{"id":288512,"date":"2018-11-30T15:43:57","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=288512"},"modified":"2018-11-30T15:44:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-30T13:44:37","slug":"how-much-money-multichoice-makes-per-dstv-subscriber-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/288512\/how-much-money-multichoice-makes-per-dstv-subscriber-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How much money DStv makes per subscriber"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naspers on Friday (30 November) recorded strong results for the half-year to September 2018, showing a 29% increase in revenue to $11 billion, driven by e-commerce and its stake in Tencent.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s portfolio of companies includes those in the video entertainment space, namely MultiChoice and its DStv service.<\/p>\n

Overall, Naspers said that its video-entertainment business delivered solid trading profits and generated meaningful cash flows.<\/p>\n

“Subscriber growth was strong in the middle and mass-market segments, with some churn in premium subscribers as a number of households in this segment appear to be experiencing strains on their disposable income,” it said.<\/p>\n

“In sub-Saharan Africa, subscriber growth accelerated and the business generated 9% (16%) growth in revenues to $524 million. Trading losses were stable, with a decline in losses measured in local currency.”<\/p>\n

Looking at the MultiChoice Group, Naspers said that it added 285,000 South African subscribers in the first half of 2019 – with a total base of 7.2 million households at September 2018.<\/p>\n

“The growth trend in the mass-market continued, while the premium tier is under some pressure (linked to macro pressures rather than competitive dynamics),” it said<\/p>\n

“This ongoing change in customer mix resulted in monthly South African Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) declining year-on-year from R347 to R335<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

ARPUs are a function of DStv subscription revenues and include PVR Access fees and BoxOffice, but exclude Showmax fees.<\/p>\n

A subscription ARPU – which includes Showmax, but excludes reconnection fees and DCC premiums – would be R326<\/strong> in 1H19 (R339 in 1H18).<\/p>\n

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“The focus of the SA business remains retaining premium subscribers while driving subscriber growth in the mid and mass-market tiers,” Naspers said.<\/p>\n

“Subscriber retention is underpinned by rising PVR penetration uptake of connected video services, and rollout of additional services (e.g. Joox Music launched in October 2018).”<\/p>\n

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