And DSTV Announces The New Prices! Read More About Them Here And Why The Prices Have Been Increased!

MultiChoice Africa -the parent company of DStv- has finally increased the monthly fees of its services to cover in a move that they explained was to meet their rising costs and remain profitable. We reported on their intent a while back and you can read about that here.

Subscribers on the Premium bouquet will pay $82 (Sh6,998) up from $80 (Sh6,827) starting April 1 while those on Compact Plus will pay $52 (Sh4,438) from $50 (Sh4,267), which is essentially an increase of 4%.

The prices of its lower spectrum bouquets; “Family” and “Access” have however remained unchanged at $20 (Sh1,707) and $10 (Sh853.50) per month respectively. MultiChoice blamed the increase in prices to rising input costs.

“Increased costs in many of these areas of our business have made it necessary for the brand to raise the price of subscriptions,” said Danny Mucira, MultiChoice Kenya GM.

“These include satellite lease costs, channel costs, content cost, technical infrastructure and operational costs.”

The review of rates comes hot on the heels of DStv’s tightened grip on the Kenyan pay TV market which has been aided by exclusive content.

You can read what a Kenyan had to say to DSTV in what was a rather hilarious open letter.

The source for this was Business Daily.