It’s stale news at this point that Nigerians aren’t too pleased with pay-TV service, DStv’s recent price hike. For years, the network has been our source of quality entertainment, sourced from international and local content providers. Its hosting company, South-African based Multichoice, first entered the Nigerian market in 1994 and has been dominant ever since due to strong customer loyalty.
In the last five years, we’ve noticed the emergence of other pay-TV enterprises, coming in with promises of the same great content quality as DStv but at cheaper rates. We’ve done our research and have settled for 3 favourites from the many options available. In no particular order, they include:
1. Startimes Tv
Profile: The China-based company was actually established in 1988. According to its official website, it is a key player in the Asian country’s Pay-TV market with over 7 million subscribers. It branched out operations to 10 African countries including Nigeria and Kenya.
Channels: Aljazeera, Iroko Plus, Star Zone, AMC Series, Wazobia TV, Kung-Fu 1 and WapTV, Nickelodeon and others.
Packages:
Name of Bouquet
Nova Bouquet
Basic Bouquet
Classic Bouquet
Unique Bouquet
Cost per month
N600
N1,200
N2,400
N3,600
No. of channels
26+
40+
60+
80+
For more information, please visit the Startimes TV official website or call 101-4618888
2. African Cable Television (ACTV)
Profile: African Cable Television (pronounced ACTIVE) is a direct to home pay TV service that was incorporated in 2013. It was later officially launched in November 2014 and is set to entertain Nigerians at a great price with a premium pay TV package.
Channels: Fox, Fox Movies, MTV Base, VH1, Aljazeera, Nickelodeon, BET, Baby TV and others
Packages:
Name of Bouquet
Actv Premium
Actv Family Max
Actv Family
Actv Prime
Cost per month
N5,000
N3,300
N2,500
N2,000
No. of channels
50+
36+
24+
18+
For more information, please visit ACTV’s official website or call 01–2551111; 01-4407700
3. Montage TV:
Profile: Montage is a digital satellite television company which provides great quality family entertainment and more for viewers in West Africa. According to its official website, the company has a credible value proposition for the pay-TV viewing market in its chosen sub-region of operations.
Channels: Fox Africa, FilmBox, Fox News, IbakaTV, bet, Nickelodeon, MTV Base and others.
Packages: Montage TV currently runs a single bouquet option with a total of 36 channels.
For more information, please visit Montage TV’s official website or call 01 460 7960; 0817 668 2279
Have you used any of these services before? What were they like? Please share your thoughts below to help the next Nigerian!
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About the Writer: Ify Halim is a Writer and media enthusiast based in Lagos. She enjoys writing self-help/inspirational articles with published work in UYD Magazine, Edufrica, Our Stories Inc. and The Keele Concourse. She currently works at ConnectNigeria.com, Nigeria’s Information Portal. Follow her on Twitter @MissHalim or visit her online space at ifyhalim.wordpress.com
