kykNET
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kykNET is a South African Afrikaans-language television channel. Owned by pay-TV operator M-Net, it was launched on the DStv satellite service in 15th November 1999. In its development phase, the channel had the placeholder name The Afrikaans Channel.[1] On 16 July 2014 DStv announced that kykNET would be broadcast in high-definition from 12 August 2014.[2]
Country | South Africa |
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Broadcast area | Southern Africa |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Afrikaans |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | M-Net |
Sister channels | M-Net SuperSport |
History | |
Launched | 15 November 1999; 24 years ago (15 November 1999) |
Links | |
Website | www |
A kykNET International service is available online to subscribers in selected countries in North America, Europe and Australasia via the Showmax platform.[3]
It was also previously available in the UK, where it was launched on TalkTalk's IPTV service, TalkTalk Plus TV, in October 2013.[4] However, it was dropped by TalkTalk in December 2015.[5]