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. 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.