LAGOS OCTOBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-South African pay TV consumers are fast dumping DStv as access to affordable, uncapped Broadband improves, just as online streaming services gain popularity in the Southern African economy. ConsumerConnect gathered DStv parent company MultiChoice’s annual report for the year ended March 31, 2024, indicated that active DStv subscribers in South Africa (SA)…
LAGOS APRIL 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, issued a restraining order on Multi-Choice Nigeria Limited from increasing its tariffs and cost of products and services. Multi-choice had last week announced a price increment across its DStv and GOtv packages effective May 1, 2024. The pay-TV company claimed the…
LAGOS APRIL 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Some pay television companies in the country have adjusted tariffs, with others expected to do the same as they battle rising operational costs. StarTimes, the Chinese-operated television company, was the first to announce new tariffs when, earlier in the month, it rolled out new prices for its packages. The new prices, which…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Pay TV company, Multichoice, has announced new rates for its offerings in Nigeria, the firm’s latest price increase that is bound to irk its customers. The firm said from April 1, subscribers will pay more for all its bouquets and its premium package on DSTV will cost N21,000, no longer N18,400. Compact…
LAGOS AUGUST 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-In a bid to cope with the devastating effects of Covid-19, inflation, devaluation, rising operational costs and a tough business environment, an increasing number of Nigerian businesses are making the decision to carry out upward reviews of the prices of their products and services. Latest in a long line of companies to…
LAGOS OCTOBER 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-DStv and GOtv subscribers will have front row seats this Sunday when Nigeria’s Super Eagles take on five-time world champions Brazil in an international friendly. The kick-off time for the encounter is 01:00 pm (West African Time) on Sunday, October 13 on channel 227 for DStv subscribers and channel 37 for GOtv…
LAGOS JUNE 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Naspers’ pay-television business MultiChoice Group, owners of DSTV, is planning to lay off close to 2,200 workers in a shake-up of its customer care service, the company said on Friday. The axing will affect workers in South Africa. MultiChoice, which competes with Netflix in online streaming via Showmax, said in a statement…
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-MultiChoice Nigeria, the country’s leading pay television company, it has been gathered, may soon review subscriptions on some bouquets on its GOtv platform. Industry sources told our correspondent that the review, expected to be announced soon, may see the subscription rate on GOtv MAX, the highest package on the GOtv platform, slashed…