NewStats: 3,259,417 , 8,170,040 topics. Date: Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 10:10 PM 52x73

It is 8:30 p.m. on a Saturday. You have fought your way through Lagos traffic, spent too much on suya that burns more than it pleases, and finally settled in to watch the Champions League final. But nothing comes easy. Your options are limited, and none of them make sense.

First, there is PHCN. Whether you are Band A or B, you are gambling that the light stays long enough to catch the final whistle. It rarely does. Next, your rusty generator. With fuel costing between ₦900 and ₦1,000 per litre, keeping the lights on through the match will cost at least ₦10,000.

Then there is online streaming. Between expensive data and Nigeria’s unpredictable internet, you might spend ₦5,000 or more only for the stream to freeze just as Lamine Yamal winds up for a shot. Now add the cost of the actual pay-per-view fee. All this trouble and expense for three hours of content that might be disrupted anyway.

Here is the part many people still do not understand. Pay-per-view is not just another subscription model. It is a separate service where viewers pay an additional one-time fee to watch exclusive live events. These are not your average football matches or soap operas. PPV is for blockbuster fights, high-stakes UFC showdowns, or exclusive concerts. You pay once, you watch once, and that is it. It is not Netflix, it is not YouTube, and it certainly is not DStv Catch-Up.

In fact, Pay-TV like DSTV does not even offer PPV. Let that sink in. If you are watching a Champions League final or a UFC main event, you are not paying extra. You are watching it as part of your existing subscription. No hidden or additional charges. No tricks. Just the monthly bouquet, a stable signal, and whatever power source you can afford that evening.

So when people scream, “Why can’t we have PPV like abroad?”, they miss the plot. Abroad, PPV can cost $80. Here, that’s half your salary. Meanwhile, DStv bundles the same content into your monthly plan. That’s a steal, not a scam.

Let’s do the math. A ₦100,000 PPV ticket, which is less than the average of $80 (₦130,000), is more than two to three months of DStv subscription or a whole year of GOtv. For a country where the minimum wage is ₦77,000 and salaries barely cross ₦200,000, that’s not access. That’s financial suicide.

Please forget comparisons to the US or UK. Over there, $80 is lunch money. Over here, it’s food, transport, and school fees. Systems differ. Wallets do too.

The truth? Hardly anyone in Nigeria is paying for PPV, because they don’t have to. TV is already made accessible with our Pay-TV. So before you attack broadcasters, where the real problem lies. The naira is in freefall, inflation is wild, and income is stuck. Access isn’t the issue. Affordability is.

So the next time you are tempted to go online and shout about how Nigeria deserves real PPV, take a step back. Ask yourself if you can genuinely afford it without going hungry for two weeks. If the answer is no, then it is time to renew your regular subscription, plug in your rechargeable fan, and pray for NEPA. Because in Nigeria, PPV is not a right. It is a reckless indulgence.

Source: https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2025/04/23/you-are-too-poor-for-pay-per-view-ppv/

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Be careful what you wish for. If PPV was introduced, a full season of football might cost more than your rent! Better appreciate what we’re getting now.

Nigerians can afford anything. ✌️

Like they sent you to come seek out mind if we no go complain when they put the PPG price high. Just like they knew we Nigerians are very adaptive to any situation we find ourselves.

Some years back, I pushed a question relating to this to a senior staff of dstv in one event at Landmark,

his face expression and his response made it easy for me to draw my conclusion regarding this very topic.

Imagine going to a cinema and paying for popcorn separately — that’s PPV. It’s not a discount model, it’s a luxury-tier access fee. Don’t confuse it with being economical.

It’s ironic that people want PPV, thinking it’ll save them money. In reality, you'll pay more for the privilege of watching a single event. And when that bill adds up, you’ll miss your old subscription fee. let that popular saying you don't know what you have until you loose it be our case oo

Dem fit try am, by the time losses full ground nobody go tell una what to do.

Band A in view, talking of prepared meters 😆

Ever thought about the real cost of PPV? Imagine having to pay extra for every Champions League game, every EPL match, every UFC fight. Makes DStv subscription look like a pretty good deal, right?

I don't watch TV again

Are you saying pay-per-view is costly than the regular monthly subscription?

DammyAdeb16:
Be careful what you wish for. If PPV was introduced, a full season of football might cost more than your rent! Better appreciate what we’re getting now.

We are finished in this country

Many of us lack knowledge of it as such..
We thought it's just more of post paid, where you pay for content used just as GSM

Nigerians keep shouting We want Pay-Per-View! Do you know that in America, people pay for cable AND still buy PPV events separately? Meanwhile, your DStv subscription already covers these for you.

Oga, give us pay per view.
Stop capping

latiephwald:
Like they sent you to come seek out mind it we no go complain of they put the PPG price high. Just like they knew we Nigerians are very adaptive to any situation we find ourselves.

So you can pay N120k for one single match just because Nigerians can adapt, especially when you can just get it for free with your normal sub?

Yes. The average PPV cost about $80 dollars. Let's even say they want to give you discounted price of N80k, can you still pay for one match?

Love800:
Are you saying pay-per-view is costly than the regular monthly subscription?

Will your children not watch Tv?

Kaido:
I don't watch TV again

Na DSTV sponsor this post

Well, Lucky me. I neither watch TV nor football.
What a useless waste of time.
Youtube is there.
At the end of the day, I've never heard any good news from Nigeria.

Hmmmn. Ordinary bag of rice na wahala but wecan afford anything?

Akanaz:
Nigerians can afford anything. ✌️

Wow. Neva thought it will look like this!

DammyAdeb16:
Yes. The average PPV cost about $80 dollars. Let's even say they want to give you discounted price of N80k, can you still pay for one match?

Your children nkor?

uuzba:
Well, Lucky me. I neither watch TV nor football.

Absolutely!! The PPV model ends up being more expensive than monthly subscription.

In UK for instance, most people have the basic Sky package with gives TV, Internet and phone. The TV channels however don't come with the Premier league channels. Most people would press the red button to pay for their teams matches which at the time, was £10. Calculate over the season, if you choose to watch all your teams matches, how much you spend. Here, there is the luxury of watching different games plus highlights and repeats for a monthly fee that is less than PPV.

I'm not a fan of football though. I watch F1 and have an F1TV annual subscription of 44$ which allows me watch all the races plus practice sessions plus F2, F3... Better deal than DSTV

Love800:
Your children nkor?

Is anything wrong with "playing outside"?

DammyAdeb16:
Yes. The average PPV cost about $80 dollars. Let's even say they want to give you discounted price of N80k, can you still pay for one match?

Whomever brought this PPV issue up is so inconsiderate of the people and their current suffering level; you just keep bringing avenues for Nigerians to be exploited the more, should this even be a topic for discussion at all in this period that people are unable to even consistently pay for the cheapest GoTV subscription