Megamax
| Broadcast area | Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia Romania |
|---|---|
| Network | AMC Networks International Central Europe |
| Programming | |
| Languages | Hungarian Romanian Czech |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080p |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | AMC Networks International |
| Sister channels | AMC C8 CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Reality SuperOne Music MusicMix SuperOne MusicMix Film Mania A+ Spider Televízió Film Cafe Minimax Sport1 Sport2 Sport M Spektrum Spektrum Home TV Paprika |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 April 2011 (Hungary) 19 November 2012 (Romania) 1 December 2012 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Replaced | Zone Club (Hungary) |
| Replaced by | JimJam (Central Europe) |
Megamax was a pay television channel that was broadcast in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, owned by AMC Networks International in Central Europe. It was aimed primarily at children, 7-14 years old and broadcast animated series and teen series.
History
[edit]Megamax was first launched in Hungary on 18 April 2011 at 16:00 CET on Telekom and timeshared with Zone Club, which was broadcast 24 hours a day since New Year's Day 2007.[1] On 1 September 2011, Megamax increased broadcast time from 13:00 CET, and on 1 December 2011 from 07:00 CET.[2] On 1 February 2012, Zone Club closed, and the channel became available on the Hungarian UPC Direct.[3]
The channel was launched in Romania on 19 November 2012 [4] and on 1 December 2012, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[5]
Megamax began running 24 hours a day in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia on 1 October 2014 and in Romania on 15 January 2015.[6]
Despite having obtained retransmission agreements with most operators, on 4 November 2019, AMC announced the channel's closure. The main reason of the closure was that the channel failed to obtain a higher audience share to run Hungarian advertising.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Megamax od 18. dubna v Maďarsku". parabola.cz. 2011-04-17.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "UPC Direct: Megamax - první kanál jen na nových kartách". parabola.cz. 2012-01-18.
- ↑ "Televiziunea pentru copii Megamax se lansează pe 19 noiembrie în România". mediafax.ro. 2012-11-16.
- ↑ "UPC zaraďuje Megamax, nový detský televízny kanál pre chlapcov". parabola.cz. 2012-11-28.
- ↑ "Éjjel-nappal Megamax". 4 September 2014.
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