Multichoice has been in the Paytv industry in Africa for quite some time and has managed to gather quite a huge chunk of the market. In any business part of the huge task required to stay relevant and beat competition is staying innovative and trying to impress consumers every day. Part of the things Multichoice has been doing is taking the tv mobile. Multichoice has previously introduced products like Drifta, Drifta Walka and Drifta USB for the mobile customers. Today Multichoice is announcing a new plug and play mobile DVB-H receiver scecifically for Apple devices like the iPod 4th generation, iPhone 4/4s and all the iPads. This device is a plug and play that prompts an application downlod and opens automatically after. Pricing for the iDrifta is Kshs. 4950.
In the same breath, the Walka 7 which is a portable tv, recently launched in Nigeria is also available in the Kenyan market. Walka 7 is a 7 inch portable tv with a four aspect ratio which is not dependent on another device for paytv connectivity. It’s a chargeable device that does 6 hours battery life. It has two 1.5 watt speakers for sound and market pricing is Kshs. 11,699.
Subscribers of DStv Premium, Compact, Compact Plus and Family subscribers pay no subscription to access DStv Mobile on one DStv Mobile device. Beyond that you pay a max of Kshs.500 per device per month.
Both of these devices are available in Westlands, TMALL, Nakumatt and Nyali; Shankar Electronics, Elite Apple stores, Fone Xpress, Nakumatt Supermarket, Uchumi Supermarket, Tuskeys Supermarket and Naivas Supermarket at select retail outlets and MultiChoice centres.
