DStv Premium is excellent value for money

Which begs the question. If every single household in South Africa applied for Premium, would MC reduce the price, as the minority no longer has to "subsidize" the cost of sports rights?
 
WaxLyrical said:
Which begs the question. If every single household in South Africa applied for Premium, would MC reduce the price, as the minority no longer has to "subsidize" the cost of sports rights?
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pfff lol, they will use it to expand in some other country to rake more profit.
 
WaxLyrical said:
Which begs the question. If every single household in Subsaharan Africa applied for Premium, would MC reduce the price, as the minority no longer has to "subsidize" the cost of sports rights?
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FTFY
 
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Arthur said:
If you have DStv you'll know that repeats are a pretty standard part of syndicated services worldwide. Besides, a certain degree of repeats is desirable for many viewers, for obvious reasons.
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That's exactly why replay/VOD has been created in most developed countries (unlike DSTV where it's a few series here and there).

DSTV forces you to get the repeats unlike first world countries, and then puts them back on another channel.

No need to have 300 channels if you replay 5 times the same thing, just put 60 and leave the rest available on replay.
 
f2wohf said:
That's exactly why replay/VOD has been created in most developed countries (unlike DSTV where it's a few series here and there).

DSTV forces you to get the repeats unlike first world countries, and then puts them back on another channel.

No need to have 300 channels if you replay 5 times the same thing, just put 60 and leave the rest available on replay.
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Yes of course. But that assumes you have an alternative delivery mechanism like internet with an acceptable and affordable costs & bandwidth. Not quite the case yet for most of DStv's market.

Over time these services will migrate as broadband proliferates and comes down in cost.

Perhaps a bigger challenge than the technical infrastructure is that of funding. Advertising has historically been a very big funding provider for commercial non-state-owned broadcasters. Not many people self-select advertising, so this means a big drop in revenues for providers. Unless they force ad plays (like YouTube tries), the only way to replace lost revenues is to up subscription fees. As billing systems progress, it might in time be possible to implement pay-per-view for many of the shows desired by the masses. The downside of that is that it makes quality programs that don't have mass appeal less viable, which means TV progressively gets dumbed down to the lowest common denominator with appeal to the broadest mass audiences. This for me is a ghastly prospect.
 
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"DStv Premium is excellent value for money....said no one ever" ---> I guess we cant use that one anymore
 
WaxLyrical said:
Which begs the question. If every single household in South Africa applied for Premium, would MC reduce the price, as the minority no longer has to "subsidize" the cost of sports rights?
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Unfortunately that mentality does not work in Africa!
 
MonoChoice's failure and refusal to adapt is the real problem: MonoChoice's business model is based on the archaic thinking that MonoChoice decides when and what it will allow subscribers to view content, and that is the nature of satellite broadcasting.

I expect that the real reason that people switching to streaming services is simply that streaming services have structured their businesses models around putting choice and control in the hands of their subscribers.

I expect many people would consider convenience and flexibility to be more important compared to competitive pricing.

It should be clear that MonoChoice succeeds where sport is concerned but fails to satisfy in many other aspects that consumers consider when choosing what service they are willing to pay for.
 
j4ck455 said:
MonoChoice's failure and refusal to adapt is the real problem: MonoChoice's business model is based on the archaic thinking that MonoChoice decides when and what it will allow subscribers to view content, and that is the nature of satellite broadcasting.

I expect that the real reason that people switching to streaming services is simply that streaming services have structured their businesses models around putting choice and control in the hands of their subscribers.



I expect many people would consider convenience and flexibility to be more important compared to competitive pricing.

It should be clear that MonoChoice succeeds where sport is concerned but fails to satisfy in many other aspects that consumers consider when choosing what service they are willing to pay for.
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Thanks Captain Obvious
 
Just tried to cancel one package...self service is pathetic. Twitter self help doesn’t give the option, website is kark and keeps on giving errors...struggling to find a contact number.

In a fit of rage I’m now cancelling all my packages. Netflix and pub for sport!
 
Have no fear everyone. At some stage, they will change their tune...propose a full online only package as well as a sports package or pay-as-you go on-demand service for sports etc.
They'll then state that this is a genius move on their behalf, that they have been planning it for years, that it was completely their idea, had nothing to do with heavy criticism or growing competition and that they were waiting for the market to be "ready".
I mean come on guys, SURELY they know what their customers want? They are sooooo smart.
 
justplain said:
Have no fear everyone. At some stage, they will change their tune...propose a full online only package as well as a sports package or pay-as-you go on-demand service for sports etc.
They'll then state that this is a genius move on their behalf, that they have been planning it for years, that it was completely their idea, had nothing to do with heavy criticism or growing competition and that they were waiting for the market to be "ready".
I mean come on guys, SURELY they know what their customers want? They are sooooo smart.
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No they won't, they will / going crying to government that Netflix has an unfair advantage, then the EFF is going to burn down Netflix like they threatened a few years ago to burn down Twitter
 
They weren't gonna burn down twitter, they were going to nashunalies it.
 
Cliché is if one can't afford or justify paying for Premium then it is not worth the money.
 
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