{"id":708294,"date":"2023-08-01T11:56:15","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=708294"},"modified":"2023-08-01T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T09:56:37","slug":"dstv-stream-launches-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/708294\/dstv-stream-launches-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"DStv Stream launches in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MultiChoice South Africa has announced a revamp of its smartphone apps and streaming service called \u201cDStv Stream\u201d, effective 1 August 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the CEO of Multichoice South&nbsp;Africa, Marc&nbsp;Jury, this updated offering is aimed at delivering a smoother, simpler streaming experience by introducing a host of new features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the familiar features, including favourites, profiles, account information, viewing history, watch lists, downloads, Catch-Up, BoxOffice, and live TV will carry over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The offering includes significant enhancements:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tailored personalisation to discover content that matches viewer preferences.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A streamlined,&nbsp;simpler&nbsp;user interface for uninterrupted streaming.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Availability of multi-lingual soundtracks, including live sports commentary in isiZulu,&nbsp;isiXhosa,&nbsp;Portuguese, Afrikaans, and English.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-708314\" width=\"481\" height=\"481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image001-1.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the platform introduces a new feature for sports enthusiasts &#8211; the league and tournament pages feature, offering intuitive and enjoyable follow-ups of favourite teams, cups and leagues, Multichoice said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;To be a part of this exciting era, existing subscribers can update their current DStv app from 1 August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For those new to DStv\u2019s streaming services, the new app can be downloaded from the app store of choice, and login can be done using self-service credentials,&#8221; said Multichoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The revamp includes <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dstv.com\/en-za\/buy\/dstv-packages\" target=\"_blank\">six stream packages<\/a>, ranging from R29 per month for DStv Stream EasyView to R799  for DStv Stream Premium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multichoice has also added a maximum of two streamers per account; however, the second stream can only be accessed via a mobile device such as a laptop, smartphone or tablet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premium also comes with Showmax at no extra cost, while the others offer it at a 50% discount. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It must be noted that the addition of a second stream comes at an additional cost, but this can be removed to one stream, which will reduce the monthly cost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The packages and their prices are given in the table below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><thead><tr><th>Package<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cost per month &#8211; 1 stream<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Cost per month &#8211; 2 streams<\/th><th>Extras<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>DStv Stream Premium<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R699<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R799<\/td><td>all-inclusive<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DStv Stream Compact Plus<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R469<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R579<\/td><td>+Add Showmax at 50% discount<br>+Add Latest Movies for only R79<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DStv Stream Compact<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R369<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R449<\/td><td>+Add Showmax at 50% discount<br>+Add Latest Movies for only R79<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DStv Stream Family<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R269<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R319<\/td><td>+Add Showmax at 50% discount<br>+Add Latest Movies for only R79<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DStv Stream Access<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R129<\/td><td>+Add Showmax at 50% discount<br>+Add Latest Movies for only R79<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>DStv Stream EasyView<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R29<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Not an option<\/td><td>+Add Latest Movies for only R79<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/708266\/big-changes-coming-for-sport-broadcast-rights-in-south-africa\/\">Big changes coming for sport broadcast rights in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pay-TV giant MultiChoice has announced new DStv streaming packages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":708316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-708294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708294"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":708324,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708294\/revisions\/708324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}