StarTimes Celebrates 35 Years, Unveils Consumer Incentives

StarTimes, one of the leading digital TV operator serving 45 million users in more than 30 African countries is celebrating its 35th anniversary with exciting consumer incentives.
This was disclosed in a statement yesterday.

“Founded in 1988 by Chinese engineer, Pang Xinxing, StarTimes has become a major system integrator, technology provider, network operator and content provider in the African television broadcasting industry,” the statement added.

CEO of StarTimes Nigeria, Joshua Wang, said, “StarTimes is grateful for the support and trust of its customers over the years.”
 He said that StarTimes would continue to provide quality and affordable TV entertainment for every African family.
To mark this milestone, Wang said the pay-tv company would reward customers with a consumer reward promo.

“From June 12 to August 31, customers will receive instant upgrades to the next higher bouquet when they recharge for two months on their current bouquet while Classic/Super bouquet subscribers will get fifteen days extra when they pay for two-month recharge.
“Also, new customers will get massive discounts on decoder purchases as the price of antenna decoder is slashed to N7,500 from N8,900, while the dish decoder goes for N9,900 from N13,300,” he said.

Wang said that StarTimes was grateful for the support and trust of its customers over the years, adding that the pay TV would will continue to provide quality and affordable TV entertainment for every African family.
StarTimes owns a 700+ channels’ content platform combining local African and international channels. As of July 2020, StarTimes operates in thirty countries, serving thirteen million subscribers and twenty million streamers via its StarTimes-ON mobile app. The pay-TV company launched in Nigeria in 2010.
“With the vision to ensure that every African family can access, afford, watch and share the beauty of digital TV, StarTimes has been providing a rich collection of entertainment consisting of news, movies, series, sports, entertainment, children’s programs, fashion, religion etc,” Assistant Marketing Director, StarTimes Nigeria, Bose Adewara said.

“Popular content on StarTimes includes an original production, Hello Mr Right which premieres June 10 on ST Nollywood Plus and Novela E, local drama series like new seasons of Jenifa’s Diary, and well-acclaimed international series like The Wives, among others.
“StarTimes has eleven Nollywood channels, seven cartoon channels, over ten Bollywood channels, exciting documentaries, sports, news, music & more channels,” Adewara added.

As a business committed to media industry growth, Wang said that StarTimes was at the forefront of championing the digital switchover drive in Nigeria, by providing its infrastructure to enable the switch from analogue to digital TV across the states of the Federation.