StarTimes reviews subscription prices
Nigeria’s pay-television, StarTimes, on Friday marginally adjusted its subscription prices taking effect from August 1 just as the company deepened its content offering with new channels. With the price increase, basic bouquet now goes for N1,700 as against N1,300 monthly to enjoy close to 80 channels; Classic Bouquet subscribers will pay N2,500 as against N1,900 […]
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Nigeria’s pay-television, StarTimes, on Friday marginally adjusted its subscription prices taking effect from August 1 just as the company deepened its content offering with new channels.
With the price increase, basic bouquet now goes for N1,700 as against N1,300 monthly to enjoy close to 80 channels; Classic Bouquet subscribers will pay N2,500 as against N1,900 monthly with close to 100 channels while Nova bouquet remains unchanged at N900 with over 43 channels.
At a virtual press conference yesterday, the Brand and Marketing Executive of StarTimes, Viki Liu said for dish users: smart bouquet subscribers will pay N2,200 as against N1,900 monthly; Super Bouquet subscribers will pay N4,200 as against N3,800 monthly while Nova bouquet remains unchanged at N900.
The company said the recent increment in the Value Added Tax (VAT) from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent as well as the foreign exchange rate had impacted on the cost of operation.