Vuzu was a South African youth-oriented

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produced by

M-Net M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, ...

for sister pay television platform

DStv Digital Satellite Television, commonly abbreviated to DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in Randburg, South Africa. Launched on 6 October 1995, the service provides multiple audio, ...

History

The channel launched on 1 August 2003 as "go", as a competitor to

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. In March 2009, it was announced that the channel would be rebranded as Vuzu on 1 July 2009, tying into an attempted

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of the same name. The network also switched its programming schedule and discontinued some shows, to the complaint of some viewers. In 2014, a companion channel, Vuzu Amp, replaced

M-Net Series M-Net Series is a defunct group of television channels broadcast by South African pay TV satellite network M-Net across Sub-Saharran Africa on DStv. Most of the programmes broadcast are repeats of episodes previously shown on M-Net. History ...

, which took its current name of 1Magic on 29 January 2018 with a more localized schedule. Vuzu's schedule changed at the start of September 2018, along with its logo, focusing on more high-profile American sitcoms and dramas, with some local content.

Closure

On 1 October 2021, it was announced that Vuzu will close on 1 November 2021. Its programming moved to the channel space of M-Net City, which likewise took on the new name Me.TV with Thinus
MultiChoice and M-Net to end M-Net City and Vuzu channels on DStv, to be replaced by a new TV channel called Me in November
Retrieved 1 October 2021. However the network actually closed two days early, at the end of 29 October 2021.

Logos

Local programs

*''Hit Refresh'' *''

V Entertainment V Entertainment is an entertainment news series similar to E! News on American Broadcasting Channel E! Entertainment. Programme content Developed by M-Net, broadcasting simultaneously on Vuzu and Vuzu Amp (a more premium version of Vuzu) is Sout ...

'' *''Vuzic'' *''10 over 10'' *''Dineo's Diary'' *''Fly Chix'' *''Mo Love'' *''Scar Tissue'' *''Top Shayela'' *''I Am'' *''Creative Union'' *''Forever Young'' *''Top Shayela: Reality Check''

References

{{reflist M-Net Television stations in South Africa Television channels and stations established in 2003 Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021 2003 establishments in South Africa 2021 disestablishments in South Africa Defunct mass media in South Africa