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By Emmanuel Adeleke
South African broadcast company, Multichoice has increased the prices of its offerings in Nigeria four months after its last increment.
According to a statement signed on Wednesday by the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), John Ugbe, the increase was necessitated by the rise in the cost of business operations.
He said the company reviewed prices in its packages across board, adding that the new prices will take effect from May 1, 2024.
With the latest price hike, the DStv Premium package increased from N29,500 to N37,000. Similarly, the DStv Compact+ went up from N19,800 to N25,000 while the Compact package increased from N12,500 to N15,700.
The Comfam package moved from N7,400 to N9,300. Yanga package moved up from 4,200 to N5,100 while Padi package increased from N2,950 to N3,600. HDPVR was increased from N4,000 to N5,000, the Access Fees package from increased from N4,000 to N5,000, and XtraView moved from N4,000 to N5,000.
Meanwhile, the Gotv Supa+ package moved from N12,500 to N15,700, Supa package from N7,600 to N9,600, and Max package from N5,700 to N7,200.
The Jolli package was jacked up from N3,950 to N4,850, while the Jinja package moved from N2,700 to N3,300, and Smallie package from N1,300 to N1,575.