{"id":153764,"date":"2016-02-03T18:45:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T16:45:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=153764"},"modified":"2016-02-04T08:37:01","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T06:37:01","slug":"dstv-vs-gotv-prices-and-channels-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/153764-dstv-vs-gotv-prices-and-channels-compared.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv vs GOtv – prices and channels compared"},"content":{"rendered":"

M-Net recently\u00a0launched GOtv in South Africa, offering a pay-TV service over the country\u2019s digital terrestrial television (DTT) network.<\/p>\n

You need a UHF antenna and one of GOtv\u2019s DTT decoders to receive the service, which it said will be on sale for R699.<\/p>\n

At launch, GOtv will offer two packages: GOtv Value for R99 per month and GOtv Lite for R45 every 3 months.<\/p>\n

GOtv Value is priced the same as DStv Access, raising the question: How do\u00a0MultiChoice\u2019s two services compare to one another?<\/p>\n

To compare the two services, we begin with the once-off equipment and installation costs.<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
Pay-TV service<\/th>\nDecoder + antenna\/dish<\/th>\nNotes<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
DStv<\/th>\nR799 or R99 per month x 24<\/td>\nIncludes installation, excludes subscription.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GOtv<\/th>\nR998 (R699 decoder+R299 Gotenna)<\/td>\nExcludes installation, includes 1 month subscription.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The table above shows that a full GOtv installation is more expensive than DStv.<\/p>\n

Looking at\u00a0the best case scenario for the DTT service – households which have a UHF antenna installed – a full DStv installation works out roughly R200 more expensive than GOtv.<\/p>\n

This may be a trade-off many will make if you compare the channels available on the two platforms – as detailed below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\nGOtv Value<\/th>\nDStv Access<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Entertainment<\/th>\nM-Net Movies Zone<\/td>\nM-Net Movies Zone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Africa Magic Epic<\/td>\nAfrica Magic Epic Movies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mzansi Wethu<\/td>\nMzansi Wethu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mzansi Bioskop<\/td>\nMzansi Bioskop<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTelemundo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCBS Reality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAfrica Magic World<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSABC Encore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Documentaries and Lifestyle<\/th>\nTLC Entertainment<\/td>\nTLC Entertainment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Home Channel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFashion TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNat Geo Wild<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nED<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Good Life Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sport<\/th>\nSuperSport Blitz<\/td>\nSuperSport Blitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SuperSport Select<\/td>\nSuperSport Select<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTellyTrack<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kids and Teen<\/th>\nNickToons<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Disney Junior<\/td>\nDisney Junior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCartoon Network<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nJimJam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMindset<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Music<\/th>\nChannel O<\/td>\nChannel O<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mzansi Magic Music<\/td>\nMzansi Magic Music<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOne Gospel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Religion<\/th>\nDumisa<\/td>\nDumisa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFaith<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRhema<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\niTV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEmmanuel TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
News and Commerce<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBBC World News<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSABC News<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nANN7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAl Jazeera<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRussia Today<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nParliamentary Service<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCCTV 9 News<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nCNBC Africa<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nBusiness Day TV<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nNDTV 24×7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWeather24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Specialist and Foreign<\/th>\n<\/td>\nCCTV 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Why would you choose GOtv Value over DStv Access?<\/h3>\n

The comparison above shows that DStv Access offers almost all the channels on GOtv Value, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n

Add to that the relatively small difference in once-off costs between the two services, and one can\u2019t help but wonder why anyone would choose GOtv Value over DStv Access.<\/p>\n

MultiChoice chief operating officer Mark Rayner said that what they’ve seen in other countries in Africa where they’ve launched GOtv is that many families see a satellite dish as a long-term investment.<\/p>\n

For families that find themselves moving around a lot, GOtv is more portable than DStv.<\/p>\n

“GOtv is also simpler,” he said, in terms of its\u00a0installation and\u00a0proposition.<\/p>\n

Unlike DStv, GOtv also doesn’t charge a\u00a0reconnection fee when you let your subscription lapse.<\/p>\n

Rayner said\u00a0the number of channels available on GOtv is currently limited by the bandwidth Icasa has assigned them.<\/p>\n

For this reason they decided\u00a0to select 12\u00a0of the more\u00a0popular channels from their entry-level packages for the\u00a0GOtv bouquet.<\/p>\n

More on GOtv and DStv<\/h3>\n

Expect a big DStv price hike in April<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DStv decoder comparison: Explora vs HD Single View<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Netflix vs DStv \u2013 can South Africans cut the cord?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

This is why DStv wants you on an Explora PVR<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

DStv Premium vs Extra vs Compact vs Family<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is how MultiChoice\u2019s new digital terrestrial television service GOtv compares to DStv Access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":153712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,19137,13113,35246,35],"class_list":["post-153764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-access","tag-gotv","tag-gotv-value","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153764"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":153848,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153764\/revisions\/153848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}