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| Broadcast area | Arab world (TCM MENA) Sub-Saharan Africa (TNT Africa) |
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| Headquarters | Turner House, Great Marlborough Street, London,United Kingdom |
| Programming | |
| Language | English |
| Picture format | 16:9,1080i (HDTV) (Africa) 16:9,1080i (HDTV) (MENA) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Warner Bros. Discovery International |
| Sister channels | Cartoon Network Cartoon Network Arabic Cartoon Network Hindi Cartoonito CNN International HLN Discovery Channel Discovery Family Investigation Discovery Real Time TLC Food Network Travel Channel |
| History | |
| Launched | 17 September 1993; 32 years ago (1993-09-17) |
| Former names | TNT (original) (1993-1999) Turner Classic Movies (1999-2018) |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| DStv (TNT Africa) | Channel 137 |
| GOtv (TNT Africa) | Channel 16 |
| Zuku TV (TNT Africa) | Channel 225 |
TNT is apay television channel focused on movies. The network is broadcast inAfrica under the TNT name (formerlyTCM Africa until 2018), as well as in theArab world asTCM 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 onBeIN.[1] Meanwhile, TNT Africa is available in many providers (DStv,Black,StarTimes andCanal+).
Turner Classic Movies rebranded to a new logo in 2009.
The African website, TCMAfrica.com, launched in 2011.[citation needed]
Turner Classic Movies Africa switched to a16:9 widescreen presentation on 15 November 2015.[citation needed]
On 27 December 2015, Turner Classic Movies stopped broadcasting onOSN and moved tobeIN in the Arab world.[2] 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.[3]
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 onDStv andBlack. The rebranding allowed TCM Africa to offer such films asDoom,GladiatorThe Green Mile,Hellboy 2: The Golden Army,The Illusionist,Robin Hood, andTango & Cash for at least two days.[4] On 18 December 2018, TNT Africa and Cartoon Network Africa were launched in HD on DStv.[5][6] In January 2021, TNT Africa was rebranded, and announced on 22 January that the channel would begin airingAEW Dynamite with their secondary showAEW Rampage airing later that year.[7][8]
In November 2025, it was reported that TNT alongside the company's 11 other TV channels might be exiting DStv and GOtv due to a carriage dispute with MultiChoice.[9]