Broadcasting
Get the Best Festive Inspirations from these DStv Channels
The best time of the year is here and filled with happiness. For many, this season is the only time to unwind and spend with family. However, to make this happen in the most positive and fun way possible, you must set a few things in place.
In genuine Nigerian fashion, we need Jollof rice and the kind of salad with nine lives. We also need music, some festive decorations and several other types of food. Most importantly, we need things to entertain us. This is where DStv come in! It is important to switch things up from year to year to avoid monotony, and the DStv channels below will give you all the inspiration you need to make this happen.
1. Africa Magic: Africa Magic mostly makes this list because of Turn Up Friday. The show is the perfect way to have great family fun without breaking the bank. All you need is some cold Pepsi and a subscription that allows you access to AM Family and AM Urban, and you are ready to have a good time. It also helps that Africa magic has a slew of content from Showcase to Family to help you entertain the numerous guests you’ll have this season.
2. Honey TV: Honey TV is the home of inspiration. The channel has everything from fashion ideas to setting up parties and even the best way to ‘funkify’ African foods. Interestingly, it also has a little drama with shows like ‘Pastors Wives’ to help make things spicy if it fits the mood.
3. The music stations: This one explains itself. Do you need music to party? Don’t worry! DStv will come to the rescue. You have Hip TV, Soundcity, MTV Base, all the different Trace channels, DMX, Urban Music, and Afro Music to spoil you for musical choice. Just amp up the music and get the party started!
4. Food Network: If you need inspiration for how to make festive deserts, this channel has you covered! This station will help you download thousands of recipes to try out. Even better, with the ideas from the various TV shows on the platform, you and your children or partner can bond by trying them out. We promise it will be great fun, and it’s very far from the usual family hangouts or dates, so exciting!
5. E!: This channel is here because they have great photoshoot ideas. Yes! We are tired of seeing 5 million photos of families in pyjamas under the Christmas tree. Maybe keeping up with the Kardashians or the numerous other celebrity families and watching what they are doing for New Year shoots will inspire you to have a more creative New Year picture. We can only hope!
6. Vuzu: Vuzu is one of the most entertaining channels on DStv, and sadly people are sleeping on it. This station has talent shows, cooking shows, game shows, reality shows, and even the best international TV series. If you want a super-bougie new year, this is the channel to stay tuned to all season long!
7. M-Net: All the M-Net channels are the gifts that keep giving. They have a host of Christmas films this season on the stations. If you want to fill your house with Christmas spirit and cheer, then M-Net is probably the best way. The channel will also take you back with phenomenal Christmas classics that would be great to share with your kids and family – it screams nostalgia! Need we say more?
8. The kids’ channels: Just like with music, this explains itself. Trust channels like Disney, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and others to pull out all the stops for the festive season. If your kids aren’t already supper jazzed up for the season, let these channels help you get them in the spirit.
There are over 100 more channels available on DStv that will be spreading holiday cheer all season long. So, stay connected and enjoy the best entertainment from the comfort of your home. If you have to be out and about, remember that your decoder can follow you anywhere with the DStv app.
Also, as part of the Christmas cheer, DStv will gift you by upgrading your subscription when you pay for a new month’s viewing between December 20 to January 5, 2023. Stay connected by dialling *288# or using the MyDStv App to avoid getting disconnected.
Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has announced the postponement of its maiden annual Public Relations, Reputation, Ideas, Concepts and Excellence (PRICE) Awards and Prizes to January 25, 2026.
NIPR
The event, earlier scheduled for December 7, 2025, was deferred to accommodate stakeholders whose observance of Christmas festivities had commenced earlier than expected.
Chairman of the Organising Committee, Mr. Israel Opayemi, urged stakeholders to note the new date and prepare to participate in the ceremony.
He said the awards would motivate professionals, practitioners and scholars, while enhancing Nigeria’s global competitiveness in the public relations ecosystem and strengthening brand equity for all stakeholders.
Opayemi reaffirmed the Committee’s commitment to delivering a best-in-class award administration and ceremony, describing the PRICE Awards as a credible and enduring platform to identify, celebrate and elevate outstanding individuals, campaigns and organisations shaping the public relations landscape across sectors.
The development of the PRICE Awards peaked in September 2025 when the NIPR President and Chairman, Council, Dr. Ike Neliaku, inaugurated a 12-man committee to organise the maiden edition. The inauguration followed the Council’s adoption of the report of a technical team tasked with establishing the awards.
Netflix has announced a landmark agreement to acquire Warner Bros. and HBO Max in a transaction valued at $82.7 billion, a move analysts say will reshape the global entertainment industry.
Netflix
The deal, which includes Warner Bros.’ film and television studios, HBO, HBO Max, and Warner Bros. Games, was unanimously approved by the boards of both companies. Under the terms, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) shareholders will receive $23.25 in cash and $4.50 in Netflix shares for each WBD share.
Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos described the acquisition as “a defining moment” for the streaming giant, noting that the company intends to maintain Warner Bros.’ current operations while expanding its production capacity.
“By combining Warner Bros.’ incredible library of shows and movies with Netflix’s culture-defining titles, we can give audiences more of what they love and help define the next century of storytelling,” Sarandos said.
The transaction is expected to close within 12 to 18 months, following the planned spin-off of WBD’s TV networks division, Discovery Global, in 2026. Netflix projects annual cost savings of $2–3 billion by the third year after completion and expects the deal to be accretive to earnings per share by year two.
Industry groups, including the Directors Guild of America and Cinema United, have raised concerns about the impact on movie theaters, while regulators are expected to scrutinize the deal over antitrust issues. Netflix has pledged to continue supporting theatrical releases, with Warner Bros.’ cinema commitments running through 2029.
Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav hailed the agreement, saying it “combines two of the greatest storytelling companies in the world to bring to even more people the entertainment they love.”
Observers note that the acquisition comes 15 years after former Time Warner chief Jeff Bewkes dismissed Netflix as “the Albanian army,” underscoring the dramatic shift in the entertainment landscape.
A major shake‑up rocks viewers and subscribers of DSTV/GOTV as many channels are set to shut down and be removed on January 1, 2026.
The trigger for the upcoming shut‑down is a breakdown in negotiations between the owners of multiple global channels and the pay‑TV operator.
As of December 2025, the deal between Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) and DStv/GOtv has expired and the two parties have not reached a renewal agreement.
Without a new carriage/distribution agreement, the channels belonging to WBD risk being pulled off the DStv/GOtv line‑up.
This is the most significant content cutback the service has seen in years.
The affected channels are:
Discovery Channel
TLC
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
CNN International
Food Network
The Travel Channel
TNT
Investigation Discovery
Real Time
HGTV
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