by Thinus Ferreira
MultiChoice Tanzania on Monday announced that it too will be hiking monthly subscription fees from 1 September but isn't providing its customers with any reasons.
MultiChoice Tanzania is hiking its subscription fees similar to MultiChoice Uganda, as well as MultiChoice Kenya that also announced a price hike for DStv Uganda and GOtv Uganda subscribers, and DStv Kenya and GOtv Kenya subscribers, from September 2021.
MultiChoice Ghana is also hiking prices for DStv Ghana and GOtv subscribers in the West Africa country from September by up to over 6%.
MultiChoice Tanzania is sending DStv Tanzania and GOtv Tanzania subscribers text messages by SMS to their cellphones but the pay-TV operator isn't giving any reasons for the monthly increase.
From September 2021 DStv Premium subscribers in Tanzania will see a 4.31% monthly increase from Sh139,000 (R889.90) to Sh145,000 (R928.31).
MultiChoice is hitting DStv Compact Plus subscribers with a 4.49% increase from Sh89,000 to Sh93,000, while DStv Compact subscribers will see a 4.08% increase from Sh49,000 to Sh51,000.
MultiChoice is making DStv Family subscribers paying 3.67% more from September with this bouquet increasing from Sh29,900 to Sh31,000, and with DStv Access subscribers who will be paying Sh21,000 from September.
