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South Africans dumping DStv
MultiChoice's latest annual results show its pay-TV service DStv lost South African subscribers between 31 March 2022 and 31 March 2023.Its subscribers declined from 8.16 million to 8.016 mill...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 08:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice adds Daily News's Zimbabwean channel 3Ktv to the DStv Platform
As part of its ongoing efforts to enhance its customers' television viewing experience and offer Zimbabweans content that resonates with them, MultiChoice is excited to announce the launch of 3Ktv, a ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 07:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice keeps losing DStv Premium subscribers
As MultiChoice's DStv Premium and DStv Compact Plus subscribers keep declining due to MultiChoice's shift in focus to offer a bigger value proposition to mass-market customers on lower-tiered DStv bou...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
New satellite television service for Zimbabwe
THE Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has licensed Pan-African satellite television service provider Azam TV, which is expected to begin broadcasting by year-end. The new service provid...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
High internet tariffs push online learning out of reach of many
THE rising cost of internet services at a time when learners countrywide are required to engage in online learning as a Covid-19 mitigation measure is a cause for concern. Schools have been closed sin...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whisky, bootlicking at Mnangagwa's birthday
SENIOR Zanu-PF officials and corporate executives yesterday fell over each other to spoil President Emmerson Mnangagwa with presents that included flowers and expensive whisky brands on his 78th birth...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Econet data bundle price hike largely expected
The country's largest mobile network operator Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has adjusted its data bundle tariffs upwards in a move that was largely expected, following State-owned competitors NetOne ...Published: 01 May 2019 at 08:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice adds new DStv channel
MultiChoice has launched Star Life, a new broad-range entertainment channel on DStv featuring Indian-themed content that will have broad appeal to audiences across the African continent.MultiC...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's no-show at Heroes and Defence Forces Day
For the first time since independence, former president Robert Mugabe was a no-show at events marking the Heroes and Defence Forces holidays.The 94-year-old teetotaller used to preside over al...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sally Mugabe's grave 'abandoned' as Mugabes 'snub heroes day celebrations
Zimbabwean former president Robert Mugabe's late wife Sally and his sister Sabina's graves were reportedly "abandoned" after "no single relative appeared to have turned up to visit them" on Monday dur...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Azam TV comes to Zimbabwe
THE launch of Kwese TV in Zimbabwe gave viewers more options to choose from. The pay TV scene is about to get more interesting with another player, Azam TV, also making moves to set up shop in the cou...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Just Net TV plans to set up shop in Bulawayo
BOTSWANA-based free-to-air television station Just Net Television is planning to set up shop in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and will host a Gospel Talent show around the country which has a grand prize money o...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Women 'marry' trees in bizarre mass wedding
Reports say a group of young women in Peru have been filmed taking part in a bizarre mass wedding - when they put on white wedding dresses and tied the knot to a tree.Nature activists held the...Published: 16 Dec 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Women 'marry' trees in bizarre ceremony
Reports say a group of young women in Peru have been filmed taking part in a bizarre mass wedding – when they put on white wedding dresses and tied the knot to a tree.Nature activists held t...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 14:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Kwese TV should introduce ZBC on their bouquets'
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services ministry permanent secretary George Charamba has revealed that most media organisations in the country are facing viability problems, owing to a myriad of ...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 04:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kwese forces DStv to slash monthly subscriptions
MultiChoice Zimbabwe yesterday announced a major decrease of DStv subscription prices and launched a new, affordable, entry level package unique to the local market to be known as DStv Lite.Th...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Outcry over DStv payments
A number of banks are demanding the elusive United States dollar and an extra commission to process DStv subscriptions for locals as more plastic money payment avenues are being closed, sidelining a n...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv quashes Zimbabwe exit rumours
MULTI-Choice Zimbabwe has assured its subscribers that its digital satellite TV (DStv) will not be suspended contrary to rumours circulating that the Sub-Saharan Africa pay TV will soon stop operating...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv opens Premium bouquet channels to Zimbabwe Compact subscribers
DStv Compact and Compact Plus viewers are being given an 'open window month' enabling them to view three television channels available only on the DStv Premium bouquet.According to ...Published: 18 May 2017 at 12:00hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Why does DStv reject bond notes?
What is so special about DStv? Why do they get the preferential treatment they get? Are they different from other "foreign" companies operating in Zimbabwe? Why should they always be treated with ...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice launches rewards programme for DStv customers
MULTI-CHOICE has launched a new continent-wide incentive programme called DStv Thanks, aimed at offering rewards to DStv customers.Commenting on the incentive, MultiChoice Zimbabwe chief e...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
DSTV charges worry Joseph Chinotimba
Zanu PF legislator Joseph Chinotimba has raised concern over $2 top up charges on DSTV subscriptions levied by commercial banks.Chinotimba alleged that it was tantamount to daylight robbery....Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 09:35hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
DStv SA announces price increase. Zimbabwe to follow?
An announcement has been made by MultiChoice South Africa that the cost of DStv bouquets go up with effect from 1 April 2017. This increases the cost of their packages by between 4-7%, but interes...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 13:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe stole my Valentine'
At the end of our farewell kiss, when our lips parted, she said it would be just 18 months."I will return the moment I have that MSc acronym after my name".She blinked away a tear and ...Published: 28 Feb 2017 at 17:22hrs | | by Jerà
Multichoice decrease DStv subscription rates for Zimbabweans
MULTICHOICE has reduced DStv subscription rates by as much as 21 percent, while a content upgrade would be introduced to four bouquets with effect from November 1.Multichoice Zimbabwe chie...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv launches new channels
Television is continuing to grow and that is a fact. But it is an understatement that nothing exciting happening. We have also realised that we should stop the blame syndrome and rather offer solution...Published: 05 Apr 2016 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Tafadzwa Zimoyo
TV licence fees to be scrapped
Television viewers will pay between $3 and $5 access fee per month to watch programmes broadcast on channels that will be on the digital platform once digital migration is completed.This subsc...Published: 07 Jan 2016 at 05:11hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
DStv screw viewers, moves English Premiership to premium bouquet
ENGLISH Premier League (EPL) enthusiasts have been dealt a blow after pay-per-view television broadcaster Multichoice announced that the topflight matches would only be available to premium subscriber...Published: 30 Jul 2015 at 07:17hrs | | by Sports Reporter
Court bars MultiChoice from DStv price hike
The Federal High Court in Nigeria has ordered MultiChoice to back off from its "arbitrary" monthly increase of DStv subscription fees which would have come into effect from April.MultiChoice ...Published: 11 Apr 2015 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
New DStv prices kick in
The DStv price hikes MultiChoice Zimbabwe recently announced come into effect today.MultiChoice Zimbabwe announced in February it would increase the price of most DStv bouquets from 1 April 20...Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 09:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MultiChoice switches off DStv from Bulawayo dealers
HUNDREDS of people in Bulawayo were yesterday left stranded after MultiChoice Zimbabwe ordered dealers who are facilitating payment of Digital Satellite Television (DStv) subscriptions in South Afric...Published: 11 Mar 2015 at 13:55hrs | 8 | by Bongani Ndlovu
Bogus DStv agent on the prowl
The love for cheap alternatives saw a Harare man who does not want to be identified losing $20 at the beginning January just when he needed every cent that he could lay his hands on.He had see...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv defends high bouquet prices
Multichoice Zimbabwe says criticism of prices of its DStv bouquets is unjustified as they are among the cheapest in Africa.The digital satellite television company says the cost of DStv bo...Published: 04 Feb 2015 at 16:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv dedicates channel to Afcon
MultiChoice will today activate SuperSport 5 (SS5) on their low tier bouquets - Compact and Compact Plus - to enable all DStv subscribers to witness Africa's biggest sporting spectacle, the 2015 Afric...Published: 16 Jan 2015 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
DStv subscription fees increased
MultiChoice will increase the monthly cost of its various DStv bouquets from April with the satellite pay-TV platform's most expensive offering, DStv Premium, set to rise from R625 to R665, but wit...Published: 04 Mar 2014 at 12:42hrs | | by Channel24
'Viewing SABC in Zim a prosecutable offence,' says DStv
MULTICHOICE Zimbabwe has warned services which offer channels not authorised for viewing in Zimbabwe such as South African Broadcasting Corporation's SABC 1, 2, 3 and eTV saying it is a prosecutable o...Published: 22 Nov 2013 at 02:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Backyard technicians 'reconnecting' SABC channels
BACKYARD technicians are cashing in on neighbouring South Africa's decision to black out its television channels from free to air decoders, charging up to $40 to "reconnect" SABC 1, 2 and 3. Scores o...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 08:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma cancels Mozambique trip after visiting Mandela
South Africans prepared on Thursday to say farewell to ailing anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela after his condition deteriorated further in hospital, forcing President Jacob Zuma to cancel a trip ...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 05:36hrs | | by Reuters
DStv launches cheaper bouquet
MultiChoice launched a new mid-tiered package for its DStv satellite pay-TV service called DStv Extra.It's the second new DStv bouquet launched this year following DStv Family, which was laun...Published: 26 Jun 2013 at 16:14hrs | | by Channel24
DStv adds new soap channel
MultiChoice is adding Telemundo (DStv 118), South America's telenovela TV channel to the DStv bouquet from Monday 12 August following a carriage agreement between MultiChoice and Universal Networks In...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 14:40hrs | | by Channel24
DStv adds new cheap bouquet
MultiChoice has announced that it will be creating a new, cheaper DStv bouquet while simultaneously adding two new channels to its existing line-up. New bouquet DStv Family will be laun...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 11:05hrs | | by Channel24
MultiChoice raises DStv prices
MultiChoice is again increasing the monthly subscription fees for DStv subscribers from 1 April for the various bouquets, with the DStv Premium bouquet which features the most TV channels and high def...Published: 08 Mar 2013 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Channel24
MultiChoice to increase subscription fees by $2
MULTICHOICE'S multi-channel digital satellite television service, Digital Satellite Television (DStv), will increase its subscription fees by $2 for two of its bouquets starting from April 1, 2013....Published: 02 Mar 2013 at 17:25hrs | | by Entrertainment reporter
DStv to reward paid-up subscribers
DSTV viewers in Zimbabwe can win cash prizes of US$7 000 a week over the next 11 weeks, in a new subscriber competition called DStv Rewards. All paid-up DStv subscribers - regardless of which bouquet ...Published: 07 Feb 2013 at 05:25hrs | | by Entertainment Reporter
DStv subscription fees to go up from April
Cape Town – MultiChoice has told subscribers that monthly fees will be increased for its various DStv bouquets from April.DStv monthly subscriber fees...Published: 02 Mar 2012 at 17:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
e.tv Africa launches on DStv Channel 144
DStv subscribers in Zimbabwe can now watch e.tv Africa on DStv Channel 144. The 24-hour African version of the South African free-to-air channel e.tv started broadcasting on the pay television s...Published: 20 Dec 2010 at 15:59hrs | 3 | by ByoNews
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