The ManicaPost
Entertainment Reporter
AS summer is slowly coming to an end, many people will be glued to their television sets during the cold months of the year.
This will see families getting together in the warmth and coziness of home venues to share on-screen highlights.
Family TV viewing is enhanced by the range of options available on the DStv platform, which is differentiated by packages known as bouquets that are created to provide meaningful viewing experiences related to budget capacities.
DStv Zimbabwe’s head of corporate affairs and public relations, Charity Njanji, explained why these different bouquets are on offer, rather than a single bouquet.
“Recognition must be given that across the community there are different budget capacities and different viewing needs, so the DStv experience is offered to Zimbabwean viewers with six principal bouquets: Premium, Compact Plus, Compact, Family, Access and Lite, the latter exclusive to viewers in the Zimbabwean market.“Each offers a range of channels that provide variety and choice,” she said.
Two of the bouquets are becoming increasingly popular in Zimbabwe, DStv Family and DStv Access.
These have been developed to ensure that members of the family can each find a selection suited to specific interests, needs and aspirational pursuits and each bouquet rests on the basic platform of information, education and entertainment, with specific needs such as age and gender catered for.
They are available at different channels, and each is designed to give viewers value for money.
All DStv platforms are made up of the premier viewing focus, which is a range of television channels that are local, regional and international in nature, as well as the audio channels, made up of a wide range of music channels and local, regional and international radio stations.
The audio channels are popular for use as background music and listening sources, especially for people who are working on manual activities while listening.
Access offers over 55 TV channels, of which 10 are high-definition sources, while Family offers more than 60 TV channels, and both offer a selection of the audio channels commensurate with the value offer.
Viewers can also access Zimpapers’ ZTN Prime channel on Channel 294.
“It is always important to make sure bouquets offer variety and that is the foundation of the DStv pay-TV service. Feedback has shown us that the balance of programming offered on these bouquets is well received by viewers, with content ranging from news, education, children’s programming, sport, entertainment and films.
“We have also introduced a special decoder discount price until the end of March to ensure that Zimbabwean viewers have ready access to the exciting content on DStv, something we regard as a pre-Easter bonus for existing and new viewers,” said Njanji.
