Multchoice Marketing Manager Furaha Samalu right and Raphael Daudi Sales Manager during the press conference at Courtyard Hotel Upanga Sea view yestarday.Tanzania, Dar es Salaam: MultiChoice Africa, operator of Africa’s innovative pay TV platform DStv, today announced the launch of the continent’s most accessible pay television package, DStv Access. Priced at Tsh 13, 200 per month marked at US$10 per month, DStv Access will offer 25 quality channels of family entertainment. DStv Access is launching in Tanzania today on 14 July 2009. The new package is a significant milestone in making premium pay television an everyday reality for homes in Africa and demonstrates MultiChoice Africa’s commitment to creating a vibrant and exciting pay television industry in Africa.
MultiChoice Tanzania General Manager Mr. Peter Fauel commented:
“We are responding to the needs of a broader television viewing market. The DStv pay television service is one of the most cost effective options for family entertainment. Since many people in Tanzania, as with the rest of the world, are looking at their budgets more tightly, we believe that this new bouquet will open up new avenues for both our business and television viewers. Our commitment remains focused on providing exceptional customer services to DStv subscribers to ensure that they have access to the finest quality premium content; local and international channels on carefully selected bouquets, designed to meet the viewing needs of the whole family, while ensuring flexible pricing options.”
DStv Access subscribers will have an extensive choice of family entertainment, combining general entertainment, movies, documentaries, news, children’s programming, music, religion and sport. Among other channels, DStv Access features BBC World, Aljazeera, National Geographic Wild, Fashion TV, Magic World and CNBC Africa.
Concluding, MultiChoice Africa President Mr Eben Greyling said:
“MultiChoice Africa strives to always generate new and better ways of doing things. We are continuously focused on achieving cost effectiveness and efficiency underpinned by a sustainable business model that subscribers can rely on. Providing our subscribers with a breadth of choices is key to our bouquet and channel offerings, and we strive to bring variety rather than just focusing on specific genres such as sport. Our success has been built on listening to what our subscribers want, delivering world-class television channels, developing local content and supporting DStv with excellent customer service. DStv Access is proof of that.”
There is also good news for DStv Compact and DStv Family subscribers. On the DStv Compact bouquet, E! Entertainment, BET and children’s channels Boomerang and Kids Co. will be added, while the DStv Family bouquet will see the addition of E! Entertainment, SET, BET, The Style Network.
The DStv Access package will contain:
GENRE
CHANNEL NAME
ENTER & MOVIES
E! Entertainment
Magic World
BET
Lifestyle
Fashion TV
The Style Network
Sport
SuperSport Blitz
ESPN Classic
Documentary
National Geographic Wild
Children
Kids Co
Mindset Learn
Music
One Gospel
Channel O
Religion
TBN
Islam Channel
Inspiration
News
Al Jazeera
BBC World
CNBC Africa
Free to Air
TBC1
Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation
Citizen TV
Specialist
RAI
CCTV E& F
RTPI
TV5 Monde Afrique
DMX Package
MultiChoice Tanzania General Manager Mr. Peter Fauel commented:
“We are responding to the needs of a broader television viewing market. The DStv pay television service is one of the most cost effective options for family entertainment. Since many people in Tanzania, as with the rest of the world, are looking at their budgets more tightly, we believe that this new bouquet will open up new avenues for both our business and television viewers. Our commitment remains focused on providing exceptional customer services to DStv subscribers to ensure that they have access to the finest quality premium content; local and international channels on carefully selected bouquets, designed to meet the viewing needs of the whole family, while ensuring flexible pricing options.”
DStv Access subscribers will have an extensive choice of family entertainment, combining general entertainment, movies, documentaries, news, children’s programming, music, religion and sport. Among other channels, DStv Access features BBC World, Aljazeera, National Geographic Wild, Fashion TV, Magic World and CNBC Africa.
Concluding, MultiChoice Africa President Mr Eben Greyling said:
“MultiChoice Africa strives to always generate new and better ways of doing things. We are continuously focused on achieving cost effectiveness and efficiency underpinned by a sustainable business model that subscribers can rely on. Providing our subscribers with a breadth of choices is key to our bouquet and channel offerings, and we strive to bring variety rather than just focusing on specific genres such as sport. Our success has been built on listening to what our subscribers want, delivering world-class television channels, developing local content and supporting DStv with excellent customer service. DStv Access is proof of that.”
There is also good news for DStv Compact and DStv Family subscribers. On the DStv Compact bouquet, E! Entertainment, BET and children’s channels Boomerang and Kids Co. will be added, while the DStv Family bouquet will see the addition of E! Entertainment, SET, BET, The Style Network.
The DStv Access package will contain:
GENRE
CHANNEL NAME
ENTER & MOVIES
E! Entertainment
Magic World
BET
Lifestyle
Fashion TV
The Style Network
Sport
SuperSport Blitz
ESPN Classic
Documentary
National Geographic Wild
Children
Kids Co
Mindset Learn
Music
One Gospel
Channel O
Religion
TBN
Islam Channel
Inspiration
News
Al Jazeera
BBC World
CNBC Africa
Free to Air
TBC1
Kenyan Broadcasting Corporation
Citizen TV
Specialist
RAI
CCTV E& F
RTPI
TV5 Monde Afrique
DMX Package
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