can you get DSTV outside of africa?

Question

i was wondering if it was possible to get dstv in countries such as canada & the u.s.?

Answer 1

No...unfortunately you cannot....! sorry!

Answer 2

You seem to be under the impression that DSTV is a TV station particular to South Africa when in fact it is basically Sky TV with a number of free channels from around the World thrown in. In fact friends tell me it is way overpriced in comparison to Sky and the number of Channels on offer.Some said Freeview in the UK is much better than DSTV and that costs nothing ( other than your licence fee).

Answer 3

Unfortunately not. Every country has his own type of satellite TV. I know that England (London) has a channel or two from dstv. But I don't believe Canada or US bought something from SA(DSTV)

Answer 4

I don't think there's DSTV, but I think in the USA they get 'cable' tv. Here in Australia and New Zealand, it's called 'Sky' tv. Just such a shame that we cannot watch another countries' tv hey?
I miss alot of SA's programs but we are able to pick up radio stations like 5fm and so on.

Answer 5

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Well, there are some nations out there that believe their country is the "world" and choose not to educate themselves or read widely about other countries. Then of course the African continent is the dark continent and all countries within are the same stereotype, disease ridden, poverty stricken, corruption invested and uneducated 3rd world. From this premise one can better understand why so many ignorant questions are asked about SA. Then the media also play a role by not accurately reporting and sensationalizing articles and news, which in turn, is exaggerated by word of mouth. These are the main reasons in my view, all comes down to ignorance. Ayiza, feeling better now that you have let off steam about the expats again....you should go into the photocopier business as you will identify with the product, repetitive and lacking originality.

Answer 6

Well I'm one of those "traitorous ex-pats" and I don't have to exaggerate things to shock people who've never been to SA. Most of the "outsiders" can't believe that SAfricans live with bars on the windows, gates on the doors, armed responses, barbed electrical wire and dogs that are there more for security than as pets. And all this on one residential home. They can't believe that our CBD's are "rather not go there" areas and that if you go to a public hospital be prepared to share a bed (or floor) and bring your own linen. Just from these things they think that SA must be a terrible place because it is so completely different and dangerous to what they know. I don't have a typical SAfrican accent and few of the SAfricans I speak to realise immediately that I'm one of them. When I ask them about SA, what it's like (because I'm curious to hear what they say), the first word they say is "Beautiful", secondly they'll say "Warm/hot" and third they'll say "Corrupt". And any SAfrican who believes that our government isn't corrupt is naive. A catch-phrase for many ex-pats is "Love the country, hate the government". There are the ex-pats who are more bitter but I've found them to be in the minority and even they will usually admit that it's a beautiful country. The main source of information to the outside world is the media. Good news doesn't sell so the only time papers outside of SA report on SA is when the news is particularly bad or sensational. It does give many people a skewed idea of SA. If all you hear about a country is how corrupt the politicians are and statistics on crime, death, poverty and unemployment; then that will be all you know about it unless you do research, which many people don't do simply because they don't care about SA. Also, many people can't see beyond their own country. They think that everywhere else must be the height of colonial primitive and they don't bother to find out the truth. Especially if that country has "Africa" in it's name then apparently it's the blackest jungles where everyone swings on vines and wears loincloths. Also, they're influence by movies like Lion King (I've been asked if Pride Rock was far from where I lived), I Dreamed of Africa, Tsotsi and Blood Diamond. They see one facet of a continent and they apply it to the entirety. It's all these elements all together that will lead most people to think the worst of SA and it's unfair to only blame one element.

Answer 7

Why wuold you want DSTV when you live in the USA and Canada their satalite TV is 1000 X better then DSTV.
Come on now!

Answer 8

Dstv Australia

Answer 9

Watching tv is simpler but I enjoy reading literature more

Answer 10

while reading a written e book, you're stimulating your brain. You increase your literacy and reading skills and you simply in the process, are more literate. Despite having today's modern tools, you still need to have the ability to read.
While watching t.v. can be good fun, it is not doing anything to the human brain.

Answer 11

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