DStv competitors licensed by 2014: Treasury

ICASA is expected to use consultants to assist in finalising the licensing of these additional broadcasting services, with the Treasury document revealing that it is estimated that the regulator will spend R31.9-million on consultants.
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Hope the outcome will be worth all the money ICASA pay these "consultants" for doing the things they should have been doing.
 
Well last time at least 4 licenses were sold but only one materialised, my guess is that etv will buy one, although can't help but think they better off buying top tv
 
What's stopping them doing the licensing tomorrow? DSTV tied up a lot of good content when topTV was announced and now they're being given another year to scour for anything left and license while ICASA scratch their butts:mad:
 
The solution is the Internet; satellite is dead (ie old technology) except for live events. For everything else you don't need broadcast technologies unless you are using it to push content to PVRs (rather than decoders) that build a schedule of content for you.

Sort out the Internet (affordable, stable, host content closer) and you won't need a competitor.
 
If this competition is another BEE "Jobs-For-Pals" type thing... like TopTV... then seriously don't bother. We need real competition from guys who have been there and done it... not another FlopTV! Else DSTv are just going to laugh the competition off!
 
R13... said:
What's stopping them doing the licensing tomorrow? DSTV tied up a lot of good content when topTV was announced and now they're being given another year to scour for anything left and license while ICASA scratch their butts:mad:
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This exactly. Scum are merely signalling their cronies at Monochoice
 
nelwa said:
Monochoice is too established, nobody will be able to compete...
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Monochoice is too protected by ICASA and is not regulated properly.
If ICASA held their feet to the fire, the other new competitors might have a chance.
I am almost certain that there are large amounts of money trading hands somewhere to keep this as the status quo.
 
After the TopTV fail I would be surprised if anyone will be stupid enough to invest into this. There is no content or sports broadcasting rights available to anyone but Multichoice.
 
Why round 2 of this? Round 1 was a fail, revealed one half-hearted competitor in TopTV. We have been there.
Consultants=Connected-Cousins.
Just another innovative way to syphon money out of our tax.
 
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