DStv’s newest offering is easier navigation, and this follows an extensive Channel Shuffle, which will also create room for channel additions. All channels are also moving into three-digit locations and easy-access genre areas.
The big shuffle date is Monday 1 October, and all channel numbers will start from 100 upwards. The channel’s will be grouped into their respective genres, and will therefore be easier to find. The three-digit channel number follows international trends.
The Channel Shuffle will result in the following changes to channel numbers:
Channel - Old Number - New Number
General Entertainment (channel 100-149):
DStv Guide - 1 - 100
M-Net - 3 - 101
M-Net Series - 36 - 104
KykNet - 35 - 105
action X -6 - 106
Africa Magic - 102 - 107
go - 10 - 110
BBC Prime - 40 - 120
SABC1 SA - 46 - 131
SABC2 SA - 47 - 132
SABC3 SA - 48 - 133
etv SA - 49 - 134
Games Channel - 45 - 145
Zone Reality - 42 - 148
E! Entertainment - 41 - 149
Movies (channel 150-159):
M-Net Movies 1 - 4 - 150
M-Net Movies 2 - 5 - 152
Hallmark - 8 - 155
TCM - 9 - 159
Lifestyle & Culture (channel 180-199):
BBC Food 70 180
Travel Channel 71 181
Home Channel 55 182
Fashion tv 72 189
Events 37 198
Events 38 199
Sport 9 (channel 200-249):
Supersport Update - 24 - 200
SuperSport 1 - 21 - 201
SuperSport 2 - 22 - 202
SuperSport 3 - 23 - 203
SuperSport 4 - 24 - 204
SuperSport 5 - 25 - 205
SuperSport 6 - 26 - 206
SuperSport 7 - 27 - 207
SuperSport MaXimo - 28 - 208
SuperSport Select - 29 - 209
ESPN - 33 - 230
Tellytrack - 34 - 232
Documentary (channel 250-264):
Discovery Channel - 65 - 250
History Channel - 68 - 254
Crime & Investigation Network - 69 - 255
National Geographic - 66 - 260
Animal Planet - 67 - 264
News & Commerce (channel 280-299):
BBC World - 50 - 280
CNN - 51 - 281
Sky News - 52 - 282
EuroNews - 61 - 283
Russia Today - 108 - 284
Al Jazeera - 62 - 285
SABC Africa - 53 - 286
Parliament - 58 - 289
CNBC Africa - 54 - 290
Bloomberg - 56 - 291
Summit TV - 55 - 292
24.com Weather - 57 - 298
24.com NEWS - 59 - 299
Children (channel 300-319):
K-All Day - 80 - 300
Cartoon Network - 83 - 301
Boomerang - 81 - 302
Disney Channel - 82 - 303
Mindset Learn - 100 - 319
Music (channel 320-324):
Channel O - 87 - 320
MTV - 85 - 321
MTV Base - 88 - 322
VH-1 - 86 - 323
MK - 89 - 324
Religion (channel 341-346):
TBN - 77 - 341
Rhema - 78 - 343
IQRAA - 94 - 346
IQRAA - 79 - 346
Consumer Channels (channel 391-394):
Shopping Channel 1 - 113 - 391
Shopping Channel 2 - 121 - 392
Piggs Peak - 123 - 393
Shopping Channel 4 - 112 - 394
For further details on the Channel Shuffle, visit
www.dstv.com. From 20 September, one could also visit channel 199 on your DStv decoder to access the interactive application that will assist in familarising oneself with the new channel arrangement.