Channel O

1996-2015


Channel O was launched in 1996 by M-Net (MultiChoice) as an African Music-focused channel. Since 2015, the channel has gradually faded in popularity owing to the recent channel launches of Soundcity, the Trace channels: Trace Africa and Trace Naija and Afro Music, hence the decision by M-Net to shut down the channel in South Africa (replaced by then Africa Magic World, now Africa Magic Family) as well as the rest of Africa since the end of 2017.