DStv
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| Type | Public |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Ferndale, Randburg, South Africa |
| Industry | Telecommunication |
| Products | Direct broadcast satellite |
| Website | www.DStv.com |
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 Ku band, which only requires a small satellite dish, while several other countries in the rest of Africa receive broadcasts via both Ku 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, SABC 1, 2 and 3 and the privately owned free-to-air terrestrial channel e.tv. 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 products and services, most recently having introduced its own Personal Video Recorder (PVR) which allows the subscriber to record DStv's content. This functionality is similar to that found on set-top Digital Video Recorder units in other countries, such as Britain's Sky+ PVR. However, neither of these systems allow viewers to download or archive the recorded content.
DStv also has separate 'bouquets' of channels in Portuguese, German, and Indian languages.
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[edit] Channels
DStv has expanded its offering from 13 to 88 video channels and 40 to 78 audio channels.
[edit] General Entertainment & Movies
100 - DStv Guide
101 - M-Net
102 - M-Net Africa
103 - M-Net Movies 1
104 - M-Net Movies 2
105 - M-Net Stars
106 - M-Net Action
107 - M-Net Extra
108 - Hallmark Channel
109 - TCM
110 - M-Net Series
111 - KykNET
112 - Magic World
113 - Sony Entertainment Television
114 - Africa Magic
115 - Africa Magic +
120 - BBC Prime
123 - GO
124 - E! Entertainment
125 - Zone Reality
126 - Animax
131 - SABC 1
132 - SABC 2
133 - SABC 3
134 - e.tv
145 - Games Channel
150 - Soweto TV
[edit] Lifestyle
180 - BBC Food
181 - Travel Channel
182 - The Home Channel
183 - Style Network
184 - Fashion TV
198 - Events
199 - Events
[edit] Sport
200 - SuperSport Update
201 - SuperSport 1
202 - SuperSport 2
203 - SuperSport 3
204 - SuperSport 4
205 - SuperSport 5
206 - SuperSport 6
207 - SuperSport 7
208 - SuperSport Maximo
209 - SuperSport Select
230 - ESPN
231 - ESPN Classic
232 - TellyTrack
247 - SuperSport Action
[edit] Documentary
250 - Discovery Channel
251 - BBC Knowledge
254 - The History Channel
255 - Crime & Investigation Network
260 - National Geographic Channel
261 - Nat Geo Wild
264 - Animal Planet
[edit] Children
300 - K-All Day
301 - Cartoon Network
302 - Boomerang
303 - Disney Channel
304 - Jetix (coming soon)
305 - Nickelodeon (coming soon)
306 - CBeebies (3 September)
319 - Mindset Learn
[edit] Music
320 - Channel O
321 - MTV Europe
322 - MTV Base
323 - VH1
324 - MK
325 - TRACE TV
331 - One Gospel
[edit] Religion
341 - TBN
343 - Rhema
346 - Iqraa TV
350 - Inspiration TV
[edit] Consumer Channels
391 - Shopping Channel 1
392 - Shopping Channel 2
393 - Shopping Channel 3
394 - Shopping Channel 4
[edit] News & Commerce
400 - BBC World News
401 - CNN International
402 - Sky News
403 - eNews Channel
404 - EuroNews
405 - Russia Today
406 - Al Jazeera International
407 - SABC Africa
408 - Parliament Channel
410 - CNBC Africa
411 - Bloomberg
412 - Summit TV
415 - Weather Channel
[edit] Free to Air (FTA) Channels
There are several free-to-air channels available on DSTV simply by adding settings onto the decoder. More details can be found at the rites blog[1]
[edit] Sentech Vivid
- SEN1-6, including Mindset Network channel 1 (education) and 2 (health), Jet TV.
- PTV1-6 (some Nagravision-encrypted).
- SABC1/2/3, e.tv (all Nagravision-encrypted).
- LCN, The Hope Channel, Ps91, ITV, DTBC, God Channel, TCT, DayStar (free-to-air, religious).
- Guide (interactive channel, probably won't work).
- There are also some audio channels available (some free-to-air, some encrypted).
[edit] Botswana TV
- BTV (free-to-air, general entertainment channel). There are multiple audio tracks on BTV, which sound like radio stations.
[edit] Fashion TV
- Fashion TV (free-to-air).
[edit] ManaSat
- ManaSat 1 (religious, free-to-air, Portuguese, 2 audio tracks).
- ManaSat 2 (religious, sometimes encrypted, Portuguese, 2 audio tracks).
[edit] Novacom
- [Novacom] (test card).
- DayStar, LoveWorld, The God Channel (religious, free-to-air).
- [RTNC] (free-to-air).
- [APNA] (free-to-air).
- [BEStv] (free-to-air).
- Extreme Sports (free-to-air).
[edit] External links
- DStv homepage
- DStv Africa homepage
- DStv Channel Shuffle homepage
- DStv Africa Channel Shuffle homepage
