Central European pay television channel
Television channel
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.
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.
