Now it is very possible and easy to recharge Startimes using mobile phone even without internet connection. This means that you do not need to connect your mobile phone to the internet before you could pay Startimes bills. Whether for recharge, renewal or first-time buy, Startimes is easy to subscribe to through the phone without internet. Let us see how it is done. Startimes TV is becoming a strong continental brand to reckon with in the provision of pay-TV services. Startimes offers both digital satellite TV (with dish) and digital terrestrial TV (with Ariel antenna) services to the delight of […]
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DStv payment is very easy to monitor once you understand the billing cycle that MultiChoice uses. At a glance, you no longer have to worry why your account is disconnected the way DStv does. However, it is common to hear subscribers say that they are being cheated because their account went off earlier than expected. To make you understand what happens when you make payment, I shall show you how to calculate DStv payment to know when subscription will expire. Therefore, stop feeling cheated and learn how to calculate your payment due date in this article. When subscribers make DStv […]
It is common to hear subscribers complain that even after they have renewed their GOtv subscription, their channels refused to show. This is not to say that the GOtv platform is not efficient nor automated. In fact, GOtv subscriber management system utilizes the best of technologies in digital terrestrial pay-TV industry in sub-Saharan Africa including Nigeria. The GOtv system has been built to enable any customer resolve any issue through the GOtv Easy Self Service window. This post shows you how to restore your channels if they fail to come up after paying your GOtv subscription. They are easy and […]
A lot of disturbing calls from the GOtv call Center in Nigeria over GOtv subscribers’ chances of winning some 200 or something litres of petrol has been on the increase. Thousands of my dedicated readers on this blog have attested to this fact some of them have been called on phone to inform them that by reactivating their GOtv decoders or renewing before the existing GOtv subscription expires, they would win some hundreds of liters of petrol. I am not disputing the credence of this promotional offer from GOtv but I wish to use this platform to explain how GOtv […]
The Startimes Nigeria has unfolded a mind-blowing new offer for its large subscribers to enjoy free TV for 2 extra weeks. The digital terrestrial TV provider has begun the promo which enables a subscriber who pays for two months (60 days) to enjoy their TV channels for 72 days. This offer also came with the introduction of a free TV channel on Startimes channel 172. This free TV channel will continue to show even when your subscription has expired. According to the Startimes TV, this new TV channel shows interesting African movies and other captivating TV programmes. An extra 14 […]
Subscribers to mobile telecommunication networks have always had the problem of running out of airtime credit without concluding their talk time conversations. When this occurs in a location or situation where the mobile phone user could not recharge the mobile line airtime, it sometimes becomes an emergency. This necessity brought about the introduction of a new innovation in the mobile software technology which enables a subscriber in need of an emergency mobile communication airtime to borrow from the network provider. This new airtime borrowing technology has been called many names. One of the Africa’s leading telecommunication & network service provider […]
The news making the rounds has it that one of the leading telecommunication giants in Nigeria and Africa MTN might soon acquire DStv, GOtv and indeed MultiChoice services. Although the reality of this gigantic technology-driven acquisition has not been independently verified, rumor has it that talks between Naspers Group and MTN allegedly have not yielded any terms in that regards. The Naspers Group is a global internet and entertainment giant with so many Multinationals as its subsidiaries. One of its subsidiaries in the Satellite TV technology industry is MultiChoice. This company is the privoder of the DStv and the GOtv […]
Today I shall adopt a new approach in attending to the many technical questions asked by my too many readers on some major technical problems they have been experiencing on the DStv and other cable and satellite decoders. Although any personal question receives a personal solution and reply, there are general problems which may likely be faced by many people of which I consider it more profitable to write and publish it for our global readers to digest. I have noticed a large patronage of some digital satellite and terrestrial TV services like the DStv, GOtv an Startimes from regions […]
It is true that virtually no year passes without MultiChoice either reviewing the prices of its DStv or GOtv brands. Nigerians have seen DStv and GOtv subscription tariffs go up without any justification for such increment nor a relationship with the market forces or trend. However, this 2015 has witnessed a remarkable adjustment in the prices of DStv and GOtv decoder systems simultaneously and reading down this post, you will come to realize how the Nigerian market forces influenced the changes in the prices of the MultiChoice Nigeria brands – DStv and GOtv. Before this last quarter of 2015, the […]
Looking closely at the manner with which MultiChoice Nigeria introduced their first ever digital terrestrial TV broadcast services known as the GOtv in Nigeria, one could only but express shock the selling price of GOtv in the open market would suddenly shoot up. GOtv now sells for 6,900 NGN as against the 4,500 NGN, the price which formerly enabled it to successfully penetrate the Nigerian market. Although GOtv has got a resounding content and packaging, super video and audio quality as well as quality technology, the times may not be most appropriate for the unforeseen price increment. I hope MultiChoice is […]