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2018 FINANCIAL-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
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Top-ranking channels:
M-Net channel
101; M-Net Movies Action+; M-Net
Movies Premiere; Mzansi Magic; kykNET
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Key channel rights renewed:
Discovery, Disney, Turner
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2 981 hours of new local content
commissioned
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Top-rated local productions:
On Mzansi Magic and 1Magic: Our
Perfect Wedding (season 7), Igasi
(season 2), Idols SA (season 13),
Becoming Mrs Jones, Being Bonang
and The River. On kykNET: eNuus, Boer
Soek ’n Vrou and on M-Net: Carte
Blanche, My Kitchen Rules South Africa
and The Voice South Africa
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Launch of 1Magic with premium
telenovela, The River
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Mzansi Magic received an International
Emmy Award nomination for Mzansi
Magic’s Is’thunzi star Thuso Mbedu
in the category Best Performance by
an Actress
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M-Net 101 partnered with The Daily
Show host, Trevor Noah
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M-Net channels were nominated for
114 awards at the 11th South African
Film and Television Awards (Saftas), and
scooped 22 Golden Horns (40% of
awards)
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M-Net marketing teams won nine gold
and 15 silver awards at the PromaxBDA
Awards in 2017
INVESTING IN INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL CONTENT
Our operations
M-Net channels were nominated for
at the 11th South African Film and
Television Awards (Saftas), and scooped
22 Golden Horns
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Both the M-Net 30th birthday campaign
and the M-Net Movies’ Animania Festival
were awarded Gold Promax Global
Excellence Awards
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Sporting rights renewed:
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Football:
English Premier League
(UK), Premier Soccer League (South
Africa), UEFA Champions League
(Europe)
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Rugby:
Six Nations tournament,
international matches in Wales,
Scotland and Ireland
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Cricket:
Indian Premier League
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Golf:
Masters Tournament
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Olympics:
Winter Games 2018
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Sporting rights acquired:
Commonwealth Games 2018, athletics
(IAAF Diamond League events) and
global marathons (eg London Marathon),
World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
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SuperSport pop-up channels and
exclusive events: McGregor/Mayweather
fight
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MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited
Integrated annual report 2018
Our material matters
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