A men's interest channel generally refers to either a television station

Television station

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, network

Television network

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 or specialty channel

Specialty channel

A specialty channel can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted television market at a specific demographic....

 that targets men as its main demographic; offering programs that will 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 various categories and genres that will appeal to the male population including films, lifestyle series, dramatic series, reality series, talk shows and more on varying topics including but not limited to cooking, travel, cars, sex, sports and more.

Examples of general interest male channels

• mentv
  Mentv
  The Cave is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel dedicated to airing lifestyle and entertainment programming aimed at men. It is currently owned by Groupe TVA and Shaw Media.-History:...
  
   (Canada)
• Spike (USA)
• MavTV
  MavTV
  Mav TV is a digital cable channel, focused towards men in the 18-54 age group. It features original programming centered around topics that appeals to men, such as sports, comedies, gadgets, gaming, and women.-History:...
  
   (USA)
• Nitro
  Nitro
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   (Spain)
• EGO Channel
  EGO Channel
  EGO Channel is an Israeli digital cable television channel that launched in 2002. EGO's programming is tailored to the "hot-blooded 18-45 male audience". EGO is owned by Ananey Communications.Programming occurs across four categories:...
  
   (Israel)
• Bravo (UK)

Niche interest

Niche interest men's channels are television channels that contain programming with a specific television genre including film channels, sports channels, adult channels and more.

Examples of men's interest niche channels

• Action (Canada)
• Bite TV
  Bite TV
  BiteTV is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel. BiteTV is a comedy-focused channel including sitcoms, sketch comedy, stand-up, films, comedy shorts, and more...
  
   (Canada)
• Playboy TV
  Playboy TV
  Playboy TV is a premium monthly subscription television channel. Since its launch in 1982 in partnership with Cablevision which eventually sold their share back to Playboy, Playboy TV has become a leading entertainment channel for adult entertainment...
  
   (USA)
• Men & Motors
  Men & Motors
  Men & Motors was a men's lifestyle television channel in the UK. It was the last remaining station operated by the former Granada Sky Broadcasting joint venture, set up by Granada Television and satellite broadcaster British Sky Broadcasting in 1996...
  
  (UK)
• Men's Outdoor & Recreation Channel (USA)