In the early days of its rollout, StarTimes packages and prices in Uganda became available in all parts of the country including remote areas such as the Karamoja region. In some of these areas, Analog signals are hard to receive on TV sets, and the use of a StarTimes decoder offers digital coverage within the same areas.

In comparison to other PayTV services in the same class such as Azam, Zuku, and GoTV, StarTimes packages and prices in Uganda are averagely ranked with improvements shipped in per year.

By pricing, the lowest StarTimes package is priced at UGX 13,500, and the highest click at UGX 30,000 as the monthly recharge fees for Antenna decoders. If you have a StarTimes dish in Uganda, then, the prices change, and more packages are available starting from UGX 15,000 to UGX 80,000 as illustrated in this article.

The StarTimes Packages and Prices in Uganda

StarTimes packages and prices in Uganda are ranked in two categories depending on your receiving decoder, the Antenna decoder, and the StarTimes satellite dish decoder. Both offer different packages and prices as listed below.

StarTimes Antenna Decoder

StarTimes Satellite Dish Decoder

How to Watch StarTimes for free in Uganda

StarTimes has active partnerships with MTN and Airtel, through these, you can watch StarTimes for free in Uganda using your smartphone. This is achievable through the StarTimes ON App which is available on the Google Play store and Apple store.

To watch StarTimes for free in Uganda using the mobile application, simply contact a friend or family member with a decoder to share with you their account number. Enter the account number in the App, and start watching StarTimes content for free.

However, make sure your friend or decoder owner does not use the App as well, because if they do, your access is revoked, and you’ll need to buy a decoder to register again. Nonetheless, with the current StarTimes packages and prices in Uganda, you can recharge to any of your desired packages using MTN Mobile Money or Airtel Money.

In case you have always wanted to buy a digital decoder for your TV in order to have full access to all channels. We have a section of tips as to why you should buy a free to air decoder instead of a Startimes, GoTV or satellite dish paid decoder.

The Price of a free to air decoder

A brand new GoTv full kit goes for around 85,000/= in Uganda and the price of a Startimes decoder still teases around 35,000/=. Contrary to the paid versions, a nice free to air decoder costs around 70,000/= in Uganda depending on the manufacturer. Majority of the decoders don’t cost beyond 110,000/= which makes them a little costly but worth it with no monthly fees.

No monthly charges

All PayTv providers have a monthly charge attached to their bouquets. The story with free to air decoders is on the opposite track of monthly recharges. Once you buy a free to air decoder, don’t expect to pay any monthly fees whatsoever in order to watch your favorite local channels.

A 100% clear reliable connection

During serious environmental disorders like rain and heavy winds, expect you TV decoder to have a jumpy connection and scratched CD like images. However, forget this if you have a free to air decoder because no central servers exist between your decoder to the provider.

On a paid decoder, a central server provides you with a TV connection and changes in weather can disrupt this connection making it unreliable to conveniently watch TV. So, with a free to air decoder, no servers exist in your connection and all you get is a 100% reliable connection to conveniently watch TV.

Affordable for a lifetime

Worried about paying for TV together with your monthly utility bills, choose a free to air decoder and only worry about the latter. As a fact, once you get yourself a good free to air decoder, don’t expect any additional fees till when you are tired of watching TV and feel like watching international premium channels off a Satellite provider.

Clear TV Quality as sent by the broadcaster

High Definition (HD) is the quality many TV Stations broadcast in and send out as a signal. However, paid decoders have central servers that determine the quality you receive on your decoder.

With a free to air decoder, you get the proper picture quality as sent from a broadcasting station. So, if your favorite local channel has HD programs, get ready to catch them in the same quality if your free to air decoder is further an HD version as well.

In a nutshell, free to air decoder are good, but we highly suggest that you should get an HD free to air decoder. Either way, most decoders are HD compatible the same way LED TVs ship inbuilt free to air decoders on purchase. Nonetheless, look out for the full list of free to air channels in Uganda we shall list in our next article.

Popular local FTA channels like Bukedde, NTV,NBS are some of the stations already shipped to the new Startimes app, while Football fans can further enjoy StarTimes Uganda Premier League, Bundesliga, French League 1 and other sports like boxing, rugby, basketball, cricket on the Sports premium, world football, and sports life channels.

However, Startimes officials so far not inked any direct modes of payment whether it can further be shared with an existing decoder package or preloaded through mobile money, though the company’s assistant marketing lead promised more diverse content on the platform

“More excellent international and local channels will be put online, and diverse and rich contents will always be the core of StarTimes ON service.” Aldrine Nsubuga Snr Vice President in charge of marketing said

Although Startimes already had an official app for smartphones, this new app seems to be targeting smartphone users who don’t have time to face a TV screen. Nonetheless, the new Startimes On app now joins the likes of Kwese iflix which previously launched as a partnership with MTN before opting for a 2nd hand from Airtel and the decoder based DSTV app as some of the digital Tv solutions utilizing a fast-paced smartphones generation.

Releasing a tough notice in the papers a few days back refering to PayTV providers as uncompliant companies. PayTv providers bounced back with a reply to UCC’s intended term regarding to them as the uncompliant brands to deal with.

Subscription fees by PayTv providers will subscriqently increase with time if UCC doesnot look into its latest license fees and agreements witht eh nationwide providers.

Startimes, GoTv, Dstv and alot more providers are all on the line to revise their rates as UCC insists on revising the current Licenses granted to all PayTV providers in Uganda.