StarTimes Kenya, a company headquartered in Beijing, offers pay-TV services to African countries such as Kenya.
StarTimes Kenya services comprise DHT (Direct To Home) and DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television).
If you are using a satellite dish with a satellite decoder to receive TV channels, then you are using the DHT technology. On the other hand, if your decoder is connected to an aerial or antenna, then your decoder is DTT type.
The aerial decoder is currently going for Ksh. 999 plus a one-month free classic bouquet.
The satellite full kit is being offered at Ksh. 2,699 and comes with a one-month free super bouquet. The StarTimes satellite kit comes bundled with a combo decoder, a satellite dish, and a coaxial cable.
The combo decoder alone goes for Ksh. 2,000 at various leading supermarkets outlets and StarTimes offices countrywide. The combo decoder has options to use both a TV Arial as well as a satellite dish.
StarTimes Kenya Packages
StarTimes offers both antenna and dish pay-TV packages. The cheapest antenna package is Nyota with 17 TV channels while the second cheapest package is the basic bouquet with 20 TV channels.
Satellite TV Packages
The combo satellite decoder gives you access to the following packages:
- Nova package: Ksh. 449
- Smart package: Ksh. 999
- Super package: Ksh. 1499
- Chinese package: Ksh. 1999
- Antenna Digital TV Packages
The StarTimes aerial decoder offers the following packages:
- StarTimes Nyota Ksh. 299
- StarTimes Basic Ksh. 599
- StarTimes Classic Ksh. 899
You can also pay for your StartTimes bouquet package on a daily or weekly subscription;
- Nyota bouquet: Ksh. 25 per day or Ksh. 100 per week
- Basic bouquet: Ksh. 60 per day or Ksh. 220 per week
- Classic bouquet: Ksh. 85 per day or Ksh. 340 per week
Antenna TV Channels
You will probably choose a StarTimes package based on the price and the TV channels that you want to watch.
Here is a list of the TV channels available under each antenna package:
Nyota
Nyota provides both local and international TV channels as follows:
- CGTN
- Family TV
- Ebru Africa
- GOD
- Border TV
- Smile of a child
- Jimjam
- E-stars
- Swahili
- Kungfu
- Sino Drama
- Njata TV
- Al Jazeera
- ST Sports Focus
- Iqraa
- Zone
- Times TV
Basic
Basic bouquet offers more entertainment and sports channels than the Nyota package. The TV channels in this package are listed below.
- Nickelodeon
- BBC World News
- AMC Movies
- Zee Cinema
- E TV
- Sports Premium
- CGTN Documentary
- Trace Mziki
- Emmanuel TV
- Da Vinci
- CNC World
- Sports Arena
- World Football HD
- Triple P
- Star Life
- TBN
- Clouds TV
- ST Sports Focus
- Novela E
- Star Plus
Classic
For the price of Kshs. 799 per month, Classic offers all the channels above and many other local and international options. When you purchase this package, you will get:
- Bloomberg
- BBC World News
- Fine Living
- Jimjam
- Citizen TV
- KBC
- Nickelodeon
- ST Bollywood
- FOX News
- Star Plus
- MTV Base
- CGTN
- ZEE Cinema
- E-Stars
- Al Jazeera
- ST Novela E
- E TV
- Baby TV
- Ebru Africa
- AMC Movies
- Iqraa
- ST Movies Plus
- Star Gold
- CGTN Documentary
- NTV
- K24
- ID
- E!
- Emmanuel TV
- Trace Mziki
- Kungfu
- MBCI
- Njata TV
- Sino Drama
- Family TV
- Sports Premium
- Zone
- Sports Arena
- Border TV
- CTN
- KTN Home
- GOD
- AMC Series
- ST Nollywood Plus
- National Geographic
- National Geographic Wild
- FOX
- ESPN
- Star Life
- ST Kids
- Real Time
- Love Nature
- Smithsonian Channels
- Discovery Family
- FOX Life
- Ebony Life
- Colors
- Rembo TV
- ST Novela E Plus
- Elimu TV
- CNC World
- Times TV
- Da Vinci
- Swahili
- Sports Focus
- Clouds TV
- MTV Base
- Novela E
Dish TV Channels
Besides the antenna packages, you can buy Dish bouquets and enjoy the following TV channels:
Nova
- Ebru Africa
- Inooro TV
- Kiss TV
- CGTN Documentary
- E TV
- ST Gospel
- Smile of a Child
- Swahili
- Da Vinci
- KTN News
- CCTV 4
- ST Dadin Kowa
- E-Stars
- Dove TV
- TBC 1
- Star Tv
- AMC Movies
- ST Sports Focus
- Mindset Learn
- PPP TV
- Kass TV
- Lolwe TV
- Channel Ten
- NTV UGA
- Zone
- Kungfu
- CNC World
- Border TV
- TVC News
- Iqraa
Smart
- E!
- ST Rise
- Nigezie
- ZEE Cinema
- Al Jazeera
- Jimjam
- Fine Living
- Novela E
- Africa
- Bollywood
- WAP TV
- Africa News
- DW
- ST Naija
- ITV
- Kids
- Sports Arena
- Nickelodeon
- Salam TV
- Clouds TV
- Sino Drama
- World Football HD
- Face TV
- Fashion One
- France 24 E
- ST SA Music
- Emmanuel TV
- Trace Mziki
- EATV
- AMC Series
- ESPN
- National Geographic Wild
- Star Life
- BBC World News
Super
- Bloomberg
- Soul
- Baby TV
- MTV Base
- FOX News
- MSNBC
- Star Gold
- Movies Plus
- Sports Premium
- Classica
- ID
- Novela E Plus
- FOX
- National Geographic
- Nollywood Plus
- Ebony Life
Chinese
This package mostly offers Chinese channels including Sports Arena, CCTV 4, 5+, 6, 9, and 13, Kungfu, China Movies Channel, Sports Premium, Sports Focus, CNE, CTI Asia, CCTV, Hunan World, ST Football World HD, and Phoenix Info.
To start watching StarTimes channels, you should buy a decoder from StarTimes dealers near you. Also, StarTimes accepts a wide range of payment methods such as M-PESA, EazzyPay, and debit cards.