DStv price evolution from 2000 to 2013

What I think would be good to look at to go with these numbers is there gross revenue vs their profit for the years as well.
 
ToxicBunny said:
What I think would be good to look at to go with these numbers is there gross revenue vs their profit for the years as well.
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It's a business not a non-profit organisation.. unfortunately :) profits are the entire point; without good profits there are fewer investors, less room for growth.. etc.

The increases seem relatively normal along the lines with annual inflation; from what i see.

Don't get me wrong, still think DSTV is a total rip - which is why I've gone the Netflix route.
 
What happens once they reach stagnation, which will happen. Also the numbers quoted is that added and cancelled or just added.

My father in law just dropped to the compact bouquet.
 
Those prices will have to reach a ceiling sooner or later. At the current trend it's going to be over a R1000 by 2020 and we'll still be watching the same old repeats.
 
blunt said:
It's a business not a non-profit organisation.. unfortunately :) profits are the entire point; without good profits there are fewer investors, less room for growth.. etc.

The increases seem relatively normal along the lines with annual inflation; from what i see.

Don't get me wrong, still think DSTV is a total rip - which is why I've gone the Netflix route.
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Business, yes. But they also hold the monopoly on the market. So profiteering is a big no-no. Inflation isn't really an excuse. As other countries who have Pay TV seem to be getting cheaper(although they tend to have proper competition in the market as well).
 
During the same period UK sat TV went down from 25 GBP to 10-15 GBP.
 
I've got DSTV pretty much so mostly for sport...which I think is the same for a lot of people. If you have business you can get a commercial subscription of just SuperSport and if I remember correct it's only like 2/3 of the full package. Might be worth saving the few bucks...
 
As someone in the comments said:

Would be awesome to see a similar graph for Sky in the UK or a similar overseas service that has competition.
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The thing is, most tech based stuff has become cheaper (electronics, data, services etc) over the last decade, but DSTV still costs the same when you keep in mind inflation.
 
Hicklethumb said:
Business, yes. But they also hold the monopoly on the market. So profiteering is a big no-no. Inflation isn't really an excuse. As other countries who have Pay TV seem to be getting cheaper(although they tend to have proper competition in the market as well).
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Do they have any legal form of monopoly? If not, then they can do what they like until a competitor comes along surely?
 
Just outta interest Sky went up 2.18 pounds in 2012... so their prices aren't coming down every year!

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=106&topicid=101604

As long as we have the likes of TopTV as competition(not), Naspers & Multichoice can do as they please! As South African's we love our national sports and Supersport has total control, nothing is set to change in the near future!
 
BGE said:
Read a little more here bout what Sky is doing in the UK... 18% increase on some services:

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/utilities/2012/10/sky-to-raise-phone-prices-by-18

Maybe we should be b!tching so much over 6%, which is in line with inflation???
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You forgot this:

A Sky spokesman says: "Our broadband and home phone subscription prices have been frozen for more than two years, but we are having to increase our line rental, to continue investing in our services.

"Even following the price change, our line rental is still cheaper than BT and, when combined with our great value home communications services, offer significant savings to those switching to Sky."
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BGE said:
So you freeze the price for 2 years, then jump it by 18%... that sucks when compared to the 5 to 6% increases per year of DSTV.
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and this:

"Even following the price change, our line rental is still cheaper than BT and, when combined with our great value home communications services, offer significant savings to those switching to Sky."
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They have competition there.

We don't here.
 
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