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 young males, 5–17 years old and broadcast animated series and teen series.
| Broadcast area | Hungary Czech Republic Slovakia Romania |
|---|---|
| Network | AMC Networks International Central Europe |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Hungarian Romanian Czech |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) 1080p |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | AMC Networks International |
| Sister channels | AMC C8 CBS Action CBS Drama CBS Reality SuperOne Music MusicMix SuperOne MusicMix Film Mania A+ Spider Televízió Film Café Minimax Sport1 Sport2 Sport M Spektrum Spektrum Home TV Paprika |
| History | |
| Launched | 18 April 2011 (Hungary) 19 November 2012 (Romania) 1 December 2012 (Czech Republic and Slovakia) |
| Replaced | Zone Club (Hungary) |
| Closed | 1 January 2020 |
| Replaced by | JimJam (Central Europe) |
The channel closed down on 1 January 2020 at 06:00 CET.[1] Its channel slot transitioned to JimJam.
History
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.
Former Programmes
- Almost Naked Animals
- Angry Birds Toons
- Adventurers: Masters of Time
- Alienators: Evolution Continues
- The Avatars
- Bernard
- Beyblade: Burst
- Blue Water High
- Casper's Scare School
- Chuck's Choice
- Code Lyoko
- Code Lyoko: Evolution
- Cosmic Quantum Ray
- Cyboars
- Dance Academy
- Dark Oracle
- Dork Hunters from Outer Space
- Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Delilah and Julius
- Digimon Fusion
- Dream Defenders
- Eon Kid
- Extreme Football
- Flight Squad
- Freefonix
- Future Card Buddyfight
- Galactik Football
- Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)
- Ghost Rockers
- Girl vs. Boy
- Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!
- G.I. Joe: Renegades
- Hero Factory
- Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
- Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
- Infinity Nado
- Invizimals
- Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
- Kong
- Little Battlers Experience
- Legends of Chima
- Legend Of Enyo
- Legend of the Dragon
- Linkers, Codes Secrets
- Looped
- Magi-Nation
- Marcus Level
- Homestar Runner
- Matt Hatter Chronicles
- Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
- Max Steel
- Mudpit
- M.I. High
- Mixels
- Metajets
- Mr. Young
- My Giant Friend
- Nerds and Monsters
- Ninjago
- Numb Chucks
- Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms
- Oscar's Oasis
- Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
- Piggy Tales
- Plankton Invasion
- Power Rangers
- Radio Free Roscoe
- Ready for This
- Really Me
- Roman Mysteries
- ROX
- Sam Fox: Extreme Adventures
- Scaredy Squirrel
- SheZow
- Shoebox Zoo
- Sidekick
- Skyland
- Slugterra
- Some Assembly Required
- Sonic Boom
- Sonic X
- Speed Racer: The Next Generation
- Spike Team
- Stoked
- Stormworld
- Strange Hill High
- Street Football
- Super 4
- Supa Strikas
- Tara Duncan: The Evil Empress
- Teen Days
- Tenkai Knights
- The Amaz. E. Friends
- The Basketeers
- The Elephant Princess
- The Invisible Man
- The Latest Buzz
- The Sparticle Mystery
- The Stanley Dynamic
- The Twisted Whiskers Show
- The Wannabes
- Transformers: Armada
- Transformers: Energon
- Transformers: Cybertron
- Voltron Force
- Voltron: The Third Dimension
- What's Up Warthogs!'
- Wolverine and the X-Men
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal
- Zeke's Pad
- Zip Zip
- Zorro: Generation Z
See also
References
- ^ "Megszűnik a Megamax". dtvnews.hu. 2019-11-04.
- ^ "Megamax od 18. dubna v Maďarsku". parabola.cz. 2011-04-17.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2018-12-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "UPC Direct: Megamax - první kanál jen na nových kartách". parabola.cz. 2012-01-18.
- ^ "Televiziunea pentru copii Megamax se lansează pe 19 noiembrie în România". mediafax.ro. 2012-11-16.
- ^ "UPC zaraďuje Megamax, nový detský televízny kanál pre chlapcov". parabola.cz. 2012-11-28.
- ^ "Éjjel-nappal Megamax". 4 September 2014.