please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message dstv type public industry pay television founded 1995 headquarters ferndale randburg south africa area served south africa products direct broadcast satellite services television owners multichoice website www.dstv.com dstv digital satellite television is multichoice s digital satellite tv service in 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 angola zimbabwe uganda mauritius and tanzania though not having as many subscribers are also a focus point for dstv . contents 1 history 2 packages 3 decoders 3.1 standard decoder 3.2 explora 3.3 drifta decoder 3.4 discontinued decoders 4 slogans 5 references 6 external links history edit old dstv logo this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . november 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message 1986 pay television came to south africa when an analogue single channel service m net was launched by naspers . for almost seven years all m net s operations were handled by a single company . 1993 naspers created a subsidiary company multichoice which was to handle the business arm of m net such as decoder sales subscriber services and account management . 2 1995 multichoice announced that it was launching a new digital satellite service in south africa and on 6 october 1995 dstv was officially activated to subscribers . the original video channel bouquet consisted of 17 channels m net mgm channel turner classic movies tnt sci fi universal supersport espn selectv travel channel ktv cartoon network bbc world news cnn international sky news rhema network mtv vh1 and tv5monde . 2000 launch of w4 eutelsat satellite with ku band services to sub saharan africa and the indian ocean islands . 2001 launch of indian and portuguese bouquet . 2002 launch of interactive television . 2003 dual view decoder launched . 2005 the dstv pvr decoder and dstv compact is launched . dstv premium subscribers in south africa cross the 1 million mark . 2006 multichoice launches bbbee share scheme phuthuma nathi . 2007 channel shuffle on 1 october moving channels around to 3 digit numbers and for them to be in their right genre groups . 2007 launch of dstv select and of entry bouquet dstv easyview . 2008 launch of dstv s first high definition decoder the hd pvr xtraview and the first hd channel m net hd . 2009 hd channels supersport 1 hd discovery hd showcase are launched . 2010 dvb over ip digital video broadcast over internet protocol and dstv on demand service launched as well as the hd pvr 2p and m net movies 1 hd . 2011 dstv boxoffice & dstv mobile launched . 2011 gotv a new digital pay television offering on digital terrestrial television platforms is established in a number of countries in sub saharan africa . 2012 dstv launched a new satellite in august intelsat 20 shuffling the channel numbers and offering subscribers 8 new hd channels from 1 october m net movies premier m net movies comedy m net movies family m net movies action m net movies romance m net movies showcase m net series showcase is a dedicated series channel first fresh hd series studio universal hd 2 new africamagic channels clarification needed which ones 2013 multichoice adds foxhd to dstv premium premium package only and kyknet & kie dstv family compact and premium packages . it also launched a new dstv family bouquet 3 2013 dstv subscribers across africa reach 6.7 million with 4.5 million within south africa . 4 2013 multichoice launches its next generation pvr decoder the dstv explora to revolutionise tv in sa 5 2014 africa magic discontinues their old channels and replaces them with africa magic showcase africa magic family and africa magic world . 2014 the new channels lifetime 131 nicktoons nick junior vuzu amp m net edge and glow 167 are launched 2015 the new channels zee world hindi dubbed in english 03 02 15 166 glow tv 167 m net city 115 bet international 135 amc 140 eva 141 itv choice 123 m net family 162 2015 dstv upgrades its online customer experience 12 16 july 2015 improving customer experience and adding features which could only be done by contacting their call centre giving their customers more self service options . 2015 bbc worldwide announced the launch of 3 bbc channels on multichoice africa bbc brit replacing bbc entertainment channel 120 and will be available on dstv premium extra compact plus compact on 1 september . bbc earth hd replacing bbc knowledge channel 184 and will be available on dstv premium on 1 september . bbc first as a new channel 119 on dstv premium on 18 october . alongside bbc world news and the new additions to dstv compact bbc lifestyle and cbeebies . 2015 popular christian station emmanuel tv 390 launches on dstv 2015 2016 the launch of id xtra on dstv from 5 january 2016 to replace investigation discovery . 2016 tbn launches on dstv replacing rhema tv from 4 march . 2016 dstv changes channel numbers for vuzu amp now channel 103 m net movies premiere now channel 104 and m net movies showcase now channel 107 and cancelling m net movies drama & romance and combining m net movies comedy and m net movies family into m net movies smile channel 105 . m net movies stars was renamed m net movies all stars . m net movies action and m net city began broadcast in hd . packages edit dstv premium dstv extra dstv compact dstv compact plus dstv family dstv access dstv easyview dstv north indian dstv south indian dstv indian dstv portuguesa dstv mobile dstv mobile dvbh and bomba dstv 20th century fox generations decoders edit dstv has a range of decoders set top boxes manufactured by altech uec and pace . the latest decoders allow subscribers to use xtraview . this allows a subscriber to link two decoders under a single subscription fee to increase the viewing environments . 6 similar to sky s multiroom . standard decoder edit the standard decoder is dstv s entry level hd single view decoder introduced in 2014 . it has xtraview capability where it can be linked to itself the hd pvr or the hd explora . explora edit the explora released in 2013 is dstv s top spec decoder improving on the old hd pvr decoder with more memory . it can record 1 channel and watch 1 channel . the explora despite many updates to the firmware still has many bugs that frustrate subscribers . in particular the explora catchup feature frequently skips episode 1 of a series rendering the series unwatchable . likewise the schedules have been plagued by incorrect synopsis incorrect series numbers incorrect actor and director details as well as recording conflicts and awkward user interface . dstv has yet to announce a schedule for repairing these issues and largely ignore the many complaints . drifta decoder edit 7 a drifta is a mobile decoder that receives a dvb h signal converts it into wi fi then relays it to a wi fi enabled viewing device cellphone laptop pc tablets and most smartphones . for the product to work it must be within dvb h coverage . at purchase drifta device battery usb cable power adapter features broadcast mobile tv on your pc smartphone or tablet connects to your device via wi fi or usb access the mobile tv guide small light weight and ultra portable rechargeable with up to three hours of viewing discontinued decoders edit these are decoders which dstv no longer produces hd pvr a decoder that had 2 versions one that could record 1 channel and watch 1 the other could watch 1 while recording 2 channels . sd pvr dstv s first personal video recorder which allowed to view two and record one concurrently . it was manufactured by altech uec and has xtraview capability with the hd pvr . dual view decoder is a decoder which allowed two separate viewing environments . it was manufactured by altech uec . slogans edit 1995 2014 so much more 2014 present feel every moment references edit multichoice lifts satellite pay tv subscriber base to almost 8 million dstv subscribers . retrieved 2015 06 30 . our history . naspers.com . retrieved 2016 01 25 . dstv launches new bouquet channels . businesstech.co.za . 2013 03 19 . retrieved 2014 02 22 . dstv more subscribers more money . mybroadband.co.za . 25 june 2013 . dstv explora to revolutionise tv in sa detail . multichoice . retrieved 2014 02 22 . 1 archived 8 april 2010 at the wayback machine . 2 dead link external links edit dstv homepage dstv africa homepage gotv 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