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For the same price as a DStv Premium subscription, you can buy numerous drinks from a bar while watching your favourite sports on one of their TVs.
DStv Premium has lost many subscribers over the last few years, in part due to the increasing popularity of video streaming services like Netflix, which offer vast libraries of movies and TV shows at a fraction of DStv’s price.
While many want to “cut the cord” and migrate fully to Internet-based services, the simple truth is that no streaming provider offers the wide range of sports that SuperSport has.
MultiChoice spends a lot of money securing exclusive broadcasting and streaming rights to major matches and tournaments in popular sports like rugby, cricket, football, tennis, golf, and motorsport.
While there are a few alternative streaming services to consider, signing up for them often requires a complicated workaround using a foreign payment method and VPN.
Circumventing geographic restrictions in this way may be illegal in South Africa. Therefore, it is understandable that South African sports fans would rather pay the R829 monthly fee for DStv Premium than deal with the headaches of geoblocks.
There is an alternative, however.
Instead of paying for DStv Premium yourself, you can head down to the nearest sports pub & grill to watch the big game — provided South Africa is not under strict lockdown measures.
Many fine establishments near your home will be more than happy to let you watch the game on their big-screen TVs, provided that you buy a few drinks and tip your waiter.
We decided to see how many popular drinks you can buy for the price of a DStv Premium subscription from a sports pub.
For our comparison, we used the menu prices of three sports bars — one each in Pretoria, Johannesburg, and Cape Town.
We then calculated how many of each drink you could buy for the price of DStv Premium and how many matches you would be able to watch, assuming you order four drinks per match.
The tables below show our findings.
Pretoria
| The Hang Over Bar, Moreleta Park | |||
| Beverage | Price | Number of drinks per DStv subscription | Number of matches (4 drinks each) |
| Local beer (340ml) | R23 | 36 | 9 |
| Windhoek Draught | R28 | 29 | 7 |
| Double Richelieu brandy & mix / Double Captain Morgan rum & Mix | R30 | 27 | 6 |
| Jack Daniels whiskey tot | R24 | 34 | 8 |
| Smirnoff 1818 vodka shot / Jagermeister shot | R20 | 41 | 10 |
| Long Island Ice Tea | R70 | 11 | 2 |
| Glass of Drostdy Hof Red wine | R27 | 30 | 7 |
| Glass of Drostdy Hof Rose | R28 | 29 | 7 |
Johannesburg
| Green & Gold, Roodepoort | |||
| Beverage | Price | Number of drinks per DStv subscription | Number of matches (4 drinks each) |
| Hunter’s / Smirnoff / Flying Fish | R29 | 28 | 7 |
| Savanna | R35 | 23 | 5 |
| Bain’s whiskey tot / Springbokkie shooter | R25 | 33 | 8 |
| 1-litre Gummy Bear Juice Cocktail | R145 | 5 | 1 |
| Glass of Drostdy-Hof Extra Light white wine | R39 | 21 | 5 |
| Bottle of Two Oceans Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot red wine | R99 | 8 | 2 |
Cape Town
| The Blue Whistle, Claremont | |||
| Beverage | Price | Number of drinks per DStv subscription | Number of matches (4 drinks each) |
| Local beer (340ml) | R25 | 33 | 8 |
| Black Label draught (500ml) | R36 | 23 | 5 |
| Hunter’s / Savanna / Smirnoff | R31 | 26 | 7 |
| Long Island Ice Tea | R70 | 11 | 2 |
| Glass of A Madrinha Perle white wine / Madame Rose | R27 | 30 | 7 |
| Glass of O Padrino Cabernet Sauvignon/Merlot red wine | R30 | 27 | 6 |
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