CEO Weekends:Zuku Introduces Zuku Poa | Hikes Subscription Prices By 25 Percent

East Africa’s Wananchi Group Holdings, the operates under as Zuku brand, offering PayTv, broadband internet and VoIP services has  increased its pay TV subscription prices by 25 percent average even after raising US$57.5million in growth capital from Liberty Global Inc., Oppenheimer Funds, and Canadian-based Sarona Asset Management.

Zuku has increased its prices effective June 1 by an average of 25% on its packages  citing an upgrade to a new satellite SES 5 which will lead to an increase in the quantity of programming.

According to the Managing Director Mohamed Jeneby in a notice posted online and send to their subscribers, the upgrade has given Zuku the capacity to increase the number of TV channels available to users. He promises a BIG CHANGE in the number of of TV channels and adds “all our PACKAGES ARE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY.”

Users don’t have to worry about price, as the firm adds that it has introduced ‘Zuku Poa’ to ensure they have the widest possible choice.

See the table and letter for details.

	Poa NEW	Classic	Premium	Asian Poa NEW	Asia Classic	Asia Premium
Old Prices		999	1,999		1,499	2,999
New Prices	799	1,199	2,399	1,798	2,198	3,398
% increase		20%	20%		47%	13%
AVERAGE	25%

 

Below are details about the new package Zuku Poa, targeted at Movie and Sports lovers and possibly single people (as there are no kids channels included).

1	Zuku Life	Documentaries & Lifestyle
2	CITIZEN	FTA Local
3	EATV	FTA Local
4	KISS TV	FTA Local
5	KTN	FTA Local
6	NTV	FTA Local
7	QTV	FTA Local
8	K24	FTA Local
9	KBC	FTA Local
10	BungeTV	FTA Local
11	Kass TV	FTA Local
12	UBC	FTA Local
13	Channel 10	FTA Local
14	Zuku Africa	Movies & General Entertainment
15	Zuku Movies Max	Movies & General Entertainment
16	Zuku Movies Action	Movies & General Entertainment
17	Zuku Movies Gold	Movies & General Entertainment
18	Zuku Movies Family	Movies & General Entertainment
19	Zuku Swahili Movies	Movies & General Entertainment
20	Magic	Music
21	Kiss	Music
22	Smash Hits	Music
23	Box / QTV Music	Music
24	MTV Base Africa	Music
25	BBC World News	News & Commerce
26	AlJazeera	News & Commerce
27	MSNBC	News & Commerce
28	CCTV News	News & Commerce
29	DW TV Africa	News & Commerce
30	EWTN	Religion
31	Peace TV	Religion
32	Euro Sport News	Sport
33	Setanta Africa	Sport
34	Setanta Action	Sport