PayTV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, has slashed its decoder worth by 50% from N20,000 to N10,000 in a strategic transfer to woo extra clients and stem the tide of declining subscribers.
The corporate mentioned it’ll additionally offer its clients a free improve to the following DStv bundle tier once they pay their present subscription in full from June 16 to July 31, 2025.
Coming after dropping 1.4 million subscribers between March 2023 and March 2025, Multichoice claims the initiative was its response “to the noticeable financial affect on the on a regular basis lives of Nigerians.”
“By repositioning itself as a platform for day by day worth, DStv goals to encourage content material discovery throughout a wider array of genres, together with films, drama, children’ programming, and information,” the corporate acknowledged.
Provide for lively and returning subscribers
Multichoice mentioned the “We’ve Bought You” provide is designed to reward loyal clients and appeal to new ones by making premium content material extra accessible.
In keeping with an official assertion from the corporate, the improve is computerized for all lively and returning subscribers who renew their subscriptions throughout the promo interval.
“This implies extra channels, extra exhibits, and extra causes to tune in each day,” the corporate acknowledged.
MultiChoice Nigeria’s CEO, John Ugbe, famous that the provide was the corporate’s manner of rewarding customer loyalty and offering enhanced worth.
“We need to guarantee our clients really feel appreciated and have entry to the perfect leisure each day. The ‘We Bought You’ marketing campaign is about making premium content material extra accessible and exhibiting that DStv presents one thing for everybody, not simply soccer followers,” he mentioned.
What it’s best to know
Nairametrics just lately reported that Multichoice misplaced 1.4 million within the final two years, in response to the newest monetary outcomes launched by its dad or mum physique, Multichoice Group.
Whereas Multichoice Nigeria had elevated its DStv and GOtv subscription costs 3 times inside the two years, the Group blamed a number of components, together with excessive inflation, energy grid collapse, and gas shortage, for the subscriber loss within the nation.
- It additional revealed that Nigeria accounted for 77% of the subscriber loss recorded throughout its Remainder of Africa (RoA) operations between 2023 and 2025.
- In keeping with the figures launched by the Group, the RoA misplaced a complete of 1.8 million subscribers within the two years, bringing the entire subscribers right down to 7.5 million in 2025 from 9.3 million recorded in 2023.
- Recall that Multichoice Nigeria had elevated its DStv and GOtv bouquet costs twice in 2023 and as soon as in 2024, making it 3 times inside the area of 12 months.
- The primary was in April 2023, then one other in November of the identical yr. The third increment was introduced in April 2024 and took impact on Could 1.
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