Thursday, November 4, 2010

MultiChoice to add DStv channels Disney XD, Disney Playhouse from December; M-Net's holiday channel m199 from mid-December.


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As I exclusively scooped the news about MultiChoice adding the channel Disney XD for boys; the preschool channel Disney Playhouse and M-Net's new holiday channel m199 I can now reveal that sources are telling me that Disney XD and Disney Playhouse will start in December on DStv and that m199 will start to broadcast mid-December and run until mid-January.

Of course Disney XD and Disney Playhouse will be permanent channels, while m199 will run for just  a month. M-Net's holiday channel that was previously called M-Net Holiday will also be found on channel 199 on DStv and not on channel 198 as in previous years when M-Net ran the channel with the exception of 2009 when M-Net Holiday didn't run.

Neither DStv nor M-Net has made any official statements yet regarding these three new channels - the last for MultiChoice's pay TV platform for 2010.