Vuzu
{{short description|Defunct South African youth television channel}}
{{Infobox television channel
| 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.
| image =
| launch_date = {{Start date and age|2003|8|1|df=y}}
| closed_date = {{End date and age|2021|10|29|df=y}}
| 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 =
| replaced_by = Me
(channel merger onto M-Net City's space)
| sister_channels = {{Plainlist|
}}
}}
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.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 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.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.
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.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. However the network actually closed two days early, at the end of 29 October 2021.
Logos
| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" style="border:1px solid #aaa" |
| align=center
!height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | File:Channel go.png !height="150px" bgcolor="#F9F9F9" | 100px |
| width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCCCCCCCC" | 2003–09
!width="150px" colspan="1" bgcolor="#CCCCCC" | 2009–18 |
|---|
Local programs
{{div col}}
- Hit Refresh
- V Entertainment
- Vuzic
- 10 over 10
- Dineo's Diary
- Fly Chix
- Mo Love
- Scar Tissue
- Top Shayela
- I Am
- Creative Union
- Forever Young
- Top Shayela: Reality Check
{{div col end}}
References
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Category:Television stations in South Africa
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2003
Category:Television channels and stations established in 2009
Category:Television channels and stations disestablished in 2021
Category:2003 establishments in South Africa