MultiChoice has informed its DStv Select subscribers that it will discontinue this service on 29 October 2019 and move them to DStv Family.<\/p>\n
\u201cDStv is continuously reviewing its content line-up, packaging structure and pricing to ensure that customers have access to the best fresh content at great value,\u201d MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs a result, we will be discontinuing some packages and re-directing customers to the main packages where the same programmes and channels can be found.\u201d<\/p>\n
The company stopped selling DStv Select packages<\/strong><\/a> in April 2013 and replaced it with a DStv Family.<\/p>\n Existing DStv Select subscribers were, however, allowed to remain on this package as long as they did not become inactive for more than 3 months.<\/p>\n Many DStv Select subscribers opted to stay on the package instead of moving to DStv Family for a simple reason \u2013 it included access to KykNET.<\/p>\n The company is now discontinuing the legacy DStv Select package and is automatically migrating these subscribers to DStv Family.<\/p>\n \u201cYour favourite channels are however still available on our various other packages,\u201d the company told DStv Select subscribers.<\/p>\n Many DStv Select subscribers highlighted that they now have to move to either DStv Compact Plus or DStv Premium to get KykNET, which are far more expensive.<\/p>\n DStv Select costs R265 per month, while DStv Compact Plus costs R519 per month and DStv Premium R809 per month.<\/p>\n \u201cI only have the Select package for KykNET. I am not willing to pay double for Compact Plus just to have KykNET,\u201d said one subscriber.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel exactly the same as other loyal DStv subscribers who have been on the DStv Select package for years and are now forced to pay double,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n MultiChoice was asked for comment regarding the decision, but the company did not respond by the time of publication.<\/p>\n DStv will also cut three popular channels from its network at the end of October \u2013 History, Crime + Investigation, and Lifetime.<\/p>\n These three channels have been available to DStv Premium and DStv Compact Plus subscribers for years.<\/p>\n The contract term for these channels, which are all provided by the American broadcasting company A&E Networks, ends on 1 November 2019.<\/p>\n MultiChoice\u2019s senior manager for corporate communications, Benedict Maaga told MyBroadband the decision formed part of a plan to refresh the DStv line-up.<\/p>\n He said the fact that the contract term for these three channels came to an end gave MultiChoice an opportunity to evaluate the value it offers subscribers.<\/p>\n Many DStv subscribers will lose access to KykNET and will now have to pay far more to continue to watch the channel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":120242,"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":[85,18642,5914,35,475],"class_list":["post-322140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-family","tag-dstv-select","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322140"}],"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=322140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322142,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322140\/revisions\/322142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}DStv Select discontinued<\/h3>\n
DStv cutting channels<\/h3>\n
Now read: DStv to cut channels<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"