MULTICHOICE, Nigeria’s leading premium pay-TV providers, has formally launched DStv Access adding to its existing premium, compact and family bouquets. DStv Access comes with 27 world-class channels at only N1,500 monthly subscription. It is expected to provide access to many Nigerians wishing to watch high quality television programmes.
Describing the launch, which held at the weekend in Lagos, as momentous, Joseph Hundah, managing director, MultiChoice Nigeria, said: “
The launch of DStv Access is a dream come true. It has been our plan to make DStv accessible to every Nigerian. Efforts at achieving this have included the opening of branches and inauguration of superdealers across the country; introduction of bouquets that everyone can afford and the sustenance of premium quality programmes on our platform.” He added that DStv Access has a total of 27 excellent music, sport, local, entertainment etc. channels for only N1,500.
In his speech, Donald Etim, head of marketing, MultiChoice Nigeria, said, “DStv Acess is the official minimum way to get onto the DStv platform. We got feedback from Nigerians on the need for affordable bouquets. This has led to the introduction of first, the DStv Compact, followed by the DStv Family, and now, the DStv Access priced at an all-time low subscription rate of N1,500 per month.”
One of MultiChoice superdealers at the event, Abdulkarim Sarumi, of Tard Engineering, urged Nigerians to take advantage of the latest bouquet and enjoy the magic world of pay-TV. He said that the superdealers shall ensure that subscribers’ interests are taken into consideration, as whatever feedback they get from the market shall be relayed to MultiChoice to achieve premium quality on DStv.
Responding to questions from prospective subscribers to the DStv Access, Hundah said: “MultiChoice has planned to upgrade the new bouquet by adding some more popular channels like AfricaMagic and kids’ channels. Subscribers are free to migrate from their present bouquet to another at any time without any extra charge.”
Hundah encouraged subscribers to expect a downward review of the DStv decoder cost in the months ahead, stressing that the reduction will lower the entry barrier and inspire a lot more people to join the DStv platform. He promised MultiChoice’s unwavering commitment to delivering top quality service to its subscribers on a continuous basis.
The decoders should be given for free, it is a common practice in most parts of the world. So if Multichoice wants to make more money they should give the decoders for free. The fact is that they will make their money back within a short time.
No one should get carried away with the price. There is no channel in the proposed DSTV Access that is worth paying for. Even the trifle, but popular African Magic wouldn’t be available; and subscribers would not enjoy popular football and other sports events. Football is the biggest show on TV in Nigeria. Think, Nigerians!
That is a good news for the suffering masses of Nigeria. DSTV Is very vital for every family, it is a source of education for kids and adults, but our wicked leaders wont like people to be informed, so that they will continue to exploit them for ignorance. Let them bring down to afford many viewers the chance to have it.
I’m a subscriber to DSTV family. The issue is not that of introducing another platform but quality. I have been experiencing a lot of bad signal in recent times. I complained severally through the customer services without any concrete step to correct the anomalies.
I believe DSTV should improve on the quality of their signal so that subscriber will enjoy it the more.
Thanks
Kevin must win BBA 4 for this dream to come through otherwise go with your dstv.
multi-choice should be giving decoders free of charge. in Malaysia, astro gives decoder almost free of charge if you subscribe. it will cost only about N2000 to get connected. why can’t DSTV do same afterall they will have more subscribers than astro. the cheaper your decoder and subscription you have, the more customers you will get especially that there is no light in Nigeria, nobody would want to be paying much for these things anyway because at the end of the month, you would not have enjoyed up to 10days of the month