New programming on pay TV channel

12 November 2006 sees the start of Big Love, a series about the trials and tribulations of a modern-day polygamist living in Salt Lake City in the USA. Tom Hanks is one of the executive producters.

The Office, which launches on 21 November 2006, is an Emmy-nominated workplace comedy based on a British hit. It is a tongue-in-cheek documentary style look at the world of the 9 - 5 white collar work environment, with all its office politics, humour, banality and poignancy. The headline sponsorship, says Oracle Airtime Sales, has already been snapped up by Peugeot, but traditional commercial airtime opportunities are still available.

On 25 November 2006 will be the screening of the pilot episode of Jacob's Cross, a local drama series set in South Africa and Nigeria and also the first local drama to be broadcast on M-Net Series on DStv. It is an epic African story about one man's desire to build the next great empire on a foundation of off-shore oil resources and the power play of big business. The rest of the series commences on 26 January 2007.

M-Holiday Channel returns on 11 December 2006, featuring a host of entertaining movies and series right through to 7 January 2007.

Close on its heels is Crumbs, about a family with issues. Two estranged brothers return to their hometown to support their mother, who has just been released from a psychiatric ward and has yet to find out about her ex-husband's baby with his new girlfriend.