DStv package price and channel comparison – Premium vs Compact vs Compact Plus
MultiChoice recently implemented its annual price adjustment for DStv, raising prices across most of its packages.
Two packages did not have their prices adjusted, however: DStv Premium and DStv EasyView. The monthly fee for all other DStv packages were increased.
The DStv Access Fee to enable video recording features on your PVR-capable decoder also increased from R90 to R95 per month.
In addition to increasing prices, MultiChoice has also made several changes to its channel line-up in the past year.
Prices
The monthly price and number of channels in each DStv package is summarised in the table below. The total channels exclude the DStv channel (DStv 100), and the price excludes the monthly PVR Access Fee.
| Package | Price | Video Channels | Cost per Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| DStv Premium | R809 | 136 | R5.95 |
| DStv Compact Plus | R519 | 118 | R4.40 |
| DStv Compact | R399 | 105 | R3.80 |
| DStv Family | R265 | 78 | R3.40 |
| DStv Access | R99 | 59 | R1.68 |
| DStv EasyView | R29 | 32 | R0.91 |
DStv Compact and up
The table below shows which channels you get with a DStv Compact subscription. All of these channels are also included with DStv Compact Plus and DStv Premium.
| DStv Compact and up – R399 per month | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Movies & Entertainment | |||
| M-Net Movies Action (110) | Fox Life (126) | eMovies Extra (140) | Mzansi Magic (161) |
| M-Net Movies All Stars (111) | BET (129) | EVA (141) | Mzansi Wethu (163) |
| Studio Universal (112) | MTV (130) | kykNET & Kie (145) | Mzansi Bioskop (164) |
| M-Net City (115) | CBS Reality (132) | kykNET Nou! (146) | ZEE World (166) |
| Vuzu (116) | Discovery TLC Entertainment (135) | AfricaMagic Epic (152) | Star Life (167) |
| Universal Channel HD (117) | Discovery Family (136) | AfricaMagic Family (154) | ROK (168) |
| Telemundo (118) | TNT Africa (137) | Real Time (155) | e.TV Extra (195) |
| BBC Brit (120) | eMovies (138) | SABC Encore (156) | |
| Fox HD (125) | M-Net Movies Zone (139) | Moja Love (157) | |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |||
| VIA (147) | Food Network (175) | Travel Channel (179) | Ignition (189) |
| Discovery ID (171) | The Home Channel (176) | National Geographic Channel (181) | Spice TV (190) |
| BBC Lifestyle (174) | Fashion One (178) | Nat Geo Wild (182) | |
| Free-to-air | |||
| SABC 1 (191) | e.tv (194) | 1KZN TV (261) | GauTV (265) |
| SABC 2 (192) | Soweto TV (251) | Tshwane TV (262) | Lesotho TV (292) |
| SABC 3 (193) | Bay TV (260) | Cape Town TV (263) | NTA I (299) |
| Sports | |||
| SuperSport Blitz (200) | SuperSport 7 (207) | SuperSport 11 (211) | |
| SuperSport 3 (203) | SuperSport 9 (209) | TeleTrack (239) | |
| SuperSport 4 (204) | SuperSport 10 (210) | Ginx eSports (240) | |
| Kids & Teen | |||
| Cartoon Network (301) | Disney XD (304) | JimJam (310) | |
| Boomerang (302) | NickToons (308) | eToonz (311) | |
| Disney (303) | Disney Junior (309) | Mindset (319) | |
| Music | |||
| Channel O (320) | MTV Base (322) | Trace Africa (326) | One Gospel (331) |
| Mzansi Music (321) | Trace Urban (325) | Sound City (327) | |
| Religion | |||
| Dumisa (340) | Day Star (342) | iTV (347) | |
| Faith (341) | TBN (343) | Emmanuel.TV (390) | |
| News & Commerce | |||
| BBC World News (400) | SABC News (404) | Parliamentary Service (408) | Business Day TV (412) |
| CNN International (401) | Al Jazeera (406) | CGTN News (409) | NDTV 24X7 (413) |
| eNCA (403) | Russia Today (407) | CNBC Africa (410) | |
| Specialist/Foreign | |||
| Rai Italia (430) | RTPi (435) | Deutsche Welle (446) | |
| Beste van Nederlands (431) | TV5 Monde Afrique (437) | CCTV-4 (447) | |
DStv Compact Plus and up
The following additional channels are included in DStv Compact and DStv Premium subscriptions.
| DStv Compact Plus and up – R519 per month | |
|---|---|
| Movies & Entertainment | |
| Comedy Central (122) | Lifetime (131) |
| ITV Choice (123) | kykNET (144) |
| E! Entertainment Television (124) | AfricaMagic Urban Movies (153) |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |
| Crime Investigation (170) | |
| History (186) | |
| Sports | |
| SuperSport 8 (208) | |
| Kids & Teen | |
| Nickelodeon (305) | |
| CBeebies (306) | |
| Music | |
| MTV Music 24 (323) | |
| News & Commerce | |
| Sky News (402) | |
DStv Premium
The following additional channels are only available on DStv Premium.
| DStv Premium – R809 per month | |
|---|---|
| Movies & Entertainment | |
| M-Net HD (101) | M-Net Movies Action+ (106) |
| 1Magic (103) | Sundance TV (108) |
| M-Net Movies Premiere (104) | BBC First (119) |
| M-Net Movies Smile (105) | M-Net Plus 1 (901) |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |
| Discovery Channel (121) | |
| BBC Earth (184) | |
| Sports | |
| SuperSport 1 (201) | SuperSport 6 (206) |
| SuperSport 2 (202) | SuperSport 12 (212) |
| SuperSport 5 (205) | SuperSport Maximo (235) |
| Kids & Teen | |
| Nick Jr. (307) | |
| News & Commerce | |
| Bloomberg (411) | |
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