{"id":396279,"date":"2021-05-19T11:05:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=396279"},"modified":"2021-05-19T11:06:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T09:06:46","slug":"dstv-price-per-channel-premium-vs-compact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/396279-dstv-price-per-channel-premium-vs-compact.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv price per channel \u2013 Premium vs Compact"},"content":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice recently implemented its annual price increase for DStv, increasing the prices of its Premium, Compact Plus, and Compact packages by between 1.2% and 2.5%.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, MultiChoice has also announced several changes to its channel line-up. It shut down SABC Encore, Sundance TV, Disney XD, and Fox Life; launched ESPN and ESPN 2; and reorganised its movie channels.<\/p>\n

With all these changes, it is useful to compare the prices and available channels of MultiChoice’s DStv packages to better understand their relative value.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DStv packages prices and channels<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv package<\/th>\nPrice<\/th>\nChannels<\/th>\nPrice per channel<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
DStv Premium<\/td>\nR829<\/td>\n152<\/td>\nR5.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Compact Plus<\/td>\nR539<\/td>\n138<\/td>\nR3.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Compact<\/td>\nR409<\/td>\n120<\/td>\nR3.41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Family<\/td>\nR295<\/td>\n86<\/td>\nR3.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Access<\/td>\nR115<\/td>\n61<\/td>\nR1.89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv EasyView<\/td>\nR29<\/td>\n32<\/td>\nR0.91<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

DStv Premium exclusive channels<\/h3>\n

The following table summarises the channels that are exclusive to DStv Premium subscribers.<\/p>\n

In addition to receiving all the channels on the DStv platform, Premium subscribers also receive access to Showmax (R99 per month stand-alone subscription).<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DStv Premium exclusive channels<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Movies & Entertainment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net (101)<\/td>\nM-Net Movies 2 (106)<\/td>\nM-Net Plus 1 (901)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net Movies 1 (104)<\/td>\nfliekNET (149)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Documentaries & Lifestyle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BBC Earth (184)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sports<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS Grandstand (201)<\/td>\nSS Cricket (212)<\/td>\nSS Tennis (214)<\/td>\nSS Maximo 1 (241)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS Rugby (211)<\/td>\nSS Golf (213)<\/td>\nSS Motorsport (215)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News & Commerce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bloomberg (411)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

DStv Compact Plus channels<\/h3>\n

The following table shows the channels available to DStv subscribers on a Compact Plus package and up. DStv Premium subscribers receive all the channels available to Compact Plus subscibers.<\/p>\n

Compact Plus subscribers can add Showmax to their subscription at a 50% discount of the monthly fee (R49 per month).<\/p>\n

They can also add M-Net Movies 1, M-Net Movies 2, and fliekNET to their subscriptions for an additional R99 per month.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DStv Compact Plus and DStv Premium channels<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Movies & Entertainment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1Magic (103)<\/td>\nComedy Central (122)<\/td>\ntvN Africa (134)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discovery Channel (121)<\/td>\nTimeless Dizi (123)<\/td>\nkykNET (144)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Documentaries & Lifestyle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CBS Justice (170)<\/td>\nCuriosity Channel (185)<\/td>\nThe History Channel (186)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sports<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS Variety 1 (206)<\/td>\nSS Variety 2 (207)<\/td>\nSS Action (210)<\/td>\nESPN 2 (219)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kids & Teen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nickelodeon (305)<\/td>\nCbeebies (306)<\/td>\nNick Jr (307)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTV Music 24 (323)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News & Commerce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sky News (402)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n

DStv Compact channels<\/h3>\n

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.<\/p>\n

DStv Compact subscribers can add Showmax at a 50% discount of the monthly fee (R49 per month).<\/p>\n

They can also add M-Net Movies 1, M-Net Movies 2, and fliekNET to their subscriptions for an additional R99 per month.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DStv Compact, Compact Plus, and Premium channels<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Movies & Entertainment<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net Movies 3 (107)<\/td>\nFox (125)<\/td>\neMovies (138)<\/td>\nMzansi Bioskop (164)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net Movies 4 (108)<\/td>\nGinx eSports (127)<\/td>\neMovies Extra (140)<\/td>\nNovela Magic (165)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Studio Universal (112)<\/td>\nBET (129)<\/td>\nkykNET & Kie (145)<\/td>\nZEE World (166)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ITH (114)<\/td>\nMTV (130)<\/td>\nAfricaMagic Epic (152)<\/td>\nStar Life (167)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net City (115)<\/td>\nLifetime (131)<\/td>\nAfricaMagic Family (154)<\/td>\nROK (167)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vuzu (116)<\/td>\nCBS Reality (132)<\/td>\nReal Time (155)<\/td>\ne.TV Extra (195)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Universal Channel (117)<\/td>\nTLNovelas (133)<\/td>\nMoja Love (157)<\/td>\nAnnual Nigerian Festivals (198)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telemundu (118)<\/td>\nDiscovery TLC (135)<\/td>\nMzansi Magic (161)<\/td>\nTelemundu (507)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BBC Brit (120)<\/td>\nDiscovery Family (136)<\/td>\nMzansi Wethu (163)<\/td>\nTV Record (515)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
E! Entertainment Television (124)<\/td>\nTNT Africa (137)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Documentaries & Lifestyle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIA (147)<\/td>\nFood Network (175)<\/td>\nPeople’s Weather (180)<\/td>\nWildEarth (183)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discovery ID (171)<\/td>\nThe Home Channel (176)<\/td>\nNational Geographic (181)<\/td>\nIgnition TV (189)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Honey (173)<\/td>\nHGTV (177)<\/td>\nNat Geo Wild (182)<\/td>\nSpice TV (190)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BBC Lifestyle (174)<\/td>\nTravel Channel (179)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free Channels<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SABC 1 (191)<\/td>\nSoweto TV (251)<\/td>\nTshwane TV (262)<\/td>\nLesotho TV (292)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SABC 2 (192)<\/td>\nBay TV (260)<\/td>\nCape Town TV (263)<\/td>\nNTA I (299)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SABC 3 (193)<\/td>\n1 KZN (261)<\/td>\nGauTV (265)<\/td>\nTV Mozambique Internacional (701)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
e.TV (194)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sports<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SuperSport Blitz (200)<\/td>\nSS La Liga (204)<\/td>\nSS Variety 4 (209)<\/td>\nWWE Channel (236)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS PSL (202)<\/td>\nSS Football (205)<\/td>\nESPN (218)<\/td>\nTellyTrack (249)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS Premier League (203)<\/td>\nSS Variety 3 (208)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kids & Teen<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cartoon Network (301)<\/td>\nNickTOONS (308)<\/td>\neToonz (311)<\/td>\nDa Vinci (318)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boomerang (302)<\/td>\nDisney Junior (309)<\/td>\nPBS Kids (313)<\/td>\nMindset (319)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disney (303)<\/td>\nJimJam (310)<\/td>\nZooMoo (314)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
kykNET Nou (146)<\/td>\nMTV Base (322)<\/td>\nTRACE Africa (326)<\/td>\nOne Gospel (331)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Channel O (320)<\/td>\nTRACE Urban (325)<\/td>\nSound City (327)<\/td>\nTRACE Gospel (332)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mzansi Music (321)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Religion<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dumisa (340)<\/td>\nDay Star (342)<\/td>\niTV Networks (347)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FAITH (341)<\/td>\nTBN Africa (343)<\/td>\nEmmanuel TV (390)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News & Commerce<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BBC World News (400)<\/td>\nNewzroom Afrika (405)<\/td>\nCGTN News (409)<\/td>\nNDTV 24×7 (413)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CNN International (401)<\/td>\nAl Jazeera (406)<\/td>\nCNBC Africa (410)<\/td>\nEuronews (414)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
eNews Channel Africa (403)<\/td>\nParliamentary Service (408)<\/td>\nBusiness Day TV (412)<\/td>\nAfricanews (417)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SABC News (404)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Specialist & Foreign<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
RAI Italia (430)<\/td>\nRTPi (435)<\/td>\nDeutsche Welle (446)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beste van Nederlands (431)<\/td>\nTV5 Monde Afrique (437)<\/td>\nCCTV 4 (447)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read: DStv prices vs inflation in South Africa \u2013 2000 to 2021<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice recently implemented its annual price increase for DStv and announced several changes to its channel line-up. Here is how much you now pay, and what you get.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":120242,"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":[85,12745,45685,12747,35,475],"class_list":["post-396279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-compact","tag-dstv-compact-plus","tag-dstv-premium","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396279"}],"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=396279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":397771,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396279\/revisions\/397771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}