Bafana Bafana in R1-billion deal with new pay-TV player: reports

[rpm]

Bafana Bafana in R1-billion pay-TV deal: reports

The South African Football Association has sold the broadcast rights to Bafana Bafana matches to a new pay TV operator

 

[Beri]

I hope that equity will be adhere to in the team.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Righty O... does this mean less rubbish football on DSTV then? (we can only hope)

 

[akescpt]

Wow. Big bonuses all round then. Sad thing is that most of this won't even reach grassroots. You can change coaches all you want but if the administrators are shyte nothing will change. The last time the safa exco shared 7% of the amount. Nice payday for doing fsuckall.

 

[Beri]

So they complained when it was on dstv. Now they sell it and it is still not on sabc and all are happy....
I smell a bribe

 

[sox63]

Big price to pay for the rights IMO, guess it guarantees viewers while they start up. Advertising is not gonna be cheap I think during those games.

 

[House]

So they complained when it was on dstv. Now they sell it and it is still not on sabc and all are happy....
I smell a bribe

Yes, you are right. We should always remember that every single thing the ANC governments agree to comes along with some bribe or the other. Nothing is done openly and honestly.

 

[Big Sub-Zero]

So they complained when it was on dstv. Now they sell it and it is still not on sabc and all are happy....
I smell a bribe

What are you talking about? These rights were never previously awarded to Supersport. SAFA and PSL are two different things.

 

[Big Sub-Zero]

Yes, you are right. We should always remember that every single thing the ANC governments agree to comes along with some bribe or the other. Nothing is done openly and honestly.

As much as I do not support the rampant corruption under the ANC Government I am also not in support of trolling. Why linking SAFA with the ANC? I now understand why there is so much ignorance in this country because people just run their mouth and they are believed to be talking the truth. This is the kind of ignorance we see through reporting in this country.

 

[Fox1]

I was hoping the deal would extend to the PSL but tinfoil hats aside, I'm sure these guys at Siyaya TV have more than Bafana Bafana games to offer. By June 2015 DSTV compact would have crossed the ceiling level that most average consumers can afford and these guys can take advantage of that but not without help from government of course.

 

[elvis_presley]

Great stuff. Now a DSTV competitor has a unique selling point.

It also reported that Siyaya said in its submission to Icasa for its license that it plans to charge a monthly subscription of R70 per month.

Let's hope they don't go down DSTV's route and charge R70 for Bafana + their bouquet of tired old crap, and allow a cheaper Bafana-only product, the type of thing we're all calling on DSTV to have.

 

[elvis_presley]

By June 2015 DSTV compact would have crossed the ceiling level that most average consumers can afford and these guys can take advantage of that but not without help from government of course.

I'd be willing to bet DSTV will bring that price down if competition comes in to the marketplace; they pretty much destroyed TopTV with competitive product offerings and will keep trying that tactic.

 

[NiTeD]

Wow. Big bonuses all round then. Sad thing is that most of this won't even reach grassroots. You can change coaches all you want but if the administrators are shyte nothing will change. The last time the safa exco shared 7% of the amount. Nice payday for doing fsuckall.

Different organizations, PSL (think Premeirship) and SAFA( think FA - FA Cup; lower leagues & National teams).

 

[House]

As much as I do not support the rampant corruption under the ANC Government I am also not in support of trolling. Why linking SAFA with the ANC? I now understand why there is so much ignorance in this country because people just run their mouth and they are believed to be talking the truth. This is the kind of ignorance we see through reporting in this country.

As much as you want to back government here, unfortunately I do not agree with you. No organization will get any broadcasting right, whatsoever, without the final say from the ANC government. Somewhere, someone is taking or paying huge bribes for this deal - and this, both in the camps of the ANC and SAFA for that matter.

 

[Fulcrum29]

As much as you want to back government here, unfortunately I do not agree with you. No organization will get any broadcasting right, whatsoever, without the final say from the ANC government. Somewhere, someone is taking or paying huge bribes for this deal - and this, both in the camps of the ANC and SAFA for that matter.

http://www.techcentral.co.za/soccer-key-to-siyayas-pay-tv-pitch/42185/

Snip here and there

Siyaya, a 100% black-owned media consortium whose major shareholder is the Bakgatla Ba Kgafela tribe in the North-West province, has applied for a pay-television licence to offer African and South African content, along with football, all for monthly subscription rates starting from R70.

The consortium wants a licence to offer the service on the digital terrestrial television (DTT) platform, which South Africa should launch either this year or in 2014.

Post office chairman Vuyo Mahlati chairs Siyaya’s board and Thandi Ramathesele, a former SABC manager, is its CEO. Siyaya is managed by My Television, headed by Aubrey Tau, which has been running a DTT trial in North-West. The Bakgatla community has been responsible for managing the My Television DTT trial and is training rural youngsters for the broadcasting sector.

Though Siyaya is shareholder funded, Tau says that if the consortium needs more funding it already has a partnership in place with Sasfin Bank.

Speaking for Siyaya, television talk show host Dali Tambo — one of Siyaya’s shareholders — says the consortium has been preparing to apply for a licence since 2009. “We’re willing, we’re ready and we’re able. We have content agreements in place, technology and infrastructure partnerships in place, a sustainable business plan and a competent management who cover the broad spectrum of TV.”

Bakgatla Ba Kgafela owns 40% and I believe Aubrey Tau is a Top Billing producer, the rest seems like previous SABC employees and celebrities.

 

[elvis_presley]

As much as you want to back government here, unfortunately I do not agree with you. No organization will get any broadcasting right, whatsoever, without the final say from the ANC government.

How far does your conspiracy extend? Game of Thrones broadcasting rights from HBO? Nickelodeon on TopTV?

 

[Smurfatefrog]

This means that the the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) — the public broadcaster — will lose the rights to broadcast Bafana Bafana’s matches live from 1 May 2015

According to the City Press, Siyaya TV expects to launch in June 2015

So what happens if there are matches in May 2015...?
And if they plan to launch in June 2015 chances are it won't even happen in 2015

 

[elvis_presley]

So what happens if there are matches in May 2015...?

Maybe they won't be aired and we'll all be spared an embarrassing defeat

 

[JustAsk]

Big price to pay for the rights IMO, guess it guarantees viewers while they start up. Advertising is not gonna be cheap I think during those games.

Rights includes all Banyana matches and all junior national teams.

There also talks of a new local soccer league.

 

[Big Sub-Zero]

Great stuff. Now a DSTV competitor has a unique selling point.



Let's hope they don't go down DSTV's route and charge R70 for Bafana + their bouquet of tired old crap, and allow a cheaper Bafana-only product, the type of thing we're all calling on DSTV to have.

I doubt it. May be if we were talking about PSL games. How many SAFA activies gets aired in a year?