Me (TV channel)
South African TV channel
M-Net Essentials, branded on-air as Me was a 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 broadcast on satellite television service DStv on channel 115 until its closure on 31 March 2024.
01History
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, 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.
As "M-Net City" (2015-2021)
On 6 April 2015, M-Net Series Zone was rebranded as M-Net City #115, 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.
As "Me" (2021-2024)
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.
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 while still maintaining its Me on-air branding.
The channel ceased operations on 31 March 2024, along with 1Magic.
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