DStv

I-DStv (isifinyezo seDigital Satellite Television ) isevisi ye- satellite esakazwa yi- Sub-Saharan Africa ngqo ephethwe yiMultiChoice.Isevisi eyethulwe ngo-1995 inikeza iziteshi eziningi nezinsiza kubabhalisile.Ababhalisile abaningi baseNingizimu Afrika naseNigeria, neKenya, iGhana, i- Angola, iNamibia, iZimbabwe, iZambia, i- Uganda, iMauritius, iMozambique, iMalawi, iTanzania, iLesotho, i- Ethiopia, iRiphabhlikhi yaseCongo, iDemocratic Republic of Congo, iGabon, I-Eswatini neBotswana nazo ziphakelwa yile nkampani.
Umlando

Ngo-1986 ithelevishini ekhokhelwayo yafika eNingizimu Afrika ngenkathi kwethulwa i-analogue, isiteshi esisodwa, iM-Net, yethulwa yiNaspers.Cishe iminyaka eyisikhombisa, yonke imisebenzi yakwa-M-Net ibisingathwa yinkampani eyodwa kwaze kwaba ngu-1993 lapho inkampani yesibili engaphansi kwayo, iMultichoice, yadalwa yiNaspers.Ukuthengiswa kwama-decoder, izinsizakalo zababhalisile, ukuphathwa kwama-akhawunti nezinye izindaba eziphathelene namabhizinisi ziphathwe ngabakwaMultichoice.

Ngo-1995 kwamenyezelwa insiza yesathelayithi yedijithali eNingizimu Afrika ngabakwaMultichoice kwathi ngomhlaka 6 Okthoba 1995 iDStv yasebenza ngokusemthethweni kwababhalisile. Ukukhethwa kwasekuqaleni kweziteshi kubalwa iM-Net, MGM, TNT, Sci-Fi Universal, SuperSport, ESPN, Cartoon Network, BBC World News, CNN International kanye neSky News phakathi kokunye.

Lokhu kwalandelwa ukwethulwa kwezinsizakalo ezintsha ezibandakanya: Isathelayithi i-W4 Eutelsat enezinsizakalo ze-Ku-band emazweni ase-sub-Saharan Africa nase-Indian Ocean Islands ngo-2000, i-Interactive Television ngo-2002, i-Dual View decoder ngo-2003, ne-DStv PVR decoder ne-DStv Ihlanganisiwe ngo-2005.

Ukusakazwa kwencazelo ephezulu kweDStv, okubukwa nge-HD PVR decoder kwethulwe ngo-2008.Nakulo nyaka kwethulwe iXtraView Decoder nesiteshi iM-NET HD.

Ngo-2010, kwethulwe iDVB over IP (Digital Video Broadcast over Internet Protocol) neDStv on Demand services. Idecoder ye-HD PVR 2P yethulwe ngonyaka ofanayo kwathi iM-NET Movies 1 HD yasakazwa okokuqala ngqa.IDStv BoxOffice (i-movie on demand service) neDStv Mobile yethulwe ngo-2011.
Iziteshi nezimbali

IDStv idlala iziteshi zethelevishini nezomsindo noma imisakazo ezingaphezu kwama-200.Uhlu lweziteshi luyahlukahluka kuzo zonke izifunda ezungeze i-Sub-Saharan Africa.Kunezimbali eziyisithupha, ngasinye sinohlu lwamanani ahlukile, namaphakeji amabili wokungezwa weziteshi zaseNdiya nezasePutukezi.Ama-decoder amaningi ezinsuku zamanje nawo anikela ngokufinyelela kungxenyekazi ye-Multichoice yokusakaza i- Showmax, kanye nezinye izinhlelo zokusebenza ezivela eceleni ngoxhumano lwe-Ethernet broadband.
Imishini yokwamukela

I-DStv inamabhokisi ayo asethelwe phezulu akhiqizwa yinkampani yasekhaya i-Altech UEC, kanye ne- Arris International . Ukukhethwa kwamabhokisi kufaka ibhokisi elijwayelekile elinekhono le- "XtraView", isiqophi sevidiyo esidala, nebhokisi elisha sha le-PVR elaziwa nge-Explora. Idikhoda eyengeziwe eyaziwa njengeDrifta (inqanyuliwe) ivumela ukuguqulwa kwesiginali ye-DStv DVB-H kwenye idivaysi yedijithali enjenge-laptop, ithebhulethi noma i-smartphone yokubukwa ekhaya.
Uhlelo lokusebenza lwe-DStv

I-DStv iphinde inikeze ngohlelo lokusebenza leselula leselula lamadivayisi eselula namathebulethi, kanye ne-PC ukulawula ama-DVR nezilawuli zabazali futhi ivumela ukufinyelela kokuqukethwe okurekhodiwe nevidiyo kumasevisi okudingwa.

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