MultiChoice and Samsung is making DStv on Demand's DStv BoxOffice available as an app on Samsung's new Galaxy S5 mobile phones but it will cost non-DStv subscribers much more to use it to rent a movie.
A movie and download will cost 20% more for non-DStv subscribers who will have to pay R30 to rent a new movie through the app on a Samsung Galaxy S5. Old movies will cost R10 for both DStv subscribers and non-DStv subscribers.
The DStv BoxOffice app will be made available exclusively to the Samsung Galaxy S5 for a limited period.
It's interesting that Samsung Galaxy S5 users who are not subscribers of MultiChoice's pay-TV service will have to pay more to watch content on a smaller Samsung screen.
DStv subscribers who download the app will still pay R25 for a new movie - the same for through the DStv decoder.
Users of the Samsung phone will have 48 hours to watch a rental, the same as DStv subscribers making use of DStv BoxOffice through their decoders. A rental can be watched as many times as a user want during the 48 hour window.
