Multichoice is bringing popular Subscription Video-On-Demand (SVOD) services of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to its DSTV Explora decoders. This comes after the DSTV owner signed deals with respective parent companies of the aforementioned services.
The same was referenced in Multichoice’s annual results for the year ended 31st March 2020, where Multichoice is quoted to have admitted to going through with the deals to improve its customer retention strategy. This comes after the onslaught of Netflix, that’s making DSTV Premium shed customers in favor of online SVOD service as faster connectivity becomes widely available.
The quoted statement reads Signed deals with Netflix and Amazon to integrate service onto new Explora decoder.
DSTV Explora decoders are famed for their ”advanced” features that include internet connectivity, PVR functionality and Multichoice already offers its DSTV Catch up, movie rental service Box Office and recently Showmax on the decoder. To this list, it now adds foes like Netflix & Amazon Prime Video that directly compete with its Showmax service.
Related: How To Connect Your DSTV Explora Decoder to Your Home Internet
The statement further goes on to state that Netflix & Amazon Prime Video will be added to Multichoice’s upcoming Explora decoder but this puts to question whether the same will be headed to the current Explora decoders in the market.
Much as these services are destined for the Explora Decoder, Multichoice last year made itself clear that it will launch its standalone DSTV Streaming service to better compete, with reports suggesting it will morph from its DSTV Now Service. The service is said to be in testing phases as of this writing.
The only limitation with DSTV Now is it’s tied to one’s DSTV subscription to work so people without an active DSTV subscription are left out. The Standalone streaming service is meant to mitigate this.
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