Posts Tagged with "dstv"

GOtv Africa. A new digital pay TV service.

Monday, January 16, 2012

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GOtv Africa. A new digital pay TV service.

I noticed multitudes of GOtv Africa banners and balloons in the ancient city of Ibadan Nigeria in the last quarter of 2011. The similarity with the name/logo of DStv was clear. Promotional drives were ongoing at different vantage points in Ibadan. GOtv is a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) service by Multichoice Africa, operators of [...]

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App spotlight: DStv Guide for Android

Saturday, January 14, 2012

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App spotlight: DStv Guide for Android

DStv Guide is an Android app by Multichoice Africa (PTY) Ltd, operators of Africa’s leading direct-to-home digital satellite platform, DStv. The app offers the program guide of some of the television channels on DStv. Its features include: 7 day schedule information Extended programme information Localized information for all countries where DStv is available Set reminders [...]

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DStv Mobile on your laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod

Monday, May 30, 2011

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DStv Mobile on your laptop, iPad, iPhone, iPod

DStv is offering a major boost to residents of Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Kenya who might be interested in their DStv Mobile service. Before now, the DStv Mobile had been restricted to a few mobile phones – these phones have in-built circuitry that enable them to receive and decode DVB-H signals. DStv is now offering [...]

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Big Brother Amplified (Big Brother Africa 2011)

Sunday, May 1, 2011

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Big Brother Amplified debuted this evening with the 28 contestants from 14 African countries. The 28 were selected out of over 7,000 applicants. As always, Big Brother Amplified came with its unique set of innovations among which is Live Video streaming available 24/7 on Big Brother Africa’s official website http://bigbrotherafrica.dstv.com Sponsored by Coca-Cola, this edition [...]

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e.TV Africa comes to DStv

Monday, December 13, 2010

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e.TV Africa comes to DStv

e.Tv is one of the truly world-class TV channels on the African continent today, airing compelling soap-operas, blockbuster movies and much more. e.Tv has since evolved from a single free-to-air TV station in South Africa, to a pan-African network of channels with even a spin-off dedicated news service called eNews channel. From tomorrow 14th December [...]

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How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

I have received a lot of angry complaints in the comments area of A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition from Nigeria, after DStv Mobile removed SuperSports 3 Nigeria (SS3N) from the bouquet of TV channels. SuperSport 3 is a 24 hour soccer channel. SuperSport 3 has the exclusive rights of [...]

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Big Brother All Stars

Sunday, July 18, 2010

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The 5th edition of Big Brother Africa tagged Big Brother All Stars starts tonight at 1700GMT. M- Net made a dramatic announcement confirming that the show is set to be a fully fledged ALL STARS version, featuring some of the most unforgettable, outspoken, entertaining previous housemates. Big Brother All Stars will see 14 housemates from [...]

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How to watch free channels on DStv Africa. Channels & Settings.

Friday, July 2, 2010

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How to watch free channels on DStv Africa. Channels & Settings.

For those who do not know already, there a few unencrypted channels on Eutelsat W4 and Eutelsat W7, both located at 36° East. DStv was formerly on W4 but is now beaming its signals from W7. The information I am sharing relates to how to view the unencrypted channels that share the same satellite as [...]

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A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

Sunday, June 20, 2010

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A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition

DStv Mobile is not exactly a new service. It was initially launched in 2007 but with FIFA World Cup around the corner, Multichoice (operators of DStv) found a need to re-launch the DStv Mobile service. The re-launch is a born out of a collaboration between DStv, MTN (Africa’s leading telecom operator) and Nokia (world leading [...]

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DStv HD broadcast service: detailed info about DStv HD PVR decoder

Sunday, June 6, 2010

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DStv HD broadcast service: detailed info about DStv HD PVR decoder

Backstory: I had procured the DStv HD Decoder a few months ago but have been way too busy to share a detailed review. Considering the time lapse, I decided to package the  information into a comparative analysis. Hopefully, this would reveal enough information to help you decide. The world cup fever is upon us and [...]

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NN24 (NetworkNews24), A new 24-hour News Network

Saturday, April 24, 2010

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NN24 (NetworkNews24), A new 24-hour News Network

NN24 is a new 24-hour news network that is currently in a testing-transmission phase and broadcasting on the DSTV satellite platform. From their website nn24.tv: NN24 (NETWORKNEWS24) Limited is a next generation Nigerian media company that aims to bring high quality television news content to Nigerians and the world. NN24 has created an international Network [...]

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Africa Magic Yoruba launches; a 24-hour Yoruba channel on DSTV

Monday, March 1, 2010

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Africa Magic Yoruba launches; a 24-hour Yoruba channel on DSTV

Africa Magic Yoruba and Africa Magic Hausa launched today Monday 1st March 2010. However, this blog post would focus on the journey of how the Yoruba channel came to be. There is no doubt that the country Nigeria is a very important market for Multichoice. Being Africa’s largest population and home to Nollywood, it not [...]

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DStv moving to new satellite Eutelsat W7

Saturday, January 9, 2010

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DStv moving to new satellite Eutelsat W7

Eutelsat W4, the satellite that beams DStv signals to residents of West Africa, is fast nearing the end of its life span. It was launched on 24th May 2000 from Space Launch Complex 36B at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in the USA. According to Wikipedia: Following its launch and on-orbit testing, it was [...]

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Africa’s Got Talent. $1 million Grand Price.

Sunday, November 15, 2009

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Africa’s Got Talent. $1 million Grand Price.

America’s Got Talent is a talent-hunt show in the United States of America, seeking to find the very best of raw showbiz talent in that country. It is open to people of all ages, and does not restrict what type of performance the contestants put up. As a result, it has featured singers, dancers, magicians, [...]

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Want 6 Radio Channels on MultiTV? RESCAN your decoder

Monday, August 17, 2009

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Some of the TV channels on MultiTV have been out-of-sync in the past few days. Tuning to CNN International for example, plays the audio of another TV channel. This can be corrected by rescanning the MultiTV digital satellite decoder. Another reason to rescan is that Multi TV has added 6 radio channels to the service. [...]

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