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How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

Oluniyi D. Ajao

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I have received a lot of angry complaints in the comments area of A review of DStv Mobile and Nokia 5330 Mobile TV Edition from Nigeria, after DStv Mobile removed SuperSports 3 Nigeria (SS3N) from the bouquet of TV channels. SuperSport 3 is a 24 hour soccer channel. SuperSport 3 has the exclusive rights of telecasting the Premier League, UEFA Champions League, the FA Cup and other major soccer tournaments in most African countries.

DStv Mobile offers TV broadcast to select mobile phones in some African cities
DStv Mobile offers TV broadcast to select mobile phones in some African cities

I have republished a few of the comments below:

LEKAN from Nigeria: wrote on October 5th, 2010 at 9:58 am

Removing ss3 is absolutely breach of contract i think this people ass mtn,dstv need to be sued,99% 0f nigeria subscribe to it purposely because of ss3 and this the only channel we enjoy the rest are junks,something need to be done fast to stop these cheat and reaping nigerian of thier hard earn money,something they cant do in south Africa. habi

jeffery from Nigeria: wrote on October 2nd, 2010 at 5:40 pm

i wonder why d sudden disapperance of ss3n on my phone does it mean we r nt goin 2 get it back again i c no reason why d channel shld b discarded like dat is the only station i enjoy most on my phone pls guy when is it goin 2 b restord cuz i cn c my self goin 2 lagos o o

Akinbinu Rotimi from Kano, Nigeria: wrote on October 2nd, 2010 at 1:52 pm

I thought i was alone. I was amazed when i could not view ss3 on my Nokia 5330 Phone. Pls,Niyi,how do i subscibe to bring it back. I am ready to pay any amount 2 have access to that Channel.

I shared these sentiments with a top MTN Nigeria official when I met her at a conference recently. Her explanation was thus:

The broadcast rights owners of the European League matches requested to get paid for the matches being broadcast on DStv Mobile. DStv explained that the mobile TV service was on pilot basis and thus temporarily free of charge. EPL broadcast rights owners would have none of that. The result is that the channel was removed from the mobile service.

She concluded by asking me to throw this question out: How much are you willing to pay for DStv Mobile?

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  1. Yemi Avatar
    Yemi

    Good question.

    The truth be told, DStv should have factored in the issue of rights
    when they started the mobile tv thing.

    Well, I’ll be willing to pay not more than N500 for a monthly subscription.

    Yemi, Nigeria

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    1. Felix Avatar
      Felix

      I am guessing it will be much more than N500 unless MTN Nigeria receives a special kind of baptism!

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      1. Oluniyi David Ajao Avatar
        Oluniyi David Ajao

        Could you give us your idea of MTN SHOULD charge for the mobile TV service?

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  2. Emmanuel Avatar
    Emmanuel

    It shud be jst #1000. bt mtn na scam.

    Reply
  3. tayo Avatar
    tayo

    i will be willing to pay 2500 if mnet is there

    Reply
  4. Nigerian Entrepreneur Avatar
    Nigerian Entrepreneur

    A tough question to answer considering the fact that some of the users equally are paying for cable network at home. I feel anything above N500/month will make a lot of folks discard the DSTv mobile.

    Reply
  5. celestinox Avatar
    celestinox

    am not going 2 pay a dime 4 dat rubbish i see on Nigeria’s dstv mobile. God 4bid, make i pay money dat very boring african magic hausa, magic world, african magic english, tbn, nta, sport blitz, ss9… Its almost all d channels, what a shame on 9ja 419 mobile netwks

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  6. dapo rahman Avatar
    dapo rahman

    4 real compared 2 dstv smallest bouquet, 500naira a month will b d best cos mst of us still subscribe in our respective homes. It will b really reasonable.

    Reply
  7. Ebuka Avatar
    Ebuka

    Wel i think mtn should share d cost 50-50 with her customers having breach d contract.

    Reply
  8. Jay Avatar
    Jay

    #500 a month it should be and nothing else but they should really spice it up a little bit with a movie channel or something please,its too dry.

    Reply
  9. keweno Avatar
    keweno

    It’s does not matter what price you write here. MTN does not listen to any one.

    Reply
  10. Yomi Avatar
    Yomi

    Its a sad story dat foreigners r fund of sayin dat nigerians r 419 and we r doin it 2 ourselves,Reap us off our HARD EARN MONEY.I leave d rest 2 GOD

    Reply
  11. Yomi Avatar
    Yomi

    Its 2 sad dat mtn in Nigeria is a FRAUD.Dey v a legal dept dat could interprete wat FRAUD is.As much as i enjoy SS3,i cant pay more dan 100 a mnth or i BRAKE MY MTN SIM,sins i must use it 4 dstv mobile,becos no 1 cals me on it.

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  12. christiann Avatar
    christiann

    Subscription to DStv mobile is R39 per month but as an introductory offer, it is free until the end of March 2011.

    which is 5.58 us dollar

    Reply
  13. Abiodun Avatar
    Abiodun

    I also am of the opinion that it should not be more than N500 per month, cos left to me, SS3 was the only reason I bought an MTN Line.

    Reply
  14. Tope Brown Avatar
    Tope Brown

    What charge! let them (DSTV) give us channels like Mnet,Discovery and SS3N etc and N1000 will idea.

    Reply
  15. Youmie Avatar
    Youmie

    Its a pity dat we cant stop dis Mtn’s fraud n cheat 4 yrs nw. Dstv mobile shdnt b more than 1000 wit SS3N or else 500. All other station on dstv’s r RUBBISH. Thank God their SIM is useless to me.

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  16. Yetunde Obatomi Avatar
    Yetunde Obatomi

    how much am going to pay in other me to subscribe to dstv mobile

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  17. lolowo Avatar
    lolowo

    1000 is ok for starting… am sure it will still come down to 500, when the other communication’s compny get there own..

    Reply
  18. ONYENRO CHINEDU Avatar
    ONYENRO CHINEDU

    How much are we dstv mobile 5330 owners will pay for subscription after the promo next month.

    Reply
  19. wale Avatar
    wale

    I’m tired of d junks given 2 me as channels.Can u pls restore us ss3.even if we have 2 pay 4 transmittion.Also the exclusion of nigerian viewers from matches shown ss7 and ss9 without explaination.

    Reply
  20. Victor Avatar
    Victor

    Mtn are big thieves see all junk of channel given to me to watch without SS3 it is worthless restore it and 500 and 1000 is ok

    Reply
  21. H.M..(born 2 excel) Avatar
    H.M..(born 2 excel)

    Let d ss3 b restore bcos som piple av d misn of getn new one. Watch out 4 glo dstv mobile.

    Reply
  22. uzosky Avatar
    uzosky

    i realy dont undstnd why nigeria is not getting better.well i think its bad rulaship.more than3000 people have dvb-h service on demand in imo state but nig nigeria communication sector are not considering that.but uprade the channels and increase them. 1500per mnth can for 25 good channels.

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  23. Bolaji Avatar
    Bolaji

    Mtn is a fraud,all d chanels are wack without ss3,e,mnets,bet,discovery,if ds are there ill pay 500 per month,unless ill sell d phone

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  24. kings Avatar
    kings

    Pls I want to comfirm if the service’ll be closed by 31 march 2011, Had it being it occurred to me, I wouldn’t have bought it just 2 days ago. (20 march 2011). what a waste….

    Reply
  25. austinejohn Avatar
    austinejohn

    i think N1000 monthly is just fine for a start,but i am of the opinion that mtn should restore SS3 if they want us to pay.

    Reply
  26. austinejohn Avatar
    austinejohn

    i think N1000 monthly is just fine for a start,but i am of the opinion that mtn should restore SS3 if they want us to pay for the services

    Reply
  27. Yusuf Avatar
    Yusuf

    #1000 is ok provided d selection of the channel are worldclass. For soccer loving fans SS3,SS7,SS5,SS9 nd blitz should b d minimum standard, for news around the world CNN,BBC WORLD,SKY NEWS and Aljazeera.for entertainment channel O, mtv base nd soundcity is ok others include discovery channel, AIT instead of Nta,mnet series,m-net,africa magic,ESPN,NATIONAL geographic.with this a thousand or a thousand five hundrd is ok.

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  28. segun Avatar
    segun

    for me i will make sure i break dat nonsense 5330 and dat stupid mtn sim

    Reply
  29. Ajayi festus Avatar
    Ajayi festus

    1000 or 1500 is perfect provided SS3 is restored.i cn pay 1000 4 SS3 evn if other channels r nt there.wfout SS3,d dstvmobile project is a scam&i bet u,mtn wl lose patronage&they shld nt 4get they have a competitor in glo now who would be ready 2 seize d opportunity.SS3 must be restored nw nt nxt season plsss!

    Reply
  30. catherine jaja Avatar
    catherine jaja

    since dat i bought my nokia 5330 dstv mobile edition i have not been able to watch any channels, it keep saying purchase subscription. please what do i do to any me have acess to all the channels?

    Reply
  31. catherine jaja Avatar
    catherine jaja

    since dat i bought my nokia 5330 dstv mobile edition i have not been able to watch any channels,it keep saying purchase subscription. please what do i do to have acess to all the channels?

    Reply
  32. Hulisani Emmanuel Ndou Avatar
    Hulisani Emmanuel Ndou

    Hi! I am from south africa and i also got dstv mobile and i really think that multichoice needs to add some channels to dstv mobile to their existing channels
    i think lots of people like me with dstv mobile they want to watch movies,music and enjoy discovery wild life of which dstv mobile its not offering to us at the mobile
    and i understand that on dstv mobile we have channel O,trace for music
    but what the movies channels like m-net movies
    these are the channels that we are looking for
    not these junks like africa magic,sony max and cn
    multichoice pls for us in south africa dstv mobile suscribers pls add for us channels like m-net,bet,discovery,vh1&Rhema
    but m-net its really on demand at the moment
    Thanx

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  33. Seyi Avatar
    Seyi

    What is happening to DSTV Mobile now as we do not have access to Big Brother Africa Amplified. I have rescanned and rescanned but to no avail. Have we been cut out from viewing this again?

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  34. Mba Onu Avatar
    Mba Onu

    it should be a fraction of what we pay for the lowest bouquet on real DSTV. say N300-N700. But they should include MNET and SS3Ni at least to make it attract more interest and give them more subscribers to make the mass to sustain the service. the existing channels are barely worth N250. Pls why did MTN remove bambarity … the Special number N250/month unlimited call.

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  35. ejike Avatar
    ejike

    mtn n dstv are rubbish,had i known i wodn’t ‘ve bought dat phone becoz it’s useless 2 me,notin 2 enjoy.mtn n dstv are fraudsters-as far as gud nigeria are.

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  36. jamil Avatar
    jamil

    as at today 31 may 2011, the dstv channel in my phne has been reduced to 2 (nta, channel O) does this means free access has expired? Nd if they are to charge us let them add more channels, like mnet, mnet ser., al jazeera, ss3 e.t.c. Let us enjoy our hard earned money

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  37. swaggart Avatar
    swaggart

    i like to watch documentary only,with dat on my phone,i can pay #500:a month otherwise not worthy.

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  38. ahmad Avatar
    ahmad

    It’s right. Mtn and dstv disappointed us. How can you advertise the dstv mobile phone with SS3N then later removed with the deceitful reason that they don’t hv the right? Anyway,they fool themselves not us! If they wish, SS3N should be returned or they’ll not hv any penny from me. Useless channels! They are not even educative but instead bombarding the phone with music and big brothers ,just corrupting the society. Also, are we kids for us to watch cartoons? Only the news that is ok and I could watch that for free elsewhere.

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  39. Akin Avatar
    Akin

    My neme is Akin. From nigeria.5 of My Dstv channel.i cant view them plesec i need your help.

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  40. Ezekiel Avatar
    Ezekiel

    plz u guy should try nd get back that of supersport N3, no matter how much is worth. plz i want it back 2 my phone.

    Reply
  41. Chijioke Avatar
    Chijioke

    How much are we 2 pay 4 d channels.

    Reply
  42. Jnr figo Avatar
    Jnr figo

    Mtn nd dstv why?u deserve us,if not 4 ss3 i wouldn’t buy dis phone, am frm Ghana è same tin applys here.

    Reply
  43. Franklin Avatar
    Franklin

    As a premium DSTV subscriber, I am willing to pay N500 monthly just for SS3N to be added on my mobile.

    Reply
  44. swaggart Avatar
    swaggart

    what can i do to enjoy the free to air chanel, because i believe the part of Nigeria i’m living ( WARRI ) is a low ground which is making it difficult to receive signals from those kenya stations.i blind scan every moment with my SRT 4669 X HD with well positioned dish but nothing new,i have these dishes in position.Eutelsat4,INTELSAT,NSS,and ASTRAL2b all ku.can any help com for especially for those kenya chanels.

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  45. Aramide Adeogun Avatar
    Aramide Adeogun

    I had this same problem last year August (2010). I decided to sue Multichoice in this regard. The matter is now sub judice before the High Court of Lagos State, so I won’t comment further but when the suit is over, I will let you chaps in. Takia

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  46. moila thomas Avatar
    moila thomas

    Dear sir/madam

    How much is the dstvmobile south africa?

    Thank you
    Thomas

    Reply
  47. Franklin Kio Avatar
    Franklin Kio

    DStvmobile and MTN are not yet ready for Nigeria. Until they do and we see the quality of programmes they can provide, debate on the cost should be suspended.

    Reply
  48. Akaji Avatar
    Akaji

    i need another internet tv not dstv pls i want no how many MB it will cost me to watch internat tv up to 6hr a day i wan to put the sowftwere in my laptop.bc i no with internte asess i can gate more station without dstv thanks

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  49. ayo Avatar
    ayo

    now becuz ss10 was formally on the maxi bouquet, dstvmobile nig has gone totally off…..all becuz of the Epl.

    Reply
  50. Paul Avatar
    Paul

    How can i get this dstv mobile in my express music mobile phone

    Reply

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