Government reaffirms 30% Netflix local content quota

[justplain]

wait wait wait, isn't their local content plan what THE STUPID SABC should be aiming for on their awesome streaming platform idea?? duh...
Why dont YOU (SABC) offer the content. Trying to force international companies to carry local content on a platform that is probably well out of reach for the majority of the country due to high data costs etc is completely moronic, the local content market is not Netflix's core market.
Are DSTV 30% local?
Hello VPN.

 

[bwana]

They never said it had to be recent local content, could go back over the last 30 years

They did say the intent was to "to create opportunities for the production and creative industry sector.” which wouldn't be the case with back catalogue content.

 

[The Darkness]

With the sheer amount of content on Netflix, this a limited number of ways this stupidity can play out:

1. Reduce the SA catalog significantly, so it's easier to reach 30%
2. Withdraw from SA

Since option 1 will likely cause mass cancelation, what's the point. They will ultimately go for option 2.
VPN it is then.

Exactly, Netflix doesn't have to do anything. They won't start buying local content so they can service out tiny subscriber base. Very likely, they'll withdraw the service locally if the numbers don't work out.
Honestly, it's embarrassing being a South African these days. Such a shame.

 

[Brenden_E]

They never said it had to be recent local content, could go back over the last 30 years

I wonder even if they go back 30 years if there is that much locally produced content.
But regardless, hardly anyone will watch it. It's incredibly stupid and not a way to build a sustainable model.

3-5% content, maybe. Then Netflix has a reasonable goal and could invest in the local industry to produce something worth watching.

 

[TedLasso]

Or can Netflix just not offer to accept payment in Rand's and charge USD for subs which means technically they don't have a presence here. We will just need to sign up again for a new account using US servers ?

For all of us, the price will change monthly based on exchange rate but we get the same catalog that south Africans can normally see

 

[bwana]

Or can Netflix just not offer to accept payment in Rand's and charge USD for subs which means technically they don't have a presence here. We will just need to sign up again for a new account using US servers ?

For all of us, the price will change monthly based on exchange rate but we get the same catalog that south Africans can normally see

I wonder how many SA subscribers Netflix has. Eventually it will get to the point where the juice just isn't worth the squeeze.

 

[Matt91]

Nobody wants to watch that local phucking kak

 

[B-1]

Mind you guys, the EU has the same 30% quota for streaming services.

Yes EU, so AU content would be better. Nollywood, Zollywood, Wakanda etc

 

[CataclysmZA]

“What this means is that we are trying to create opportunities for the production and creative industry sector.”

So I take it that Showmax and SABC Streaming aren't going to bring in enough money for you?

 

[backstreetboy]

Meh will just fire up my VPN. They can go suck a tailpipe!

 

[RonSwanson]

People want to watch European produced content.

EDIT: I'd also imagine the European market is one they would care about keeping.

Dubbed Arsene Lupin re-runs.

 

[Herr der Verboten]

Government reaffirms 30% Netflix local content quota

The Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) has stressed the importance of imposing a 30% local content quota on Netflix and other international streaming services.

Imagine if they didn't ****up sabc and we had quality content. But let's africa everything: I don't hav to do (or think), I'll just make a law to force someone else to uplift my black arse. jesus...

 

[SWB]

So they want to force Netflix to pay licensing fees for local content? Don't think that's gonna happen.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

the stupid keeps multiplying, at this stage were very close to Zim.

 

[bwana]

Dubbed Arsene Lupin re-runs.

Coming 2021 to netlfix...

 

[fiddle_sticks]

While 30% is an unreasonable ask. Locally produced Netflix originals with a decent budget may do well, and expand the African content offering. Not everyone is interested in the American/European content offering. They could use this to spring board into Africa.

Of course this policy decimates SABC's own streaming service ambitions.

 

[Lupus]

For me though is why would Netflix require this? I mean Showmax already has a lot of local content. But by the way there is local content on Netflix already.

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[Herr der Verboten]

Coming 2021 to netlfix...

 

[GhostSixFour]

Doesn't matter what they affirm, the nice thing about Netflix is, I can select what I want to watch. So if I don't want to watch the local content, I don't have to.

I hope to put in a filter to remove it from my content completely. Otherwise it just fills up your searches with nonsense.

 

[Mystic Twilight]

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Of course this policy decimates SABC's own streaming service ambitions.

That's not a problem, the end goal is money. The sabc will earn more from netflix by saving on costs with implementing their own streaming service, same modus operandi with tenders and middlemen subcontracting. If the sabc could generate 100% revenue and profit with zero broadcasting, they would do it and to hell with the actual journalists (maybe a token channel to at least still be called a broadcaster).