DStv price hikes announced

[ThinkCentre]

SuperSport not worth that money! Ripoff!

 

[Ho3n3r]

But it's worth whatever they want to charge just for the sport…

Riiiight.

 

[elvis_presley]

I think that's pretty high

It's not.

And many of their input costs have increased 40% in the past year. 16% isn't much of a buffer.

 

[supersunbird]

My package is actually dropping from R39 to R29 - whoop whoop. I don't see how their gotv package is supposed to flourish at all considering this.

I cancelled after they raised it, not gonna bother with that again, I think I'll get a OpenView decoder to utilize that dish...

 

[ThinkCentre]

R759 is $48.37 thanks to the exchange rate.

The Sky Sports TV bundle in the UK is £45.50pm, or R998.47pm.
Time Warner Cable has a fairly comprehensive cable subscription for $64.99pm that includes PVR, which is R1020pm.

R759 isn't great value for money anymore, but it does compare favourably to the US and UK equivalents.

NTV is €14.95 and has 70 sport channels! Go to www.ntv.mx

 

[catman37]

Isn't Hulu Plus better than Netflix?

Very true; Yet, I still get exceptional value for money from Netflix, more than what the desperate monopolistic multichoice can offer.

 

[Bryn]

NTV is €14.95 and has 70 sport channels! Go to www.ntv.mx

And doesn't always perform great, and has an ugly watermark on many channels now and has a crap Kodi user interface. Oh, and is totally illegal with zero license costs.

 

[badtrev]

Yes, everyone is seeing diminished returns and there is some major treble looming.

There must be some bass line measurement that can be used though.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

There must be some bass line measurement that can be used though.

I think it's key that they conduct a survey so they can scale their prices accordingly.

 

[Bighit]

I cancelled after they raised it, not gonna bother with that again, I think I'll get a OpenView decoder to utilize that dish...

I'd wait a little while to see what DTT decoders come out this year after GoTV made an appearance.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

In the article they say no access fee increase, but in the table there is a R5 increase

 

[ngwe23]

DSTV could leave their prices unchanged and their would still be complaining

 

[ThinkCentre]

And doesn't always perform great, and has an ugly watermark on many channels now and has a crap Kodi user interface. Oh, and is totally illegal with zero license costs.

I rather have a ugly watermark on my TV than an ugly dent in my bank account!

 

[Bighit]

In the article they say no access fee increase, but in the table there is a R5 increase

Access Fee increased (for PVR and xtraview), the actual DSTV access bouquet remains unchanged on R99.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Access Fee increased (for PVR and xtraview), the actual DSTV access bouquet remains unchanged on R99.

Cool. Was wondering

 

[Former member 61586]

8.1% increase for compact. 6.25% increase for pvr functions on explora.

Overall from R399 to R430. 7.7%. I can live with that.

 

[claudirim]

No need for me, lot's of free channels over the net.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer
http://www.itv.com/
http://www.tvplayer.com/ -premium channels for 5 pounds; R100

You would need a vpn connection, smart dns, I use:
https://www.purevpn.com/

 

[Bighit]

No need for me, lot's of free channels over the net.
http://www.itv.com/

ITV has started asking for login credentials, no?

 

[Ninja'd]

But it's worth whatever they want to charge just for the sport…

Says the guy who can waltz into any stadium just like that

 

[Vegeta]

Meh, seems in-line with other increases.

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