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- 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 subscription-funded 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 to the rest of Africa, via its sister company MultiChoice.
With the introduction of MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service, DStv, in 1995, several different channels have been created to complement the original M-Net terrestrial channel: SuperSport; M-Net Movies 1 and 2; M-Net Series (comedy, reality shows and dramas); ActionX (mostly action B movies and SciFi); K-World (for children); Channel O (a music channel); Go (aimed at 14-23 year-olds); KykNet, for Afrikaans speakers and MK89 (an Afrikaans music channel). Other European and North American channels are offered either localised (such as MTV) or unchanged (such as VH1 and the Travel Channel) for an African audience.