MultiChoice Kenya has announced a huge decrease on DStv subscription prices effective from tomorrow, Friday 1 September 2017.
DStv is aimed at providing new ways to delivering more value to their customers as a customer-centric business and as such, have recently made the below recent moves aimed at achieving this.
According to the MultiChoice Kenya Managing Director, Eric Odipo, MultiChoice recognises customers are living in tough economic times and the business is ever-cognisant of their need to access quality content.
He said: “We want to reward them for their ongoing loyalty and support by providing them with the best local and international entertainment. We will do our bit by adjusting the price of their DStv packages to make them more affordable while adding more value.”
“The majority of our input costs are in US dollars and we hope we won’t experience any further currency devaluations or other unexpected increases in costs for the remainder of the year. We will continue to review pricing from time to time, taking into account the economic conditions of our operations,” concluded Odipo.
The new pricing is as follows:
Packages
PREMIUM
Current Price – Kshs 8,180
New Price – Kshs 7,900
% drop – 3.42%
COMPACT PLUS
Current Price – Kshs 5 425
New Price – Kshs 5 200
% drop – 4.15%
COMPACT
Current Price – Kshs 3,550
New Price – Kshs 3,200
% drop – 9.86%
ACCESS
Current Price – Kshs 1,050
New Price – Kshs 950.00
% drop – 9.52%
Over the last two years, MultiChoice has stuck to its customer promise by providing the best entertainment – combining both quality and variety – at a reduced rate to ensure access to great family entertainment.
“This substantial price drop across our DStv packages reinforces our commitment to ensuring that our customers receive the best possible access to great entertainment and outstanding value,” said Odipo.
Currently, a DStv Zappa decoder retails at Kshs 5,000 while the Explora decoderis going for Kshs 10,499. Both decoders come as full kits with satellite dish, cabling and connectors.
Entertainment is a powerful way to tell stories that open our minds, bring people together around shared passions, and connect us to new realities. It makes us laugh and cry. It informs, it educates and it inspires. As a Video Entertainment company our role is to enrich the lives of our customers across the various territories we operate in, he added.