MultiChoice has lower the worth of the streaming model of DStv Premium, offered prospects decide to a 12-month contract.
Satellite tv for pc pricing stays unchanged.
The brand new streaming value for DStv Premium – R699/month – contains the complete suite of DStv leisure and information channels, plus the entire SuperSport channels.
The choice to chop the worth, offered prospects comply with a 12-month dedication, comes on the identical time that MultiChoice – which is dealing with aggressive strain from the likes of Netflix and Disney+ – has introduced a refresh of the DStv Stream app.
“The newest replace introduces vital updates to the person interface. Reside TV rows now play again channels as customers browse, letting them preview content material immediately from the homepage, permitting them to right away bounce into dwell TV,” MultiChoice mentioned in an announcement on Monday.
“Reside TV” rows now show not solely channels but in addition occasions, making it simpler for customers to see what’s occurring now and what’s arising subsequent, the corporate mentioned. “This performance makes planning the viewing expertise fast and easy, significantly round main occasions akin to sports activities video games.”
MultiChoice mentioned early numbers present the software program updates are making a optimistic impression on the person expertise, leading to a 23% improve within the variety of collection and flicks streamed on demand; a 17% improve within the variety of titles that prospects have added to their watchlists; and an total 8% improve in content material watched on DStv Stream in comparison with the earlier month.
New sections
There are additionally new sections on the platform, designed to enhance content material discovery:
- Channel homepages: The app now has devoted homepages for all channels, full with billboards and curated content material.
- Sports activities event homepages: Devoted pages for tournaments enable sports activities lovers to entry all related content material, together with beforehand performed video games, upcoming matches, highlights and video-on-demand content material associated to the event.
- Studio homepages: The brand new studio pages showcase the most recent releases and fashionable titles from every studio.
- Watch from Begin: This new characteristic permits customers to go to the start of any dwell occasion immediately.
“The replace additionally introduces eight new show varieties for video-on-demand rows, offering richer and extra participating previews, which encourage customers to discover content material past their traditional alternatives. The ‘Discover Extra’ part presents deeper dives into genres, collections, and curated content material, giving trending and area of interest content material larger visibility,” MultiChoice mentioned.
“There’s additionally up to date navigation on tvOS and iOS platforms, which goals to make content material discovery extra intuitive and visually participating.” — © 2024 NewsCentral Media
