{"id":146985,"date":"2015-12-01T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=146985"},"modified":"2015-12-01T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T07:02:09","slug":"dstv-premium-vs-extra-vs-compact-vs-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/146985-dstv-premium-vs-extra-vs-compact-vs-family.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv Premium vs Extra vs Compact vs Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice recently extended its Catch Up service to its DStv Compact and Extra subscribers with Explora decoders. Previously, it was only available to those on the Premium package.<\/p>\n<p>DStv\u2019s Catch Up lets subscribers watch episodes of series, movies, or sports events on-demand for a specific period.<\/p>\n<p>The content available via Catch Up is dependent on the package a subscriber is on. Compact customers, for example, will see Catch Up content that has been screened on channels available on DStv Compact.<\/p>\n<p>To get an idea of the differences between the three packages with Catch Up, as well as DStv Family which does not have Catch Up, we compared the channels available on each bouquet.<\/p>\n<p>The prices of the four packages are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DStv Premium: <strong>R699<\/strong> per month<\/li>\n<li>DStv Extra: <strong>R425<\/strong> per month<\/li>\n<li>DStv Compact: <strong>R319<\/strong> per month<\/li>\n<li>DStv Family: <strong>R199<\/strong> per month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Subscription fees exclude the DStv PVR access\u00a0fee of R80 per month, which subscribers must pay to use their decoder\u2019s PVR features &#8211; including DStv Box Office and Catch Up.<\/p>\n<p>The table below shows the channels which\u00a0are common\u00a0on all four packages. Channels marked with an (*) are simulcast in high definition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #06518a; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">DStv channels common between DStv Premium, Extra, Compact, and Family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Movies &amp; Entertainment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">Sony<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">AMC<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">Africa Magic Epic Movies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">Universal Channel *<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%;\">SABC Encore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sony Max<\/td>\n<td>KykNet &amp; Kie<\/td>\n<td>AfricaMagic Family<\/td>\n<td>Telemundo<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS Reality<\/td>\n<td>KykNet Musiek<\/td>\n<td>AfricaMagic World<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Zone<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS Action<\/td>\n<td>Mzansi Wethu<\/td>\n<td>ZEE World<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Family<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CBS Drama<\/td>\n<td>Mzansi Bioskop<\/td>\n<td>Glow TV<\/td>\n<td>BET 2 International<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Documentaries &amp; Lifestyle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>VIA<\/td>\n<td>The Home Channel<\/td>\n<td>Nat Geo Wild<\/td>\n<td>TRACE Sports Stars<\/td>\n<td>ED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TLC<\/td>\n<td>Fashion TV<\/td>\n<td>Discovery World<\/td>\n<td>Ignition TV<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Free-to-air<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SABC 1<\/td>\n<td>SABC 3<\/td>\n<td>Soweto TV<\/td>\n<td>1KZN<\/td>\n<td>Cape Town TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SABC 2<\/td>\n<td>E-TV<\/td>\n<td>Bay TV<\/td>\n<td>Tshwane TV<\/td>\n<td>Lesotho TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Sport<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SuperSport Blitz<\/td>\n<td>SuperSport Select<\/td>\n<td>TellyTrack<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Kids &amp; Teen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cartoon Network<\/td>\n<td>Nicktoons<\/td>\n<td>JimJam<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boomerang<\/td>\n<td>Disney Junior<\/td>\n<td>Mindset<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Channel O<\/td>\n<td>Mzansi Music<\/td>\n<td>One Gospel<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Religion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dumisa<\/td>\n<td>Faith<\/td>\n<td>Rhema<\/td>\n<td>iTV<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">News &amp; Commerce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BBC World News<\/td>\n<td>Al Jazeera<\/td>\n<td>CCTV News<\/td>\n<td>BusinessDay TV<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SABC News<\/td>\n<td>Russia Today<\/td>\n<td>CNBC Africa<\/td>\n<td>NDTV<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ANN7<\/td>\n<td>Parliamentary Service<\/td>\n<td>Weather 24<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Channels only available on Premium<\/h3>\n<p>The table below highlights the channels you get on each package above DStv Family.<\/p>\n<p>Not shown are specialist and foreign channels, which are mostly limited to DStv Premium, as well as audio channels.<\/p>\n<p>Some DMX audio channels are only available on DStv Compact and up, while all the radio stations available through DStv are on all packages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #06518a; font-weight: bold; color: #fff; text-align: left;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33%;\">Compact and up<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33%;\">Extra and up<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33%;\">Premium only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">\n<td>Movies &amp; Entertainment<\/td>\n<td>Movies &amp; Entertainment<\/td>\n<td>Movies &amp; Entertainment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M-Net Movies Action<\/td>\n<td>Comedy Central<\/td>\n<td>M-Net *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M-Net Movies Stars<\/td>\n<td>E! Entertainment Channel<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Edge *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Studio Universal<\/td>\n<td>Fox *<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Premiere *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M-Net City<\/td>\n<td>Fox Crime<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Comedy *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vuzu<\/td>\n<td>True Movies<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Family *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BBC Brit<\/td>\n<td>KykNet<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Action Plus *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MTV<\/td>\n<td>Africa Magic Urban Movies<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Romance *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mzansi Magic<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Documentaries &amp; Lifestyle<\/td>\n<td>M-Net Movies Showcase *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ebony Life TV<\/td>\n<td>Crime &amp; Investigation<\/td>\n<td>Vuzu Amp *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Documentaries &amp; Lifestyle<\/td>\n<td>Travel<\/td>\n<td>ITV Choice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Discovery ID<\/td>\n<td>History<\/td>\n<td>BET International<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BBC Lifestyle<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Kids &amp; Teen<\/td>\n<td>Lifetime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Food Network<\/td>\n<td>Nickelodeon<\/td>\n<td>AfricaMagic Showcase<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>National Geographic<\/td>\n<td>C-Beebies<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Documentaries &amp; Lifestyle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Animal Planet<\/td>\n<td>Music<\/td>\n<td>Discovery Channel *<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sport<\/td>\n<td>VH1 Classic<\/td>\n<td>BBC Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SuperSport 3\u00a0*<\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">News &amp; Commerce<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#E7E7E7\"><strong>Sport<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SuperSport 4\u00a0*<\/td>\n<td>Sky News<\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 1\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SuperSport 9\u00a0*<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 2\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Kids &amp; Teen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 5\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Disney XD<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 6\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Music<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 7\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MTV Base<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport 8\u00a0*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">News &amp; Commerce<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>SuperSport Maximo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CNN<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">Kids &amp; Teen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>eNCA<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Disney<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Nick Jr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td style=\"background-color: #e7e7e7; font-weight: bold; color: #333; border-bottom: solid 3px #ddd;\">News &amp; Commerce<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Bloomberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 id=\"related\">More DStv and MultiChoice news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/144359-multichoice-is-hiring-someone-to-go-after-online-pirates-in-sa.html\"><strong>MultiChoice is hiring someone to go after online pirates in SA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/143827-dstv-compact-and-extra-subscribers-get-catch-up-content.html\"><strong>DStv Compact and Extra subscribers get Catch Up content<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/138530-dstv-explora-upgrades-improvements-and-details.html\"><strong>DStv Explora upgrades \u2013 improvements and details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is how MultiChoice\u2019s more expensive DStv packages compare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":135474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,2064,20125,12745,21107,20015,18642,12747,35,475],"class_list":["post-146985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-box-office","tag-dstv-catch-up","tag-dstv-compact","tag-dstv-explora","tag-dstv-extra","tag-dstv-family","tag-dstv-premium","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146985"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146985"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147043,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146985\/revisions\/147043"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}