| Megamax | |
| Launch Date: | 18 April 2011 (Hungary) 19 November 2012 (Romania) 1 December 2012 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Closed Date: | 1 January 2020 |
| Picture Format: | 576i (SDTV) 1080p |
| Network: | AMC Networks International Central Europe |
| Owner: | AMC Networks International |
| Language: | Hungarian Romanian Czech |
| Area: | Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia Romania |
| Replaced: | Zone Club (Hungary) |
| Replaced By: | JimJam (Central Europe) |
| Sister Channels: | AMC C8 CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Reality SuperOne Music MusicMix SuperOne MusicMix Film Mania A+ Spider Televízió Film Cafe Minimax Sport1 Sport2 Sport M Spektrum Spektrum Home TV Paprika |
Megamax was a pay television channel that was broadcast in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, owned by AMC Networks International in Central Europe. It was aimed primarily at children, 5–17 years old and broadcast animated series and teen series.
The channel closed down on 1 January 2020 at 06:00 CET.[1] Its channel slot transitioned to JimJam.
Megamax was first launched in Hungary on 18 April 2011 at 16:00 CET on Telekom and timeshared with Zone Club, which was broadcast 24 hours a day since New Year's Day 2007.[2] On 1 September 2011, Megamax increased broadcast time from 13:00 CET, and on 1 December 2011 from 07:00 CET.[3] On 1 February 2012, Zone Club closed, and the channel became available on the Hungarian UPC Direct.[4]
The channel was launched in Romania on 19 November 2012 [5] and on 1 December 2012, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.[6]
Megamax began running 24 hours a day in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia on 1 October 2014 and in Romania on 15 January 2015.[7]
Despite having obtained retransmission agreements with most operators, on 4 November 2019, AMC announced the channel's closure. The main reason of the closure was that the channel failed to obtain a higher audience share to run Hungarian advertising.