Vuzu was a South African youth-oriented television channel produced by

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for sister pay television platform DStv.

History

The channel launched on 1 August 2003 as "go", as a competitor to

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. In March 2009, it was announced that the channel would be rebranded as Vuzu on 1 July 2009, tying into an attempted

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of the same name. The network also switched its programming schedule and discontinued some shows, to the complaint of some viewers. In 2014, a companion channel, Vuzu Amp, replaced

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, which took its current name of 1Magic on 29 January 2018 with a more localized schedule. Vuzu's schedule changed at the start of September 2018, along with its logo, focusing on more high-profile American sitcoms and dramas, with some local content.

Closure

On 1 October 2021, it was announced that Vuzu would close on 1 November 2021. Its programming moved to the channel space of M-Net City, which likewise took on the new name Me.TV with Thinus
MultiChoice and M-Net to end M-Net City and Vuzu channels on DStv, to be replaced by a new TV channel called Me in November
Retrieved 1 October 2021. However the network actually closed two days early, at the end of 29 October 2021.

Logos

Local programs

*''Hit Refresh'' *'' V Entertainment'' *''Vuzic'' *''10 over 10'' *''Dineo's Diary'' *''Fly Chix'' *''Mo Love'' *''Scar Tissue'' *''Top Shayela'' *''I Am'' *''Creative Union'' *''Forever Young'' *''Top Shayela: Reality Check''

References

{{reflist M-Net Television stations in South Africa Television channels and stations established in 2003 Television channels and stations established in 2009 Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021 2003 establishments in South Africa 2021 disestablishments in South Africa Defunct television channels in South Africa