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Owned by [[MultiChoice]], the service launched in 1995 and now provides multiple channels and services to around 11.9 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa and Somalia) | Owned by [[MultiChoice]], the service launched in 1995 and now provides multiple channels and services to around 11.9 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa and Somalia) | ||
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| + | Pay-television came to South Africa in 1986 with an analogue, single-channel service called [[M-Net]] created by [[Naspers]]. In 1993 [[Naspers]] expanded by founding a subsidiary company, [[Multichoice]], to handle the business arm of [[M-Net]] (e.g. decoder sales, subscriber services and account management) and in 1995 [[Multichoice]] announced that it was launching a new digital, satellite service in South Africa to be known as [[DStv]]. This was officially launched on 6 October 1995. | ||
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Revision as of 06:47, 18 March 2019
DStv (Digital Satellite Television) is a South African based African direct broadcast satellite service.
Owned by MultiChoice, the service launched in 1995 and now provides multiple channels and services to around 11.9 million subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa (Africa excluding North Africa and Somalia)
Pay-television came to South Africa in 1986 with an analogue, single-channel service called M-Net created by Naspers. In 1993 Naspers expanded by founding a subsidiary company, Multichoice, to handle the business arm of M-Net (e.g. decoder sales, subscriber services and account management) and in 1995 Multichoice announced that it was launching a new digital, satellite service in South Africa to be known as DStv. This was officially launched on 6 October 1995.
For more details, see the DStv Website at www.DStv.com
Sources
DStv Website: www.DStv.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DStv
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