Men's interest channel

Type of television channel catering to men

A men's interest channel generally refers to either a television station, network or specialty channel that targets men as its main demographic; offering programs that appeal to the male population.

There are two types of male interest channels: general interest and niche interest.

General interest

General interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming from diverse genres and categories that will appeal to the male population including films, lifestyle series, dramatic and action series, reality series, talk shows and more on varying topics including but unlimited to cooking, travel, cars, sex, sports and more.

Examples of general interest male channels

5Action (UK, rebranded by Channel 5 to take on the Paramount-owned Paramount Network name)^[1]
6'eren (Denmark)
7mate (Australia)
9Rush (Australia)
10 Bold (Australia)-owned by Paramount
Bravo (UK, defunct)
BTV (Lithuania)
bTV Action (Bulgaria)
Canal+ Action (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Myanmar & Africa)
Cine Mo! (Philippines)
Cool TV (Hungary)
DMAX (EMEA)-owned by WBD
Duo 5 (Estonia)
EGO (Israel, defunct)
Energy (Spain)
Film Aksion (Albania)
FilmBox Action (Poland)
FX (Latin America)
Grit (United States)
Heroes & Icons (United States)
His TV (Hong Kong, defunct)
Italia 2 (Italy)
ITV4 (UK)
Jack City (Philippines, defunct)
Kanal 9 (Sweden)
Kanal A (Slovenia)
Kutonen (Finland)
Play6 (Belgium)
JOJ PLUS (Slovakia)
REX (Norway)
Rock Action (Southeast Asia, South Africa)
Rush (New Zealand)
Markíza Dajto (Slovakia)
MAVTV (United States)
Maxxx (Philippines, defunct)
MBC Action (MENA)
MCN 24 (Albania)
Mega (Spain)
MTV Max (Finland)
Nitro (Germany)
Nitro (Spain, defunct)
Nova Action (Czech Republic)
Spike (United States, rebranded with the Paramount-owned Paramount Network name)
Polsat Play (Poland)
ProSieben Maxx (Germany)
Prva Kick (Serbia, Montenegro)
RTL 7 (Netherlands)
Tring Action HD (Albania)
Tuff TV (United States, defunct)
TV3+ (Norway)
TV3 Max (Denmark)
TV6 (Swedish)-owned by Viaplay Group
TV6 (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia)
TVNZ Duke (New Zealand)
XtvN (South Korea, defunct)
Veronica (Netherlands)
VTM 4 (Belgium)

Niche interest

Niche interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming with a specific genre, mainly that involving motoring, adult entertainment, and styling, though they are also subject to channel drift if their specific audience does not rate well to encompass a general audience that includes women.