Do you think South Africa needs a state-owned broadcaster (the SABC)?

Do you think South Africa needs a state-owned broadcaster (the SABC)?

  • Yes

    Votes: 18 12.7%

  • No

    Votes: 113 79.6%

  • Unsure/Other

    Votes: 11 7.7%
  • Total voters
    142
karnuffel said:
etv and many of the radio stations are examples of how this can be done.
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and you think that they make lots of their own content like the SABC does etc and if anyone else uses a similar model its going to be anything other than 50% content 50% adverts ..... radio stations are not even in the same strotosphere in terms of operating costs and content purchases

also as an experiment ask your maid, gardner or driver or anyone who watches SABC if they prefer watching SABC or ETV currently might just give you some perspective IMHO
 
naughty001 said:
and you think that they make lots of their own content like the SABC does etc and if anyone else uses a similar model its going to be anything other than 50% content 50% adverts ..... radio stations are not even in the same strotosphere in terms of operating costs and content purchases
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The question is about a state-owned broadcaster, so it includes radio stations. Are you unhappy with the local content etv does create?

How do you feel about SOE's and their performance over the last lets ay 20 years?
 
karnuffel said:
The question is about a state-owned broadcaster, so it includes radio stations. Are you unhappy with the local content etv does create?

How do you feel about SOE's and their performance over the last lets ay 20 years?
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i'm not happy about any SOE's but that doesn't mean that there isn't a need for some of them

personally i would watch more SABC than ETV ie at least the SABC was getting a bit of sport by begging and grovelling at the feet of other content providers at some stages of their life

as for the radio stations IMHO they are insignificant - besides which radio station do you pay for ie you can listen to almost all of them for free on the radio or even using FM apps on phones and TVs and streaming boxes .... no-one is going to complain in any way about radio stations - if the govt uses one for the purposes of fraud people will just switch to a different station until that station closes down to poor listenership figures
 
naughty001 said:
and pray please tell who is going to run something for the masses who don't earn as much as you, that is going to be free to view .... is any person living in a shack going to subscribe to Netflix or DSTV stream?
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I'd wager that if that's where you find yourself, lounging in front of the TV is not the best use of your time.
 
Maurice Kitching said:
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I'd wager that if that's where you find yourself, lounging in front of the TV is not the best use of your time.
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and in that photo i will bet that more than 95% of those are being used for OVHD because that uses the same dish as DSTV - if you think that those are part of the small number of people with DSTV premium you are living in a fantasy land
 
naughty001 said:
and in that photo i will bet that more than 95% of those are being used for OVHD because that uses the same dish as DSTV - if you think that those are part of the small number of people with DSTV premium you are living in a fantasy land
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In that case, could I interest you in this lovely bridge. Needs some TLC. Special price.

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naughty001 said:
and pray please tell who is going to run something for the masses who don't earn as much as you, that is going to be free to view .... is any person living in a shack going to subscribe to Netflix or DSTV stream?
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They, well most of them are the people that put SA in such a mess in the first place.

There will be PVT Companies that will do it/similar and actually make a profit with a decent amount of viewers.

At least it won't be in the hands of the entitled corrupt criminals.
 
naughty001 said:
and pray please tell who is going to run something for the masses who don't earn as much as you, that is going to be free to view .... is any person living in a shack going to subscribe to Netflix or DSTV stream?
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There are EU countries NOT charging and stealing for their state television, they use tax money to re-broadcast and license international and local private studio content over DVB to any TV receiver. Doesn't matter what you earn, if you can afford a TV you have channels. Nothing else needed unless you want a "cable" equivalent.
 
SABC have been hemorrhaging money...
Eh, TV license system must be scrapped, since all the devices in my house does not have the capability to receive the ancient analog signal, that should have been switched off years ago, and nobody, that I know of, is watching or receiving any SABC analog signals anymore.

Time to start cutting the fat.
For example: The R22m statues that was unveiled, while the city struggles with the water crisis... That money could have been part of the life-raft funding to help with the crisis, but nooo, statues are more important than the water infrastructure that desperately needs an overhaul...

And R22m for two bronze statues? I was thinking that less than R1m for both would have been sufficient.

It boggles the mind.
 
porchrat said:
I think, in principle, there is benefit in a well run state-owned broadcaster with serious independent oversight. Something on a smaller scale doing news, sports and educational programming. The current setup is excessive.

The SABC itself is a lost cause and needs to be liquidated though.
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Agree.
Perhaps 1 channel with a 2nd as backup when there are two important things happening.
It should not be for entertainment.
 
Brawler said:
Agree.
Perhaps 1 channel with a 2nd as backup when there are two important things happening.
It should not be for entertainment.
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I think there's nothing wrong with showing local art like stage performances or local films or something where it's culturally relevant. Sort of like PBS in America does things. Documentaries are OK too. They're 'entertainment', but also educational.

What I'm more getting at is that entertainment should not be the main focus though.

I also have no issue with it being done through streaming on the Internet. It doesn't have to strictly be broadcast television. Whatever is the most relevant and useful technology for people to use.
 
naughty001 said:
the problem with asking a question like that here is that there are too many entitled rich people here who will come up with their po35 "what year is this" attitude and who will start talking about streaming and other means that they employ for their entertainment ..... which realistically is all balls because they are part of the 5% of the country who can afford all that schit

in reality this is a poor country and everyone who says that its not needed really needs a reality check because while that 5% happily pays and gets their streaming garbage what about the majority that cannot afford it - there are people out there who only earn like R5000 to R6000 per month - while most of that 5% who talk about the streaming and schit pay that amount for groceries per month so what will that other 95% of the country watch

and if anyone says that those people can manage without SABC well my friends - it is exactly that attitude why these people steal your phones and hijack your cars and do all the utter schit you complain about ...... because only thinking about your own circumstances and acting accordingly will make you in their eyes an utter po35 that deserves to be a victim of having all your schit taken away ...... the guys who think that they are middle class in this country need to grow a brain - more than 95% of the entire country cannot afford all the schit that you think that you can afford and really with most people living month to month with mostly two to three months of fallback money even the guys who live a rich life can't afford the schit they buy (because they are nowhere near as rich as they think they are) and they then get farked if some cr@p like war or pandemics happen - suddenly they cant afford the car payments or insurance or dwelling bond repayments and even crap like petrol or groceries that they normally now take for granted - each time theres a problem in this country like the aforementioned wars overseas or pandemics even this forum is full of morons complaining and asking when its going to stop because their finances are taking a hit ..... these tw@ttys need to stop acting rich

and no i do not watch SABC - and i do have DSTV and Netflix and other means of getting content BUT i also realize that there are millions out there who cant afford it (many, many more millions than those who can) - and yes it is corrupt and a failing SOE but who else is going to do it for the majority for the people in this country who do need it ..... this forums members need to learn to stop being selfish cantholes and thinking that their way is the only way things need to be done
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"Why did you kill that farmer and rape his wife"
"That racist farmer didn't want to pay for another season of Isidingo"
 
konfab said:
"Why did you kill that farmer and rape his wife"
"That racist farmer didn't want to pay for another season of Isidingo"
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yeah - that is really funny BUT you did understand what i meant and you just tried to turn it into a joke

don't act all surprised when some twatty comes up to you with a rusty old screwdriver or replica commando knife and shoves it up your ar5e while stealing your watch .... i won't feel any sympathy toward your indignance amd outrage
 
neoprema said:
There are EU countries NOT charging and stealing for their state television, they use tax money to re-broadcast and license international and local private studio content over DVB to any TV receiver. Doesn't matter what you earn, if you can afford a TV you have channels. Nothing else needed unless you want a "cable" equivalent.
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this is not Europe - this place is what it is ..... and yes its run by stealing thieving cants BUT depriving the masses of somethng they rely on is going to do your cause no good whatsoever - its going to make them hate you more and put your efforts to fix things decades behind and really eventually might make situations like those 1949 riots commonplace (only it wont be only Indians attacked)

How long before these twats start saying that every white and Indian in this country is a foriegner and trying to treat us how they are treating the foriegners now while the government watches and really does fark all

some people need to stop living in a world of delusion and realise that this country is not for the rich and semi-rich white and Indian people anymore no matter how much you want it to be and if you cannot accept that then you are very detached from reality
 
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