From Wednesday, 1 June, DStv Premium customers can enjoy M-Net Plus 1, which will be an exact replica of M-Net 101 with an hour time delay.

The new time-shifted channel will be available on channel 901 on DStv Premium. To accommodate this new channel, the DStv Audio Channel numbers will now start at 750 onwards while the Radio Channels from channel number 800 onwards.

“As M-Net 101 currently caters for a diverse audience with different lifestyles and viewing time preferences, we believe that the addition of M-Net Plus 1 will be welcomed by many of our viewers,” says Jan du Plessis, Director: M-Net Channels.

“While our prime-time scheduling is at convenient times for the majority of our series lovers, there are also many people – especially parents with young families - who can only start watching television a little later. With M-Net Plus 1, viewers who don’t have PVRs can now continue to enjoy linear television and stay on top of M-Net 101’s excellent series.”

A programme like Carte Blanche, for example, will be screened on M-Net 101 as per usual at 19:00 on Sundays, while it will be on M-Net Plus 1 on Sundays at 20:00.

Some new shows to look forward to in the month of June on M-Net 101 and M-Net Plus 1 are:

  • The Criminal Minds spin-off Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders in which a specialised International Division tackles some gruesome, international crimes. It starts on Thursday, 23 June at 21:30 on M-Net 101 and at 22:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • New medical drama Heartbeat, starring Golden Globe nominee Melissa George as a renegade heart-transplant surgeon. It starts on Monday, 6 June at 19:30 on M-Net 101 and at 20:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Sci-fi drama Containment, penned by the writer of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals. It follows the story of a mysterious and deadly epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, causing a city-wide quarantine. Containment starts on Wednesday, 15 June at 21:30 on M-Net 101 and at 22:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Grandfathered, a family comedy starring John Stamos. The series premiere sees a successful restaurateur and bachelor, Jimmy Martino learning that he has an adult son he never knew about. It starts on Wednesday, 1 June at 19:30 on M-Net 101 and at 20:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Season 2 of the quirky comedy The Odd Couple, that follows two mismatched housemates portrayed by Friends star Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon. It starts on Saturday, 4 June at 18:00 on M-Net 101 and at 19:00 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Mysteries of Laura sees Emmy Award winning Debra Messing returning as Detective Diamond, who along with her team, race against time to recover a kidnapped boy. It starts on Friday, 3 June at 19:30 on M-Net 101 and at 20:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Season 4 of Elementary, with Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu as classic literary sleuths, Sherlock Holmes and Watson, starts on Tuesday, 7 June at 21:30 on M-Net 101 and at 22:30 on M-Net Plus 1;
  • Season 4 of the acclaimed drama, Nashville, set in the competitive world of country music and starring Golden Globe nominees Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton, starts on Saturday 11 June at 20:00 on M-Net 101 and at 21:00 on M-Net Plus 1; and
  • Another season of The Voice USA will see Gwen Stefani returning with fellow coaches Blake Shelton, Pharrell Williams and Adam Levine. It starts Wednesday, 22 June at 18:30 on M-Net 101 and at 19:30 on M-Net Plus 1.

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