Gone are the days of missing your favorite show or that awesome game on Saturday afternoon. DSTV has over the last decade provided subscribers with a myriad of different services but the ability to record and use “Catch-Up” must certainly be the most useful. Now you can take this service with you! No, you don’t have to buy the Drifta, you can watch your favorite shows right on your iOS device. Premium customers are now able to download selected videos from DStv Catch Up on both iPhones and iPads. What’s more, and I am particularly interested in this development, DSTV has also incorporated live streaming of major sporting events into the iOS and Android SuperSport apps.
This is great news for those that travel a lot, have to stand in queues at Home Affairs or just have some time to kill at the doctor’s office. The DSTV app allows premium customers to download and save the latest TV shows onto their iPhone/iPad for later use. Whether you download the content at home or abuse some coffee shop’s WiFi, you will now always be up to date with your favorite series. To enable this service customers must signup using their DStv Premium smartcard number on the DSTV website in a once off process.
Here are the instructions (verbatim from DSTV website):
To access DStv Catch Up on your iPhone/iPad:
- Install the latest version of the DStv App from the Apple iTunes App Store.
- Run the app and press the CATCH UP button at the bottom of the app screen.
- Sign in with your DStv Connect ID. If you don‘t have one yet, sign up here and remember to link your smartcard in the registration process.
- You can now stream a large selection of DStv Catch Up videos in the app; certain videos are also available to download
To access live streaming with SuperSport on iPhone/iPad/Android:
- Install the latest version of the SuperSport App from the Apple iTunes App Store or from the Google Play Store.
- When you run the app you‘ll immediately see all the available video, including what‘s currently live and what‘s coming up.
- Sign in with your DStv Connect ID. If you don‘t have one yet, sign up here and remember to link your smartcard in the registration process
- Press the RED play button.
To access live streaming with SuperSport on the web:
- Visit www.supersport.com
- Sign in with your DStv Connect ID. If you don‘t have one yet, sign up and remember to link your smartcard in the registration process
- Hover your mouse over VIDEO and click on LIVE
Source: DSTV
