Dstv Reduces Price By Over 50%

BEVERLY HILLS, February 23, (THEWILL) – MultiChoice, operator of DStv, has announced some downward adjustments in its service offerings which takes effect immediatly.

It has reduced the price of DStv Explora decoder, dish and one month Compact subscription from N71,000 to N30,000 representing a cut of over 50% and reduced the DStv Zapper decoder, dish and one month Compact subscription from N18,500 to N12,500.

Disclosing this to DStv customers in Lagos, Martin Mabutho, general manager, sales and marketing, told Nigerians that “One of MultiChoice's key priorities is to put our subscribers' needs at the heart of everything we do, and since this has been tough econoIn addition to these adjustments in favour of consumers, MultiChoice also brought its sports channels – Barclays league, Laliga and Euro 2016 to Compact Bouquet subscribers in all their HD glory, at no extra cost.”

“We are excited that we can now deliver the best football action in the world to our Compact subscribers while ensuring that this development doesn't negatively impact them financially.”

Mabutho further said that SuperSport would launch two new sports channels, SuperSport 11 (DStv channel 231) and SuperSport 12 (DStv channel 232), which will be dedicated to showcasing the EPL and La Liga, respectively, on the DStv Compact bouquet.

This means that all Compact football fans will now be able to enjoy the biggest games of the season, including this Saturday's match (February 28) on channel SS11 between long-time rivals, Arsenal and Manchester United.

As part of MultiChoice Africa's ongoing efforts to improve its products and offering, DStv Compact subscribers, Mabutho said could look forward to even more exciting sport and entertainment this year. “The Euro 2016 tournament, which will kick off on 10 June until 10 July on the new SuperSport channels will keep our football loving subscribers enthralled while they wait for the next season to start in August 2016.”

He said these offers further reiterate MultiChoice's commitment to providing Nigerians with quality entertainment they can afford.

It would be recalled that in July last year, MultiChoice revamped its DStv Compact bouquet to include over 95 world-class channels at a monthly subscription of N6,000. Some of the new channels include AfricaMagic Igbo, AfricaMagic Urban, BBC Brit, CBeebies, Eva, M-Cityand Zee World.

Story by David Oputah