Megamax was a pay television channel that was broadcast in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic and Slovakia, owned by AMC Networks International in Central Europe. It was aimed primarily at children, 5–17 years old and broadcast animated series and teen series.
The channel closed down on 1 January 2020 at 06:00 CET. Its channel slot transitioned to JimJam.
History
Megamax was first launched in Hungary on 18 April 2011 at 16:00 CET on Telekom and timeshared with Zone Club, which was broadcast 24 hours a day since New Year's Day 2007. On 1 September 2011, Megamax increased broadcast time from 13:00 CET, and on 1 December 2011 from 07:00 CET. On 1 February 2012, Zone Club closed, and the channel became available on the Hungarian UPC Direct.
The channel was launched in Romania on 19 November 2012 and on 1 December 2012, in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Megamax began running 24 hours a day in the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia on 1 October 2014 and in Romania on 15 January 2015.
Despite having obtained retransmission agreements with most operators, on 4 November 2019, AMC announced the channel's closure. The main reason of the closure was that the channel failed to obtain a higher audience share to run Hungarian advertising.
Final programs
Almost Naked Animals
Angry Birds Toons
Adventurers: Masters of Time
Alienators: Evolution Continues
The Avatars
B-Daman Crossfire
B-Daman Fireblast
Bernard
Beyblade: Burst
Blue Water High
Casper's Scare School
Chuck's Choice
Code Lyoko
Code Lyoko: Evolution
Cosmic Quantum Ray
Cyboars
Dance Academy
Danger Mouse (2015)
Dark Oracle
Dork Hunters from Outer Space
Degrassi: The Next Generation
Delilah and Julius
Digimon Fusion
Dream Defenders
Eon Kid
Extreme Football
Flight Squad
Freefonix
Future Card Buddyfight
Galactik Football
Gaming Show (In My Parents' Garage)
Ghost Rockers
Girl vs. Boy
Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return!
G.I. Joe: Renegades
Hero Factory
Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
Huntik: Secrets & Seekers
Infinity Nado
Invizimals
Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight
Kong
Little Battlers Experience
Legends of Chima
Legend Of Enyo
Legend of the Dragon
Linkers, Codes Secrets
Looped
Magi-Nation
Marcus Level
Matt Hatter Chronicles
Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends
Max Steel
Mudpit
M.I. High
Mixels
Metajets
Mr. Young
My Giant Friend
Nerds and Monsters
Ninjago
Numb Chucks
Nutri Ventures – The Quest for the 7 Kingdoms
Oscar's Oasis
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures
Piggy Tales
Plankton Invasion
Pokémon (seasons 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 19 only)