{"id":201040,"date":"2017-03-02T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=201040"},"modified":"2017-03-02T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:59:16","slug":"how-to-skip-the-dstv-price-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/201040-how-to-skip-the-dstv-price-increase.html","title":{"rendered":"How to skip the DStv price increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice recently <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/199166-dstv-price-hikes-announced-2.html\"><strong>announced its annual DStv price adjustments<\/strong><\/a>, with increases for the Premium, Extra, Compact, and Family packages set to kick in on 1 April.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribers have two options when it comes to avoiding the annual price increase, said MultiChoice.<\/p>\n<p>The first is to make an annual payment and receive a month\u2019s free DStv.<\/p>\n<p>The second is to sign up for a <a href=\"http:\/\/campaigns.dstv.com\/explora\/#howtovideos\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Price Lock<\/strong><\/a> offer that will fix your fees at their current level for the next 24 months.<\/p>\n<p>Price Lock is only available for DStv Premium or Compact, and requires a debit order to be authorised.<\/p>\n<p>The bundles can include the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DStv Explora Decoder<\/li>\n<li>DStv Subscription<\/li>\n<li>Monthly Access Fee<\/li>\n<li>DStv Smart LNB and Dish<\/li>\n<li>Installation<\/li>\n<li>DStv Wi-Fi Connector<\/li>\n<li>Free Delivery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Price Lock deals are detailed below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-201150 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock-640x296.jpg\" alt=\"DStv Price Lock\" width=\"640\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock-640x296.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock-600x277.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock-1200x555.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/DStv-Price-Lock.jpg 1270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/199170-dstv-prices-vs-inflation-in-south-africa.html\">DStv prices vs Inflation in South Africa<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is possible to avoid the annual DStv price increase by taking out a &#8220;Price Lock&#8221; deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":131786,"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],"class_list":["post-201040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201040"}],"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=201040"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201148,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201040\/revisions\/201148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}