South Africans are dropping DStv

[Jan]

Death by half a million cuts — South Africans kiss DStv goodbye

MultiChoice lost nearly half a million DStv subscribers in South Africa in the past year, according to the company's latest interim results (1H FY2023).

As of the end of September 2023, the pay-TV broadcaster's 90-day active subscribers in its country of origin stood at 8.629 million.

 

[Carl_Johnson]

Shame neh.

 

[Monkeyz]

I'm shocked

 

[dualmeister]

Money is tight. People can't afford extras like this anymore.

 

[justplain]

I've said it before, simply make premium less expensive and more people will take up the service.
Peeps dont have +- R900-R1000 a month to spend to watch some soccer, cricket or rugby.
Or perhaps I am being far too simple.

 

[Jan van Riebeeckstad]

It's all because of Steve

 

[Johand]

It would be nice to see a correlation graph between broadband penetration and broadcast/satelitte TV viewers.

I don't think initiatives like Vuma Key will so Dstv favours.

 

[now05ster]

Money is tight. People can't afford extras like this anymore.

Yeah, was going to post this. Well done.

I don't know about my other fellow South Africans, but we are on a tiiight budget here. When you are nickle and diming then luxuries are the first to go

 

[notayoba]

Well I'm actually impressed that they have any subscribers left at all. Who still has DStv in the age of cheap widely available broadband. No one I know, that's for sure.

 

[rubber_otter]

 

[BBSA]

Well I'm actually impressed that they have any subscribers left at all. Who still has DStv in the age of cheap widely available broadband. No one I know, that's for sure.

Boomers...

 

[HelterSkelter]

Make premium around R250.

 

[Peon]

Multichoice wont listen or shareholders refuse to let board do what needs to be done.

Canal+ probably walking up to make a purchase.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

thanks for that R19.95 world cup final though suckers!

 

[wingnut771]

Make premium around R250.

better yet, make just one account, premium and scrap the rest. Imagine them having 20 million premium customers.

 

[Swa]

I've said it before, simply make premium less expensive and more people will take up the service.
Peeps dont have +- R900-R1000 a month to spend to watch some soccer, cricket or rugby.
Or perhaps I am being far too simple.

Or unbundle it.

Money is tight. People can't afford extras like this anymore.

The irony is that those ditching it can afford the extras and things like fibre. Know one family that earns probably in excess of R30k before tax yet they have +R1k fibre and numerous other services but even basic Dstv is "too much" for them.

 

[Johand]

Or unbundle it.


The irony is that those ditching it can afford the extras and things like fibre. Know one family that earns probably in excess of R30k before tax yet they have +R1k fibre and numerous other services but even basic Dstv is "too much" for them.

The hierarchy is:

Fibre before kids before Dstv.

P. S. Anything after fibre in the above is financially reckless.

 

[marine1]

They have fked the SA public for decades, now they are getting payback,
I have zero sympathy, let it all burn to the ground
They took advantage of us for years because the SA public are too stupid to fight back

 

[DreamKing]

surprise?

 

[Jean Claude Vaaldamme]

Yes people are also dropping their medical aid's, insurance etc.