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Today for the first time, I got a pre-roll ad on DSTV Now in the browser.
Clicked to watch a Live TV channel, and got an unskippable Woolies ad before the stream started playing.
One can't even click out of the channel while the ad plays, the control button overlay disappears.

So this paid TV service with loads of ads during the shows has now added more ads to get to the shows too.
Do they only make changes these days to further alienate their dwindling customer base?
 
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Dean said:
Today for the first time, I got a pre-roll ad on DSTV Now in the browser.
Clicked to watch a Live TV channel, and got an unskippable Woolies ad before the stream started playing.
One can't even click out of the channel while the ad plays, the control button overlay disappears.

WTF DSTV? There are ads during the shows and now ads to get to the shows too?
Do they only make changes these days to further alienate their dwindling customer base?
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Yeah look I'm one of the fools that has DSTV and that's fine, we get enough out of it.
But if there's one thing that will make me leave, it won't be the cost or the repeats or any of that, it'll be the ads.
2 minutes of ads in a 6 minute highlights reel is proper messing around.
But ja, I bring it on myself so can't really complain.
 
Streaming services don't have ads (unless it's the free version of YouTube). DStv is after more money. Simple.
 
This is just simply how they think.

With dwindling income, they need more ad revenue.

You can see more invasive shrink ads week on week on sport also.

Same idea as the anc. Tax until you cant anymore.

By the time monochoice wakes up it will be too late and they will be a minor player in a large market
 
it is so much worse on the island, for example, take Formula 1, to watch you need a sky account,
£50 a month for 18 months, Set-up: up to £39.95. £ 25 a month for F1 access... that is £75 a month for F1, cricket... R1 531,75 of our most beloved South African Rands...

The fact is LackofChoice is heading towards bankruptcy, already the share price is heading at lightspeed towards junk status... With the password crackdown, and the insane repeats..

Oh, you think ads on DSTV is bad, 6 minutes of ads during F1 free practice, at least 18 minutes out of the 2 hour show is lost to adverts.. and the subscribers in the UK are paying a £25 bolt on, premium on top of normal Sky access, this £25 does not buy you ad free, it is only access to F1, you pay £50 for Sky, £25 for F1, and still get ads... It is brutal...
 
SadIvyParrot said:
it is so much worse on the island, for example, take Formula 1, to watch you need a sky account,
£50 a month for 18 months, Set-up: up to £39.95. £ 25 a month for F1 access... that is £75 a month for F1, cricket... R1 531,75 of our most beloved South African Rands...

The fact is LackofChoice is heading towards bankruptcy, already the share price is heading at lightspeed towards junk status... With the password crackdown, and the insane repeats..

Oh, you think ads on DSTV is bad, 6 minutes of ads during F1 free practice, at least 18 minutes out of the 2 hour show is lost to adverts.. and the subscribers in the UK are paying a £25 bolt on, premium on top of normal Sky access, this £25 does not buy you ad free, it is only access to F1, you pay £50 for Sky, £25 for F1, and still get ads... It is brutal...
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F1TV costs 10 pounds/month and comes with much much more!
 
Benedict A55h0le said:
It is your punishment for still paying dstv.
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I don't pay dstv, if it was per channel, or 100% pay per view, I would maybe consider paying $4.99 for a month of access to F1, or cricket... rugby is no longer viable, but cricket maybe has a bit of life left...
 
SadIvyParrot said:
I don't pay dstv, if it was per channel, or 100% pay per view, I would maybe consider paying $4.99 for a month of access to F1, or cricket... rugby is no longer viable, but cricket maybe has a bit of life left...
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Rugby is very viable. Cricket is dead now.
 
If anyone know a decently priced tennis streaming service, please share. I have a VPN if needed.
 
OhYeah84 said:
www.tennistv.com

ATP Tennis Streaming Online - Watch Tennis Live and ad-free

Official ATP streaming service. Join Tennis TV today and enjoy live tennis in 1080 HD, plus thousands of full match replays and highlights on demand, all with no ads.
www.tennistv.com www.tennistv.com
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Thank you.

The all important WTA (women) are missing.

The price for the ATP is not too bad and even more so after the last 3 tournaments I watched.
The Holger Rune VS Djokovic match (the Paris final) was awesome - to name just one.
 
cpu. said:
Thank you.

The all important WTA (women) are missing.

The price for the ATP is not too bad and even more so after the last 3 tournaments I watched.
The Holger Rune VS Djokovic match (the Paris final) was awesome - to name just one.
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Now we need 1 for cricket and 1 for rugby!
Already have F1TV which is great.
 
All that money and still get bombarded with ads, they deserve their eventual bankruptcy
 
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