Government reaffirms 30% Netflix local content quota

[MrGray]

Netflix should just create a South Africa section and load thousands of locally made 3hr episodes of different shades of paint drying. Voila! 30% local content.

 

[GhostSixFour]

No worries about 30% local content penetrating the pornhub catalogue yet I see.

Well, I suppose pornhub can just provide a link to the parliamentary service title it: "Small group fscks entire country" - and stream that.

 

[GhostSixFour]

Netflix should just create a South Africa section and load thousands of locally made 3hr episodes of different shades of paint drying. Voila! 30% local content.

3 hours of Zuma trying to pronounce large numbers and 4 syllable words.

 

[Binary_Bark]

Pissoff, no one that pays for Netflix want's to watch the local content k@k. Why they got netflix in the first place

 

[Polymathic]

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

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.

Nah they'll just cutback on content drastically, they'll just not buy 3rd party licenses for content for the African market and cycle Netflix exclusives in and out of their catalogue and if imagine they'll purchase rights to old South African shows for dirt cheap from the SABC

 

[Lupus]

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

Yeah this is true

 

[KleinBoontjie]

Ai jirre

 

[Itsa Trap]

Yeah, **** that ****. Isidungo, 7de Stiklandlaan. Kak. Like the SABC...

Here's a song for the ruling government, pertaining to these expensive shitshows they are running or have a vested interest in (SAA / SABC / EFF)

Let it go! Let it go!

 

[ManDeepest]

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.

The ANC government is selfish and corrupt they f-uped the states broadcaster now they want to involve the citizens by milking them with Netflix.

 

[dualmeister]

****ing Government wants to BBEEE Netflix as well!

 

[ProfA]

Its not all dog crap that we have here.

Could you perhaps give an example?

 

[rietrot]

What if they just don't do it.

 

[dualmeister]

Good bye Netflix.
We will just have to go back to ...

 

[Thugscub]

The idiots have a monopoly on SABC.
They wrecked it.
As every other SOE.
They are too bloody stupid to do anything never mind use a brain cell.
Stealing is their greatest achievement.

 

[Cray]

Government are just full of good ideas....

 

[Polymathic]

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According to this Netflix has 5419 titles available in South Africa, so according to government if they want to maintain this number they'll need to provide 1625 local titles.

I'm not exactly how titles are measured, is every season of an a series a title or is every show its own title?

 

[dualmeister]

Their goal is to kill off any form of competition.
Cannot compete on an even playing field so rather kill the other team.

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Hahahahahaha

 

[Easter Bunny]

Still wouldn't even get to 5% of Netflix catalog.

This is incompetence par excellence.

netflix: "ok, we'll load 30 local items and cut their catalog down to 100 items in total"

 

[thestaggy]

They're going to tell us what we can watch and who we can invite to our private functions.