DStv Channels List 2026: Each Package, Plus the New Channel Numbers

This list is built only from what DStv publishes. We read its package articles on November 10, 2026and link each one below. DStv's TV guide and package store loaded without their listings for us, so this is not a complete numbered lineup: it is every channel DStv itself names per package, and every channel number it gives. Vivimate, the IPTV service that publishes this page, doesn't carry DStv or any channel on this list.

How the lineup is built

Think of the packages as layers rather than separate menus. DStv's article dated September 8, 2026 says DStv Sports and DStv Movies & Series each include everything in Select and Starter, and that DStv Premium includes everything on all packages. So the channels named for Starter also appear in every package above it. Here are the counts and monthly prices together:

EasyView, at more than 35 channels for R30 a month, stays as it was; DStv doesn't name its channels in the article. Prices are explained on our DStv packages and prices page.

Did anyone lose channels?

DStv addresses this head on. Its article asks "Am I getting fewer channels?" and answers no, then gives the comparison with the old names: Starter has ten more channels than Access, Select ten more than Family, and Sports four more than Compact. If your account was migrated, the new package is the larger one by DStv's count.

The channels DStv names in each package

Read this table from the top down: each row adds to the row it builds on.

Nickelodeon and Cartoonito come from DStv's package guide dated September 17, 2026, which calls Select the home of the family channels. Everything else in the table is from the September 8 article.

New channel numbers

The move came with renumbering on the film and sport side. These are the numbers DStv prints; it doesn't give numbers for the other channels in its article.

Where they sit: DStv puts M-Net Movies+ on DStv Premium and DStv Movies & Series; M-Net Stars on those two plus DStv Sports; and M-Net Legends on every package down to Starter. SuperSport KICKOFF and SuperSport Africa reach Starter, which DStv says gets two Premier League matches a week on them. KICKOFF, by DStv's description, carries selected PSL and Premier League matches plus selected LaLiga, Serie A and Ligue 1 fixtures. The article doesn't say which packages carry Football Plus, Action, Extra or Extra 2.

Channels that closed or merged

Wethu+ is the headline addition. DStv calls it a new mega channel, places it on every package from Starter, and says it carries two live PSL matches a week alongside films and local shows. Its arrival closes three older channels. The Afrikaans family channel changes name too, with kykNET & kie taking over from kykNET Lekker on all packages.

Sport, package by package

Sport is where the packages differ most, and DStv describes it in matches more than channels:

• DStv Starter: two PSL matches a week on Wethu+, two Premier League matches a week on KICKOFF and Africa, and SuperSport La Liga.
• DStv Select: SuperSport PSL and SuperSport Serie A.
• DStv Sports: every Premier League, Champions League and PSL match, SuperSport Cricket, local and club rugby with one URC match a week, and combat sports.
• DStv Movies & Series: Select's PSL coverage plus 10 sport channels.
• DStv Premium: Springbok rugby, Formula 1, golf, tennis and motorsport.

A channel in a package isn't a promise of a given fixture; schedules change weekly, and DStv's TV guide is where to check one. Our SuperSport on DStv page has more on the sport channels.

Checking a channel for your own account

1. Find the package name. The MyDStv app or Self Service shows it. An account moved from Compact, Family or Access now sits on Sports, Select or Starter.
2. Open DStv's TV guide for the full numbered list and schedules.
3. Remember the country. DStv's country FAQ says what you can watch depends on your package and the country where the subscription is held, and these lists are South Africa's.

For readers in the US or Canada: DStv's app FAQ says that outside African countries with DStv there is no content available, because its content rights don't allow it. A channel on this list won't play in North America through DStv, and we don't offer workarounds. Our DStv overview covers where the service plays, and the DStv Stream guide covers the app.

Where Vivimate fits

None of the channels above are on Vivimate, and we don't promise any South African channel, league or show. Vivimate is a separate IPTV subscription for US and Canadian homes. Its 24-hour free trial needs no card, so you can search the guide yourself and decide. Plans are prepaid, with no auto-renewal: 1 Month for $19.99 ($31.98 for two devices), 3 Months for $29.99 ($47.98 for two devices), 6 Months for $39.99 ($63.98 for two devices) and 12 Months plus 2 free for $69.99 ($111.98 for two devices). A first purchase has a 7-day refund window when a service problem you report can't be fixed (see the refund policy). IPTV is a legal technology and the seller's rights are what matter, as our legal explainer shows; we don't publish the rights agreements behind our channels.

Sources

All read November 10, 2026.

• DStv news: New DStv Packages: Everything changing, dated September 8, 2026
• DStv news: How to choose the right DStv package for you, dated September 17, 2026
• DStv help: Which countries is the DStv App available in? and What is the DStv Stream App?

Couldn't read: DStv's TV guide and package store (the pages loaded without their listings), so there is no full numbered lineup here and no list of EasyView channels.