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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Major changes for DStv customers in 2025

    Major changes for DStv customers in 2025 2025 has been a year of upheaval at South Africa's biggest pay-TV service, DStv, whose parent company was taken over by a foreign broadcasting giant. French firm Canal+ has a challenging task ahead to return the three-decade-old MultiChoice to growth...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Open Time Weekend details

    DStv Open Time Weekend details DStv recently announced the return of Open Time over the weekend of 7–9 November 2025 as part of its 30th birthday celebrations. As part of the promotion, South Africa’s pay-TV broadcaster will offer free access to DStv Premium to anyone with an active DStv...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Premium customers getting priority support service

    DStv Premium customers getting priority support service MultiChoice South Africa CEO Byron du Plessis says the company is developing a priority support service for DStv Premium subscribers as one of several projects to enhance its value proposition. Du Plessis said the aim is to further...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv in big trouble

    DStv in big trouble DStv’s subscriber numbers have plummeted in the past three years, with South Africa’s largest pay-TV operator seeing its customers recede to levels last recorded in 2019. In MultiChoice’s latest financial report, its half-year results for the period ended 30 September 2024...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    MultiChoice directors not holding shares in the company

    MultiChoice directors not holding shares in the company MultiChoice's latest annual report revealed that, apart from executives who received shares, not a single director owned shares in the company. Its financial statements further revealed that MultiChoice directors have been selling shares...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    New Openview decoder with video streaming support

    New Openview decoder with video streaming support After years of teasing, eMedia has launched a new decoder for its Openview satellite TV service. The broadcaster said the launch of the Openview OV512 marked the "dawn of a new era in home entertainment for South Africa".
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv removes setting that allowed decoder owners to get 100 free channels

    DStv removes setting that allowed decoder owners to get 100 free channels DStv has removed the ability to receive around 100 free channels on its decoders, previously available through a simple setting change. MyBroadband previously used the tweak to gain access to the channels on a decoder...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv vs Canal+ — Packages and pricing compared

    DStv vs Canal+ — Packages and pricing compared Where DStv focuses on sports, local content, and a selection of international blockbusters, Canal+ subscriptions aggregate a handful of channels with various streaming providers. Groupe Canal+ is a French media conglomerate that is in the midst of...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv's subscriber decline in detail

    DStv's subscriber decline in detail MultiChoice is struggling to maintain its DStv subscriber base, with years of price hikes making the pay-TV service expensive and unaffordable for many South African residents. The company's annual results for the 2023/24 financial year revealed that it lost...
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    New satellite TV service to take on DStv in South Africa

    New satellite TV service to take on DStv in South Africa AfricaXP will expand its free-to-air satellite TV service, PremiumFree, to millions of satellite dishes in South Africa on 1 May 2021. AfricaXP is a digital content distributor and themed linear channel creator which is focussed on...
  14. Kevin Lancaster

    Satellite TV viewers only watch 10% of their channels

    Satellite TV viewers only watch 10% of their channels Recent research from Nielsen shows that, on average, pay-TV users only watch about 10% of the channels on the platform they pay for.
  15. jes

    Satellite TV operator Dish Network to accept bitcoins

    Satellite TV operator Dish Network to accept bitcoins Satellite TV operator Dish Network said it would accept bitcoin payments from customers
  16. jes

    DStv gets a new satellite and promises more services

    DStv gets a new satellite and promises more services Newly launched Intelsat–20 will replace the older Intelsat–7 and offer more capacity for more services
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  17. jes

    DStv installer accreditation is not a sham says MultiChoice

    DStv installer accreditation is not a sham says MultiChoice Installers can’t get around quality checks, says MultiChoice
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  18. QuintonB

    Free satellite TV in Africa

    Free satellite TV for Africa Samsung has unveiled plans to launch a TV in Africa with built-in support for free satellite TV
  19. jes

    DStv price hikes from 2007-2012

    DStv price hikes from 2007-2012 A comparison of MultiChoice’s subscription fee increases since 2007
  20. jes

    DStv and TopTV subscriber growth figures

    DStv and TopTV subscriber growth figures DStv showed a year-over-year increase in subscribers of 17% while TopTV doubled their number of subscribers in the same period
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