The joint venture companies M-Net and SuperSport continue to play a role in growing the subscriber base through the delivery of premium thematic channels and exclusive content. M-Net provides premium entertainment channels and SuperSport provides sports channels carried by MultiChoice South Africa and MultiChoice Africa on their pay-television platforms in Africa.
Following a request by minority shareholders, M-Net and SuperSport were delisted from the JSE Securities Exchange in April 2004. Subsequent to the delisting, Naspers owns 60.1% of each of M-Net and SuperSport.
M-Net and Supersport are supported by Oracle airtime sales, who handles all advertising sales
M-Net
M-Net has output deals with film and television studios, enabling it to screen the best of quality movies, series and miniseries. M-Net compiles 14 channels for broadcast across the African continent. These channels are carried on various satellite platforms all of which are operated by MultiChoice Africa under the DSTV brand.
M-Net brands
M-Net, Series Channel, Big Brother Africa, Idols, Channel O, Movie Magic 1, Movie Magic 2, Action TV, KTV, K-World, Phuthuma Futhi, M-Connection, M-Net-on-Demand, kykNET
SuperSport
SuperSport produces nine sports channels for distribution across Sub-Saharan Africa. These comprise three primarily live 24-hour channels, a highlights channel, a dedicated interactive sports channel and four ad hoc sports channels, covering more than 100 different genres of sport. Recently, SuperSport created a new pan-African sports channel, focusing mainly on football. The channel screens South African Premier Football League and various Confederation of African Football games, English Premier League, Italian Series A and Bundesliga football. Extensive coverage of South African and international cricket, rugby, golf and tennis was also offered on other SuperSport channels. The SuperSport Zone channel provides information, live scores and statistics on specific sporting events.
SuperSport brands
SuperSport, SuperSport Zone, SuperSport Wheelchair Basketball, SuperSport Series Cricket, SuperSport Hardware, SuperSport United, SuperSport Club Champs, SuperSport Show, SuperSport Arena, SuperSport Travel, SuperFan
