October 24, 2016 By Andrew Ngebuva (Intern)
Chief Executive Director of Digital Satellite Television (DSTV) in Sierra Leone, Adonis Aboud, on Thursday told journalists that they have added more channels and reduced subscription fees.
Aboud was speaking to newsmen at the usual government press briefing at the Ministry of Information and Communication conference room at Youyi Building in Freetown. He said the reduction of prices and additional channels would take effect come 1st November, 2016 as a motivation to their customers.
“Multichoice’s priority is to put customers at the heart of our business-and this is exactly what we are doing. The prices have decreased on DSTV Premium by 7% and the new price is US$82, Compact plus by 10%, thus making it US$53 Compact by 7%, dropping the price to US$29, and Family by 15%, making to US$19,” he announced.
He said eleven new channels have been added to the DSTV Compact plus, six channels on Compact, and five channels on Family.
He affirmed that DSTV’s Compact Plus has been injected with extra sport content, with the addition of more UEFA Champions League matches, the best European football leagues and the Europa League on Sports 6 and 4.
For compact, the CEO said six new channels, including English programming on ITV Choice on channel 123, and the nostalgic movies on TCM channel 137 have been added.
He said the DSTV Family package would be boosted by five additional new channels, including B4U Movies, and Eva plus channel, among others.
He noted that it was great news for television lovers in the country and that the revolution has arrived as everyone would continue to enjoy great family entertainment, with multichoice delivering more value packages.
“This significant price drop, coupled with the major boost in entertainment value across all DSTV bouquets demonstrate our commitment to ensuring DSTV customers receive the best possible access to great entertainment and outstanding value,” he said.
Earlier, Minister of Information and Communications, Mohamed Bangura, told journalists his ministry had negotiated with Trans-National for a reduction in subscription fees on all its bouquets.