Many South Africans are furious over DStv’s decision to drop the 24-hour Big Brother Mzansi pop-up channel from its Family and Access bouquets.<\/p>\n
Twitter has been flooded with complaints about the move, with the hashtag “#BRINGBACKCHANNEL198” trending<\/a><\/strong> throughout Monday morning.<\/p>\n The channel reportedly went dark on Family and Access on Saturday, 30 January 2022.<\/p>\n That appeared to occur without prior notice from DStv, while Big Brother Mzansi’s official social media channels have also seemingly failed to acknowledge the change.<\/p>\n The 24-hour channel is now only available to Compact and higher packages.<\/p>\n Family and Access subscribers can still watch the daily shows and highlights on Mzansi Magic, channel 161.<\/p>\n Several Twitter users called on other DStv customers to downgrade from higher-end packages to Access in protest of the decision. Others asked DStv customers to stop using the channel’s official hashtag.<\/p>\n we are calling all Dstv subscribers to downgrade their package to access, we want to show this greedy corporate that we people have power without us they are nothing.#BBMzanzi<\/a>#bbmzansi<\/a>#BRINGBACKCHANNEL198<\/a>#bigbrothermzanzi<\/a> #Bigbrothermzansi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BBMzansi updates (@TheZarBillion) January 31, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n