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Television channel
TNT
is a
pay television
channel focused on movies. The network is broadcast in
Africa
under the TNT name (formerly
TCM Africa
until 2018), as well as in the
Arab world
as
TCM MENA
; the latter features its own schedule and optional Arabic subtitles.
TCM MENA was split off from the African feed on 1 January 2016, and is available exclusively on
BeIN
.
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Meanwhile, TNT Africa is available in many providers (
DStv
,
Black
,
StarTimes
and
Canal+
).
History
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The African website, TCMAfrica.com, launched in 2010.
Turner Classic Movies Africa switched to a
16:9
widescreen presentation on 15 November 2015.
On December 27, 2015, Turner Classic Movies stopped broadcasting on
OSN
and moved to
beIN
in the Arab world.
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This was the result of an agreement between Turner Broadcasting System EMEA and beIN which moved all of the former's pay-TV channels to the latter, including Turner Classic Movies, Cartoon Network, Boomerang and CNN.
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On 1 January 2016, TCM MEA was split into TCM Africa and TCM MENA. On 21 September 2018, TCM Africa was rebranded to TNT Africa with this version being a movie channel carrying a bit of Turner Classic Movies in its line-up for a modern audience across Africa on
DStv
and
Black
. The rebranding allowed TCM Africa to offer such films as
Doom
,
Gladiator
The Green Mile
,
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army
,
The Illusionist
,
Robin Hood
, and
Tango & Cash
for at least two days.
[4]
On 18 December 2018, TNT Africa and Cartoon Network Africa were launched in HD on DStv.
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In January 2021, TNT Africa was rebranded, and announced on 22 January that the channel would begin airing
AEW Dynamite
with their secondary show
AEW Rampage
airing later that year.
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