Channel O in South Africa · channel ID and TV guide

Channel O · ChannelO.za

Look for ChannelO.za when you match Channel O in South Africa. The directory lists Multichoice Group in the owner field.

Station details

The directory points to channelo.dstv.com for this station. Use the local listing to check television programme or radio service.

Check that a similar name refers to the intended television service.

<channel id="ChannelO.za">…</channel>
<programme channel="ChannelO.za" start="20250715200000 +0200">…</programme>

Compare the two ID strings in your guide export. The directory key above is the reference for this feed.

Historical time conversions for the example XMLTV entry. Match the date and location of your actual feed.
Example zone	Local time	The same time in UTC
Africa/Johannesburg	15 Jul 2025 20:00 +0200	15 Jul 18:00 UTC

The linked fixture uses a historical date and an illustrative title. It can verify whether your player joins records by ID.

Reading the result for this station
Check	What to look for
Import result	Look for “Channel O \| guide alignment test” against ChannelO.za in the historic guide data.
Blank guide for this station	Compare the exported channel identifier with ChannelO.za exactly, including punctuation and letter case.