Multichoice Nigeria is a subsidiary of Multichoice Africa, the leading video entertainment provider in Africa.
The company is known to offer exciting entertainment services to the Nigerian populace and topmost on their list are the DSTV and GOTV entertainment plans. These plans provide access to local and international channels such as first-run films, documentaries, childrens’ programming, news and sports.
Multichoice Nigeria: DSTV Plans, Prices, and Channels
In this article, we’d focus on the DSTV plans/bouquets, their prices and the available channels.
One of the most common questions is what is the cost of subscribing monthly to any of the DSTV bouquets?
Here’s your answer below:
- DSTV Premium: N14700
- DSTV Compact Plus: N9900
- DSTV Compact: N6300
- DSTV Family: N3800
- DSTV Access: N1900
DSTV Family comes with 55 TV channels ranging from entertainment to music, news and sports. This bouquet also comes with 24 audio channels.
On the other hand, the Access bouquet comes with 45 exciting TV channels.
If you want to enjoy any of these plans, the first step isn’t to subscribe but to buy a decoder and installation dish.
The two options are the Explora and Zapper decoders. However, the Explora is the only option currently available in the market and it costs N29300 exclusive of the installation cost.
If you’re looking to really enjoy your TV subscription and access a wide range of channels, top on your subscription list should be the Premium, Compact Plus or Compact bouquets:
The channels are basically divided into the segments below:
- Entertainment
- Lifestyle and culture channels
- News and Commerce
- Children
- Documentary
- Religion
- Music
- Specialist
- Local Channels
- Audi
Entertainment
The DSTV Premium Bouquet has 47 Entertainment channels. These include:
- Africa Magic
- Africa Magic Epic Movies
- Africa Magic Hausa
- Africa Magic Igbo
- Africa Magic plus
- Africa Magic Showcase
- Africa Magic World
- Africa Magic Yoruba
- B4U Movies
- BBC Brit
- BET International
- CBS Reality
- CNBC Africa
- Comedy Central
- Discovery Family
- E! Entertainment Television
- Ebony Life TV
- Eva
- Eva+
- FOX
- FOX Life
- Galaxy TV
- ITV Choice
- Lifetime Entertainment
- Maisha Magic Bongo
- Maisha Magic East
- M-Net Action
- M-Net City
- M-Net Movies
- M-Net Movies Action+
- M-Net Movies Premiere
- M-Net Movies Smile
- M-Net Movies Zone
- M-Net West
- MTV
- ROK
- SONY Entertainment Television
- SONY Max
- Studio Universal
- Telemundo
- Trybe
- Turner Classic Movies
- Universal Channel
- Vuzu
- Vuzu
- Vuzu Amp
- Zee World
While Compact Plus offer 41 entertainment channels. The unavailable channels on this bouquet are Trybe, Comedy Central, Mnet Movie Action, M-Net Movies Smile, M-Net Movies Premier and M-Net West.
On the other hand, the Compact bouquet has 37 channels. This bouquet has all the entertainment channels available on Compact Plus except Africa Magic World, Vuzu, Africa Magic Showcase, Galaxy TV, Lifetime Entertainment and Vuzu Amp.
Sports
DSTV Premium currently has 13 sports channels
- SuperSport 1
- SuperSport 2
- SuperSport 3 (HD/SD)
- SuperSport 4 (HD/SD)
- SuperSport 5 (HD/SD)
- SuperSport 6
- SuperSport 7
- SuperSport 7 Nigeria
- SuperSport 8
- SuperSport 9
- SuperSport 10
- SuperSport 11 (HD/SD)
- SuperSport 12 (HD/SD)
- Super Sport Blitz
Compact Plus has 12 sports channels. This bouquet includes SuperSport 7 Nigeria while Super Sport 1 and 2 from the Premium bouquet is unavailable.
Also, the Compact bouquet has 7 channels which include:
- SuperSport 7 Nigeria
- SuperSport 3,
- SuperSport 4,
- SuperSport 8,
- SuperSport 9,
- SuperSport 10 and
- SuperSport Blitz
Audio
The DSTV Premium, Compact Plus and Compact Bouquets provide access to 46 Audio channels which include:
- Trans Africa Radio
- Rhythm FM
- Star FM
- RAY FM
- Radio France International
- Channel Islam
- World Radio Network
- Voice of America
- BBC African Languages
- BBC World Radio 2
- BBC World Service English
- DMX – French Contemporary
- DMX – Symphonic
- DMX – Chamber Music
- DMX – Arias and Overtures
- DMX – Light Classical
- DMX – Beautiful instrumentals
- DMX – Blues
- DMX – Classic Jazz
- DMX – Smooth jazz
- DMX – Italian Contemporary
- DMX – African Rhythms
- DMX – Gospel
- DMX – Traditional Country
- DMX – Modern Country
- DMX – Reggae
- DMX – Urban Beat
- DMX – Urban Adult Contemporary
- DMX – Classic R&B
- DMX – Golden Oldies
- DMX – Classic Rock
- DMX – Hard Rock
- DMX – – Alternative
- DMX – Campus Rock
- DMX – Dance
- DMX – Power Hits
- DMX – House Party
- DMX – Groove Lounge
- DMX – City Scape
- DMX – Metro Blends
- DMX – Love Songs
- DMX – Soft Hits
- DMX – Familiar Favourites
- DMX – Contemporary Instrumentals
- DMX – Y2K Hits
- DMX – Adult Contemporary
Lifestyle and Culture
These 3 bouquets provide access to 6 lifestyle and culture channels:
- BBC Lifestyle
- Discovery IDx
- Discovery TLC Entertainment
- Fashion One
- Food Network
- Spice TV
News and Commerce
- Al Jazeera
- Arise News
- BBC
- Bloomberg Television
- CNBC Africa
- CNC World
- CNN International
- eTv Africa
- Euro News
- EuroNews German
- SABC News
- Sky News
Compact Plus includes TVC and NDTV24X7 to 12 channels available with the Premium Bouquet
On the other hand, the Compact bouquet is without TVC and eTv
Children
The 3 bouquets have 11 children channels
- Boomerang
- Cartoon Network
- Cbeebies
- Disney
- Disney Junior
- Disney XD
- JimJam
- Mindset
- Nick JR
- Nickelodeon
- NickTOONS
Documentary
The documentary channels on DSTV Premium include:
- Crime Investigation Network
- Discovery channel
- Nat Geo Wild
- National Geographic Channel
- The History Channel
On the other hand the documentary channels on Compact Plus include:
- Crime & Investigation
- Discovery Channel
- Nat Geo Wild
- National Geographic Channel
- The History Channel
The Compact Bouquet has 3 documentaries
- CCTV channel
- Nat Geo Wild
- National Geographic Channel
Religion
The 3 bouquets provide access to the 9 available religion channels
- Daystar
- Dove
- Emmanuel
- Eternal World TV
- Faith broadcast network
- IQRAA
- ISLAM TV
- TBN
- TV Mundial
Music
- Soundcity
- MTV Base
- TRACE Mziki
- Hip TV
- TRACE Naija
- AFRO Music English
- Planet Radio TV
Specialist
- RTP International
- Phoenix News & Entertainment
- Jiantsu Television
- Hunan TV
- Shanghai Dragon TV
- China Movie Channel
- CCTV Entertainment
- CCTV 4
- Deutsche Welle
- TV5 Monde Afrique
- RAI International
The listed music and specialist channels are equally available on the 3 DSTV bouquets.
Local channels
DSTV Premium and Compact Plus provide access to 11 and 12 local channels respectively while DSTV Compact provides access to just 1 local channel.
DSTV Old Prices and Plans
DSTV Nigeria, the satellite cable TV service of Multichoice, is reputed to offer the widest range of choice channels for direct-to-home pay TV in Nigeria or Africa.
With 5 unique bouquets and two types of decoders to choose from, subscribers can be quite in a world of their own with DSTV. DSTV Bouquets and their respective channels plus the decoders are presented below. The prices are also indicated.
DSTV Bouquets
DSTV Access (N1,800/month)
This is the entry level bouquet for DSTV. It offers more than 45 channels.
Channels in the DSTV Access Bouquet are Telemundo, E! Entertainment, Blackbelt TV, CBS Reality, BET, M-Net Movies, MGM, AfricaMagic World, Africa Magic Hausa, Africa Magic Yoruba, Maisha Magic Swahili, Style, Fashion TV, Nat Geo wild, Channel ED, Vox Africa, Spice TV, SuperSport blitz, Super SportSelect 1, SuperSport Select 2, e.TV Africa, NTA+, Silverbird, AIT, Channels, MiTV, Lagos TV, K24, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Disney Junior, JimJam, Mindset, HIP TV, TRACE Urban, Soundcity, One Gospel, PRTV Test Channel, FAITH, Rhema TV, DAYSTAR, Kingdom Africa, Islam Channel, al Jazeera, CCTV News, CNBC Africa, Bloomberg, ND TV247, CNC World, RAI Italia, TV5 Monde Afrique, CCTV 4, CCTV 9, CCTV F, CCTV Entertainment, China Movies Channel, Shanghai Dragon TV, Hunan TV, Jiangsu TV, Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment, RTP International, Euro News Portugues, TV Mundial, TV Brasil
DSTV Family (N3,600 per month)
This is a bouquet that is packaged with every member of the family in mind. It has over 55 TV channels plus all the 24 DSTV audio channels.
TV channels in the DSTV Family bouquet include all the DSTV Access channels. Additional channels in the package are CBS Drama, Africa Magic Family, Supersport 9, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, Nick TOONS, Mindset, Channel O, MTV ROA, B4U Music, CNN International, CNBC Africa,
Audio channels in the package include BBC (3 channels), Voice of America (VOA), RAI radio, Ray power FM, Star FM.
DSTV Compact (N6,000 per month)
This bouquet has over 60 channels. The channels include all of the Access and Family channels and more. It also has all of the DSTV audio channels
Additional channels in the DSTV Compact Bouquet are M-Net Movies Action Africa, Studio Universal, Universal Channel, BBC Entertainment, SONY, SONY MAX, True Movie, AfricaMagic Epic Movies, Maisha Magic, Ebony Life, Discovery ID, TLC Entertainment, Food Network, National Geographic, Disney Channel, Disney XD, Afro Music Pop, China Movies channel, shanghai Dragon TV, Hunan TV, Jiangsu TV, Phoenix Chinese News and entertainment, TV Mundial, and BBC World News.
New Channels Added to the Compact Bouquet (February 2016): AfricaMagic Igbo, AfricaMagic Urban, BBC Brit, CBeebies, Eva, M-City, Zee World while added sports channels inclusive of the newly added are SuperSport 7 Nigeria, SuperSport Select Sports, SuperSport Select 2, SuperSport 11 (HD/SD), SuperSport 9, SuperSport Blitz, (DStv Channel 231) and SuperSport 12 (DStv Channel 232). Both SuperSport 11 and SuperSport 12 will be dedicated to showcasing the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga and Euro 2016.
DSTV Compact Plus (N9,420 per month)
More sport channels are added to the DSTV Compact channels to make the DSTV Compact Plus Bouquet. This is to afford sports lovers the opportunity to watch premium sports without paying for the premium DSTV Bouquet.
The the new channels added to the compact bouquet are: AfricaMagic Igbo, AfricaMagic Urban, BBC Brit, CBeebies, Eva, M-City and Zee World
New Channels Added to the Compact Plus Bouquet (February 2016): SuperSport 7 Nigeria, SuperSport 3 Africa, SuperSport 10, SuperSport 11 (DStv Channel 231) and SuperSport 12 (DStv Channel 232). Both SuperSport 11 and SuperSport 12 will be dedicated to showcasing the English Premier League, the Spanish La Liga and Euro 2016.
DSTV Premium (N13,980/month)
This is the most superior of the DSTV bouquets. It has all of the channels in the Access, Family, Compact, Compact Plus and more. A total of 100 channels are present in this bouquet to offer subscribers the widest choice in on-screen entertainment in Africa.
Additional channels for the DSTV Premium bouquet are M-Net West, M-Net Movies Premiere Africa, M-Net Movies Comedy Africa, M-Net Movies family Africa, M-Net Movies+ Africa, M-Net Movies romance Africa, M-Net Movies Showcase Africa, M-Net Movies Action Africa, M-Net Movies Stars, M-Net Edge Africa, Vuzu Amp Africa, Comedy Central, FOX, MTV, Lifetime, Turner Classic Movies, BBC Lifestyle, Travel Channel, Animal Planet, BBC Knowledge, History, TRACE Sport Stars, SuperSport HD3 Nigeria, Supersport 4, SuperSport HD 6A, Supersport 6, Supersport 5 Nigeria, Cbeebies, Nick Jr and Sky News.
DSTV Decoders
- DSTV Zapper HD Decoder – Launched November 2014, the DSTV HD Decoder is replacing the existing Standard DSTV Decoder. Cost is N12,500 or a free swap till 30 November 2014 for subscribers who have old decoders and are active from 1 August to 15 September 2014.
- DSTV Explora – Features HD, instant replay, ultra slo-mo & rewind, up to 220 hours of recording space, and pause live TV of up to 2 hours. Cost is N30,000.
- Note: The costs include dish and remote control.