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{{short description|Subscription TV channel in South Africa}}
{{other uses|Mnet (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}

{{Infobox television channel
| name = M-Net
| logo = File:M-Net new logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| logo_alt = 
| image = 
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1986|10|04|df=y}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]]<br/>{{small|(downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)}}
| network = 
| owner = [[MultiChoice]]
| country = South Africa
| language = {{Plainlist|
* [[Afrikaans]] 
* [[South African English|English]] 
* [[Sotho language|Sotho]] 
* [[Tswana language|Tswana]] 
* [[Venda language|Venda]]
* [[Xhosa language|Xhosa]] 
* [[Zulu language|Zulu]] 
* [[Tsonga language|Tsonga]]
}}
| area = Southern Africa
| affiliates = 
| headquarters = [[Randburg]]
| former_names = 
| replaced = 
| replaced_by = 
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
* Abol TV 
* [[Africa Magic]] 
* [[Akwaaba Magic]] 
* [[Channel O]] 
* [[kykNET]] 
* Maisha Magic 
* [[M-Net Movies]] 
* [[Mzansi Magic]] 
* Novela Magic
* OneZed
* [[Pearl Magic]] 
* [[SuperSport (South African broadcaster)|SuperSport]]
* [[Zambezi Magic]]
* Kwenda Magic
* Manigue Magic
* [[1Max]]
* [[Me (TV channel)|Me]]
* [[1Magic (TV channel)|1Magic]]
}}
| timeshift_service = M-Net +1 (defunct as of 2021)
| website = [https://m-net.dstv.com/South/home M-Net website]
| terr_serv_1 = [[Sentech]]
| terr_chan_1 = Channel depends on nearest repeater
| sat_radio_serv_1 = 
| sat_radio_chan_1 = 
| adsl serv 1 = 
| adsl chan 1 = 
| online_serv_1 = DStv Now
| online_chan_1 = Channel based on Internet connection availability
| terr_serv_2 = [[DStv]]
| terr_chan_2 = Channel 101 (HD)
| 3gmobile serv 1 = 
}}

'''M-Net''' (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African [[pay television]] channel established by [[Naspers]] in 1986.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mnetcorporate.dstv.com/about/timeline/|title=History – M-Net Corporate|work=M-Net Corporate|access-date=28 June 2017}}</ref> The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, sport and movies. While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net showed some programmes 'free to air' in its "Open Time" slot between 5 p.m. and 7&nbsp;pm, until the slot closed on 1 April 2007.

In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second analogue channel called Community Services Network (CSN),<ref name="Mass">[https://books.google.com/books?id=7h1DAQAAIAAJ&q=%22CSN%22+%22Community+Services+Network%22 ''Mass Media, Towards the Millennium: The South African Handbook of Mass Communication''], Arrie De Beer, J.L. van Schaik, 1998, page 220</ref> and began digital broadcasting via [[satellite television|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 channel, including the now-defunct [[M-Net Series]] and several [[M-Net Movies|film/movie channels]] based on genre and preference.