MultiChoice announces shuffle of its DStv Bouquet

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The new channel numbers will be as follows:


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[B][U][COLOR="Red"]General Entertainment[/COLOR][/U][/B]	Was	Now 

DStv Guide		1	100 
M-Net			3	101 
M-Net Africa		103	102 
M-Net Series		36	104 
KykNET			35	105 
action X		6	106 
Africa Magic		102	107 
go			10	110 
BBC Prime		40	120 
SABC1 (SA)		46	131 
SABC2 (SA)		47	132 
SABC3 (SA)		48	133 
e-TV (SA)		49	134 
NBC (Nam)		101	135 
ZNBC (Zam)		107	136 
BTV (Bot)		105	137 
ZTV (Zim)		104	138 
Games Channel		45	145 
Zone Reality		42	148 
E! - Entertainment	41	149

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Movies[/COLOR][/U][/B]			Was	Now 

M-Net Movies 1		4	150 
M-Net Movies 2		5	152 
Hallmark		8	155 
TCM			9	159

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Lifestyle & Culture[/COLOR][/U][/B]	Was	Now 

BBC Food		70	180 
Travel Channel		71	181 
Home Channel		55	182 
Fashion TV		72	189 
Events			37	198 
Events			38	199

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Sport[/COLOR][/U][/B]			Was	Now 

SuperSport Update	24	200 
SuperSport 1		21	201 
SuperSport 2		22	202 
SuperSport 3		23	203 
SuperSport 4			204 
SuperSport 5		25	205 
SuperSport 6		26	206 
SuperSport 7		27	207 
SuperSport MaXimo	28	208 
SuperSport (VC Select)	29	209 
SuperSport Upd (Afr)	17	220 
SuperSport Upd 3 (Afr)	18	223 
SuperSport Upd 5 (Afr)	19	225 
ESPN			33	230 
Telly Track		34	232 
SuperSport Action	30	247

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[U][B][COLOR="red"]Documentary[/COLOR][/B][/U]		Was	Now 

Discovery Channel	65	250 
History Channel		68	254 
C&I Network		69	255 
National Geographic	66	260 
Animal Planet		67	264

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]News & Commerce[/COLOR][/U][/B]		Was	Now 

BBC World		50	280 
CNN International	51	281 
Sky News		52	282 
Euro News		61	283 
Russia Today		108	284 
Al Jazeera		62	285 
SABC Africa		53	286 
Parliament		58	289 
CNBC Africa		54	290 
Bloomberg		56	291 
Summit TV		55	292 
Weather Channel		57	298 
24.com NEWS		59	299

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Children[/COLOR][/U][/B]		Was	Now 

K-ALL Day		80	300 
Cartoon Network		83	301 
Bommerang		81	302 
Disney			82	303 
Mindset Learn		100	319

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Music[/COLOR][/U][/B]			Was	Now 

Channel O		87	320 
MTV Europe		85	321 
MTV Base		88	322 
VH-1			86	323 
MK			89	324

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Religion[/COLOR][/U][/B]		Was	Now 

TBN			77	341 
Rhema			78	343 
IQRAA			94	346

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[U][B][COLOR="red"]Consumer Channels[/COLOR][/B][/U]	Was	Now 

Shopping Channel 1	113	391 
Shopping Channel 2	121	392 
Shopping Channel 3	123	393 
Shopping Channel 4	112	394

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[B][U][COLOR="red"]Specialist Bouquets[/COLOR][/U][/B]	Was	Now 

Sony			2	450 
B4U			3	451 
ZEE TV			4	452 
NDTV24			5	453 
SUN			6	456 
KTV			7	455 
CSN			50	490 

BVN			91	400  
ERT			97	410 
CCTV 4			95	420 
CCTV 9			106	421 
RAI International	93	430 
Deutsche Welle		96	446 
RTPi			92	501 
TV 5 Monde Afrique	90	604 

RTPi			4	502 
SIC International	2	503 
Globo			3	510 

RTL			1	440 
SATI			2	441 
ARD			3	442 
ZDF			4	443 
PRO7			5	444 
3SAT			6	445 
Deustshe Welle		7	446
 
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IMO it sounds like DSTV & MonoChoice are trying to con potential new customers into thinking that DSTV has 510 different channels.

In case anyone from MonoChoice is listening, DSTV is exorbitantly priced and is mostly filled with crap that is repeated over and over again. Lower your prices drastically and allow people to create their own personal bouquet of channels for a price that is reasonable, or lose customers when competition arrives. Mock our words at your own peril MonoChoice.
 
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Why is everyone having a bitch?

They have to move to three digit, 1 - 99 is almost full, look at the news and music genres, no more space. Very simple actually.
 
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The problem is people are unable to all just gang together.
If everyone (that is EVERYONE) cancelled DSTV and refused to resubscribe until decent quality shows were broadcast at acceptable rates, DSTV would buckle in.

Not likely to happen, is it?
 
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I remember the last time they did this... caused havoc and chaos with ppl who had gotten to know the channel numbers.

Does look like they're making space for a few new channels with the way the numbers have been arranged though, which could be a good thing.
 
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I've said it once and I'll say it again. DSTV offers most value to people who are interested in a cross-section of sports.
 
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Likely making super profits

MultiChoice has experienced a tremendous growth
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So how come the subscription keeps on increasing? It should have come down over time. :eek:
 
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I'd personally rather have the channels arranged in the new way. It's pretty annoying having random channels all over the place at the moment. I mean Go is in the most random place of all...
 
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More spin from monochoice garbage.

Why can't I select my own channel numbers and group my channels the way I want them? - It used to be possible.
 
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PVR Schedule

The PVR Schedule should be fine. I am nearly 100% sure the changes were made to smoothly upgrade from the one channel number system to the next (The actual numbers matter very little to the decoder, the channel identifiers are still the same, just the channel mapping is different so the schedule should still be okay). I say should because well, things seem to always work on the multitude of tests you do and then in a small number of cases for some reason it doesn't work :(. Joys of software :p
 
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People dont like change.. Deal with it, if you dont like the change then go watch sabc and save yourself money.

They obuestly have plans in the future to introduce many more channels and this is need to accomadate it..

I emailed DSTV broadband and they said that they will be open to the public at the begining of october. They have some nice stuff on the site, of course its all content that has aired. But i would like to get Survivor and Carte Blanche etc..

I think that they are bring out some good new things.. Just updating there system now which was proberbly needed. I have no problem with it. :)
 
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Freaksta said:
People dont like change.. Deal with it, if you dont like the change then go watch sabc and save yourself money.

They obuestly have plans in the future to introduce many more channels and this is need to accomadate it..

I emailed DSTV broadband and they said that they will be open to the public at the begining of october. They have some nice stuff on the site, of course its all content that has aired. But i would like to get Survivor and Carte Blanche etc..

I think that they are bring out some good new things.. Just updating there system now which was proberbly needed. I have no problem with it. :)
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Will I be able to find the SABC channels after the re-shuffle of existing channel numbers...

If this channel number shuffle is required to introduce new channels, then when are the new channels going to be available??? - let me guess - only when MonoChoice has some serious competition to deal with...:rolleyes:
 
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ajax said:
three numbers to enter now? hmm, my decoder crashes once a day already :(
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Megabyte said:
IMHO It's actually rather a question of the ease of the user interface, once you go to 3 digits per channel then the user must key in 3 digits for all channels, otherwise is it channel 10 he wants or should I hang around in case he means to type channel 100, or should he have to key 010 to be sure? It's way easier to start at 100. Much less confusing to the user (and less complex to implement).

OTOH It's also consistent with other countries who have analogue channels at 1-99 and digital channels 100+ (useful when TV's incorporate both technologies) .
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Having to enter 101 for M-Net where I used to enter 3 sure as hell does not seam easier to me.
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why do you guys input numbers to go to channels?
just use your directional keys on rc and choose the ch;)
 
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stoke said:
Damn .. getting their crappy remote to work just pressing 3 was hard enough, now they want us to press 3 numbers on that crappy remote. BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I still don't understand how it is that my amp remote I can point just about anywhere and it still works, but, point the DSTV remote 1mm out of line with the receiver, and the decoder does not pick up the signal.

You have to press the button so hard to get it to work that your pressing action moves the remote, and therefore the decoder will not get the signal.

OH .. DUH ... they're going to start selling new - improved remotes ... BWAAAHAHAHAHAHA
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your rc batterys are flattery:D
 
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You guys USE Multichoice decoders?!!! there is a world of PVR's out there that are not manufactured by the Disney Corporations :D UEC is mickey-mouse's rival.
 
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