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Digital Satellite Television, abbreviated DStv, is a Sub-Saharan African direct broadcast satellite service owned by MultiChoice and based in South Africa, with headquarters in Randburg. DStv provides audio, radio and television channels and services to subscribers across 50 countries, [1] [2] mostly in South Africa, Nigeria and Zimbabwe. [3 ...
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.
African Cable Television - commenced operations on 1 December 2014; operations were discontinued a few months later; CTL; Daarsat; DStv [4] [5] - Other networks like HiTV (out of operations) and StarTimes have increased the competitiveness of the cable TV market.
M-Net Movies is a group of South Africa-based film-only television channels launched as Movie Magic in 1995 and broadcast across Sub-Saharan Africa on pay TV satellite services DStv and GOtv. The channels broadcast films/movies based on genre as well as clips featuring behind-the-scenes looks at previous, current and future breakout box office ...
Multichoice's DStv had 6 million paid subscribers on 30 September 2016. [3] The Free-to-air eMedia Investments as of 2023, OpenView HD is available in more than 3 million households. While StarSat is operated by On Digital Media, [4] about 500,000 households in October 2024 in South Africa. served sub-Saharan Africa on satellite SES 5.
DStv Select 1 is a DStv bouquet of selected TV channels from MultiChoice, a multi-channel digital satellite TV service in Africa. In addition to the TV channels there were selected DMX music and radio channels. By 2010, Select 1 had 34 TV channels and 32 radio channels with a monthly subscription fee of R148 per month. In April 2013, DStv ...
1989 saw the launch of M-Net SuperSport, which went on to become South Africa's (and Sub-Saharan Africa's) first dedicated sports channel which spawned into sports-specific channels from 2003 onward. It was the year they adopted a new slogan – We Won't Stop the Magic , backed by a massive ad campaign.
South African-based MultiChoice's DStv is the main digital satellite television provider in Sub-Saharan Africa, broadcasting principally in English, but also in Portuguese, Hindi, German and Afrikaans.