Investing Locally, Could StarTimes Be Following The Same Route As MultiChoice?

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Last year, StarTimes and MultiChoice lost several premium international as more content heads over to streaming. It was also the first in many years both brands hit the dry spell on the basis of additions.

MultiChoice had been working around the clock to keep viewer's minds at ease with more local productions such as HONEY and Big Brother Mzansi. As good as all of this may sound, the content comes at a price as seen with April's prices:

DStv Premium - R839p/m
DStv Compact+ - R549p/m
DStv Compact - R429p/m
DStv Family - R309p/m
DStv Access - R120p/m

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StarTimes on the other hand remained silent from last year with garbage like C12 to keep viewers at ease and channels sourced by eMedia Investments and the SABC have since then been viewed as premium assets.

Pay-tv platforms exist to give consumers alternatives to them but StarTimes seem to be taking advantage of their offering. Is this StarTimes way of investing into the African market perhaps?

Not long ago, they picked up rights to CAF games and dubbed The Blood Sisters to Zulu.

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