Digital TV Research forecast predicts problems for DStv

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DStv bloodbath coming

DStv will lose half a million customers in South Africa over the next five years, while its revenue in the country will decline by around R3 billion.

That is according to the Africa Pay TV Forecasts report from television industry intelligence firm Digital TV Research.
 
They will just further increase the size of those wretched stretch/squeeze adds during live sport to make more money without doing more work
 
Fibre + streaming services + DSTV
Or
Fibre + LTE Backup + Streaming Services
 
Isn't this why Naspers dumped them a long time ago already? Wasn't hard to predict their demise years ago - they are just going to try leverage sports for as long as possible and target technophobes till their dying breaths.
 
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Just think. If DStv gets into financial trouble, they won't be able to pay those huge sums of money for the Sports Broadcasting rights, which means other people might be able to start competing in the bidding for rights. Once that point is reached, it is KO for DStv.

If the sports stadiums were smart, they would install their own camera setups in the stadiums, then have all cameras recording all the time and on-sell the video streams to sports networks who can add their own commentary and cut between cameras as they see fit. The Stadium can they sell one-time passes to their own stream of the action from the stadium, allowing viewers to pick between the camera angle they want or the directors camera. It would help offset the loss in live ticket sales, and even when people return to stadiums you can still make more money after you reached 100% physical capacity.
 
All that dstv is, is a waste of good hard earned money. They ripoff their customers. Sporting channels is a good enough reason to keep a decoder in the house. Only good thing the decoder is actually good for is the low budget hard drive they install.
 
The quickest win for stopping the bloodletting is still an affordable bouquet for sport only. But that ain't happening any time soon.
 
SilverCode said:
Just think. If DStv gets into financial trouble, they won't be able to pay those huge sums of money for the Sports Broadcasting rights, which means other people might be able to start competing in the bidding for rights. Once that point is reached, it is KO for DStv.

If the sports stadiums were smart, they would install their own camera setups in the stadiums, then have all cameras recording all the time and on-sell the video streams to sports networks who can add their own commentary and cut between cameras as they see fit. The Stadium can they sell one-time passes to their own stream of the action from the stadium, allowing viewers to pick between the camera angle they want or the directors camera. It would help offset the loss in live ticket sales, and even when people return to stadiums you can still make more money after you reached 100% physical capacity.
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This would actually be a good idea
 
Amazon Prime announced last year they are broadcasting the URC rugby and the end of year tests live.
Does anybody know if that in fact happened and if it was streamed to SA as well?
 
Yskasmetnstoof said:
Amazon Prime announced last year they are broadcasting the URC rugby and the end of year tests live.
Does anybody know if that in fact happened and if it was streamed to SA as well?
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Yes they did, but only for the UK viewers. You will need a smart DNS service to watch it. Windscribe vpn also works.
 
We've been hearing this for the last 5 years. Not gonna happen with the slow pace of expensive fibre.
 
Polymathic said:
Fibre + streaming services + DSTV
Or
Fibre + LTE Backup + Streaming Services
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It’s worth mentioning that Multichoice used to own Mweb but failed to see any synergies of double play offerings of uncapped fiber + iptv (Dstv Now) to the higher end of the SA market.

Even their DStv Internet (LTE) offering doesn’t make complete sense… I would have thought they would target a fiber/dsl consumers as a benefit of a double play offering as opposed to this.

Guess they want to keep milking the cash cow of technophobic/ elderly people. In my complex it was suggested by a elderly resident that we put in a communal dish/ antenna system to serve the needs of the residents but I opposed it due to the cost of its installation and its electricity usage for body corporate to bare.

We have fiber installed in the complex I would prefer if residents use OTT/IPTV services as opposed to a dish.
 
somnambulist said:
It’s worth mentioning that Multichoice used to own Mweb but failed to see any synergies of double play offerings of uncapped fiber + iptv (Dstv Now) to the higher end of the SA market.

Even their DStv Internet (LTE) offering doesn’t make complete sense… I would have thought they would target a fiber/dsl consumers as a benefit of a double play offering as opposed to this.

Guess they want to keep milking the cash cow of technophobic/ elderly people. In my complex it was suggested by a elderly resident that we put in a communal dish/ antenna system to serve the needs of the residents but I opposed it due to the cost of its installation and its electricity usage for body corporate to bare.

We have fiber installed in the complex I would prefer if residents use OTT/IPTV services as opposed to a dish.
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I seem to remember a half hearted attempt for a Mweb and DSTV bundle. Could be a Mandela Effect though
 
DSTV will keep on making money, but the glory days are gone, why Naspers cut them loose and listed them.
 
SilverCode said:
Just think. If DStv gets into financial trouble, they won't be able to pay those huge sums of money for the Sports Broadcasting rights, which means other people might be able to start competing in the bidding for rights. Once that point is reached, it is KO for DStv.

If the sports stadiums were smart, they would install their own camera setups in the stadiums, then have all cameras recording all the time and on-sell the video streams to sports networks who can add their own commentary and cut between cameras as they see fit. The Stadium can they sell one-time passes to their own stream of the action from the stadium, allowing viewers to pick between the camera angle they want or the directors camera. It would help offset the loss in live ticket sales, and even when people return to stadiums you can still make more money after you reached 100% physical capacity.
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Dont come here with your innovative thinking.:cautious::p:p:p:p:p
 
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