BREAKING. TopTV's new StarSat pornographic TV channels are already available - but only 2 sex channels for R159 per month.

StarSat's porn channels - the pornographic TV channels which On Digital Media (ODM) were granted a licence to broadcast is South Africa is already running and accessible to pay-TV subscribers, but ODM and its Chinese backer StarTimes is only making 2 sex channels available, not yet the applied for 3, for a monthly additional subscription fee of R159 per month.

Although the impression has been created that StarSat's Playboy package would only become available from 1 December 2013, the TV sex offering is already available.

No mention has been made or is being made of it in any ODM and StarTimes media statements and its existence as an available StarSat package was kept quiet at the media briefing where ODM and StarTimes announced the new StarSat rebranding last month.

TopTV, soon to be StarSat subscribers, can get access to the pornographic channels already however which ODM confirming that the sex package is running and available.

The Playboy package is already available but subscribers have to call the ODM call centre and request the porno bouquet specifically.

ODM says "the Playboy package is being managed and marketed in a very targeted manner".

ODM applied for and wanted to launch the pornographic channels package with 3 channels - Playboy TV, Desire TV and Private Spice. However only Playboy TV and Private Spice are available and cost R159 per month for the two channels. It's not yet clear why Desire TV is not available, and whether it would be added later.