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  1. Jan

    DStv EasyView and Openview breakeven price comparison

    DStv vs Openview — installation and hardware price comparison South Africans who opt for Openview over DStv's cheapest package will start saving money after two years and four months, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed. If you compare DStv Access rather than DStv EasyView, Openview starts...
  3. Jan

    MultiChoice announces partnership with Peacock/NBCUniversal for 30% of Showmax

    DStv-owner MultiChoice announces massive streaming video deal MultiChoice has announced an agreement with Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky that will see South Africa’s broadcasting giant sell a 30% stake in Showmax. The new Showmax group will be powered by Peacock’s technology. It will remain...
    • Jan
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  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv switching off Chinese channel

    DStv switching off Chinese channel MultiChoice will remove the CCTV-4 channel from its DStv satellite TV service at the end of the month. The pay-TV broadcaster said this decision formed part of its regular review of channel offerings to ensure it provided customers with the "best in local and...
  5. Jan

    MultiChoice targets 5,000 counterfeit remotes, joins Partners Against Piracy

    Police seize and destroy 5,000 fake DStv remotes MultiChoice has announced that South African police seized and saw to the destruction of 5,000 counterfeit remote controls that infringed on the company’s DStv logo trademark. The company said the remotes undermined its intellectual property...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 26
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    DSTV issues on Hisense VIDAA 5.2

    Hello friends I have a Hisense OLED A8G with VIDAA 5.2 installed (latest update) The DSTV app preinstalled will play channels perfectly at their highest quality for about 1-2 minutes, and then will just suddenly pause, and the only way to get it working is to go back and start the stream over...
  7. Jan

    DStv Premium, Family, and Access prices vs inflation - 2000 to 2023

    23 years of DStv price hikes in South Africa Price increases for DStv Premium remain below inflation, whereas DStv Family subscribers are still paying more for their service in real terms than in 2013, a MyBroadband analysis shows. Although MultiChoice’s price hikes for DStv Access have...
    • Jan
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    • dstv dstv access dstv family dstv premium inflation multichoice
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    MultiChoice announces launch target for Proximity Control system to increase DStv streaming limit

    MultiChoice reveals DStv streaming limit plans MultiChoice Group COO Simon Camerer says that DStv’s Proximity Control system is in the works, on track, and they are looking towards a mid–2023 release. Proximity Control is the name of a digital rights management system MultiChoice wants to...
    • Jan
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  9. Jan

    Netflix Premium vs Showmax Pro vs DStv Premium - February 2023

    Netflix vs DStv vs Showmax — the best value for money South Africans get the highest value from a Netflix Premium subscription than from DStv Premium stream-only or Showmax Pro, provided they don't want MultiChoice's live sports coverage. Netflix's top-tier subscription is cheaper, allows more...
    • Jan
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    • dstv dstv premium multichoice netflix showmax showmax pro
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    MultiChoice announces 2023 DStv price increases, kick in on 1 April

    DStv announces price increases MultiChoice has announced its annual DStv price adjustments that will kick in on 1 April 2023. Prices will increase by an average of 4.3% across DStv’s satellite pay-TV portfolio.
  11. Jan

    Canal+ now owns over 30% of MultiChoice

    French pay-TV giant scoops up shares in DStv-owner MultiChoice French media giant Groupe Canal+ SA has increased its stake in MultiChoice to 30.27%, the company told shareholders on Friday. This is up from 26.26% in September 2022, when MultiChoice disclosed that Canal+ had bought a...
    • Jan
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    DSTV Recently Watched

    For the past few months, DSTV Now in the browser stopped updating the "Recently Watched" tab. I think the issue may have started some time in November, but open to correction on that. It always worked perfectly before. That tab used to update FIFO/first-in-first-out with the latest 6 channels...
  13. Random3328

    Major DSTV security flaw

    Hey all I raised this to DSTV support last year and they haven't done anything, I was more asked why I did such a thing in the first place. People who have DSTV accounts outside of South Africa, can technically access another person's account in SA, just by simply logging in with their connect...
  14. Jan

    DStv business packages compared - including a hospitality bundle with all SuperSport channels for R390 per TV

    Why you cannot get DStv's R390 package with all SuperSport channels DStv sells a package that includes all its SuperSport channels for just R390 per month (per screen), but it is exclusive to accommodation establishments like hotels, lodges, and B&Bs. MultiChoice's satellite TV service offers...
  15. Jan

    DStv and Openview launch new channels dedicated to repeats

    DStv and Openview launch "anti-load-shedding" channels "Anti-load-shedding" is a fancy way of saying repeats.
    • Jan
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    • dstv e.tv emedia eskom load-shedding multichoice openview
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    How MultiChoice's plans to compete with Netflix, Disney, Amazon

    DStv's strategy to compete against Netflix and Disney+ MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela said it is positioning its offerings as the “home of local and sport” as a differentiator to compete in the streaming market. Mawela spoke to CNBC Africa’s Fifi Peters at the World Economic Forum’s annual...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 47
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    MultiChoice's DStv channel changes in 2022

    DStv's channel shake-up in 2022 South Africa's biggest pay-TV provider — DStv — made several changes to its channel packages in 2022, dropping four channels and adding seven. The MultiChoice-owned satellite TV provider also dropped four eMedia channels in July but was forced to reinstate them...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Openview's 2022 channel changes

    Openview's 2022 channel changes DStv competitor Openview made several changes to its catalogue that saw the broadcaster add three channels and drop two. Openview also announced the launch of a fourth channel for the year — BBC UKTV. However, the launch was postponed to "finalise details for...
  19. Jan

    DStv adding Qwest TV on 20 January 2023

    DStv launching first new channel for 2023 DStv is getting a new music-focused channel called Qwest TV later this month. The satellite TV broadcaster announced the addition of the channel in a tweet on Thursday.
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Best Christmas movies to stream this year

    Best Christmas movies to stream this year Families travelling during the festive season may not have access to satellite TV broadcasts like those from DStv and the SABC. However, they can still stream Christmas movies while away, provided they have a suitable Internet connection.
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    Optical LNB

    My DStv signal recently failed and I was talked into replacing the LNB with an optical LNB at a cost of ~R3,000. Was I ripped off with an unnecessary up-sell, or is this now standard as the technician claimed?
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