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.
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 |