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Vuzu

Defunct South African youth television channel

Summary

Defunct South African youth television channel

Field	Value
name	VUZU
logo	Vuzu logo 2018.png
logo_size	200px
logo_alt	A black disc displays the name of the network, Vuzu, in all capital white letters.
caption	Network's logo since 2018.
launch_date
closed_date
picture_format	16:9 SDTV 1080 HD
network	M-Net
owner	Naspers
country	South Africa
language	English
area	Africa
headquarters	Johannesburg
former_names	Go
(2003 - 2009)
replaced_by	Me
(channel merger onto M-Net City's space)
sister_channels	{{Plainlist

(2003 - 2009) (channel merger onto M-Net City's space)

Channel O
1Magic
Mzansi Magic

Vuzu was a South African youth-oriented television channel produced by M-Net for sister pay television platform DStv.

History

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

In March 2009, it was announced that the channel would be rebranded as Vuzu on 1 July 2009, tying into an attempted social network 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 M-Net Series, 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. However the network actually closed two days early, at the end of 29 October 2021.

Logos

[[File:Channel go.png]]	[[File:VuzuTv 2009.png	100px]]	2003–09	2009–18

Former Local Programming

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

Former International Programming

10 Things I Hate About You
24
Adult Swim Block (late nights only)
America's Best Dance Crew
America's Next Top Model
Angry Boys
Are We There Yet?
The Bachelor
The Bachelor Canada
Bachelor Pad
The Bad Girls Club
Basketball Wives
Blue Water High
Bob's Burgers
Boston Med
Brand X With Russell Brand
Braxton Family Values
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Caprica
The Class
The Cleveland Show
Community
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Delta State
Drop Dead Diva
Duckman
Edgemont
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Entourage
The Event
Excused
Falcon Beach
Family Guy
Famous in Love
Fashion Star
Flipping Out
For Better or Worse
Friday Night Lights
Friends
Futurama
The Game
Ghost Whisperer
Glee
Gossip Girl
Got to Dance
Happy Endings
headLand
Hellcats
High Society
Hollywood's Top Ten
Home and Away
Hope and Faith
Huge
In Justice
Instant Star
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Jerry Springer Show
Jersey Couture
King of the Hill
Knock First
Kyle XY
Lala's Full Court Life
The League
Less Than Perfect
Louie
Mad About You
Mad Fashion
Made in Chelsea
Madison
Make It or Break It
Married... with Children
Marrying The Game
Melissa & Joey
The Middle
The Mindy Project
Models of the Runway
Modern Family
My Boys
My Kitchen Rules
Naked Josh
Newlyweds: The First Year
The Nine
No Ordinary Family
Oblivious
The O.C.
On The Red Carpet
One Tree Hill
The Originals
The Parkers
Perez Hilton: All Access
Persons Unknown
Pretty Little Liars
Project Accesory
Project Runway
Ready For Love
The Real Housewives of Atlanta
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
The Real Housewives of New York City
Redneck Island
The Ricky Gervais Show
Romantically Challenged
Royal Pains
Rubicon
RuPaul's Drag Race
Scrubs
The Secret Life of Us
Seinfeld
The Simpsons
Smallville
So You Think You Can Dance
South of Nowhere
South Park
Sullivan & Son
Supernatural
Suburgatory
Sweet Home Alabama
Tabitha's Salon Takeover
Tamar & Vince
Tanisha Gets Married
Teen Wolf
Top Chef
Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell
Trophy Wife
Twenty Good Years
Unsupervised
V
The Vampire Diaries
Veronica Mars
The War at Home
Web Therapy
Weeds
What About Brian
Wilfred
Without a Trace

References

TVSA: [https://www.tvsa.co.za/user/blogs/viewblogpost.aspx?blogpostid=17489 Canned: K All Day And GO] 3 March 2009.
MyBroadband:[https://mybroadband.co.za/news/technology/7895-go-channel-cancelled-for-vuzu.html Go Channel canceled for ‘Vuzu’] 4 May 2009
News24: [https://www.news24.com/channel/tv/news/dstv-channel-vuzu-has-changed-its-look-and-heres-why-20180904 DStv channel VUZU has changed its look and here's why] 4 September 2021.
TV with Thinus: [https://teeveetee.blogspot.com/2021/10/multichoice-and-m-net-to-end-m-net-city.html?m=1 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.

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