Cheaper DStv Premium deal available in South Africa

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Cheaper DStv Premium deal available in South Africa

MultiChoice told MyBroadband about the deal after we asked it why its price lock offers had been removed from the DStv website.

 

[Werner1975]

But then you need a dish, decoder & locked into a contract. Plus installation. No thanks.

 

[Fuzzbox]

Why don't they offer the Stay package for R385 to every one
Includes all the sport channels.
One package one decoder

 

[Bad Ballie]

The need for a dish removes any reason to bother, the world has moved on.

 

[Brian_G]

We asked the DStv owner about the apparent removal of its Price Lock contracts from its website, and it said they were removed in July 2026 in preparation for DStv’s package restructuring.

“While provisions were initially made to re-evaluate Price Lock contracts, our current strategic focus on product simplification makes their reintroduction unlikely,” MultiChoice said.

“In alignment with this strategy, we have launched a 24-month subscription-only offer for Premium decoder customers at R799 per month.”

However, the broadcaster did not say how interested customers could sign up for the deal, given that it was missing from the DStv website.

@mylesillidge , have they put it back now or did you just miss it? Google AI can usually find their badly titled, badly indexed pages.
@Jan

https://www.dstv.com/en-za/news/149548/a-complete-guide-to-dstv-premium/

However, note that some info appears to be inaccurate. For instance; regular satellite Premium does include one mobile stream at no additional cost, and that suggests this special deal might as well, despite the otherwise-claim on the webpage.
(Multiploos almost always published typos and inaccuracies, everywhere.)

 

[wbot]

However, the broadcaster did not say how interested customers could sign up for the deal, given that it was missing from the DStv website.

I did it on the app. Easy, took a couple of minutes.

 

[satanboy]

The need for a dish removes any reason to bother, the world has moved on.

So all the claims that the streaming picture quality is not as good is a lie?

 

[Bad Ballie]

So all the claims that the streaming picture quality is not as good is a lie?

Have no idea about DSTV, don't use them, but never had an issue with other services like Prime.

 

[Brian_G]

So all the claims that the streaming picture quality is not as good is a lie?

It's not great, but not terrible anymore... until they get busy with peak times or live events.
I could never live with streaming-only from them.

There's a rumour that weather badly affects satellite viewing - bullshyte, for about 10 minutes a year maybe, that's all.

 

[Lupus]

The need for a dish removes any reason to bother, the world has moved on.

Have you informed those informal settlement people this? As they seem to believe the dish is needed.

 

[satanboy]

Home satellite dishes are still used today, primarily for rural television and high-speed satellite internet where cable or fiber is not available:

Direct-to-Home (DTH) Television: Millions of households still rely on compact Ku-band or Ka-band dishes for providers like Sky, Freesat, DirecTV, and regional pay-TV networks.
Satellite Internet & Broadband: Compact phased-array or traditional consumer dishes (such as Starlink or VSAT terminals) connect remote and rural homes to the internet.
Free-to-Air (FTA) TV: Hobbyists and rural viewers use smaller or legacy dishes to catch unencrypted, free-to-air satellite broadcasts.
Large C-Band Dishes: Massive mesh or solid dishes are still deployed in specific remote regions or for commercial back-end distribution because C-band signals resist heavy rain and snow better than higher-frequency bands.

Apparently, the world hasn't moved on.

 

[Brian_G]

Apparently, the world hasn't moved on.

One young guy told me that satellite tech is now stone age, lol

BTW the foreign free to air satellite broadcasts in this corner of the world aren't worth it, unless you're a devout Christian.


Easy to understand that people don't want commitments to service providers, but if into sport enough it is worth putting in the dish.

 

[Brian_G]

Have you informed those informal settlement people this? As they seem to believe the dish is needed.

 

[Smiggles]

Are those dishes connected though? They just stream movies from their phones etc. nowadays.