DStv Compact is currently one of the most searched packages of all the subscription packages offered by the brand.
In case you are unsure what DSTV is, it is a sub-Saharan subscription-based cable TV service that offers approximately 50 African countries the best of music, movies, news, and sports from within and outside the continent.
DStv Compact and Compact Plus are two different packages, and they both have some mutually exclusive content on offer. However, many users still get confused on which package is which when they want to subscribe.
Below are the channels available on DSTV Compact only. It is important to note that this article and its content is mainly for Nigerian Subscribers.
Below are the categories and number of channels in each category:
Table of contents
- Documentaries and Lifestyle
- DSTV Compact sports channels
- Movie channels on the DSTV Compact package
- Kids and Teens channels
- DSTV Compact music channels
- DSTV compact Novela
- DSTV compact news channels
- DSTV Compact Religious channels
- Specialist and Foreign channels on DSTV Compact
- DSTV compact Nigerian Only channels
| 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 is a summary of all the channels in different categories as well as the total number of channels available in the Dstv compact package.
There are over 140 channels in a total of 11 Dstv Compact categories. The monthly subscription fee for DStv Compact is set at 7, 900 Naira for a month.
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 |
| Discovery TLC entertainment HD | 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 |
From the table above, you can see that the number of sports channels has increased, and that’s 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 |
Compact – At just N7,900 per month, you can enjoy all of the channels that are listed above. If you would like to pay for the whole year, the package costs N86, 900 per annum.
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 own cable TV subscription or help your friends and family pay for their DStv cable subscription.
All that you need in order to get a cable subscription done for yourself or someone else is yours or the details of the other person’s details. Next, you need to verify the DSTV account and that you wish to pay for and the correct account.
The other payment methods include MyDStv App, USSD, Internet Banking, Debit Order, or DSTV Walk-in Centres.
