{"id":123070,"date":"2015-04-01T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=123070"},"modified":"2015-04-01T10:12:58","modified_gmt":"2015-04-01T08:12:58","slug":"new-dstv-prices-kick-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/123070-new-dstv-prices-kick-in.html","title":{"rendered":"New DStv prices kick in"},"content":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice announced in February it would increase\u00a0the price of most DStv bouquets from 1 April 2015.<\/p>\n

The pay TV operator reviews its pricing structure every year, usually resulting in an increase in subscription fees for many DStv packages and add-ons.<\/p>\n

DStv Premium subscribers will now pay R699 per month for the service, up from R665 per month.<\/p>\n

DStv Extra subscribers will pay R425 \u2013 up from R399 \u2013 while DStv Compact users will fork out R319 per month, up from R295.<\/p>\n

DStv Family and DStv Select subscribers will pay R199 per month for their service \u2013 up from the current R185 per month.<\/p>\n

DStv Access remains unchanged at R99 per month, but DStv Easyview increases from R29 per month to R39 per month. DStv Mobile\u2019s pricing remains unchanged at R49 per month.<\/p>\n

The new DStv prices are summarised in the table below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Packages<\/th>\nOld price<\/th>\nNew price<\/th>\nPercentage increase<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
DStv Premium<\/td>\nR665<\/td>\nR699<\/td>\n5.11%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Extra<\/td>\nR399<\/td>\nR425<\/td>\n6.52%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Compact<\/td>\nR295<\/td>\nR319<\/td>\n8.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Select<\/td>\nR185<\/td>\nR199<\/td>\n7.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Family<\/td>\nR185<\/td>\nR199<\/td>\n7.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Access<\/td>\nR99<\/td>\nR99<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Easy View<\/td>\nR29<\/td>\nR39<\/td>\n34.48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Mobile<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
M-Net Analogue\/CSN*<\/td>\nR315<\/td>\nR335<\/td>\n6.35%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PVR \/ Xtraview Access Fee<\/td>\nR75<\/td>\nR80<\/td>\n6.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
*No longer on offer \u2013 only available to subscribers still on the package.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n
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DStv prices versus inflation 2000-2015<\/p><\/div>\n

As the graph above shows, increases in subscription fees for DStv Premium usually keep pace with inflation.<\/p>\n

Besides the price hikes, MultiChoice also announced changes to the online streaming service features available to Premium subscribers.<\/p>\n

Going forward, Premium subscribers will not be able to access streaming video services without an active personal video recorder (PVR).<\/p>\n

Subscribers already can\u2019t access DStv Catch Up without an active PVR, while access to SuperSport live streaming will be restricted in the same way from 11 April 2015.<\/p>\n

Multichoice said the change is based on the fact that\u00a0the streaming\u00a0service is an extension of the PVR experience.<\/p>\n

More on DStv subscription changes<\/h3>\n

DStv Premium users to lose some services<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The price of leaving DStv<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DStv prices from 2000 to 2015<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DStv cancellation, downgrade changes<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The DStv price hikes MultiChoice recently announced come into effect today<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":120244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,35,475,20777],"class_list":["post-123070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-headline","tag-multichoice","tag-personal-video-recorder-pvr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123084,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123070\/revisions\/123084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}