StarTimes is a leading digital TV operator in Africa, providing affordable and high-quality satellite and terrestrial television services across the continent. Founded in 1988, the company has grown rapidly and now serves millions of subscribers in over 30 countries. StarTimes offers a wide range of channels, including local, regional, and international content, covering entertainment, news, sports, movies, and educational programming. Its mission is to make digital TV accessible to as many people as possible, especially in underserved and rural areas, by offering cost-effective packages and user-friendly technology.

Beyond just TV broadcasting, StarTimes also provides value-added services such as digital migration support for governments, broadband internet services, and mobile TV platforms. The company uses advanced compression and transmission technologies to deliver clear and reliable signals, even in areas with limited infrastructure. With a strong focus on local content, StarTimes actively partners with African content creators and producers, helping to promote African culture and stories to a wider audience. Overall, StarTimes plays a significant role in shaping the digital media landscape in Africa by combining affordability, accessibility, and diverse programming.

Channels

EPG	Channel Name	Notes	Owner/parent company	Broadcast hours
99	ST Guide		StarTimes	24 hours
100	ST Movies Plus		StarTimes	24 hours
101	ST Movies		StarTimes	24 hours
102	ST Nollywood Plus		StarTimes	24 hours
120	ST Rise		StarTimes	24 hours
127	ST Novela E		StarTimes	24 hours
128	ST Novela E Plus		StarTimes	24 hours
129	ST Zone		StarTimes	24 hours
130	ST Sino Drama		StarTimes	24 hours
133	Star Life P		Disney Star (The Walt Disney Company India)	24 hours
140	FilmBox Action		SPI International (a Canal+ company)	24 hours
141	Timeless Dizi Channel		SPI International / Canal+	24 hours
155	ST KungFu		StarTimes	24 hours
157	SABC 1		South African Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
159	SABC 3		South African Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
160	e.tv		eMedia Investments	24 hours
162	ST Dadin Kowa	Nigeria only	StarTimes	24 hours
165	TLC		Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
166	Rembo Plus	Rembo TV Ltd (Kenya)	24 hours
170	CBS Reality		AMC Networks International / Paramount Global	24 hours
178	Farin Wata	Hausa language	StarTimes	24 hours
180	ST Africa 2		StarTimes	24 hours
184	PBO	Pan-African content	StarTimes	24 hours
185	African Movie Channel (AMC Movies)		African Movie Channel Ltd	24 hours
186	TNT		Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
189	WAP TV		Wole Adenuga Productions (Nigeria)	24 hours
190	E-Stars		StarTimes	24 hours
191	Ebony Life TV		EbonyLife Media (Nigeria)	24 hours
195	C12		Unknown/Independent	24 hours
197	TV3 Tanzania		Clouds Media Group	24 hours
220	National Geographic		The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
221	National Geographic Wild		The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
222	CBS Justice	Formerly available in some regions	AMC Networks / Paramount Global	24 hours
223	ID E	Investigation Discovery Europe	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
231	CGTN Documentary		China Global Television Network (CGTN)	24 hours
240	ST Sports Focus		StarTimes	24 hours
241	ST Sports Arena HD		StarTimes	24 hours
243	ST Sports Life		StarTimes	24 hours
244	ST Beta Sports		StarTimes	24 hours
245	ST World Football		StarTimes	24 hours
246	ST Sports Premium		StarTimes	24 hours
247	ST Adepa	Ghanaian channel	StarTimes	24 hours
248	ESPN		The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
249	ESPN 2		The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
250	Fuel TV		Fuel TV Global	24 hours
252	MUTV	Manchester United TV	Manchester United F.C.	24 hours
253	W-Sport	Women's sports	W-Sport Ltd (UK)	24 hours
254	Real Madrid TV		Real Madrid C.F.	24 hours
255	Eurosport News		Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
256	BBC News		British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)	24 hours
257	Al Jazeera		Al Jazeera Media Network (Qatar)	24 hours
258	Sky News		Sky Group (Comcast)	24 hours
259	France 24 E	English version	France Médias Monde	24 hours
260	RT	Russia Today	TV-Novosti (Russia)	24 hours
261	Fox News		Fox Corporation	24 hours
262	RT Français	French version	TV-Novosti (Russia)	24 hours
264	Bloomberg	Bloomberg Television	Bloomberg L.P.	24 hours
266	CGTN	China Global Television Network	China Media Group	24 hours
270	TVC News		Continental Broadcasting Service (Nigeria)	24 hours
272	Africa News		Euronews Group (France)	24 hours
273	CNC World		Xinhua News Agency (China)	24 hours
274	DW	Deutsche Welle	German international broadcaster	24 hours
282	Fashion TV		Fashion TV Media Group	24 hours
300	ST Kids		StarTimes	24 hours
301	Boing		Warner Bros. Discovery / Mediaset (varies by region)	24 hours
302	CBeebies		BBC Studios	24 hours
303	JimJam		AMC Networks International / Paramount Global	24 hours
304	Kartoon Channel		Genius Brands International	24 hours
305	Baby TV		The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
306	Toonami		Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
308	Da Vinci		Da Vinci Media	24 hours
309	Mindset Learn	Educational content	Mindset Network (South Africa)	24 hours
310	ST Toons		StarTimes	24 hours
311	ST Tooni		StarTimes	24 hours
312	ST Kids Plus		StarTimes	24 hours
320	ST Music		StarTimes	24 hours
322	ST Kasi Music		StarTimes	24 hours
323	Nigezie	Nigerian music and entertainment	Nigezie Xtreme (Nigeria)	24 hours
324	ST Naija		StarTimes	24 hours
332	Stingray Classica	Classical music	Stingray Group (Canada)	24 hours
333	Wasafi TV	Tanzanian entertainment	Wasafi Media	24 hours
335	Trace Mziki	East African music	Trace Group	24 hours
359	NTA Knowledge		Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)	24 hours
360	ST Gospel		StarTimes	24 hours
361	GOD	God TV	GOD TV / Angel Christian Television Trust	24 hours
362	Inspiration	Inspirational TV	Daystar / Faith-based broadcaster	24 hours
364	TBN Yetu	Tanzanian feed of TBN	Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN)	24 hours
366	Iqraa	Islamic channel	Arab Media Corporation (Saudi Arabia)	24 hours
370	RTP Internacional		Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP)	24 hours
400	ST Swahili		StarTimes	24 hours
401	ST Bongo		StarTimes	24 hours
402	ST Swahili Plus		StarTimes	24 hours
403	Sanyuka		MultiChoice Tanzania / DStv	24 hours
404	ST Dadin Kowa		StarTimes	24 hours
412	ST Yorùbá		StarTimes	24 hours
413	Isi Mbido		Local Nigerian broadcaster	24 hours
417	JIT TV		Nigerian Christian TV network	24 hours
433	NTA News 24		Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)	24 hours
434	NTA Sports 24		Nigerian Television Authority (NTA)	24 hours
445	TBC1	Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation main channel	Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
446	TBC2	Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation secondary channel	Tanzanian Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
447	UBC	Uganda Broadcasting Corporation	Uganda Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
451	KBC Channel 1	Kenyan national broadcaster	Kenya Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
452	ZNBC TV1	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation main channel	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
453	ZNBC TV2	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation secondary channel	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
454	Ghana TV		Ghana Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
456	ZNBC TV3	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation tertiary channel	Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
457	Parliament TV	Parliamentary broadcaster (varies by country)	Respective national parliament	24 hours
460	My TV		Uganda-based private broadcaster	24 hours
463	BTV Kenya		Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (Kenya Television Network)	24 hours
466	Mambo TV	Tanzanian entertainment channel	Private ownership (Tanzania)	24 hours
470	Farin Wata		StarTimes	24 hours
475	Orísun	Nigerian Yoruba language channel	Private Nigerian broadcaster	24 hours
481	Africa News	Pan-African news channel	Africa News Network	24 hours
482	Face TV	Ugandan private broadcaster	Face TV Uganda	24 hours
483	Be TV	Congolese entertainment channel	Groupe Supremme TV	24 hours
484	Rembo TV	Tanzanian entertainment	Private Tanzanian company	24 hours
486	1KZN	South African regional channel (KwaZulu-Natal)	e.tv or local operators	24 hours
488	K24	Kenyan news and entertainment	Mediamax Network Ltd	24 hours
489	eExtra	South African entertainment	e.tv (eMedia Holdings)	24 hours
491	Bukkedde TV 2	Ugandan channel	Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC)	24 hours
492	Channels TV	Nigerian news	Channels Television	24 hours
493	Silverbird TV	Nigerian private channel	Silverbird Group	24 hours
494	AIT	Nigerian independent TV	Africa Independent Television	24 hours
495	Border TV	South African regional channel	Private	24 hours
496	Channel Ten	Tanzanian TV station	Private ownership	24 hours
497	Clouds TV	Tanzanian entertainment	Clouds Media Group	24 hours
498	NTV UGA	Ugandan news channel	Nation Media Group Uganda	24 hours
499	NBS	Ugandan news and entertainment	Next Media Services
502	GTV Sports +		Ghana Television (GTV)	24 hours
503	TV3 Ghana		Media General Ghana Limited	24 hours
508	Dove Television		Dove Media Network (Ghana)	24 hours
509	BRICS Africa Channel		BRICS Media Group	24 hours
510	KTN	Kenyan national broadcaster	Standard Group	24 hours
511	EBRU Africa		Ebru TV	24 hours
512	NTV KEN		Nation Media Group	24 hours
513	Citizen TV	Kenyan TV channel	Royal Media Services	24 hours
514	ITV Daima		Independent Television Network (Kenya)	24 hours
515	EATV	East African broadcaster	East African Television Network	24 hours
516	Star TV		MultiChoice Africa (DStv)	24 hours
517	Emmanuel TV	Nigerian Christian TV	Emmanuel TV Network	24 hours
521	Ten Urban		MultiChoice Africa (DStv)	24 hours
523	Kasstv		Kenyan regional channel	24 hours
524	Inooro TV	Kenyan regional channel (Kikuyu language)	Royal Media Services	24 hours
528	Plus TV Africa	Pan-African news channel	Plus TV Africa Ltd	24 hours
530	Max TV		Private Kenyan broadcaster	24 hours
538	Arewa 24	Northern Nigerian channel (Hausa language)	Arewa24 Media Limited	24 hours
543	Crown Television		Private Nigerian broadcaster	24 hours
544	MOZO TV		Private broadcaster	24 hours
546	Prime Television		Private Kenyan broadcaster	24 hours
550	Star Life		MultiChoice Africa (DStv)	24 hours
552	Colors	Indian entertainment channel	Viacom18	24 hours
553	Zee One	Indian entertainment channel	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	24 hours
554	Nigbati TV	Nigerian channel	Private ownership	24 hours
555	Star Gold	Indian Bollywood movies	Star India (Disney)	24 hours
556	Zee Cinema	Indian Bollywood movies	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	24 hours
558	Zee Tamil	Indian Tamil language channel	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	24 hours
559	Zee Bollymovies	Indian Bollywood movies	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	24 hours
560	Star Plus	Indian general entertainment channel	Star India (Disney)	24 hours
570	Glow TV		Private broadcaster
605	Afro Novelas	African soap operas	Private/Regional	24 hours
606	Aforevo		Private/Regional	24 hours
607	Warner TV	General entertainment	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
608	TCM Cinéma	Classic movies	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
609	TV Breizh	Regional French channel	TF1 Group	24 hours
612	ST Afrik		Private/Regional	24 hours
615	ST Novela F Plus		Private/Regional	24 hours
616	ST Nollywood F	Nollywood films	Private/Regional	24 hours
617	ST Novela F		Private/Regional	24 hours
618	Zee Magic	Indian entertainment (Swahili)	Zee Entertainment Enterprises	24 hours
619	Passion Novelas	Telenovelas	Private/Regional	24 hours
620	Nina Novelas F		Private/Regional	24 hours
621	Passion Bollywood	Bollywood films	Private/Regional	24 hours
636	E! F	Entertainment and celebrity news	NBCUniversal	24 hours
639	TV5 Monde	International French channel	TV5Monde	24 hours
641	France 2	French public TV	France Télévisions	24 hours
642	France 3	French public regional TV	France Télévisions	24 hours
643	France 5	French public culture/education	France Télévisions	24 hours
645	TFX	French general entertainment	TF1 Group	24 hours
661	National Geographic F	French-language Nat Geo	National Geographic Partners (Disney)	24 hours
662	National Geographic Wild F	Wildlife and nature (French)	National Geographic Partners (Disney)	24 hours
664	Discovery Channel	Documentary channel	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
665	TLC (ex-Discovery Science F)	Lifestyle channel (French)	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
666	ID F	Investigation Discovery (French)	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
672	China Movie Channel (ex-SFR Sport 4)	Chinese movies	China Central Television (CCTV)	24 hours
679	Joy Prime	Ghanaian entertainment	MultiChoice Ghana	24 hours
680	Adom TV	Ghanaian TV channel	Multimedia Group Limited (Ghana)	24 hours
682	France 24	International news (French)	France Médias Monde	24 hours
683	GH One	Ghanaian entertainment	Multimedia Group Limited (Ghana)	24 hours
684	BFM TV	French news channel	Altice France	24 hours
685	Business 24x7	Business news	Private ownership	24 hours
686	TV5 Monde Style	Lifestyle channel (French)	TV5Monde	24 hours
695	Cartoonito	Preschool cartoons	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
696	Cartoon Network	Children's cartoons	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
697	Boomerang	Classic cartoons	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
699	Canal J	French kids channel	M6 Group
700	TiVi5 Monde	French-language children’s channel	TV5Monde / France Télévisions	24 hours
701	Warner TV Next	General entertainment	Warner Bros. Discovery	24 hours
715	DBM TV		Private/Regional	24 hours
716	MCM Top	Music channel	Groupe M6	24 hours
718	RFM TV	Music channel	Groupe M6	24 hours
719	M6 Music	Music channel	Groupe M6	24 hours
722	LMTV		Private/Regional	24 hours
723	KTO	Catholic religious channel (France)	KTO TV	24 hours
724	EMCI TV	Christian religious channel	EMCI TV	24 hours
725	RTV	Regional TV	Private/Regional	24 hours
727	RTBA	Benin public TV	Government	24 hours
728	RTNC	Democratic Republic of Congo public TV	Government	24 hours
729	Télé 50	Regional TV (DRC)	Private/Regional	24 hours
730	RTG	Guinea public TV	Government	24 hours
731	Kanal 7		Private/Regional	24 hours
732	B-one		Private/Regional	24 hours
733	TVM	Mauritius public TV	Government	24 hours
734	RTI1	Côte d'Ivoire public TV	Government	24 hours
735	RTI2	Côte d'Ivoire second channel	Government	24 hours
736	Télécongo	Congo public TV	Government	24 hours
737	CRTV	Cameroon public TV	Government	24 hours
738	ORTM	Mali public TV	Government	24 hours
739	Gabon Télévision	Gabon public TV	Government	24 hours
740	La 3 (RTI 3)	Côte d'Ivoire third channel	Government	24 hours
741	Ubiznews		Private/Regional	24 hours
742	DRTV		Private/Regional	24 hours
744	Digital Congo		Private/Regional	24 hours
747	Canal2 Movies	Movie channel (Cameroon)	Private/Regional	24 hours
751	SEN TV	Senegal public TV	Government	24 hours
752	Bnews1		Private/Regional	24 hours
753	Ecclesia TV	Religious channel	Private/Religious	24 hours
754	Impact TV		Private/Regional	24 hours
755	Benie TV		Private/Regional	24 hours
756	RTS1	Senegal public TV	Government	24 hours
758	TVC	Nigerian private TV	Private	24 hours
759	ORTB	Benin public TV	Government	24 hours
760	CIS médias		Private/Regional	24 hours
761	RTNB	Burkina Faso public TV	Government	24 hours
762	Télé Chad	Chad public TV	Government	24 hours
766	DRTV	Duplicate? (see 742)	Private/Regional	24 hours
767	CHERIFLRTV		Private/Regional	24 hours
768	CINAF TV		Private/Regional	24 hours
769	Up TV		Private/Regional	24 hours
771	TVPlus Madagascar		Private/Regional	24 hours
777	Ntv	Ugandan private TV	Private	24 hours
778	NCI	Côte d'Ivoire private TV	Private	24 hours
781	Be TV	Private TV	Private	24 hours
795	Walf TV	Senegal private TV	Private	24 hours
810	TVB Drama	Hong Kong drama channel	TVB	24 hours
811	福建卫视 (Fujian TV SETV)	Provincial Chinese TV station (Fujian)	Fujian Broadcasting	24 hours
812	Zhejiang TV	Provincial Chinese TV station (Zhejiang)	Zhejiang Radio & TV Group	24 hours
813	CCTV 娱乐 (CCTV Entertainment)	CCTV entertainment channel	China Central Television	24 hours
814	CCTV 9	Documentary channel	China Central Television	24 hours
815	东方卫视 (Dragon TV)	Shanghai-based general channel	Shanghai Media Group	24 hours
816	Hunan World	International version of Hunan TV	Hunan Broadcasting System	24 hours
817	JSBC International	Jiangsu Satellite TV International	Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation	24 hours
818	BTV (Beijing TV)	Beijing Municipal Television	Beijing Radio and Television Station	24 hours
819	TJTV World	Tianjin Satellite TV international channel	Tianjin Television	24 hours
820	Phoenix Info	News channel from Phoenix TV	Phoenix Television	24 hours
821	TVS 2	Guangdong Satellite TV second channel	Guangdong Radio and Television	24 hours
849	CCTV 5	Sports channel	China Central Television	24 hours
850	CGTN Français	China Global Television Network French	China Central Television	24 hours
851	CCTV 4	International channel in Chinese	China Central Television	24 hours
852	CCTV 6	Movie channel	China Central Television	24 hours
853	CCTV 13	News channel	China Central Television	24 hours
854	CCTV 1	Main general channel	China Central Television	24 hours
855	PhoenixCNE	Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment	Phoenix Television	24 hours
881	ST Novela P	Portuguese language novela channel		24 hours
887	AMC P	Portuguese version of AMC	AMC Networks	24 hours
888	TLN	The Lifestyle Network (Portuguese)		24 hours
889	Star Life P	Portuguese Star Life channel	Star India / Disney	24 hours
890	Star Channel	Entertainment channel	Star India / Disney	24 hours
891	Star Movies	Movie channel	Star India / Disney	24 hours
892	Star Comedy	Comedy channel	Star India / Disney	24 hours
893	Canal Hollywood	Movie channel (Portugal/Spain)	AMC Networks	24 hours
896	RTP África	Portuguese-speaking African countries	Rádio e Televisão de Portugal	24 hours
898	TVI Internacional	Portuguese international channel	Media Capital	24 hours
899	SIC Internacional	Portuguese international channel	Impresa	24 hours
900	SIC Mulher	Portuguese women’s lifestyle channel	Impresa	24 hours
906	National Geographic P	Portuguese version of Nat Geo	National Geographic Partners	24 hours
907	National Geographic Wild P	Portuguese version of Nat Geo Wild	National Geographic Partners	24 hours
916	CNN Portugal	Portuguese CNN affiliate	CNN / Media Capital	24 hours
917	SIC Noticias	Portuguese news channel	Impresa	24 hours
923	Disney Channel	Kids & family entertainment	The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
924	Disney Jr.	Preschool kids channel	The Walt Disney Company	24 hours
925	Biggs	Portuguese youth channel	Media Capital	24 hours
926	JimJam P	Portuguese version of JimJam	AMC Networks	24 hours
927	Panda Kids	Portuguese kids channel	Dreamia	24 hours
936	24 Kitchen	Cooking and lifestyle channel	The Walt Disney Company (formerly Fox Networks)	24 hours
946	TVM1	Malta’s main public TV channel	Public Broadcasting Services (Malta)	24 hours
947	TVM2	Malta’s secondary TV channel	Public Broadcasting Services (Malta)	24 hours
948	STV	Scottish Television (ITV network)	STV Group	24 hours
949	Miramar	Regional channel (Portugal)		24 hours
952	TV Sucesso	Portuguese channel		24 hours
954	Eco TV	Business news channel (Portugal)		24 hours
957	ST Mania	Youth entertainment channel		24 hours
958	Kingdom TV	Religious / inspirational channel		24 hours
961	Mega TV	Portuguese channel		24 hours
963	Afro Music	Music channel focused on African artists		24 hours
996	Penthouse Black	Adult entertainment channel	Penthouse Media Group	24 hours
998	Pornhub TV	Adult entertainment channel	MindGeek

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