DStv schedule on the Pod

It’s the applications that make a mobile device super useful and absolutely indispensable. Today, an application appeared in the iTunes app store that I was hoping for but never imagined would make an appearance: it’s rather simple, as it provides access only to a listing of TV schedules.

But as a company that is very tight and careful regarding distribution of its program listings, Multichoice for once needs to be congratulated. The iPhone DStv Guide is exactly that: a program guide to all DStv channels on the iPhone. The application is a free download and installs rather quickly – all information is gathered over-the-air.

All channels in the various bouquets are accessible. To save on data transfer times and bandwidth costs, the application displays a listing from which the user may select favourite channels to monitor.

Once ticked and selected, the channel overview screen displays the relevant scheduling information for the current time. Click on a specific channel to view a daily schedule up to seven days in advance.

It’s a really useful application and means I’ll no longer have to struggle trying to navigate the actual DStv website on the iPhone to try and view the schedule information.

Now, MultiChoice: how about opening up your schedule even more by providing media PC users with access to your online program guide?

Or else, I call on an enterprising individual who has the time and patience to use this iPhone app, a protocol analyzer and some coding skills to create a similar application to pull the OPG information directly to a media PC. Just a thought…

In the meantime, you may download the iPhone app from the iTunes app store.