local culture and religion and highlights community issues in local languages. Other genres include education, entertainment, healthcare and environmental affairs.

1 KZN

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1KZN is a channel that promotes local culture and showcase content from KZN.The channel broadcasts various children’s programming, youth, women, education, news & current affairs, sports, music & culture and gospel content.

Cartoon Network

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Cartoon Network is the home of the top toon stars. Join viewers of all ages for the latest and the greatest cartoons with all your favourite characters.

Boomerang

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Boomerang offers the best in classic animated entertainment. With over 2000 characters, it's the best place on television to share your favourite childhood cartoon memories with your own children.

Disney Channel

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Disney Channel is the children's channel for the whole family featuring classic cartoons and popular new animated characters, Playhouse Disney for the youngest viewers (2-5 years) as well as live action sitcoms and an unrivaled range of classic Disney feature films.

Disney XD

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Disney XD is a boy-focused, girl-inclusive channel. Disney XD includes a compelling mix of live-action and animated programming, hyper-targeting boys and their quest for discovery, accomplishment, sports, adventure, music and humour.

Nickelodeon

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Nickelodeon is Kids First and we mean it! We have entertainment for the whole family: pre-schoolers, kids, tweens, teens and parents can watch fun, exciting shows exclusively on Nickelodeon (DStv305) like Dora the Explorer, Team Umizoomi, SpongeBob SquarePants, Avatar: the Last Airbender, iCarly, Big time Rush and lots more! For the best Nick-tastic shows, tune in to Nickelodeon!

Cbeebies

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CBeebies is a brightly coloured world full of stories, discovery and giggles. It is a place where friends like Tinky Winky, Roly Mo and Iggle Piggle help nurture your little one’s imagination, and where your child’s curiosity about the world around them is answered through their unstoppable appetite for play!

KidsCo

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KidsCo is the TV channel for kids and the whole family! It’s the place to see the world’s best cartoons, live action shows and movies with your favourite characters including Sonic The Hedgehog, Sabrina, The Wiggles, New Adventures of Madeline, Boo & Me, and many more! It’s a TV adventure playground interacting with audiences 24hrs a day, 7 days a week.

Disney Junior

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Disney Junior is Disney’s newest preschool brand, which has been carefully developed for kids and parents to enjoy together. It’s the place where magical storytelling comes to life and delivers special entertainment with heart whilst incorporating specific learning and development themes.

Mindset Learn

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Mindset Learn is a South African curriculum based educational channel aimed at grades 10-12 (Std. 8 to Matric) and will initially cover the Maths, Science and English syllabuses.

Channel O

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24-7-365... Channel O is a leader in music television and the most highly regarded outlet for African talent and videos on the planet. Targeted at youth with the rhythm of Africa in their soul, Channel O is renowned for its ability to bring home the hottest musical programming from across the continent.

Mzansi Magic Music

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Mzansi Magic Music is a TV channel that devotes itself to those all-time local and international familiar favourites, those feel good, classic hits 24 hours a day.

MTV Base

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MTV Base is the unrivalled 'urban' music channel, playing only the very best in R&B, Hip Hop, Kwaito and Dancehall. MTV Base is synonymous with what urban music represents. For MTV Base, reflecting the urban lifestyle is as important as the music. MTV Base is prolific at breaking new artists, highlighting new trends, delivering hot showbiz news and showcasing all developments in the international & local music scenes.

VH1 Classic

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VH1 Classic features: rock, soul and pop artists from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90‘s music.

MK

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This exciting channel that will mainly broadcast Afrikaans music videos and music related programming for a younger audience, will break the sound barrier. The content will consist of music videos, talk shows featuring well-known musicians and other celebrities, album reviews and news coverage about events on the local music front. All music genres, such as rock, pop and alternative, will be featured. Sit jou waaib aan!

TRACE Urban

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The number one urban television channel provides the best in urban contemporary music from all over the world.

Afro Music Pop

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AFRO MUSIC POP, your music channel. Hiphop, R&B, afrobeat: these are some of the rhythms you can watch on AFRO MUSIC POP!

One Gospel

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One Gospel is a 24-hour music television channel showcasing gospel music from all over the African continent and the world. It includes studio generated and live performances from both world renowned and up-and-coming artists. Complementing its extensive music line-up, the channel will also include spiritually themed talk-shows, magazine programs and game-shows, making One Gospel more than just a music channel.

Dumisa

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Dumisa is the home of praise and provides a platform for top traditional South African churches, their music, traditions & miracles.

TBN

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A Christian based television channel meeting the needs of Body, Mind, Soul & Spirit for all age groups. The programme offer includes Preaching, Teaching, Music, Chat Shows, Health & Hygiene, Children, Youth and Senior Citizen programmes.

Rhema TV

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The best Christian programming from around the world each and every Sunday.

iTV

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iTV Networks is a vibrant and informative channel who’s programming mix includes spiritual, kids and social entertainment, news and current affairs as well as lifestyle programmes, that are sensitive to the viewing needs of both Muslim and non-Muslim viewers.

BBC World News

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Providing an unmatched, impartial, in-depth analysis of breaking news, BBC World News explains the story behind the headlines. An international news and information television channel, BBC World News broadcasts in English 24 hours a day for a global audience.

CNN International

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CNN International allows viewers to witness history in the making with its award winning, live coverage of news as it breaks, from around the world, around the clock.

Sky News

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Sky News brings you up-to-the-minute news updates from a European perspective. Extensive feature programming includes busness, news, science, technology, sport, travel, arts, entertainment and fashion.

eNews Channel Africa

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The 24 hour news channel that keeps you updated with local, regional and international news. Also, get the latest weather and sport and entertainment updates with eNCA.

Russia Today

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International renowned news channel, Russia Today, offers an alternative perspective on news.

Al Jazeera

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Al Jazeera English is a 24-hour English language news and current affairs television channel headquartered in Dohar, Qata. The channel aims to provide both a regional voice and a global perspective to a potential world audience of over one billion English speakers, without an Anglo-American worldview.

NDTV247

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Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, NDTV 24x7 is a contemporary, slick international channel that targets the global Indian with news that is credible, true and fast.

Parliamentary Service

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Keep your finger on the pulse of political happenings by watching live and recorded crossings from Parliament.

CCTV News

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CCTV News carries news, documentaries, and television series targeting Mandarin, Cantonese and English speaking viewers 24 hours a day.

CNBC Africa

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CNBC Africa is the continent’s first 24 hour international business channel. It delivers real-time information and insightful analysis about African business and Africa’s financial markets. CNBC Africa also presents regular updates from CNBC affiliates around the world including Europe, Asia and the US. The channel offers a unique global perspective from an African platform.

Bloomberg

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The leading source of worldwide financial news, information, analysis and communication, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Summit TV

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An uptotheminute fix on all the days business, financial and market highlights, as well as news headlines, sports snippets, business travel and lifestyle features. Please note: only 8 day schedules available for this channel.

Euro News

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EuroNews is the leading international news channel covering world news from a European perspective. EuroNews is today a multi-lingual multi-platform news service.

Weather24

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The Weather Channel now offers a video forecast with various weather information as well as the interactive application for detailed information on South Africa, Africa and the rest if the world.

RAI Italia

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RAI Italia is the first Italian multimedia network producing TV, radio and information on the World Wide Web, providing 24 hour programming to people of Italian origin around the world, promoting the image of Italy across the globe.

BVN

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BVN is a public television channel targeting Dutch speaking viewers. It carries news, sports, series, entertainment, movies and documentaries 24 hours a day.

ERT

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ERT Sat is a government owned network that offers 24 hours of quality Greek language programming. ERT provides live and local news coverage, documentaries, educational programming, and children's shows. This channel appeals to families as well as more mat

RTP International

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RTPi is a 24 hour channel hosting a range of popular Portuguese programmes ranging from news and sport to tele-novelas and game shows.

TV5 Monde Afrique

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A dynamic French television channel offering fresh on the spot news coverage from Entertainment, sport and hard news. The channel boasts of top notch investigative and specialist journalists who cover its various news spectrum.

Deutsche Welle

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Deukom Channel. Deutsche Welle (Channel 446). Available from 5am-2pm daily.

CCTV 4

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CCTV-4 carries news, documentaries, and television series targeting Mandarin, Cantonese and English speaking viewers 24 hours a day.

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