Remember When We Rushed Home for TV?
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This month marks 40 years since M-Net first flickered onto South African television screens.
The pay-tv channel launched in October 1986 — bringing with it decoders, movies without ad breaks, something called “Open Time" and a group of continuity presenters who became almost as famous as the programmes they introduced.
It was also a very different era of television — before streaming, binge-watching and hundreds of channels, when South Africans actually rushed home to catch their favourite shows.
HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look …
The pay-tv channel launched in October 1986 — bringing with it decoders, movies without ad breaks, something called “Open Time" and a group of continuity presenters who became almost as famous as the programmes they introduced.
It was also a very different era of television — before streaming, binge-watching and hundreds of channels, when South Africans actually rushed home to catch their favourite shows.
HOT1027’s Tara Penny takes a look …
