Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually watch only what interests you and pay for it? Much like walking into a supermarket, select what catches your eyes and checkout. Many people agree that this is what they want and this constitutes one of the frequently asked questions about DSTV. But the reason DSTV can’t do that yet is two fold; technical and economical reasons. First the pay tv provider has to overcome technical challenges that come with letting individual users choose their own channels. According to an interview with South Africa’s Mybroadband, MultiChoice’s group general manager Nyiko Shiburi explains that there would be more traffic to DSTV satellites than they can currently handle. Your Decoder is constantly communicating with DSTV satellites and their ground stations about your current subscription status, channels you’re subscribed to and streaming content to your TV. Moreover, this communication has to be encrypted or simply secure in order to avoid piracy. Now If everyone is running their own custom package, Nyiko explains that it would put a lot strain on the DSTV satellites thereby shooting the costs of transmission. Related post: Here are all DSTV Uganda packages, channel list and decoder prices However, DSTV revealed that they are at least considering the possibility of enabling users pay for channels they want. When M-Net was marking its 30th anniversary, M-Net boss Yolisa Phahle hinted on possibility of giving DStv subscribers the option of subscribing and only paying for the specific TV channels they want according to South Africa’s Channel24. Related post: DStv BoxOffice, ShowMax and DStv Catch Up: Here are the differences Until then you can only expect to subscribe to pre-packaged DSTV bouquets although now Multichoice has introduced on-demand viewing options such as DSTv Catchup, Boxoffice and ShowMax.
