BREAKING. MultiChoice adds another 209 248 new DStv subscribers in South Africa; grows total subscriber base grows to 3,7 million households.

MultiChoice has added another 209 248 DStv subscribers in South Africa - more than half coming from the cheaper DStv Compact bouquet - and increased its revenue by 14% to R11,6 billion.

Naspers just released its interim results for the 6 months to 30 September, with its pay TV subsidiary MultiChoice indicating that DStv subscriber households have grown to 3,7 million in South Africa.

More than half of the 209 248 new DStv subscribers - 142 000 - are DStv Compact subscribers, the cheaper MultiChoice pay TV offering. In the rest of Africa MultiChoice also grew its subscriber base by 60 000 subscribers to 1,5 million DStv households. The cheaper DStv bouquets, DStv Compact and DStv Family now represent 41% of the overall subscriber base.

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