In an embrace of the festive season, it seems MultiChoice is in a giving mood. The company is set to rollout four pop up channels on DStv, its satellite tv service. The additional will be coming to the platform at no extra cost to customers.
This comes on top of the broadcaster expanding channel access for customers throughout Christmas, reducing decoder costs, and opening up DStv Premium channels to all customers for a weekend. Part of new owners Canal+’s strategy to retain and get back customers to the platform.
The pop up channels are going to be:
- The Holiday Channel (Channel 198) – until 3rd January 2026,
- DStv 30 (Channel 197) – from 1st December 2025 to 21st January 2026),
- FliekNET (Channel 149) – from 12th December 2025 to 11th January 2026,
- SuperSport AFCON 2025 (Channels 202 and 222) – from 18th December 2025 to 19th January 2026.
“DStv 30 is nostalgia in overload mode as Scot Scott jumps back in his helicopter for Fortuinsoekers Season 2 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 6PM,” read DStv’s statement.
“Catch the early-early days of Our Perfect Wedding on Saturdays at 6PM, oil empire drama series Jacob’s Cross on Wednesdays at 8PM, M-Net’s filmed-on-location game lodge telenovela The Wild on Thursday nights at 8PM, Carte Blanche’s most impactful episodes on Sunday nights at 7PM, and much more.”
FliekNET is a recurring Afrikaans pop-up channel and it is the only one of the four pop-up channels that are only available to DStv Compact and up subscribers.
The Holiday Channel, DStv 30, and SS AFCON will be available across all packages.
