MultiChoice Hikes DSTV, GOTV Subscription Packages for the third time within the last 12 Months

… increase strains customers who are hard hit by electricity rate hike, others

MultiChoice, owner of satellite TV brands, DSTV and GOTV, has reviewed their subscription prices, increasing their rate for the third time in the last 12 Months by at least 20 percent.

The company said the upward review of DStv and GOtv packages was due to the rising costs of business operations in Nigeria.

The company implemented an upward review of prices in December 2023, days after announcing a $72m loss in its financial statement for the third quarter of the year, making the second increment within a calendar year.

Checks on the company’s reviewed price list then showed at least a 20 percent hike in the company’s packages across the board.

DStv Premium package increased from N29,500 to N37,000 accounting for a 25 percent increment.

DStv Compact+ went from N19,800 to N25,000 while the Compact package increased from N12,500 to N15,700, a 26 percent hike for both packages.

The Comfam package moved from N7,400 to…