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South Africans and those using the DStv SA accounts will endure new tariff hikes as MultiChoice’s annual DStv price adjustments kicked in, 1 April 2024, with subscription fees increasing by between 3.1% and 7.8%.
However Only DStv’s decoder-based products are getting a price hike, its streaming-only package remains unchanged.
The company announced the price hikes on 19 February. Stats SA announced in January that South Africa’s average inflation for 2023 was 6%.
MultiChoice’s lower-tier packages are getting larger increases than its more expensive products.
DStv Access received the biggest increase at 7.8%, followed by DStv Compact Plus with a 6.9% hike.
To compensate for the large increases, MultiChoice said it would offer greater value on these packages.
Compact Plus subscribers will get a revamped set of channels that includes the best of Showmax’s original content.
The company announced that DStv Access would get a big upgrade to its sports offering in the form of SuperSport’s La Liga football channel.
DStv Access’ sports lineup now includes ESPN, La Liga, SuperSport Variety 4, and SuperSport Blitz.
DStv’s price adjustments for the 2024/25 financial year are summarised in the table below.
DStv Price Increases
Packages 2024 2023 Increase
DStv Premium R929 R879 5.7%
DStv Compact Plus R619 R579 6.9%
DStv Compact R469 R449 4.5%
DStv Family R329 R319 3.1%
DStv Access R139 R129 7.8%
DStv EasyView R29 R29 0%
Add-ons 2024 2023 Increase
Access Fee R120 R115 4.3%
ADD Movies R79 R79 0%
Box Office R40 R40 0%
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