DStv has announced several changes to its channel list this year, with the broadcaster shaking up its catalogue by dropping six channels and adding two.<\/p>\n
The MultiChoice-owned broadcaster announced that it would be adding three new channels in 2022<\/a><\/strong>. Two of them have already launched, and the third \u2014 a new movie channel \u2014 is expected to be made available later in the year.<\/p>\n The latest addition to its catalogue, KIX, arrived on DStv’s Family and Access subscriptions on 31 March 2022. KIX provides viewers with a combination of combat sports programming and action movies.<\/p>\n Before that, DStv added Dreamworks \u2014 a 24-hour kids and family entertainment channel \u2014 on 18 March 2022<\/a><\/strong>. It is known for producing popular children’s movies, including Shrek, Madagascar, and How To Train Your Dragon.<\/p>\n DStv’s customers lost access to the Russia Today (RT) news channel on 2 March 2022 after its distributor for the region stopped providing the feed<\/a><\/strong> due to European Union sanctions imposed on Russia.<\/p>\n RT is a state-controlled international television network funded by the Russian government. DStv’s broadcast of the channel showed a “Feed Stopped Abruptly By Supplier” message.<\/p>\n More recently, DStv revealed that its subscribers would lose access to the Lifetime TV channel on 1 May 2022. The distributor, A+E Networks UK, announced that it was closing the African version of the channel following the closure of Lifetime in Great Britain, Ireland, and Malta.<\/p>\n