DStv’s updated pricing for 2022 takes effect from today, 1 April, with prices on some services increasing by 4.89%.<\/p>\n
The average increase across DStv’s pay-TV<\/a><\/strong> packages\u00a0is 2.7%, which MultiChoice highlighted was significantly less than projected inflation<\/a><\/strong> for 2022.<\/p>\n MultiChoice said it had considered the challenges facing South African consumers and absorbed as much of the cost increase as possible.<\/p>\n “We realise that customers remain under pressure two years into the Covid-19 pandemic,” MultiChoice South Africa’s CEO, Nyiko Shiburi, said.<\/p>\n “These adjustments will help us to ensure that South Africans continue to enjoy the best value, and unrivalled access to entertainment, anywhere, anytime, and at the most affordable price.”<\/p>\n DStv’s Premium and Compact Plus subscribers will pay R10 per month more from today \u2014 less than a 2% increase in both cases.<\/p>\n DStv Compact subscribers will have to fork out an additional R20 per month, an increase of 4.89%.<\/p>\n DStv also increased the access fee from R105 to R110 but left its Box Office, Showmax, EasyView, and Add Movies pricing unchanged.<\/p>\n The changes apply to DStv’s decoder and streaming-only products.<\/p>\n MultiChoice’s price hikes come after it restricted the number of simultaneous streams<\/strong><\/a> for DStv.<\/p>\n Since 22 March, DStv subscribers may only stream to a single device at a time. This change did not impact decoder-based viewing or Showmax.<\/p>\n A recent MyBroadband analysis revealed that South Africans could subscribe to Disney+ (when it launches) and eight other streaming services<\/a><\/strong> for around the same price as DStv Premium.<\/p>\n Notably, all of the streaming services in the comparison offered at least two concurrent streams.<\/p>\n The table below summarises DStv’s increases across its product offerings.<\/p>\n