DStv

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Digital Satellite Television (also known as DStv) is MultiChoice's multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa, launched in 1995. In South Africa and neighbouring countries, it broadcasts on K_u band, which only requires a small satellite dish, while several other countries in the rest of Africa receive broadcasts via both K_u band and C-Band which requires a larger 1.2m dish. Subscribers in South Africa also receive the South African Broadcasting Corporation's three terrestrial channels, SABC1, 2 and 3. These are not available to subscribers elsewhere, for rights reasons, although they receive the SABC Africa channel.

Other countries are also able to receive their terrestrial channels, including TV Uganda and TV Mozambique. In each case for rights reasons these terrestrial channels are not available to subscribers outside the 'home' countries.

DStv has numerous innovative products and services, most recently having introduced its own Personal Video Recorder (PVR) which allows the subscriber to 'control' viewing DStv's content. For example one is able to watch two different channels simultaneously on two different domestic television sets while recording a third for viewing later. A large hard drive allows the subscriber to record up to 80 hours of content. It also allows one to pause live TV content.

DStv also has separate 'bouquets' of channels in Portuguese, German, and Indian languages.

Contents 1 Channels 1.1 Local 1.2 International 1.3 Portuguese bouquet 1.4 German bouquet 1.5 Indian bouquet 1.6 Other language channels 2 External links

[edit] Channels

[edit] Local

• M-Net
• M-Net Movies 1
• M-Net Movies 2
• M-Net Series (comedy, reality shows and dramas)
• ActionX (mostly action B movies and SciFi)
• Super Sport 1
• Super Sport 2
• Super Sport 3 (Soccer Channel)
• Super Sport 4 (Updates Channel)
• Super Sport 5 (Highlights Channel)
• Super Sport 6
• Super Sport 7
• Super Sport 8
• Super Sport 9 (South Africa only)
• Super Sport 10 (South Africa only)
• Super Sport 11 (South Africa only)
• KykNet (Afrikaans)
• The Home Channel (Home Decor)
• Telly Track (Horse Racing)
• SABC Africa
• SABC 1
• SABC 2
• SABC 3
• News24 (Interactive news channel)
• FIN24 (Interactive financial news channel)
• Summit TV (Business)
• Parliamentary Channel
• Channel O (Music)
• K-World (Children)
• Go (aimed at 14-23 year-olds)
• MK89 (Afrikaans Music Channel)
• Mindset Learn (Education)
• Activate (Education)
• AfricaMagic
• e-TV

[edit] International

• Hallmark
• Turner Classic Movies
• ESPN
• E!
• Zone Reality
• CNN
• BBC World
• BBC Prime
• BBC Food
• Sky News
• CNBC Europe
• Bloomberg
• Discovery Channel
• National Geographic Channel
• Animal Planet
• The History Channel
• Travel Channel
• Fashion TV
• Disney Channel
• Cartoon Network
• Boomerang
• MTV (localised)
• MTV Base
• VH1
• Rhema Network
• TBN
• CCTV-9 (broadcast by China Central Television) (English)
• Russia Today (English)

[edit] Portuguese bouquet

• RTP Internacional
• SIC Internacional
• TV Globo Internacional

[edit] German bouquet

• DW TV
• ARD
• ZDF
• RTL
• SAT.1
• 3sat
• Pro 7

[edit] Indian bouquet

• Zee TV
• B4U Movies
• Sony Entertainment Television - SET
• NDTV 24x7 (News)
• Sun TV (South Indian)
• KTV (South Indian)

[edit] Other language channels

• TV5 Monde (French)
• BVN-TV (Dutch)
• RTPi (Portuguese)
• RAI International (Italian)
• IQRAA (Arabic Islamic)
• CCTV 4 (Chinese)
• ERT (Greek)

[edit] External links

• DStv homepage
• DStv Africa homepage