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DStv's lower-than-inflation increases
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Here's an example - and typically old for a Premium movie channel.
BTW, some decent new movies are still on their Box Office, at an additional price of course. Most no longer make it to the channels for years now though.
BTW, some decent new movies are still on their Box Office, at an additional price of course. Most no longer make it to the channels for years now though.
Not much. You?
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That's MM2, that's not a premium movie channel
. Plus remember that in order to run 24 hours a day, 7 days a week you need to re-air content. Things like a streaming service don't have to worry as they are not linear so they don't have to cover 24/7.Huh? The two Premium-rated movie channels are MM1 and MM2, fact. What on earth do you think they are?That's MM2, that's not a premium movie channel
Old excuse. You forget that I spent years on their forum, and got to know some managers personally. It is valid, but things have still got much worse.
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Still a valid excuse, do you want them to put dead air for the remainder? Also how have they got much worse? Sure somethings they aren't licensed anymore cause of streaming services, but not sure how its any worse?
No idea on the channels, I don't think I've really browsed linear TV for quite sometime, even on the decoders there is catchup.
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It isn't hard to guess which one is Mybb................
I liked Father Ted and maybe another show here and there. Don't miss it much though. I'm curious about your taste in shows, what are you looking forward to?
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Already answered. Put it this way - I've got real data, never mind why - problem is real.
It goes beyond taste, some good channels did erode away. However quite a few were due to their own failures, not MC.
Not really a focus point now, except that they recently dropped a ton of channels. (But they were mostly micky-mouse types to those who take the bigger packages.)
Like scheduling?
Is this by promoting shows that failed to draw an audience? Or putting the shows on the wrong channel?
Not really, some of the "international" channels were / are specifically catered for the African market so work with our waking hours, and much of it is on CU so not linear for those with PVR's or online / mobile access.
The former, usually. Like the History channel, I'm sure you know its... history
MC don't decide on what content goes on those channels, but they do get to have an influence.
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How does MC effect History channel? I mean have you see how it is in the rest of the world? History is a turn around channel anyway.
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dstv is expensive
netflix, disney , amazon prices are with internet still way cheaper. There content is more relevant and its on demand tv.
DSTV business model is like a video shop , block buster, musica , VHS. Old outdated and are being replaced by better cheaper.
netflix, disney , amazon prices are with internet still way cheaper. There content is more relevant and its on demand tv.
DSTV business model is like a video shop , block buster, musica , VHS. Old outdated and are being replaced by better cheaper.
I second this. The more I listen to to him, the more I believe his beef is largely with the people who create and curate the content, the people who service MC.
We've gone off topic, I'm not questioning MC's loss of channels per se in this thread, are you not reading what I already posted?
It is a fact that History themselves, worldwide, changed their content in a way that many viewers think is ridiculous. And happened many years ago.
Turn around channel?
Moving away from channels now..... ta
I've got no beef with content, except the movies.
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as technology marches on things get relatively cheaper, if they get more expensive they need to offer something extra
we're not talking about a liter of milk in 2024 compared to 1995, Netflix is driven by technology, similarly you might want to argue a CPU or discrete GFX card in 2024 costs more than it did in 1995, but then you're ignoring the fact that 2024 tech makes 1995 look like the stone age
DSTV's technology is still the stone age, their prices therefor should also be stone age ... either innovate or die, you can't refuse to innovate and hike prices nonstop if you want to survive
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And this is a fact. Those "decoders" of theirs.... OMG, I think they actually propped up the semiconductor manufacturers to keep 'em going while the rest of the world moved on to newer tech.
Every time I strip one of these MonoChoice boxes for fun, I am struck at how everything looks 10 years ago in there. And made by the highest bidder which proves the decoders are subsidised.