Government reaffirms 30% Netflix local content quota

[wombling]

This would mean that they have to limit what is available so that there can be 30% of "local content" which nobody is going to want to watch anyway. Personally, I think it would be easier for Netflix to just block all SA IP address space.

Businesses want to make money as long as they don't have to bend over backwards too much to facilitate the weird requests they get. In this case I don't see Netflix making millions of dollars from SA.

 

[deesef]

Just imagine if all 180-odd countries all demand 30% local content. Netflix would be streaming at like 6000% capacity. The internets would be buzzing so loudly that we would need subtitles to hear the story

 

[TofuMofu]

That just makes you a racist.

That word means nothing anymore

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Its not all dog crap that we have here.

Regardless, I do not have any desire to watch it.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Its not all dog crap that we have here.

There some Cat Krap, in there as well?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

People want to watch European produced content.

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

VPN's and Smart DNS work, so the hell with the dipwits ..

 

[rietrot]

I don't follow the gazillion netflix sabc threads, but here...

EU - 2018

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Besides, its VOD so you choose what you watch...

It's not bad to suggest some streaming service should invest in local content and they will if there is a demand for it.

Setting a 30% target is bad as it cost money to produce local content.
Now Netflix makes a certain amount of money and have a certain budget for local content. They have to be profitable. Now say that budget allows them to produce one good local show, now they need to cut how much they offer so that that show is 30% how ever that would be measured. Or they neet to host a whole bunch of juck to make up the numbers, which is not good for the business and limits them from actually producing something good.

Governments forcing quotas is never good.
Maybe some European rich countries have enough money to pay for the BS by I doudt we do.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

They can mandate, whatever they want, they cannot mandate what I watch. If their braindead mandate, reduces the content I want to watch, I will just move my account to UK, or some where else that suits me better.

 

[bwana]

VPN's and Smart DNS work, so the hell with the dipwits ..

Exactly. That's what I did before Netflix came to SA and that's what I'll do when they leave SA.

They can mandate, whatever they want, they cannot mandate what I watch. If their braindead mandate, reduces the content I want to watch, I will just move my account to UK, or some where else that suits me better.

Not that it makes any difference but I was surprised to learn the UK now has the largest netflix library.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Exactly. That's what I did before Netflix came to SA and that's what I'll do when they leave SA.

Not that it makes any difference but I was surprised to learn the UK now has the largest netflix library.

Another thing, do they realize that being brain dead, is going to cause them other problems as well. Currently they know my Netflix subscription is costing R140.00 a month, if I move my account, I will be paying in a foreign currency, which fluctuates, so they will not be able to forecast what they are going to be losing a year, in foreign currency, because they cannot forecast the currency fluctuations.

But if they want to try be clever, so be it.

 

[Hemi300c]

Soon to come to games lile P U B G etc you have to have 99.99% black players or you cannot play...........
Oh and a black has to win and you not allowed to shoot them or hit them with anything..........

 

[SeRpEnT]

I don't follow the gazillion netflix sabc threads, but here...

EU - 2018

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AUS - 2019

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Besides, its VOD so you choose what you watch...

LOL, comparing us to the EU, Canada and AUS is like comparing a Ferrari to a 19-voetsek City Golf. Or a Rib Eye steak to a turd.

It's clear that this ANC cadre deployed run department have a mandate to find ways to justify streaming "tv" licence fees and as with any other Cadre-led movement find ways to extend their mandate with corruption and $$$ being the ultimate end goal.

 

[Nerfherder]

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.

It's such an arbitrary thing to enforce.
Netflix purchases content based on what people watch and will add and remove shows depending on weather people actually watch the content.
It's not like the traditional TV model where everyone just watches what is on at the time.
They can fill up the SA Netflix with old SABC content but people are just going to end up filtering it out if its not interesting.

I think its great that Netflix has added some local content and more importantly produced local content but they should leave it at that. We already pay SA tax on Netflix no further meddling is required.

What would probably be better though would for Netflix to have add on catalogs with local content for each region. (Like Hulu does with Disney) and then they could act as resellers for SA content internationally that way they could tap into the expat market and the local industry could get a boost internationally.

ANC dumbasses just need to realise that the carrot works better than the rod.

 

[nivek]

Just publish the whole 'egoli' back catalog, 30% done

 

[Ninja'd]

Our content is like TopGear and Dr Who.

What have you got?

You guys are still in the EU?

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

You guys are still in the EU?

Top Gear is old hat, Amazon now have the hot version ... , The Grand Tour.

 

[ripclaw]

Speaking of Amazon, I can definitely say that this won't fly with Amazon Prime TV. Bezos will just give the current regime the finger and then pull out his Dev Centre in the Western Cape. This is assuming that the Western Cape is unsuccessful in its bid for independence.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Speaking of Amazon, I can definitely say that this won't fly with Amazon Prime TV. Bezos will just give the current regime the finger and then pull out his Dev Centre in the Western Cape. This is assuming that the Western Cape is unsuccessful in its bid for independence.

Really?

You think Bezos would back out of a multi billion rand Dev/Support Centre investment, which is very very cost effective for him, because of a retarded content requirement on their video subscription product which is not the jewel in Amazons crown?

 

[Neuk_]

ANC dumbasses just need to realise that the carrot works better than the rod.

I have been trying to figure out how to say something similar, this is a basic human trait that is completely disregarded at times these days, you can force a square peg in to a round hole but only with negative effects.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Couldn't care less what they do, I'll just wave it past ... , not worthy of anything more.