{"id":295906,"date":"2019-02-16T07:07:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T05:07:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=295906"},"modified":"2019-02-16T07:14:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T05:14:54","slug":"dstv-price-lock-how-much-you-will-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/295906-dstv-price-lock-how-much-you-will-save.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv Price Lock – How much you will save"},"content":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice recently announced its annual price adjustments<\/strong><\/a> for DStv, with several packages receiving fee increases.<\/p>\n

A notable omission from the list of price increases was DStv Premium – which received a “price freeze”<\/strong><\/a> for 2019.<\/p>\n

DStv Premium will remain R809 per month for the year ahead, marking the first time MultiChoice has not increased the price of the pay-TV package.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe understand that times are tough in South Africa, and that our customers are under pressure to make every cent they spend count,” said MultiChoice.<\/p>\n

Price Lock<\/h3>\n

As part of its price announcement to DStv customers, MultiChoice advertised its Price Lock package – offering price savings if you sign up for a Premium package over an extended term.<\/p>\n

DStv Premium Price Lock lets users sign up for R749 per month, as opposed to R809 per month, but they must sign a 24-month contract to take advantage of the discount.<\/p>\n

“This offer allows you to skip two years of price increase with a fixed monthly payment amount that will not change for 24 months,” states MultiChoice.<\/p>\n

“This offer includes your monthly subscription, as well as a complimentary Showmax subscription worth R99 per month.”<\/p>\n

How much you save<\/h3>\n

To see whether DStv Price Lock is a good option for consumers, we compared it in three possible scenarios.<\/p>\n

The first is that DStv Premium is priced at R809 per month for 2019, and MultiChoice decides not to increase prices in 2020.<\/p>\n

The second is that\u00a0DStv Premium is priced at R809 per month for 2019, but MultiChoice increases Premium prices by 3% in 2020. The third looks at a 6% increase in 2020.<\/p>\n

These scenarios, and their associated cost savings, are detailed 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\n
DStv Price Lock<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\n2019 Price <\/strong><\/td>\n2020 Price<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal – 2 years<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scenario 1 – No Increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price Lock<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR17,976<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Premium<\/td>\nR809<\/td>\nR809<\/td>\nR19,416<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savings<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,440<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scenario 2 – 3% Increase <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price Lock<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR17,976<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Premium<\/td>\nR809<\/td>\nR833<\/td>\nR19,704<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savings<\/strong><\/td>\nR1,728<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scenario 3 – 6% Increase<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price Lock<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR749<\/td>\nR17,976<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DStv Premium<\/td>\nR809<\/td>\nR858<\/td>\nR20,004<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Savings<\/strong><\/td>\nR2,028<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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We take a look at whether DStv Premium “Price Lock” is a good deal for customers.<\/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":[85,35899,35],"class_list":["post-295906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-price-lock","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295906"}],"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=295906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":295908,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295906\/revisions\/295908"}],"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=295906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}