MultiChoice enhances DStv

[rpm]

MultiChoice enhances DStv (http://mybroadband.co.za/news/Telecoms/4756.html)


More history, three additional radio stations

[stoke]

Jozi FM addresses matters of local and community interest.Hu? A local radio station on a (nationwide / 1/2 the african continent) satellite service?
Smacks of under the table dealing.

[Uli]

How about BBC Radio 1 , that's something allot of South African would listen to.

[duderoo]

History channel, from an 18 hour to a 24 hour broadcast service from 3 August 2008. The History Channel’s extended hours will be broadcast in three eight hour loops.

So does that mean the same stuff is repeated every 8 hours.

[Aqua_lung]

I noticed History was on past midnight, good to know.

[MFour]

Hmm yes the reason I have a tv, satelite dish and a DSTV decoder, is that I want to listen to the radio. Who needs a radio after all when you can use your satelite dish, tv and decoder to do the same job Only one obstacle remains, building all that into my car :p

[Coza]

has anyone with a sd-pvr noticed the video on demand feature in the latest firmware software ?

http://qa.dstv.com/main.aspx?Id=13555&s=10

[Murmaider]

all I want is MTV2... is that sooo much to ask?

[timgaul]

Yay! 24 hour History. It pissed me off when they cut off a doccie at midnight eventhough it wasn't finished!!! :mad:

[Tns]

o yay!

[Nod]

"enhances"? How is this considered an enhancement? Adding more repeats of one channel, and adding radio stations is not an enhancement. Nice for radio stations enlarged footprint, but the average consumer got nothing out of this deal.

[Uli]

How about MTN dance.
Look at what the UK has. www.virginmedia.co.uk
Now that's value for your money.

[ike]

all i know is that someone is clutching at straws to justify a price increase. the question is: the previous one or the next one?

[Kloon]

I read in the Skottel mag, that there will be 3 new channels aswell soon. BBC Entertainment was one of them, not sure about the other but think its also BBC channels.

[sunsoffun]

...it still sucks compared to international standards for the amount we are paying. Cant wait for the competition!

[mancombseepgood]

Now you can listen to more radio using your TV... wow... rocketscience.
I can picture it now - whole neighbourhoods of teenagers with Multichoice decoders on their one shoulder, satellite dishe on their heads and UPS' on the other shoulder - the beat goes on...

[Nod]

I read in the Skottel mag, that there will be 3 new channels aswell soon. BBC Entertainment was one of them, not sure about the other but think its also BBC channels.

It seems that BBC Entertainment doesn't show in the UK, or that is according to their website (http://www.bbcentertainment.com).

[rwoeke]

All I want for christmas is a PVR Firmware upgrade. Timebased recordings suck. They should spend more time enhancing the pvr features rather!! :(

[mancombseepgood]

Lol - those shows take up to 2 days to download and they look like repeats to me...

[Garyvdh]

Using the words "Multichoice" and "enhanced" in the same sentence is like saying that Eskom is a World Class, Superior Electricity Provider!

[SUPERMAN89]

Yeap there's alot of channels out there...nevermind that it was nice to get free Dstv yesterday...everything was free...lol remember in 2006 i had weeks of it

[remybfg10k]

BBC Entertainment:

The channel most recently launched in Poland, on Cyfrowy Polsat in December 2007, and will replace BBC Prime on DStv in Africa on September 1st, 2008.

From Wikipedia

[tjunyat]

The new channels from UniChoice

From: http://www.totalexposure.co.za/pressrooms/article.php?a_id=180&PHPSESSID=2f699009c1a0bec0e5aa16e7f4a39e59



The new thematic channels - BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle and CBeebies - will replace and build on the success of existing channels BBC Food and BBC Prime, enabling viewers to access even more of the award-winning and high-quality programming from the BBC.

[chubster]

Those channels should have been added on the Free-To-Air Vivid bouquet from Sentech, where GoodHope and a lot of other stations are. But now I have to get DSTV to be able to listen to them. Sucks balls :mad:

[.Froot.]

Why would I want to browse away from a TV station onto a Radio station when I could simply flip the switch on my stereo?

[Kloon]

Why would I want to browse away from a TV station onto a Radio station when I could simply flip the switch on my stereo?

Some of those station are not available in all regions of South Africa. Like Highveld is not available in CPT, and KFM not outside the Western Cape.

[.Froot.]

Of course not. I would find it "weird" to listen to a Pretoria station if I live in Cape Town and visa versa

[Garyvdh]

Why would I want to browse away from a TV station onto a Radio station when I could simply flip the switch on my stereo?

There are a lot of people in other parts of the World and Africa who appreciate being able to get these stations however they can.

There was a lady on Highveld this morning who was raving about the fact that she can now listen to Highveld via DSTV in Botswana.... in fact, that is what Highveld's daily "Global High" is all about. Listeners in other parts of the world dedicate a song to ppl in South Africa.

[Garyvdh]

Of course not. I would find it "weird" to listen to a Pretoria station if I live in Cape Town and visa versa

But what if you were an ex-pat living in Zambia and you wanted a little taste of home?

[.Froot.]

Yeah, true. I suppose...

[Garyvdh]

Yeah, true. I suppose...

.... now if only we could all afford to pay DSTV's ridiculous prices on top of our bandwidth needs :(

[adsl3g]

...it still sucks compared to international standards for the amount we are paying. Cant wait for the competition!

What competition - seems as if they all are pulling out.

[eitai2001]

All I want is Comedy Central!!!!

[Tns]

All I want is Comedy Central!!!!

that and scifi

[mancombseepgood]

There are a lot of people in other parts of the World and Africa who appreciate being able to get these stations however they can.

There was a lady on Highveld this morning who was raving about the fact that she can now listen to Highveld via DSTV in Botswana.... in fact, that is what Highveld's daily "Global High" is all about. Listeners in other parts of the world dedicate a song to ppl in South Africa.

yep - pity we don't get satellite radio here... you need decoders and a tv set

[ajax]

yep - pity we don't get satellite radio here... you need decoders and a tv set

We do get Worldspace satellite radio. They don't have so many SA stations though, only East Coast Radio and Jacaranda AFAIK. But they have Virgin Radio UK which is really good.

The extra stations give more choice really - if I don't like the breakfast show on one station there's more to choose from now.

[Terencek]

How about BBC Radio 1 , that's something allot of South African would listen to.

The original story continues a misconception about the BBC radio channels available on the DSTV audio bouquet. Sadly, the 'BBC Radio 1, 2 and 3' it mentions is not the UK domestic service -- it is only different flavours of more or less the same international (shortwave) BBC World Service, in English, English for Africa, and African Languages.

Given the often-appalling quality of our own radio, it would indeed be truly splendid to get some quality domestic BBC radio services, particularly the wondrous BBC Radio 4 -- but at least if we're willing to pay the data charges, we can get its excellent stream on the web (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml), either live or by hand-picking your own choice of programming.

[Uli]

Trencek, Thats is true.....

[Turiko]

It doesn't matter what monochoice do, they still won't get me to be a subscriber.

[Keeper]

all I want is MTV2... is that sooo much to ask?

what about spike TV, and comedy central ???

also, a gaming/computer/technology chanel would be perfect!!