{"id":574775,"date":"2024-12-06T12:57:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=574775"},"modified":"2024-12-06T12:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T10:57:45","slug":"dstv-adds-two-channels-to-mid-range-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/574775-dstv-adds-two-channels-to-mid-range-package.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv adds two channels to mid-range package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MultiChoice-owned DStv is permanently adding kids’ pay-TV channels Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. to the DStv Compact package, TV with Thinus reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Paramount Africa-licenced channels were previously only available on DStv Premium and Compact Plus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monde Twala, Paramount Africa’s senior vice president and general manager, said the move solidifies the company’s mission to provide inclusive, world-class entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As we mark SpngeBob SquarePants’ 25th anniversary, we’re thrilled that Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. content is now available to even more families,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This move underscores our commitment to ensuring that more families across South Africa have access to premium kids’ entertainment,” added MultiChoice Group acting head of third-party channels and partnerships, Melusi Sibisi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paramount will also continue to offer Nickelodeon’s Nick in Your Language initiative on Nick Toons (DStv channel 308).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the initiative, it broadcasts shows like SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em>, DORA<\/em>, and Paw Patrol<\/em> in local languages on weekday mornings between 07:30 and 09:00 and in the afternoon between 15:00 and 16:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Patrick Star Show 2<\/em> will air on Nickelodeon at 15:00 on Friday, 13 December 2024, followed by SpongeBob SquarePants<\/em>, The Loud House<\/em>, <\/em>and Young Dylan Christmas Specials <\/em>on 21 December.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The shows air at 12:30, 14:10, and 18:30, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nickelodeon will also begin broadcasting Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em> from 23 December. The show will air on weekdays at 19:45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Nick Jr, viewers can watch new episodes of Rubble & Crew<\/em> from 2 December. The show will broadcast on weekdays at 17:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New episodes of DORA<\/em> will follow from 9 December, with episodes airing on weekdays at 18:00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, the channel will premier “Holiday Stunt” episodes for Paw Patrol<\/em>, Rubble & Crew<\/em>, Hamsters of Hamsterdale<\/em>, The Adventures of Paddington<\/em>, and The Tiny Chef Show<\/em> from 21 December 2021 at noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The two channels were previously only available on the higher-tier DStv Compact Plus and Premium packages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":441746,"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":[4],"tags":[85,12745,475,98140,13917,98139],"class_list":["post-574775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-compact","tag-multichoice","tag-nick-jr","tag-nickelodeon","tag-paramount-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574775"}],"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\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":574791,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574775\/revisions\/574791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}