Calvo Mawela, the chief executive officer (CEO) spoke on Thursday while presenting the group’s financial results, according to .
“As part of our product offering, we have always had this project that we ran every year where we look at our packaging structures, similar to what Sky did some years back where they had a basic package, they had a sports package on the side (and) they had a general entertainment package on the side,” Mawela said.
“We’ve accelerated that project in terms of getting us to finalise which direction we’re going to take in this financial year. But yes, we are considering all options as part of a broader product offering going forward.”
The decision to unbundle the sports channels comes as Canal+ plans to MultiChoice.
In March, MultiChoice South Africa its annual price adjustments for DStv and Showmax, which took effect from April 1.
The company increased the monthly fee for DStv Premium subscribers to R979 (N83,438), Compact Plus increased to R659 (N56,165), while the Compact package rose to R479 (N40,824).
Also, the Family package was increased to R339 (N28,892), the entry-level DStv Access package moved up to R150 (N12,784), while the EasyView package increased to R30 (N2,557).
Additionally, the access fee for satellite services increased to R125 (N10,654).