Universal TV Currently Has No Plans To Acquire Chicago Fire Months After M-Net's Me Had Closed On DStv

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Universal TV is a general entertainment channel operated by Showmax owner NBCUniversal on DStv alongside Telemundo, DreamWorks and Studio Universal. It is home to shows such as NCIS: Los Angeles, Chicago Med, Magnum Pi, The Equalizer and Hudson & Rex.

Months after, MultiChoice and M-Net had shuttered Me and 1Magic with the offering retaining its presence to premium households. DStv consumers had to rely on the likes of Universal TV for scripted entertainment with reality shows on MTV and E!.

Unlike MTV, a portion of Universal TV's offering do reside from M-Net and this includes the likes of Chicago PD and as mentioned Chicago Med with the addition of Chicago Fire it would complete the trilogy. 

In an enquiry to NBCUniversal over the inclusion of Chicago Fire to Universal TV:

I checked with the team who fed back that currently, there are no plans to air Chicago Fire on Universal TV, but we’ll let you know if this changes further ahead.

Universal TV was very much behind when acquiring Chicago PD and Med for consumers in Africa that even e.tv was even ahead with them being behind M-Net by like 2 seasons. If Chicago Fire ever becomes a priority for Universal TV in future expect similar treatment.

For those unfamiliar to Universal TV, it is basically a lightweight version of Sky Witness in the UK except in the UK it is more M-Net infused as there's Chicago Fire and even The Cleaning Lady. Universal TV is more skewed toward crime, medical and cop based shows.