Table of Contents
54 relations: Arris International, Audio signal, BBC News (international TV channel), BBC Prime, Broadband, Broadcasting, Canal+ (French TV channel), Carlton Select, Cartoon Network (Middle Eastern and African TV channel), CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa, Digital video recorder, DMX (music service), DVB-H, ESPN Africa, Interactive television, Internet Protocol television, IP over DVB, K-T.V., List of islands in the Indian Ocean, M-Net, M-Net Movies, Media conglomerate, Mobile app, Mobile phone, MultiChoice, Naspers, Nigeria, Pay television, Public company, Radio broadcasting, Randburg, RTP Internacional, Saint Helena, Satellite television, Set-top box, Showmax, SIC Internacional, Sky News, Skyworth, South Africa, Streaming television, Sub-Saharan Africa, SuperSport (South African broadcaster), Tablet computer, Television channel, TNT Africa, Trinity Broadcasting Network, TV Globo Internacional, TV Parental Guidelines, TV5Monde, ... Expand index (4 more) »
- Television in Nigeria
- Television in South Africa
Arris International
Arris International Limited (styled as ARRIS) is an American telecommunications equipment company engaged in data, video and telephony systems for homes and businesses.
See DStv and Arris International
Audio signal
An audio signal is a representation of sound, typically using either a changing level of electrical voltage for analog signals, or a series of binary numbers for digital signals.
BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC News (known as BBC World News until 2023) is an international English-language pay television channel owned by BBC Global News Ltd. DStv and BBC News (international TV channel) are television channels and stations established in 1995.
See DStv and BBC News (international TV channel)
BBC Prime
BBC Prime was the BBC's general entertainment TV channel in Europe, Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Asia Pacific from 30 January 1995 until 11 November 2009, when it was replaced by BBC Entertainment. DStv and BBC Prime are television channels and stations established in 1995.
Broadband
In telecommunications, broadband or high speed is the wide-bandwidth data transmission that exploits signals at a wide spread of frequencies or several different simultaneous frequencies, and is used in fast Internet access.
Broadcasting
Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model.
Canal+ (French TV channel)
Canal+ (meaning "Channel Plus"), also spelt Canal Plus and sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal, is a French premium television channel owned by the Groupe Canal+.
See DStv and Canal+ (French TV channel)
Carlton Select
Carlton Select was a British digital television channel, owned by Carlton Television. DStv and Carlton Select are television channels and stations established in 1995.
Cartoon Network (Middle Eastern and African TV channel)
Cartoon Network is one of two digital children's television channels that air animated series: Cartoon Network MENA (formerly known as Cartoon Network EMEA), which serves the Middle East and North Africa division along with Greece and Cyprus; and Cartoon Network Africa, which exclusively serves Sub-Saharan Africa.
See DStv and Cartoon Network (Middle Eastern and African TV channel)
CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa
CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa is the European, Middle East and African version of CNN's "CNN International" satellite and cable television network.
See DStv and CNN International Europe/Middle East/Africa
Digital video recorder
A digital video recorder (DVR), also referred to as a personal video recorder (PVR) particularly in Canada and British English, is an electronic device that records video in a digital format to a disk drive, USB flash drive, SD memory card, SSD or other local or networked mass storage device.
See DStv and Digital video recorder
DMX (music service)
DMX, Inc., formerly Audio Environments, Inc., and later AEI Music Network, Inc., was a "multi-sensory" branding agency based in Austin, Texas.
See DStv and DMX (music service)
DVB-H
DVB-H (digital video broadcasting - handheld) is one of three prevalent mobile TV formats.
See DStv and DVB-H
ESPN Africa
ESPN Africa is an African pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and the Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%), that was re-branded in August 2014, replacing Setanta Sports and Setanta Action.
Interactive television
Interactive television is a form of media convergence, adding data services to traditional television technology.
See DStv and Interactive television
Internet Protocol television
Internet Protocol television (IPTV), also called TV over broadband, is the service delivery of television over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
See DStv and Internet Protocol television
IP over DVB
IP over DVB implies that Internet Protocol datagrams are distributed using some digital television system, for example DVB-H, DVB-SH, DVB-T, DVB-S, DVB-C or their successors like DVB-T2, DVB-S2, and DVB-C2.
K-T.V.
K-T.V. (also known as Kids TV) was a children's network broadcast in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Cyprus and South Africa as a programming block on M-Net and later on FilmNet.
See DStv and K-T.V.
List of islands in the Indian Ocean
The islands of the Indian Ocean are part of either the eastern, western, or southern areas.
See DStv and List of islands in the Indian Ocean
M-Net
M-Net (an abbreviation of Electronic Media Network) is a South African pay television channel established by Naspers in 1986.
See DStv and M-Net
M-Net Movies
M-Net Movies is a group of South Africa-based film-only television channels launched as Movie Magic in 1995 and broadcast across Sub-Saharan Africa on pay TV satellite services DStv and GOtv.
Media conglomerate
A media conglomerate, media company, media group, or media institution is a company that owns numerous companies involved in mass media enterprises, such as music, television, radio, publishing, motion pictures, video games, theme parks, or the Internet.
See DStv and Media conglomerate
Mobile app
A mobile application or app is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone, tablet, or watch.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
MultiChoice
MultiChoice is a South African company that operates DStv, a major satellite television service in Sub-Saharan Africa, and GOtv, a minor service operating in over nine countries of this area and Showmax service. DStv and MultiChoice are direct broadcast satellite services and television in South Africa.
Naspers
Naspers Limited is a South African multinational internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town, with interests in online retail, publishing and venture capital investment. DStv and Naspers are television in South Africa.
See DStv and Naspers
Nigeria
Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.
See DStv and Nigeria
Pay television
The pay television (pay TV), also known as subscription television, premium television or, when referring to an individual service, a premium channel, refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by multichannel television providers, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and streaming television.
Public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.
Radio broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience.
See DStv and Radio broadcasting
Randburg
Randburg is an area located in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
RTP Internacional
RTP Internacional (RTPi) is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP).
See DStv and RTP Internacional
Saint Helena
Saint Helena is one of the three constituent parts of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory.
Satellite television
Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly to the viewer's location.
See DStv and Satellite television
Set-top box
A set-top box (STB), also known as a cable box, receiver, or simply box, and historically television decoder or a converter, is an information appliance device that generally contains a TV tuner input and displays output to a television set, turning the source signal into content in a form that can then be displayed on the television screen or other display device.
Showmax
Showmax is an online subscription video on demand (SVOD) service that launched in South Africa on 19 August 2015.
See DStv and Showmax
SIC Internacional
SIC Internacional is SIC's international channel, which officially launched in September 1997 in France and has since expanded throughout the world.
See DStv and SIC Internacional
Sky News
Sky News is a British free-to-air television news channel and organisation.
Skyworth
Skyworth, officially Skyworth Group Co., Ltd., is a Chinese holding company.
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
Streaming television
Streaming television is the digital distribution of television content, such as television series and films, streamed over the Internet.
See DStv and Streaming television
Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa, Subsahara, or Non-Mediterranean Africa is the area and regions of the continent of Africa that lie south of the Sahara.
See DStv and Sub-Saharan Africa
SuperSport (South African broadcaster)
SuperSport is a South African-based group of television channels carried on the DStv & Canal+ satellite platforms alongside the GOtv terrestrial platform and Showmax for live sports programming.
See DStv and SuperSport (South African broadcaster)
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.
Television channel
A television channel, or TV channel, is a terrestrial frequency or virtual number over which a television station or television network is distributed.
See DStv and Television channel
TNT Africa
TNT is a pay television channel focused on movies.
Trinity Broadcasting Network
The Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN; legally Trinity Broadcasting of Texas, Inc.) is an international Christian-based broadcast television network and the world's largest religious television network.
See DStv and Trinity Broadcasting Network
TV Globo Internacional
TV Globo Internacional (also known by its acronym TVGI or just as Globo) is an international pay television channel broadcasting from Brazil.
See DStv and TV Globo Internacional
TV Parental Guidelines
The TV Parental Guidelines are a television content rating system in the United States that was first proposed on December 19, 1996, by the United States Congress, the American television industry, and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
See DStv and TV Parental Guidelines
TV5Monde
TV5Monde, formerly known as TV5, is a French public television network, broadcasting several channels of French-language programming.
Video on demand
Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos, television shows and films digitally on request.
Voice of America
Voice of America (VOA or VoA) is an international radio broadcasting state media agency owned by the United States of America.
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.
See DStv and Wi-Fi
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east.
See also
Television in Nigeria
- Bauchi State Television
- DStv
- Ebonylife TV
- GOtv
- Independent Television/Radio
- NTA Enugu
- Nigerian Television Authority
Television in South Africa
- AstraSat
- DStv
- Deukom
- MultiChoice
- Multivisión
- Naspers
- StarSat
- Television in South Africa
- Telkom Media
References
Also known as DSTV South Africa, DStv Now, Digital Satellite Television.