DStv Compact is currently one of the most searched packages of all the subscription packages offered by the brand.
If you are unsure what DSTV is, it is a sub-Saharan subscription-based cable TV service offering approximately 50 African countries the best music, movies, news, and sports from within and outside the continent.
DStv Compact and Compact Plus are two different packages, and they both offer some mutually exclusive content.
However, many users are still confused about which package is which when they want to subscribe.
Below are the channels available on DSTV Compact only. This article and its content are mainly for Nigerian Subscribers.
Below are the categories and the number of channels in each category:
| Category | Number of channels |
| Movies | 5 |
| Documentaries and lifestyle | 11 |
| Sports | 12 |
| Music | 7 |
| Kids and Teens | 13 |
| Specialist and Foreign | 16 |
| News and Commerce | 18 |
| Local | 18 |
| Other local channels | 15 |
| Religion | 11 |
| Total channels number | 135 (44 audio channels included) |
The table above summarizes all the channels in different categories and the total number of channels available in the Dstv compact package.
There are over 140 channels in 11 Dstv Compact categories. The monthly subscription fee for DStv Compact is 7 900 Naira.
Documentaries and Lifestyle
| Channel Name | Channel Number |
|---|---|
| NatGeo Wild | 182 |
| National Geographic | 181 |
| Fashion One | 178 |
| BBC Lifestyle | 174 |
| RealTime | 155 |
| Discovery ID HD | 171 |
| Food Network | 175 |
| Travel channel | 179 |
| Spice TV | 190 |
| Travel Channel | 135 |
| Discovery Family HD | 136 |
DSTV Compact sports channels
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| SuperSport Variety 3 | 208 |
| WWE channel HD | 128 |
| SuperSport football plus | 202 |
| SuperSport Premier League | 203 |
| SuperSport Blitz | 200 |
| SperSport La Liga | 204 |
| SuperSport Football | 205 |
| SuperSport Variety 4 | 209 |
| SuperSport Variety 1 | 206 |
| SuperSport Variety 2 | 207 |
| ESPN | 218 |
The table above shows that the number of sports channels has increased, which is good news for football lovers.
Movie channels on the DSTV Compact package
| Channel Name | Channel Number |
|---|---|
| TNT Africa | 137 |
| Studio universal | 112 |
| B4U Movies | 451 |
| AfricaMagic Epic | 152 |
| ROK | 168 |
Kids and Teens channels
| Channel name | Channel numbers |
|---|---|
| PBS Kids | 131 |
| Disney XD | 304 |
| Jim Jam | 310 |
| Mindset | 319 |
| CBeebies | 306 |
| Da Vicni Learning | 318 |
| Cartoon Network | 301 |
| Disney channel | 303 |
| Disney Jr | 309 |
| Boomerang | 302 |
| Nickelodeon | 312 |
| NickJr | 307 |
| Nicktoons | 308 |
DSTV Compact music channels
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| Sound City | 327 |
| Trace gospel | 332 |
| MTV Base | 322 |
| Hip TV | 324 |
| AFRO Music English | 326 |
| Urban TV | 328 |
| Pop Central | 189 |
DSTV compact Novela
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| Telemundo | 118 |
| EVA | 141 |
| EVA+ | 142 |
| Zee World | 116 |
| Star Life | 167 |
DSTV compact news channels
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| CGTN News | 448 |
| Sky News | 402 |
| CNC World | 415 |
| EuroNews | 445 |
| Arise News | 416 |
| BBC World News | 400 |
| Al Jazeera | 406 |
| CNN International | 401 |
DSTV Compact Religious channels
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| TV Mundial (P) | 680 |
| Emmanuel TV | 390 |
| Lumen Christi | 350 |
| Islam Channel | 347 |
| IQRAA | 346 |
| SBN | 345 |
| TBN | 343 |
| Day Star | 342 |
| Faith | 341 |
| Eternal Word Television Network | 348 |
| Dove TV | 349 |
Specialist and Foreign channels on DSTV Compact
| Channel name | Channel number |
|---|---|
| EuroNews French | 438 |
| EuroNews German | 445 |
| Deutsche Welle | 446 |
| CGTN Documentary | 448 |
| CGTN French | 449 |
| China Movie channel | 481 |
| Shanghai Dragon TV | 482 |
| Shanghai Dragon TV | 428 |
| Phoenix News and Entertainment | 485 |
| Huan TV | 483 |
| TV5 Monde Afrique | 437 |
| Zhejiang TV | 484 |
| CCTV 4 | 447 |
| CCTV Entertainment | 480 |
| China Movie Channel | 481 |
| RTPi | 435 |
DSTV compact Nigerian Only channels
| Channel names | Channel number |
|---|---|
| Ebony Life TV | 165 |
| Africa Magic Epic | 152 |
| Africa Magic Urban | 153 |
| Africa Magic Family | 154 |
| Africa Magic Hausa | 156 |
| Africa Magic Yoruba | 157 |
| Africa Magic Igbo | 159 |
| POP central | 189 |
| Spice TV | 190 |
| ROK 3 | 164 |
| ROK 2 | 169 |
| ROK | 168 |
| Televista | 141 |
| Trybe | 145 |
| Galaxy TV | 258 |
| Hip TV | 324 |
| Sound City | 327 |
| ONMAX | 257 |
| Other local channels | Channel number |
|---|---|
| OGTV | 260 |
| NTA Parliament | 370 |
| TVC News Nigeria | 418 |
| NTA 2 | 369 |
| Arewa 24 | 261 |
| WAP TV | 262 |
| Wazobia Max | 259 |
| ONMAX | 257 |
| MiTV | 255 |
| AIT | 253 |
| NTA I | 251 |
| SILVERBIRD | 252 |
| LAGOS TV | 256 |
| Ebony Life TV | 165 |
| CHANNELS | 154 |
Enjoy all the channels listed above for just N15,700 per month. The package costs N172,700 per annum if you want to pay for the whole year.
If you are unsure how to pay for your DSTV subscription, below are the options available to you:
Payments are easier now as DSTV has made the DStv Africa Self-Service available to users. You can now easily pay for your cable TV subscription or help your friends and family pay for their DStv cable subscription.
All that you need to get a cable subscription for yourself or someone else is yours or the other person’s details. Next, you need to verify the DSTV account that you wish to pay for and that it is the correct account.
Other payment methods include the MyDStv App, USSD, Internet Banking, Debit Orders, and DSTV Walk-in Centres.
