{"id":91997,"date":"2013-11-19T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T11:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=91997"},"modified":"2013-11-19T14:51:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T12:51:13","slug":"over-100-channels-for-starsat-subscribers-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/91997-over-100-channels-for-starsat-subscribers-in-sa.html","title":{"rendered":"Over 100 channels for StarSat subscribers in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>StarSat, formerly TopTV, hopes to have over 100 channels on air by 1 January 2014, parent company On Digital Media (ODM) said in a press statement on Tuesday, 19 November 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement formed part of a press release about the <a title=\"TopTV is dead! Long live StarSat!\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/90779-toptv-is-dead-long-live-starsat.html\">re-launch of TopTV as StarSat<\/a>, which ODM revealed at the end of October.<\/p>\n<p>ODM said at the time that the new StarSat bouquets would be available from 1 December 2013.<\/p>\n<p>According to the pay TV satellite operator, it decided to whittle the 7 packages previously available on TopTV down to 4.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92007\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92007\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92007\" alt=\"StarSat launch bouquets advertisement\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StarSat-launch-bouquets-advertisement.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StarSat-launch-bouquets-advertisement.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/StarSat-launch-bouquets-advertisement-298x400.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92007\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">StarSat launch bouquets advertisement<\/p><\/div>\n<p>However, it revealed in advertisements placed in the Sunday papers and in the recently issued press release that it would launch with 5 bouquets:<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #004276; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<td>Bouquets<\/td>\n<td>Price (monthly)<\/td>\n<td>Video channels<\/td>\n<td>Audio channels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>StarSat Special<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td>47<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>StarSat Smart<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<td>67<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>StarSat Super<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>StarSat Indian (also available as add-on)<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>StarSat Chinese (also available as add-on)<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>StarSat said that it would sell a decoder capable of receiving high-definition (HD) for R599, including dish and installation. 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