A men's interest channel generally refers to either a

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that targets men as its main

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; offering programs that appeal to the male population. There are two types of male interest channels: ''general interest'' and ''niche interest''.

General interest

General interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming from diverse genres and categories that will appeal to the male population including films, lifestyle series, dramatic series, reality series, talk shows and more on varying topics including but unlimited to cooking, travel, cars, sex, sports and more.

Examples of general interest male channels

5Spike 5Spike was a British free-to-air television channel owned by ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia. Launching on 15 April 2015 on Freeview as just Spike, it was a localised version of the American cable channel Spike (now Paramount Network), and ...

(UK, rebranded by Channel 5 to take on the Paramount-owned

Paramount Network Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles. The channel was ...

name) *

7mate 7mate is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Seven Network on 25 September 2010. The channel contains sport and regular programs aimed primarily to a male audience, with programming drawn from a ...

(Australia) *

10 Bold 10 Bold is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Network 10. It originally launched on 26 March 2009 as One HD with a focus on broadcasting sports-based programming and events, but rebranded to One in April 2011 to ...

(Australia)-owned by Paramount * Bravo (UK, defunct) *

Cine Mo! Cine Mo! (; stylized as CINEMO! and formerly known as SineBox) is a Philippine pay television channel owned and operated by ABS-CBN Corporation and ABS-CBN Film Productions, Inc. (content provider) and it was one of the former freemium chan ...

(Philippines) * DMAX (EMEA)-owned by WBD * EGO (Israel) * Grit (United States)-owned by Scripps *

Heroes & Icons Heroes & Icons (H&I) is an American digital broadcast television network owned by Weigel Broadcasting. Usually carried on the digital subchannels of its affiliated television station in most markets, the network airs classic television series fr ...

(United States) * Jack City (Philippines, defunct) * MAVTV (United States) *

Maxxx Maxxx was a general entertainment channel for men owned by Creative Programs, Inc., an ABS-CBN subsidiary. Channel Information Maxxx had a test broadcast together with Velvet and Balls (both defunct) since September 2007. Maxxx had an official ...

(Philippines, defunct) *

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(Spain) *

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(Spain, defunct) *

Spike Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Books * ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilto ...

(United States, rebranded with the Paramount-owned

name) *

Tuff TV Tuff TV was an American digital broadcast television network targeted at men owned by the Tuff TV, Inc. division of Seals Entertainment Corporation. Tuff TV launched on June 30, 2009, and ceased operations August 26, 2018. Tuff TV carried a m ...

(United States, defunct) * XtvN (South Korea) * STV1 (Slovakia) *

DR1 DR1 (DR Et) is the flagship television channel of the DR (broadcaster), Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR). It became Denmark's first television station when it began broadcasting in 1951 – at first only for an hour a day three times a we ...

(Denmark) *

Armenia 2 Second Armenian TV Channel Company ( hy, Հայկական երկրորդ հեռուստաալիք), also known as H2 ( hy, Հ2) or Armenia 2, is a private television company broadcasting in Armenia and Artsakh. Approximately 95% of the TV viewers ...

(Armenia) *

His TV His TV (, aTV3) was a television channel produced by Asia Television, which broadcast from December 31, 2007, until April 1, 2009. It was founded by American Dan Moramarco. The channel closed after he had sold the company to Chinese investors. Hi ...

(Hong Kong)

Niche interest

Niche interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming with a specific television genre including film channels, sports channels, adult channels and more.

Examples of men's interest niche channels

Adult Swim Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim'' and often abbreviated as s'') is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programmed by its in-house ...

- formerly Showcase Action (Canada) * Balls (Philippines, defunct) *

Basketball TV Basketball TV or BTV was a Philippine pay television sports channel with offices on Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong. It was owned by the Solar Entertainment Corporation. It was launched on October 1, 2006, rebranding the Sports Plus channel. On S ...

(Philippines, defunct) *

Esquire Network Esquire Network was an American pay television network that was a 50/50 joint venture between NBCUniversal and the Hearst Corporation. The network carried programs aimed at a metrosexual audience centering on travel, cooking, sports and fashion ...

(United States, defunct) * Favorit TV (Romania) * History2 - formerly MenTV (Canada) *

Men & Motors Men & Motors was a men's lifestyle television channel in the UK. It was the last remaining station operated by the former ITV Digital Channels Ltd, Granada Sky Broadcasting joint venture, set up by Granada Television (now part of ITV plc) and sa ...

(UK) *

Movies4Men Movies4Men (stylized as movies4men) was a free-to-air film channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was available on Freeview, Freesat and Sky. The channel was aimed at the middle to old aged male viewer, with a look at the classics in ...

(UK & Ireland, became

Sony Movies Action Great! Movies Action (stylized as GREAT! movies action) is a British free-to-air TV channel owned by Narrative Entertainment UK Limited which launched as Sony Movies Action on 10 September 2019 on Freeview, Freesat, Sky and Virgin. Sony Movies Ac ...

)https://sonymovies.co.uk/special/sony-movies-action * Much - formerly MuchMusic (Canada) *

NBA Premium TV The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

(Philippines, defunct) *

NBA TV NBA TV is an American sports-oriented pay television network owned by the National Basketball Association (NBA) and operated by Warner Bros. Discovery through its sports unit. Dedicated to basketball, the network features exhibition, regula ...

(United States) **

NBA TV Canada NBA TV Canada is a Canadian English language specialty channel owned by Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE). It is a Canadian version of NBA TV, broadcasting programming focused on the National Basketball Association, and its Canadian franc ...

(Canada) **

NBA TV Philippines NBA TV Philippines is a Philippine pay television sports-oriented network owned by MediaQuest Holdings through its subsidiary Cignal TV. The channel is a joint venture between Cignal and NBA TV and is a live simulcast broadcast of NBA TV, the ...

(Philippines) *

Nuts TV Nuts TV was a British television channel related to '' Nuts'' magazine. Nuts TV began broadcasting on Freeview channel 42 on 12 September 2007, and launched on Sky Digital on 21 January 2008. A 1-hour timeshift channel, Nuts TV +1 launched on ...

(UK, defunct) *

OLN OLN (formerly Outdoor Life Network) is a Canadian English-language Category A specialty channel. OLN primarily broadcasts factual-based and adventure-related reality programming aimed at male audiences. OLN is wholly owned by Rogers Sports & Me ...

(Canada) *

Playboy TV Playboy TV (originally The Playboy Channel) is a pay television channel based in the United States. History The channel first launched on December 9, 1980, as Escapade by Rainbow Programing Services (a joint-venture of four cable companies, ...

(United States) *

Polsat Play Polsat Play is a Polish lifestyle television channel aimed primarily at men. It is owned and operated by Polsat Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. , it is the most watc ...

(Poland) *

Prima Cool Prima Cool is a private Czech Republic, Czech television station. Prima Cool is TV Prima's second channel. It is targeted primarily at young male audiences. Prima Cool launched on 1 April 2009 as TV Prima's new digital channel. It is availab ...

(Czech Republic) *

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(Romania) * RTL Spike (Hungary, defunct)

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