Nigerians have been expressing anger over the hike of the DStv, GOtv subscription rates by MultiChoice.
Recall that some pay television companies in the country have adjusted tariffs, with others expected to follow suit over operational costs.
MultiChoice Nigeria had earlier announced new tariffs, few days after StarTimes, the Chinese-operated television company announce new prices for its packages.
MultiChoice Nigeria announced adjustment of prices on both its DStv and GOtv packages via a text message to its subscribers.
A sample of the message sent to DStv Premium subscribers’ decoders reads: “Dear Customer, due to rising costs of business operations, please note that from May 1, your monthly subscription (Premium) will be N24,500. To retain your old price of N21,000 for up to 12 months ensure you are active by April 30.”
The new regime would also see the price on the Compact+ bouquet move to N16,600 from N14, 250 monthly. Subscribers on the Compact bouquet would under the new price regime, pay N10,500 as against N9,000, with those on Confam set to pay N6,200 as against N5,300.
Those on DStv Yanga and Padi would pay N3,500 and N2,500 respectively as against N2,950 and N2,150.
On the GOtv service, subscribers on GOtv Supa package would pay N6,400 as against N5,500, with those on GOtv Max paying N4,850 as against N4,150.
GOtv Jolli subscribers are due to start paying N3,300 as against N2,800, with the tariffs on GOtv Jinja and GOtv Lite also rising from N1,900 to N2,250 and N900 to N1,100 respectively.
To cushion the effect of the price review, MultiChoice Nigeria, as usual, has made a price lock offer to subscribers, who renew their subscriptions before their due dates.
A country-by-country price comparison showed that Nigerian DStv Premium subscribers would pay the equivalent of $33.11 (N740 to a dollar), with those in South Africa paying 879 Rands ($48.48 at 18.1 Rands to the dollar).
The tariff of N16,600 to be paid by Nigerian Compact + subscribers, the equivalent of $22.43, while those in South Africa will pay 579 Rands ($31,94). Compact customers in Nigeria, it was also discovered, will pay the equivalent of $14.19 (N10,500).
Kenyan subscribers on the three bouquets will pay KES 9,500 ($70.06), KES 5,900 ($43.51) and KES 3,300 ($24.34) respectively.
But, following the announcement of the hike in the subscription rates by MultiChoice, Nigerians have been expressing their dissatisfaction ove the move.
@shyboyeddie stated, “Don’t even have a problem with DSTV increasing their prices.. it’s the content stagnation that irritates me. Besides Football and News and Music, it’s the same dead movies they keep repeating, even documentaries and reality shows are old. And you have to pay for showmax again.”
@realgodfada46 stated, “This is entirely ridiculous. How on earth are they doing this now they know Nigerians are struggling? They have the boldness to write “Nigeria only” Does anyone have alternatives to DSTV I can’t pay 10k 5H hundred when I am struggling with 9k every month. This is exploitation.”
@realgodfada46 wrote, “This is entirely ridiculous. How on earth are they doing this now they know Nigerians are struggling? They have the boldness to write “Nigeria only” Does anyone have alternatives to DSTV I can’t pay 10k 5H hundred when I am struggling with 9k every month. This is exploitation.”
@RemiOdewale stated, “Now that we have zero Live sporting event on
@DStvNg. It’s high time @MultiChoice crashes the bouquet tarrif. Why still paying so much for nothing?”
