Men's interest channel
A men's interest channel generally refers to either a television station, network or specialty channel that targets men as its main demographic; offering programs that will appeal to the male population.
There are two types of male interest channels: general interest and niche interest.
General interest
General interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming from various categories and genres that will appeal to the male population including films, lifestyle series, dramatic series, reality series, talk shows and more on varying topics including but not limited to cooking, travel, cars, sex, sports and more.
Examples of general interest male channels
- 5Spike (UK, rebranded by Channel 5 to take on the Paramount Network name)[1]
- 7mate (Australia)
- 10 Bold (Australia)
- Bravo (UK, defunct)
- Cine Mo! (Philippines)
- DMAX (Asia)
- DMAX (Italy)
- DMAX (Germany, Austria, Switzerland & Liechtenstein)
- DMAX (UK)
- EGO (Israel)
- Grit (USA)
- Jack City (Philippines, defunct)
- MAVTV (USA)
- Maxxx (Philippines, defunct)
- Mega (Spain)
- Nitro (Spain, defunct)
- Spike (USA, rebranded with the Paramount Network name)
- TUFF TV (USA, defunct)
- XtvN (South Korea)
- STV1 (Slovakia)
- DR1 (Denmark)
- Armenia 2 (Armenia)
Niche interest
Niche interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming with a specific television genre including film channels, sports channels, adult channels and more.
Examples of men's interest niche channels
- Adult Swim - formerly Showcase Action (Canada)
- Balls (Philippines, defunct)
- Basketball TV (Philippines, defunct)
- Esquire Network (USA, defunct)
- History2 - formerly MenTV (Canada)
- Men & Motors (UK)
- Movies4Men (UK & Republic of Ireland, became Sony Movies Action)[2]
- NBA Premium TV (Philippines, defunct)
- NBA TV (United States)
- NBA TV Canada (Canada)
- NBA TV Philippines (Philippines)
- Nuts TV (UK, defunct)
- OLN (Canada)
- Playboy TV (USA)
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