{"id":753099,"date":"2024-02-19T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-19T13:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=753099"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:09:48","slug":"dstv-price-hikes-for-2024-with-good-news-for-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/753099\/dstv-price-hikes-for-2024-with-good-news-for-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"DStv price hikes for 2024 – with good news for streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DStv has announced its new pricing for 2024, effective 1 April, with increases ranging from 3.1% to 7.8%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group said it would try to keep increases to a minimum, given the prevailing economic environment – and to this point, said it would not increase prices for its streaming customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has also introduced contract options so that customers can keep prices fixed for the remainder of their contracts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DStv Premium will see an increase of 5.7%, taking the price to R929 per month. This is higher than the CPI print of 5.1% in December 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compact Plus (6.9%), Compact (4.5%), Family (3.1%), and DStv Access (7.8%) will also receive an increase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

EasyView, ADD Movies, and BoxOffice pricing will stay unchanged in 2024, and all streaming-only services will maintain their current subscription fees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Access fees will, however, go up from R115 to R120. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customers who use Price Guarantee before 31 March 2024 will pay R879 for Premium, R399 for Compact and R109 for Access. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe believe these adjustments are reasonable considering\u00a0the significant 16% year-on-year depreciation of the Rand against the US Dollar, and our commitment to securing long-term broadcast sports rights and international studio deals, which are priced\u00a0in US Dollars,” said MultiChoice SA CEO Marc Jury. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The price increases can be found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packages<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td>Increase<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
DStv Premium<\/td>R879<\/td>R929<\/td>5.7%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Compact Plus<\/td>R579<\/td>R619<\/td>6.9%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Compact<\/td>R449<\/td>R469<\/td>4.5%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Family<\/td>R319<\/td>R329<\/td>3.1%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Access<\/td>R129<\/td>R139<\/td>7.8%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv EasyView<\/td>R29<\/td>R29<\/td>0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Add-Ons<\/strong><\/td>2023<\/strong><\/td>2024<\/strong><\/td>Increase<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
DStv Premium<\/td>R115<\/td>R120<\/td>4.3%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Compact Plus<\/td>R79<\/td>R79<\/td>0%<\/td><\/tr>
DStv Compact<\/td>R40<\/td>R40<\/td>0%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Read<\/strong>: Potential MultiChoice buyout breaks new ground in South Africa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DStv Premium customers can expect an above-inflation increase in their fees for 2024 – but streamers luck out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":694107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[78,26],"class_list":["post-753099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-dstv","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753099","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753099"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757639,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753099\/revisions\/757639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/694107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}