DStv's subscriber exodus

[Broes Wyn]

How is this article different from the below, its getting out of hand its weekly @Jan
they even have the same graphics.

South Africans cutting DStv cord

DStv subscribers declined across all segments and regions for the first time in 2023/24.

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DStv owner has big problems

MultiChoice’s technical insolvency is a worrying sign for the company’s financial trajectory — but it has even bigger concerns to address.

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DStv Premium exodus

Subscriber numbers on DStv’s top-end package have been in freefall since 2015.

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Netflix killing DStv in South Africa

The arrival of Netflix in South Africa accelerated a shift in how people consumed entertainment at home, to the dismay of the country’s once-dominant pay-TV broadcaster — DStv.

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South Africans dumping DStv

DStv has seen its local subscriber growth slow down substantially over the past five years.

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Multichoice & Jan trying to guilt trip the MyBB IPTV users into subscribing again

I remember years ago DSTV ran these ads priding themselves how "cheaper it was staying at home & entertained watching DSTV"

 

[Brian_G]

The primary problem DStv faces is that Africans and South Africans in particular are increasingly using video streaming services for entertainment.

At current prices, it is possible to subscribe to all of the major international streaming services and MultiChoice’s own Showmax for far less than a DStv Premium or even a Compact Plus package.

Problem is amplified as they aren't trying hard enough with series anymore, or much at all with movies - they seem to think older movies will satisfy enough of the less sophisticated + younger market, and that local content is preferred to American-made.
And they appear to have become quite dishonest about their poor current movie offerings.

 

[Brian_G]

Saada said that Canal+’s focus is on its core business of content distribution, suggesting that the company could dispose of or divest from MultiChoice’s shareholdings in businesses outside of broadcasting or streaming — like SuperSportBet, Irdeto, Namola, DStv Insurance, and DStv Internet.

Can't see them dropping Irdeto or the decoders insurance, they've always been key factors of the original core.

Canal+’s offer to buy MultiChoice’s outstanding shares at R125 will likely be a great relief to those shareholders who are sceptical about DStv’s future direction.

 

[BBSA]

Canal+ is about to learn that not all lemons make good lemonade.

 

[SilverCode]

Well then it is a good thing that they prepared for this 9 months ago!

 

[PaulGherkin]

Back in '16/'17 MonoChoice was up to 2 articles a day here. And any critics were banned