DStv

Satellite television service in Africa

DStv (Digital Satellite Television) is MultiChoice's digital satellite TV service in Sub-Saharan Africa, launched in 1995, providing various bouquets offering general entertainment, movies, lifestyle & culture, sport, documentaries, news & commerce, children, music, religion and consumer channels to MultiChoice subscribers. DStv has around 8 million subscribers,[1] with the majority being in South Africa and Nigeria. These two markets are considered to be the most important markets for DStv, although markets such as Kenya, Ghana, Angola, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Mauritius and Tanzania, though not having as many subscribers, they are on major focus too.

DStv
Company typePublic
IndustryPay television
FoundedSeptember 9, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-09-09)
HeadquartersGauteng, Randburg, South Africa
Area served
Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa)
ProductsDirect Broadcast Satellite
ServicesTelevision
OwnersMultichoice
SubsidiariesCaillouSky
Websitewww.dstv.com

References change

  1. "MultiChoice lifts satellite pay-TV subscriber base to almost 8 million DStv subscribers". Archived from the original on 2016-02-11. Retrieved 2015-06-30.