MultiChoice Kenya will unveil “a New Era for DStv” on Monday 26th October 2026. MultiChoice Kenya hasn’t said what the new era is. We think that this will be where the new set of packages DStv has been teasing since 6th October under the slogan DStv Expect More.
That notice promised “a brand-new suite of packages” for movie fans, sports fans and big families, and gave no names, prices or dates. MultiChoice Kenya has since told subscribers it will refresh its packages in phases in November, so Monday is a chance to see what the refresh will cost.
What the same change looked like elsewhere
DStv belongs to MultiChoice, which the French pay-TV company Canal+ took over last year. Canal+ has since been cutting the number of packages DStv sells. South Africa switched to five packages on 17th September 2026, and we set out those packages and prices earlier this month. Nigeria followed on 15th October, when MultiChoice’s Nigerian chief executive announced five packages there: Premium, Starter, Select, Sports, and Movies & Series. The rest of sub-Saharan Africa is due to get the new structure from November. Canal+ Africa’s chief executive, David Mignot, has said MultiChoice had too many price points and packages.
Kenya has six packages today. Lite costs KES 750 a month and Premium costs KES 11,700. The six work as a ladder, where each step up adds more channels to the one below. South Africa’s new packages break that ladder, with one built around sport and another around movies and series. If Kenya follows, a household that only wants football could stop paying for the movie channels. DStv hasn’t said that.
How many Kenyan subscribers this reaches
The Communications Authority counts 259,047 active DStv satellite subscriptions in Kenya at the end of June 2026. That’s 10,994 more than in March, after DStv lost 22,450 in the first quarter.
There are streaming customers to think about too. Showmax, MultiChoice’s standalone streaming service, shut on 30 April, and former Kenyan users were offered DStv Stream Compact at KES 550 a month for a year, before the price goes back to KES 4,200. The invitation’s “customer offering” could cover streaming, but it doesn’t say so.
What subscribers still don’t know
MultiChoice Kenya hasn’t published the names of the new Kenyan packages, their prices, the day in November they start, or which package each current subscriber moves to. Lite and Compact Plus subscribers have the most to ask. Lite has no South African equivalent, so there’s no example of where its subscribers land. In South Africa, DStv closed Compact Plus to new customers while letting existing ones keep their price and get Premium channels. Kenya’s Compact Plus subscribers pay KES 7,300 and will want to know whether they get the same deal.
Then there’s the price. South Africa’s Premium starts at R799, about KES 6,300, against KES 11,700 here. Its Sports package starts at R399, about KES 3,200, and Kenya’s Compact costs KES 4,200. If Kenyan prices land anywhere near those, Premium and Compact subscribers will pay less from November. If DStv only renames the packages, the bill stays where it is.
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