{"id":114954,"date":"2016-03-01T17:04:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=114954"},"modified":"2016-03-01T17:07:30","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T15:07:30","slug":"dstv-premium-will-cost-you-r60-more-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/114954\/dstv-premium-will-cost-you-r60-more-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"DStv Premium will cost you R60 per month more in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has announced new prices for its DStv services, which will result in increases for many subscribers. The new prices will kick in on 1 April 2016.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s price increases are significant, with the subscription fees of DStv Premium, DStv Extra, and DStv Compact increasing by 8% or more.<\/p>\n<p>This was brought on by the weakness of the rand, which has <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/106695\/zuma-removes-nene-as-finance-minister\/\"><strong>lost around 30% of its value<\/strong><\/a> against the US dollar in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe buy most of [our] content in foreign currency, and due to the depreciation of the rand by 29% since April 2015, our costs have gone up dramatically,\u201d said MultiChoice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past five years our adjustments have been in line with inflation. We\u2019ve worked really hard to keep this year\u2019s fees manageable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice said it should be noted that DStv Access and decoder insurance prices did not increase, and that\u00a0DStv EasyView pricing decreased.<\/p>\n<p>The new DStv prices are listed in the table below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>DStv packages<\/th>\n<th>2015 price<\/th>\n<th>2016 price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Premium<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td><strong>R759<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Extra<\/td>\n<td>R425<\/td>\n<td><strong>R459<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Compact<\/td>\n<td>R319<\/td>\n<td><strong>R345<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Family<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<td><strong>R219<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Select*<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<td><strong>R219<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Access<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td><strong>R99<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv EasyView<\/td>\n<td>R39<\/td>\n<td><strong>R29<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>M-Net Analogue\/CSN*<\/td>\n<td>R335<\/td>\n<td><strong>R369<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>DStv specialist packages<\/th>\n<th>2015 price<\/th>\n<th>2016 price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Indian<\/td>\n<td>R319<\/td>\n<td><strong>R345<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv South Indian*<\/td>\n<td>R239<\/td>\n<td><strong>R260<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Portugeasa<\/td>\n<td>R410<\/td>\n<td><strong>R445<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>DStv add-ons<\/th>\n<th>2015 price<\/th>\n<th>2016 price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Access Fee<\/td>\n<td>R80<\/td>\n<td><strong>R85<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BoxOffice PVR rentals<\/td>\n<td>R30<\/td>\n<td><strong>R35<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Indian add-on<\/td>\n<td>R205<\/td>\n<td><strong>R220<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv South Indian add-on<\/td>\n<td>R155<\/td>\n<td><strong>R170<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DStv Portugeasa add-on<\/td>\n<td>R205<\/td>\n<td><strong>R220<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>*No longer on offer \u2013 only available to subscribers still on the package.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on DStv<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/108343\/here-is-why-dstv-costs-so-much-money\/\">Here is why DStv costs so much money<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"item-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/columns\/81685\/why-dstv-is-worth-the-money\/\">Why DStv is worth the money<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MultiChoice has announced new prices for its DStv services, which will result in increases for many subscribers. 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