{"id":558558,"date":"2024-09-03T07:38:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T05:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=558558"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T06:34:23","slug":"dstv-premium-streaming-package-launched-for-r699","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/558558-dstv-premium-streaming-package-launched-for-r699.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv Premium streaming package launched for R699"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MultiChoice has launched a 12-month contract for its streaming-only DStv Premium package for R699 per month. The new deal was added to the DStv website on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The offer was released with an update to the DStv Stream app, promising enhancement to the user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The latest update introduces significant upgrades to the user interface,” MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Live TV rows now play back channels as users browse, letting them preview content directly from the homepage, allowing them to immediately jump into live TV.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, Live TV rows display channels and events, making it easier for users to see what’s happening now and what’s coming up next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This latest update is a big step forward, especially for live sports,” said MultiChoice South Africa CEO Marc Jury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It’s a fantastic way to dive into everything that SuperSport has on offer.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The update also introduces eight new display types for video-on-demand rows, providing previews to encourage users to explore content beyond their usual selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Explore More” section offers a deeper selection of specific genres, collections, and curated content, giving trending and niche content greater visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice said updated navigation on tvOS and iOS platforms aims to make content discovery more intuitive and visually engaging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New features such as billboards and lead tiles serve to spotlight featured, new, and exclusive titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

New display formats now play trailers directly on the homepage, while live channels stream automatically upon landing on the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This is the second in a series of DStv enhancements over the coming months that will improve user experience and platform stability,” MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are looking to announce the next one in a few weeks’ time.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice said early numbers show that these updates are making a positive impact on the user experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has seen a 23% increase in the number of series and movies streamed on demand, a 17% increase in the number of titles that customers have added to their watchlists, and an overall 8% increase in content watched on DStv Stream compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The R699 per month offer for DStv Premium is a return to a price point first introduced as a promotion in November 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made the R699 price permanent<\/a> in September 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, MultiChoice has not increased the prices of its streaming-only DStv packages in South Africa, only applying annual price adjustments to its decoder-based services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in a bid to curb password sharing and streaming piracy, the pay-TV broadcaster cut the number of simultaneous streams available across all its packages \u2014 decoder-based and streaming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To address the loss of functionality from this move, MultiChoice introduced the Extra Stream feature<\/a> last year. This allowed subscribers to add an additional mobile stream to their package for a fee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DStv also introduced new packages with a bundled extra mobile stream. For example, it launched a DStv Premium streaming-only package with an extra mobile stream for R799 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soon, the single-stream variant for R699 per month was grandfathered, and new subscribers could only buy the new R799 package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice has now brought back a R699 per month option, albeit on a 12-month contract, but with an additional mobile stream already bundled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MultiChoice has rolled out an upgrade to the DStv Stream app and announced a discounted contract offer for DStv Premium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":539773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,35,475],"class_list":["post-558558","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\/558558"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558558"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558582,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558558\/revisions\/558582"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}