DStv with uncapped fibre coming soon to South Africa

[Jamie McKane]

DStv with uncapped fibre coming soon to South Africa

MultiChoice plans to launch DStv subscriptions bundled with uncapped fibre through South African ISPs in the near future.

This is according to MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela, who told MyBroadband that the company plans to launch this product through partner ISPs before the end of its financial year in March 2021.

 

[justplain]

Well, the combined package better be cheaper than having a separate DSTV sub and a ISP fee... AND be scalable based on fibre speeds of the customers choice!
No point in already having a 100mb line and the DSTV/ISP package only offers a 20mb line.
Lets see how well they've thought this out.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

DStv with uncapped fibre coming soon to South Africa

MultiChoice plans to launch DStv subscriptions bundled with uncapped fibre through South African ISPs in the near future.

This is according to MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela, who told MyBroadband that the company plans to launch this product through partner ISPs before the end of its financial year in March 2021.

Does it require a sabc licence? or does that come with it for free?

 

[Totempole]

“Depending on DStv’s discount to us, we could offer a bundled 500Mbps service between the R999 and R1,299 mark,” Fialkov said

Okay, so we now know it'll cost R1,299 or more.

 

[Stuey74]

"MultiChoice has stated that customers who sign up for a standalone DStv bouquet without a satellite connection will pay the same price for their package"

So does this mean adding the ISP cost on top, not going to make much sense.

 

[Dimpie (COMPUTEK)]

Did we not have this same article about a month ago ??

DéJa Vu

 

[Swa]

LOL, ISPs are looking for a discount from Dstv, which they won't give. Dstv is looking for a discount from ISPs, which they are unlikely to give. Somehow I think we won't be getting this and it will simply be another case of "add ***** to your Dstv bill"

 

[SpiderGear]

"DStv has noted that its standalone streaming service will be priced identically to its satellite packages"

Umm.. no thanks

 

[sdikgetsi]

Whats going on here? Its adapt or die. Streaming services decimated DTSV and they want to join the party. Pity there will be no value for money. IPTV is the way to go. 9000+ channels. Will distv match that witrh its repeats?

 

[Gudnews]

This and the ultra HD offering has further exposed how out of touch their pricing is for the premium package.

 

[Thor]

No thanks. DSTV offers nothing, I can't get from Netflix at a fraction of the price. Sport I watch in the mall if the bokke speels NZ

 

[Swa]

Whats going on here? Its adapt or die. Streaming services decimated DTSV and they want to join the party. Pity there will be no value for money. IPTV is the way to go. 9000+ channels. Will distv match that witrh its repeats?

9000 channels? IPTV doesn't have channels.

 

[bwana]

"DStv has noted that its standalone streaming service will be priced identically to its satellite packages"

Umm.. no thanks

It's designed for people who can't see space?

TBH I'm not sure why anyone would subscribe to this rather than the satellite service?

 

[greg0205]

9000 channels? IPTV doesn't have channels.

IPTV has all the channels.

Some IPTV services even have DStv.

 

[Swa]

IPTV has all the channels.

Some IPTV services even have DStv.

You SURE of that?

 

[milomak]

You SURE of that?

yep

though if i am going to watch something, i normally go with the source broadcaster

 

[greg0205]

You SURE of that?

You want I should post pics of DStv and Supersport channels running alongside BBC, or SKY, or ABC, or NBC, or Fox, or HBO, or, or or...

Not sure if my EPG channel naming conventions are the same, and there's no program info, but it looks like some of the DStv options right now include:

James Corden, Kill Bill, something called Wild Earth, Scent of a Woman, there's a show on with the dude from The Affair, and I have no idea what I'm watching on Premier but it has Jordana Brewster in it

The SS channels mainly have football on right now.

 

[greg0205]

yep

though if i am going to watch something, i normally go with the source broadcaster

Football fan myself, and I'm at the point where I'm picking if I want to listen to Martin Tyler (SKY and never), Arlo White (NBCSN always good), or Peter Drury (beIN and the correct answer).

 

[mercurial]

yep

though if i am going to watch something, i normally go with the source broadcaster

What is this sorcery? Please share.

 

[Glordit]

What is this sorcery? Please share.

Looks like VLC with a bunch of M3u links.

Pretty easy if you just google around a bit.