| Me (M-Net Essentials) | |
| Closed Date: | [1] |
| Picture Format: | 1080i HDTV |
| Network: | M-Net Series (formerly) |
| Owner: | MultiChoice |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Language: | English |
| Area: | Sub Saharan Africa |
| Affiliates: | M-Net |
| Headquarters: | Johannesburg |
| Replaced: | Vuzu (merge) |
| Terr Serv 1: | DStv |
| Terr Chan 1: | Channel 115 |
| Online Chan 1: | DStv App |
M-Net Essentials, branded on-air as Me, was a South African pay television channel originally launched by M-Net on 9 July 2013 as M-Net Series Zone, one of three channels from the parent M-Net Series channel.
It rebranded as M-Net City in 2015 and as Me in 2021, the latter from a merger with Vuzu. It currently broadcasts on satellite television service DStv on channel 115.
The channel began on 1 April 1998 as The Series Channel, eventually rebranded as M-Net Series to align with the parent M-Net channel in 2005.
On 9 July 2013, the channel broke into a three-channel network consisting of M-Net Series Showcase,[2] M-Net Series Reality and M-Net Series Zone. M-Net Series Showcase was touted by M-Net as "its main network for the launch of current serial programming, M-Net Series Reality airing reality television programming and M-Net Series Zone (this channel's adopted name) airing delayed programming from M-Net. However, within a year of launch, the channel formats of M-Net Series Showcase and M-Net Series Reality failed and got respectively rebranded as Vuzu Amp and M-Net Edge on 13 and 20 October 2014.[3]
On 6 April 2015, M-Net Series Zone was rebranded as M-Net City #115,[4] the channel number suffix getting dropped the following year.
Typically, M-Net City featured reruns of international television serial programming previously aired on parent channel M-Net along with some homegrown shows, the former M-Net Edge, and sister channel 1Magic (rebranded from Vuzu Amp on 1 March 2018) and Mzansi Magic.
On 1 October 2021, M-Net announced that Vuzu would be merged into M-Net City and be rebranded as Me effective from 1 November.[5]
M-Net City signed off the air after 29 October for a 2-day channel reel promoting the premiere of its successor, along with Vuzu, with the successor assuming its channel run 3 days later at 16:00 CAT. As of 23 June 2023, the channel's official website designates the channel as M-Net Essentials whiles still maintaining its Me on-air branding.
The channel ceased operations on 31 March 2024, along with 1Magic.