It offers an alternative to MultiChoice\u2019s satellite service for subscribers with good broadband connections at home, allowing them to avoid decoder and dish installation costs.<\/p>\n
At launch, DStv\u2019s streaming services were priced the same as its satellite pay-TV packages.<\/p>\n
In November 2021, MultiChoice launched a promotion on its decoder-less DStv Premium package, cutting the price<\/strong><\/a> from R829 to R699 per month.<\/p>\n MultiChoice has since increased the satellite-based service\u2019s price<\/strong><\/a> to R839 while keeping the streaming-only promotion in place.<\/p>\n From today, it has officially made this promotional price permanent for streaming DStv Premium.<\/p>\n Another change following the initial launch was the number of devices allowed to stream channels simultaneously.<\/p>\n Until this year, DStv offered a maximum of two concurrent streams for all subscribers.<\/p>\n MultiChoice reduced the concurrent streaming limit<\/strong><\/a> to a single device to cut down on account sharing.<\/p>\n Although this caused headaches for customers who relied on screencasting, as well as other glitches, MultiChoice Group CEO Calvo Mawela said the change was successful.<\/p>\n Regardless, Mawela has previously said that MultiChoice plans to allow more simultaneous streams per household<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Mawela did not address the streaming limit during his presentation at the showcase.<\/p>\n However, last week wholly-owned MultiChoice subsidiary Irdeto announced that it extended the capabilities of its digital rights management system to tackle piracy and password sharing<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DStv-streaming-price-cuts-2022-09Sept.jpg\")
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