South Africans can get eleven streaming services for less than the price of DStv’s Premium decoder subscription, and the company’s Access Fee, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed. The Access Fee will increase from R115 to R120 on 1 April, making it more expensive to add an additional viewing environment to the package. MultiChoice is implementing price hikes ranging from 3.1% to R7.8% across its portfolio, with DStv Premium increasing by R50 from R879 to R929.
MyBroadband determined what streaming services South Africans could subscribe to without exceeding the monthly price of DStv Premium and the Access Fee. For the analysis, we assumed that households paying for DStv Premium would likely already have an active Internet connection sufficient for streaming. At the time of publication, numerous international and local streaming services were available to South African residents, including platforms that offer specific content, like anime, local soaps, documentaries and educational conten