More MultiChoice DStv Customers Join M-Net Trackers Craze

The much-anticipated adaptation of Deon Meyer’s international bestselling crime thriller, Trackers, which will take top-notch African storytelling to the world, hit screens last week Sunday at 09:00 PM. 

Not only was the five-part series – a co-production between M-Net, HBO’s sister channel Cinemax, and the German broadcaster ZDF – made its worldwide debut across Africa in the prime-time slot usually allocated to Hollywood’s biggest blockbuster movies on M-Net 101, it will also immediately be available on the MultiChoice video-on-demand service, ShowMax.

To add to the excitement, MultiChoice decided to make the DStv Premium channel, M-Net 101, available on the decoders of its DStv Family, Compact and Compact Plus customers as well – for one night only, between 05:00 PM and 09:10 PM last week Sunday.

“Trackers shines the spotlight on the incredible talent working in the African film and television industry,” said John Ugbe, MultiChoice Nigeria CEO. “We are immensely proud of this milestone production. It’s one of the biggest ventures in the history of M-Net and we trust that it will be the first of many enticing and authentic stories from our continent to reach global audiences. Last week Sunday, was a big night for MultiChoice, and we shared the pilot episode, which has the feel of a movie, with more of our customers.”

The pilot episode of the exhilarating five-part series – loaded with heart-thumping action scenes, multi-layered characters, and chilling plot twists – is 90 minutes long.

The rest of the story will unfold in four hour-long episodes.

With each episode scheduled for 07:00 PM on M-Net 101, the weekly blockbuster movie premiere will be screened an hour later than usual, at 21:00, on 3, 10, 17 and 24 November.

Set against uniquely Southern African landscapes – from the Karoo to Khayelitsha and Limpopo to the Bo-Kaap – Trackers spins a web of intrigue that involves conspiracy, corruption, diamonds and rhinos, smugglers and smooth operators.

The characters oscillate between good and evil, daring and dangerous and are portrayed by a stellar cast, including Thapelo Mokoena, Rolanda Marais, Brendan Daniels, Sandi Schultz, James Gracie, Sisanda Henna and Ed Stoppard.