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 |
Links | |
Website |
www |
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]
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]
Kyknet lekker is available on DStv access but not on other packages. Kyknet en kie, Kyknet nou, en Kyknet via is on DStv access, family, compact, compact+ and DStv premium, while Kyknet 144 HD is available on DStv premium and compact plus. The Flieknet channel is available on all packages for R100 extra as a addon. It is available on DStv premium For free.