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steco777

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Why is it that South Africa gets starved of content and why do these providers only offer exclusivity to Multichoice ?

I understand that dstv has exclusively for some of the Disney content as well as showmax has exclusivity for some hbo content and both these companies are owned by Multichoice .

But a lot of the originals are not sold to dstv and the likes .

Why do we get shafted can’t Disney plus and Hbomax etc offer a limited package at a reduced rate that we can watch originals and theatre to home hbo programs ?

Is it just because they perceive us as third world and don’t care about us and only deal with Multichoice to eliminate any new competition in the market ?

Just my 2 cents .
 
steco777 said:
Why is it that South Africa gets starved of content and why do these providers only offer exclusivity to Multichoice ?
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Multichoice has the money and the market.

And SA is largely irrelevant.
 
Because there's a lot of geo licensing there as well, including music in movies, etc.
You also can't launch with too small a catalogue as people won't sign up for long then, and people will rarely try your service a second time.

Multichoice paid a lot of money for the licenses, and while those keep going, HBO/Disney etc. will not launch in South Africa. It's also why the Netflix catalogue in South Africa is worse than most of Europe and US.
 
Johnatan56 said:
Because there's a lot of geo licensing there as well, including music in movies, etc.
You also can't launch with too small a catalogue as people won't sign up for long then, and people will rarely try your service a second time.

Multichoice paid a lot of money for the licenses, and while those keep going, HBO/Disney etc. will not launch in South Africa. It's also why the Netflix catalogue in South Africa is worse than most of Europe and US.
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Fair point but you would think geo licensing would be a thing of the past 5 years after the introduction of streaming services which came out 15 years ago .

Still doesn’t make sense that Disney and the likes don’t make new originals and PPV titles available at a reduced subscription price to “test drive” their service before their official launch ?
 
A lot of the deals that Multichoice struck and paid for were well before the launch of these services.

Based on the timeline of when BBC First was launched, and when it was taken off DSTV, it seems like these are usually 5 years.

It also depends on whether exclusivity is in place or not. That's probably why Britbox is launching with some BBC channels still on air...
 
steco777 said:
Fair point but you would think geo licensing would be a thing of the past 5 years after the introduction of streaming services which came out 15 years ago .

Still doesn’t make sense that Disney and the likes don’t make new originals and PPV titles available at a reduced subscription price to “test drive” their service before their official launch ?
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Have you not heard of the Disney Vault?
 
DA-LION-619 said:
It’s the concept that matters, the medium has just changed.
The Disney’s film catalog is a small part of what they actually own and have control over.
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The concept only exists in terms of cinematic re-releases. Have you spent much time exploring the Disney+ and Hulu catalogue?
 
bwana said:
The concept only exists in terms of cinematic re-releases. Have you spent much time exploring the Disney+ and Hulu catalogue?
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No not the cinematic aspect.
Disney used to produce VHS copies in certain runs, so release to VHS then basically put it into the vault so for the next 10 years so essentially artificially influencing the supply and demand.

Yes I’ve explored the various catalogs, you then see things like LOTR is on one service and the extended versions are on another service.
 
DA-LION-619 said:
Yes I’ve explored the various catalogs, you then see things like LOTR is on one service and the extended versions are on another service.
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I'm not following - LORT is a New Line Cinema production, which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros, not Disney. Why is it locked away in their "vault"?
 
bwana said:
I'm not following - LORT is a New Line Cinema production, which is a subsidiary of Warner Bros, not Disney. Why is it locked away in their "vault"?
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The concept is the same, the medium is different.

You own the DVD? Now buy the Blu-ray.
You own it on Blu-ray? Now buy it in 4K.
You’ve watched it in 4K? Now buy it in HDR.

I’m still waiting for Tron in 4K
 
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