Mixed reactions trail Multichoice’s latest price hike

Multichoice Nigeria, has announced a new price of its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria.

Multichoice Nigeria, announced an increase in the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages in Nigeria four months after its last increment on Wednesday.

The company reviewed prices in its packages across the board. According to text messages sent to customers, the new prices are expected to take effect from May 1, 2024.

According to reports this recent increase in the prices of its packages will make it the fourth time the PayTv company will do so in three years.

In March 2022, MultiChoice announced an increase in the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages.

Again in April 2023, the broadcasting company announced an upward review of prices on its DStv and GOtv packages by 17 per cent.

Also, the company announced an upward review of prices of its DStv and GOtv packages in December 2023.

With the latest price hike, the DStv Premium package was increased from N29,500 to N37,000 which is a 20.27% increase, and DStv Compact+ went up from N19,800 to N25,000, which is a 20.8% increase, while the Compact package increased from N12,500 to N15,700 which is a 20.38% increase.

Comfam package was increased from N7,400 to N9,300 which is a 20.4% increase, as the Yanga package moved up from 4,200 to N5,100 which is a 17.6% increase, while the Padi package increased from N2,950 to N3,600 which is an 18.05% increase. HDPVR was increased from N4,000 to N5,000 which is a 20% increase, the Access Fees package from N4,000 to N5,000 which is a 20% increase, and XtraView moved from N4,000 to N5,000 which is also a 20% increase.

Meanwhile, the Gotv Supa+ package moved from N12,500 to N15,700 which is a 20.38% increase, the Supa package from N7,600 to N9,600 which is a 20.8% increase, and the Max package from N5,700 to N7,200 which is a 20.8% increase.

While the Jolli package was jacked up from N3,950 to N4,850 which is an 18.6% increase, the Jinja package moved from N2,700 to N3,300 which is an 18.2% increase and the Smallie package from N1,300 to N1,575 which is a 17.5% increase

Meanwhile, mixed reactions have continued to trail the hike in price.

Reacting on X, a Netizen, @JamesAgwu_E wrote “DStv’s recent price adjustment seems unjustified. With TSTV no longer a competitive option, it’s time to explore alternatives like IPTV. The monopoly DStv holds is detrimental to consumers especially their refusal to pay per view. We need more options for fair pricing and better services.”

Another Netizen, @Libero_ElKeke wrote, “I have apps that give me all BeIn channels, Sky, TNT. Sports and entertainment 24/7 DStv/GOtv or whatever they call themselves won’t get a dime from someone like me”, to which @JamesAgwu_E responded, “Abeg I go like know the app, bro, I think am done with this DStv.”

@Titbeats1 wrote, “Ever since I started streaming games live and broadcasting it on TV + Netflix. I stopped subscribing to DStv”

@victoromondi144 simply said the prices were too high. He wrote, “Those prices are way too high.”

@NAIS_Igbo was of the opinion that the PayTv company keeps exploiting their customers because they have no competition. He wrote, “I believe the prices are high bcos of no serious competition. Take Airpeace and other foreign airlines as examples. Immediately airpeace came with a cheaper alternative, and other airlines dropped their prices.”

In his remarks, @_chika_oi said, “It’s disheartening to see DStv’s pricing shift without apparent justification. With limited alternatives, exploring IPTV sounds promising. Consumers deserve fair pricing and more choices for quality entertainment.”

@DONALDWHIT47270 blamed the incessant hike in price on the rot in the Nigerian system. “I don’t blame them I blame the rotten system of government we have”, he wrote.

@Debusy2024 said, “The worst of it is sometimes you hardly watch TV for a good one hour in a day due to light shortage and high cost of PMS yet they keep on increasing it