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M-Net Suits up in a terrific way

Cape Town – M-Net will now debut the 4th season of the American legal drama series Suits on 21 June with episodes broadcast in South Africa only three days after the USA.

The South African premium pay-TV broadcaster is moving the next season of Criminal Minds out and replacing the timeslot with the new 4th season's 16 episodes of Suits.

M-Net is doing a swift scheduling upgrade with the 4th season of Suits which starts in America on 11 June. Suits will now start with a double episode on 21 June at 19:30 in South Africa, and then one episode per week from 28 June.

Suits ended its third season on multiple cliffhangers, and with the incredibly close broadcasting dates to America, it means that less of the dramatic story developments will be spoilt or leak out before viewers in South Africa get to see it.

Record number of premium shows broadcast on M-Net quickly

The dramatic (and there really isn't any other word to describe it) way in which M-Net has ramped up and closed the broadcasting window of several premium American TV series is breathtaking.

The process started in 2012, quickened in 2013 and has led to a record 2014 television year so far for South African viewers and M-Net subscribers.

Like Suits' latest upcoming season, there is now a record number of American TV programmes shown by M-Net on its analogue service and various DStv supplied TV channels in South Africa extremely close to the American broadcasting dates.

South Africa for years lagged in terms of the roll-out gap of premium TV series as a developing TV economy behind more developed TV markets  but which have comparable TV broadcasting services  like the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.

Now, South Africa is on the verge of actually edging out New Zealand and Australia for showing more TV series, faster.

With dauntless determination difficult and sensitive foreign acquisition wrangling with often temperamental distributors, coupled with streamlined and improved digital, technological advances – M-Net has managed to somehow take a giant leap forward with TV programming and scheduling.

This ongoing strategy which is yielding major dividends for both M-Net, DStv and South African viewers alike on a programming side, not only benefits the pay-TV companies but South Africa's entire TV market.

M-Net, and by implication South African television with M-Net in the vanguard, is moving with giant strides, now solidifying and proving that South Africa too, can watch and consume premium TV content at the same time and pace as the rest of the world.

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