With Openview +More, viewers need an Internet connection to access on-demand movies, series, and documentaries, as well as Catch-Up functionality for various programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The satellite TV service announced a significant milestone in February 2026, when it surpassed 3.8 million decoder activations<\/a> in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The figure marks more than a decade of steady growth for the free-to-view satellite platform and underscores the resilience of broadcast television,” Openview said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “In a local industry that continues to evolve, with streaming services, digital platforms, and on-demand content reshaping how audiences engage, broadcast TV remains a significant and resilient force.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The company noted that the launch of +More has helped it to keep pace, without departing from what made Openview a household name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Underpinning this growth is a programming catalogue that has developed steadily over the years, with channels and content that have found a committed audience across the country,” Openview said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The 3.8 million activation figure reflects that ongoing relationship between platform and viewer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n MyBroadband determined how long it would take for the costs associated with DStv Access, its most affordable package, to exceed the cost of an Openview installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Openview decoder is more expensive at R799 than the DStv Single View HD decoder, which costs R499 with installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The installation of an Openview decoder costs between R1,500 and R2,500, once-off, including the decoder. The installation cost varies based on individual household requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our analysis found that the price of DStv Access would equal the cost of Openview within two months, where the customer only needed the decoder and no additional installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The same DStv subscription would surpass the Openview installation costs of R1,500 for households with some existing satellite TV equipment by month seven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It would take more than a year for the cost of DStv Access to surpass the cost of a R2,500 Openview installation where the household requires a fresh satellite TV installation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The chart below tracks the time it will take for the cost of a DStv Access decoder installation and its monthly subscription fees to exceed the once-off cost of Openview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We included three scenarios. Scenario A is for an Openview installation where the household had a dish and existing cabling, which costs around R1,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scenario B is for a fresh Openview installation at a household with no satellite TV equipment, which costs around R2,500. We then also included a comparison to the cost of just the Openview decoder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n eMedia’s Openview provides various live TV channels without a monthly subscription fee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":651468,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[19137,51025,1435,50823,427],"class_list":["post-651420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv-access","tag-emedia","tag-etv","tag-openview","tag-satellite-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651420"}],"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=651420"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652191,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651420\/revisions\/652191"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/651468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Affordability comparison with DStv<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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