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StarSat (formerly TopTV until 31 October 2013 [1]) is a South African direct broadcast satellite television service that began broadcasting on 1 May 2010. [2] StarSat is operated by On Digital Media, [3] who were granted a pay-TV license by ICASA in September 2007. [4]
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The ICASA was also criticized for undermining the issue of high rates of mobile calls, and for not handling the monopolistic hold of MTN and Vodacom on the SA mobile market (91% of market shares). [4] In 2012, the broadcast request of TopTV (broadcaster of adult content channels Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice) was refused by the ICASA. [5]
This division, called DStv (Digital Satellite Television), had first been launched in South Africa on October 6, 1995, making it the first direct-to-home digital pay-TV service outside the US. [ 8 ] In 2002, a "Dual-view" decoder was launched by DStv which allowed the simultaneous viewing of two different channels from a single satellite feed.
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In 1986, Die Nasionale Pers formed a partnership with other South African publishing companies and launched pay-TV service M-Net. [16] M-Net proved successful and, with sister companies MultiChoice and M-Web, steadily expanded its operations both in South Africa and internationally throughout the 1990s.
Soweto Community Television (Soweto TV) [1] is a South African community television channel broadcasting in the biggest township in South Africa, Soweto.The channel is free-to-air in Gauteng Province and it also broadcasts to South African subscribers on the DStv pay TV service on channel 251 and Starsat on channel 488.
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986. [1] The channel broadcasts both local and international programming, including general entertainment, children's series, sport and movies.