DStv channels and prices – Premium vs Compact vs Compact Plus
MultiChoice offers DStv customers a number of bouquets, each of which has its own selection of channels and perks.
For example, DStv Compact is priced at R399 per month and offers viewers 118 channels, while DStv Premium offers 150 channels and is priced at R809 per month.
DStv Premium also includes a free subscription to Showmax.
Each bouquet’s offering can also change when DStv launches new channels or makes channels available to viewers on lower-subscription tiers.
We’ve detailed some of the most recent changes below and compared the current offerings and prices of the DStv Compact, Compact Plus, and Premium bouquets.
New channels and shows
In November 2019, MultiChoice announced that it had launched two new DStv channels – CBS Justice and CuriosityStream.
CBS Justice is a 24/7 crime channel which is available to Premium and Compact Plus subscribers on DStv channel 170.
CuriosityStream is a Premium-only offering and is being aired on channel 185.
The company also said it would bring more shows from its higher-level bouquets to DStv Compact subscribers.
These shows include the locally-produced Grassroots and the Real Housewives of Johannesburg, which were previously only available on 1Magic and Showmax.
The shows are now broadcast on Mzansi Magic (channel 161) and Mzansi Wethu (channel 163), in addition to 1Magic.
Prices
The monthly price and number of channels in each DStv package are summarised in the table below. The prices exclude the monthly PVR Access Fee.
| Package | Price | Channels | Cost per Channel |
|---|---|---|---|
| DStv Premium | R809 | 151 | R5.34 |
| DStv Compact Plus | R519 | 133 | R3.90 |
| DStv Compact | R399 | 120 | R3.33 |
| DStv Family | R265 | 87 | R3.05 |
| DStv Access | R99 | 67 | R1.48 |
| DStv EasyView | R29 | 37 | R0.78 |
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) | M-Net Movies Zone (139) | Moja Love (157) |
| M-Net Movies All Stars (111) | BET (129) | eMovies Extra (140) | Mzansi Magic (161) |
| Studio Universal (112) | MTV (130) | EVA (141) | Mzansi Wethu (163) |
| M-Net City (115) | Lifetime (131) | kykNET & Kie (145) | Mzansi Bioskop (164) |
| Vuzu (116) | CBS Reality (132) | kykNET Nou! (146) | ZEE World (166) |
| Universal Channel HD (117) | Discovery TLC Entertainment (135) | AfricaMagic Epic (152) | Star Life (167) |
| Telemundo (118) | Discovery Family (136) | AfricaMagic Family (154) | ROK (168) |
| BBC Brit (120) | TNT Africa (137) | Real Time (155) | e.TV Extra (195) |
| Fox HD (125) | eMovies (138) | SABC Encore (156) | |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |||
| VIA (147) | Food Network (175) | Fashion One (178) | Nat Geo Wild (182) |
| Discovery ID (171) | The Home Channel (176) | Travel Channel (179) | Ignition (189) |
| BBC Lifestyle (174) | HGTV (177) | National Geographic Channel (181) | Spice TV (190) |
| 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) | TeleTrack (239) |
| SuperSport 3 (203) | SuperSport 9 (209) | SuperSport 10 (210) | Ginx eSports (127) |
| SuperSport 4 (204) | |||
| Kids & Teen | |||
| Cartoon Network (301) | Disney XD (304) | JimJam (310) | eToonz (311) |
| Boomerang (302) | NickToons (308) | Disney Junior (309) | Mindset (319) |
| Disney (303) | |||
| Music | |||
| Channel O (320) | MTV Base (322) | Trace Africa (326) | One Gospel (331) |
| Mzansi Music (321) | Trace Urban (325) | Sound City (327) | Trace Gospel (332) |
| Religion | |||
| Dumisa (340) | Day Star (342) | iTV (347) | Emmanuel.TV (390) |
| Faith (341) | TBN (343) | ||
| News & Commerce | |||
| BBC World News (400) | SABC News (404) | Russia Today (407) | CNBC Africa (410) |
| CNN International (401) | Newzroom Afrika (405) | Parliamentary Service (408) | Business Day TV (412) |
| eNCA (403) | Al Jazeera (406) | CGTN News (409) | NDTV 24X7 (413) |
| Specialist/Foreign | |||
| Rai Italia (430) | RTPi (435) | Deutsche Welle (446) | CCTV-4 (447) |
| Beste van Nederlands (431) | TV5 Monde Afrique (437) | ||
DStv Compact Plus and up
The following channels are included in DStv Compact and DStv Premium subscriptions.
| DStv Compact Plus and up – R519 per month | |
|---|---|
| Movies & Entertainment | |
| 1Magic (103) | E! Entertainment Television (124) |
| Comedy Central (122) | kykNET (144) |
| ITV Choice (123) | AfricaMagic Urban Movies (153) |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |
| CBS Justice (170) | History (186) |
| Curiosity Stream (185) | |
| Sports | |
| SuperSport 8 (208) | |
| Kids & Teen | |
| Nickelodeon (305) | |
| CBeebies (306) | |
| Music | |
| MTV Music 24 (323) | |
| News & Commerce | |
| Sky News (402) | |
DStv Premium
The following channels are only available on DStv Premium.
| DStv Premium – R809 per month | |
|---|---|
| Movies & Entertainment | |
| M-Net HD (101) | Sundance TV (108) |
| M-Net Movies Premiere (104) | BBC First (119) |
| M-Net Movies Smile (105) | M-Net Plus 1 (901) |
| M-Net Movies Action+ (106) | |
| Documentaries & Lifestyle | |
| 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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