Dstv may have made one of the least impacting decisions when it comes to their streaming service. Since there are many streaming platforms today, Dstv might actually struggle and lose out on more customers.
Dstv and competitors
With HULU, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+ available to users all around this might not be the brightest decision. Since many actually found their streaming service useful. Within a month’s time, Dstv subscribers will be limited to streaming on one device instead of multiple devices.
While the new streaming services may be a direct threat to Dstv, Multichoice has actually partnered with these services. This enables all its users to access the above services on one platform. This is of course if you have purchased the latest decoder such as the explorer.
The Dstv streaming service has actually been very popular in terms of sport as a large number of people subscribed to the service for the purposes of sport. Now that users will only be limited to using one device, there is no telling what might happen after.
How streaming will work
To clarify any misconceptions with the newest change, Dstv will still allow offline viewing for multiple devices. Downloaded content will still be able to be viewed on a maximum of four devices.
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As of now, all is not lost as four devices can still be in use to watch four different shows or content at the same time. The only difference is that only one device will be able to live stream the content as it would on a decoder.
Why has the access changed and when will it come into effect?
As many subscribers will be upset with the new changes, they at least have a month to either cooldown or decided whether the service is still good enough for them or not. Dstv has actually sought this decision to counteract password sharing and piracy.
This change will affect all users except for Showmax subscribers who will still have access to stream their content however they may choose. Dstv subscribers will see their streaming limitation take place on the 22 of March 2022 as reported by News24.
