The showcase channel will hit the screens on DStv today, 21 December 2009 on channel 172. The channel is the only global high-definition television brand promising to offer the very best factual entertainment, selected from various Discovery channels as well as exclusive content that can be seen only on Discovery HD Showcase
The channel covers a variety of programmes including science, technology, people, places and natural history. Like other HD channels, this channel will be available to Premium bouquet subscribers that have PVR decoders that are HD-capable. Last year MultiChoice launched a PVR decoder that is HD-capable and two weeks and the pay-TV channel announced the launch of SuperSport HD on its DStv platform. The addition of Discovery HD Showcase brings the number of HD channels on DStv to three.
"This latest addition demonstrates our commitment to growing our HD offering on DStv. Our Premium subscribers will now enjoy a wider scope of HD content, covering Sport, Documentary and general entertainment from the three HD channels" says Nico Meyer, CEO of MultiChoice South Africa.
To view the HD channels, customers need:
* HD PVR decoder (connected to the TV via a HDMI cable), currently priced at R2999, while stocks last
* A full HD or HD-ready TV
* Satellite installation (minimum twin LNB)
* Home theatre system (optional)
* A DStv Premium subscription.
