DStv explains price increases

Has your household's DSTV subscription/bouquet ever changed due to price increases?

  • No, my household has never subscribed to DSTV

    Votes: 16 15.2%

  • No, in my household we accept price increases without argument

    Votes: 13 12.4%

  • Yes, UPGRADED to a MORE EXPENSIVE DSTV bouqeut

    Votes: 4 3.8%

  • Yes, got TopTV and downgraded to a less expensive DSTV bouquet

    Votes: 6 5.7%

  • Yes, downgraded to a less expensive DSTV bouquet, and did not get TopTV

    Votes: 17 16.2%

  • Yes, CANCELLED DSTV completely

    Votes: 35 33.3%

  • I also think the extra R65/month for using a PVR etc is excellent value

    Votes: 4 3.8%

  • I also think the extra R65/month for using a PVR etc is a HUGE RIPOFF

    Votes: 48 45.7%
  • Total voters
    105
Thank you Multichoice.
Seems like DSTV's subsidizing Mwebs uncapped accounts. Strange the hike was not higher :D
 
All I read there was blah blah blah I am a Dirty (greedy) Tramp!
 
The cost of doing business? Sounds like you have some morons running your business there. How come the general trend in the rest of the world is for prices to decrease? And they are already running at a third of your current costs.

Sounds like some smelly BS greedy double speak to me. DSTV is one of the biggest rip-offs in SA.
 
What I think is that Multichoice should design a Bouqeut that taylors for the individuel, like for instance pay a set ammount and the you can choose lets say 10 channels and multichoice gives you some other channels that no-one wathces anyways........
 
Well i do not think they care what everyone thinks. It is all money that is it. I want to see all the HD Channels that they are going to give us?

Also where is the F1 in HD? they claim that they listen to everyone and what everyone wants but i have to differ.

All these FREE Services i want to see a list of them and how to get them......
 
"This [price increase] is to enable us to continue to provide the same quality of service into the future."
Well, if I was still a subscriber this statement would have ensured that I cancel my subscription! I would have expected an improved service!
 
San-DraX said:
What I think is that Multichoice should design a Bouqeut that taylors for the individuel, like for instance pay a set ammount and the you can choose lets say 10 channels and multichoice gives you some other channels that no-one wathces anyways........
Click to expand...

I SECOND THAT :)
 
I assume a large portion of their costs is to pay for overseas content. But I didn't see them dropping their prices with the stronger rand (or any improvement in the quality.)
 
San-DraX said:
What I think is that Multichoice should design a Bouqeut that taylors for the individuel, like for instance pay a set ammount and the you can choose lets say 10 channels and multichoice gives you some other channels that no-one wathces anyways........
Click to expand...

It is not possible, Multichoice says it will not be affordable. How they know that God only knows - they certainly never asked me
 
Groenewald pointed out that over the past year MultiChoice added 8 channels to the DStv platform and introduced a new lower-price bouquet, DStv Lite. These channels are Discovery Channel in HD, Mzansi Magic, SONY MAX, Afromusic, M-Net Movies 1 HD, Food Network, Kidsco and SuperSport HD2.
Click to expand...

But when they launched these channels, it was advertised as free... :erm:
 
Antonf said:
It is not possible, Multichoice says it will not be affordable. How they know that God only knows - they certainly never asked me
Click to expand...

That is so true :) I wounder if they will have a poll now or we can have on the site to see how many ppl think this :)
 
This [price increase] is to enable us to continue to provide the same quality of service into the future
Click to expand...

Translated means we're going to pay more to see the same repeats we saw last year (and all the years before) and they're not investing in any decent new channels.
 
Gatecrasher said:
I assume a large portion of their costs is to pay for overseas content. But I didn't see them dropping their prices with the stronger rand (or any improvement in the quality.)
Click to expand...

Exactly. A large proportion of their expenses must be overseas content. Add to that a low inflation and interest rate environment. I call complete BS.
 
Ag man hierdie hele ding is 'n k@k storie. Moet ek nou goed voel omdat julle verniet DSTV on demand vir my gegee het, wtf? Het julle gedink ek gaan twee subscriptions betaal net om te kan stream oor die internet ook. Hoekom adverteer julle deur die jaar en se julle julle gee gratis sony max ens ens kanale, as mens eintlik daarvoor wel betaal.
Niks is verniet by hierdie maatskappy nie. Elke jaar is dieselfde verskoning "operating costs" word meer, die kliente basis word ook meer. Ek kan met trots se dat ek gister beide my premium pakette by hulle gekanselleer het, ek ondersteun nie monopolies nie, hulle is net so erg soos die landlyn vers******. In hierdie land word kliente net gery, bring die vaseline.
 
MultiChoice added more than 360 000 new subscribers in South Africa in the six months to September 30, handily beating its new rival On Digital Media, which launched TopTV in May.

Interim financial results from media group Naspers, which owns MultiChoice, show that the pay-TV operator added 498 000 during the six months from April to September across its Africa operations.

Do not tell me they had to increase the fee. Bullsht i say. Pure greed
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X