MultiChoice has a reputation problem after Canal+ takeover

[Hanno Labuschagne]

MultiChoice has a reputation problem after Canal+ takeover

PressPulse’s latest media sentiment report shows that MultiChoice has suffered significant reputational damage after the Canal+ acquisition.

MultiChoice has long been criticised for the price of its DStv service, which had enjoyed a 20-year monopoly in the pay-TV market.

 

[Okty]

Wait... they didn't have a reputation problem before that?

 

[G.A.S]

What part of that score is based on MyBB articles?

 

[The Gilded]

Netflix's reputation isn't that stellar either as many are sick of the endless 'woke' propaganda and reality nonsense. The fact that DSTV is even worse than them displays just how far the mighty have fallen.

 

[Binary_Bark]

It's no secret, mono choice has had a reputation problem for some years now.

 

[mpdjhb]

Netflix's reputation isn't that stellar either as many are sick of the endless 'woke' propaganda and reality nonsense. The fact that DSTV is even worse than them displays just how far the mighty have fallen.

What is "woke" ?

 

[mpdjhb]

Dropping the Olympics was an Epic fail - a fail so hard it can only be capitalised.

 

[Bigjay84]

Oh no, a monopoly is bad , the horror. I'm like Cyril - shocked

 

[Swa]

So they've been sleeping on the press around MC for the last few years? On the Afrikaans side it started when they canned productions like Jukebox, Skole Top 10 and DKNT 5 years ago promising to replace them with something. After that it was a few half hearted low budget productions that became a dead end.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Realistically the complaints started the year after Mnet first aired already, so the problem has existed for years and Multichoice has in reality always had a reputational problem with the consumer.

 

[Brian_G]

Its technology was top-notch, its service levels were very good, and it was behind many iconic South African series, documentaries, and sports sponsorships.

@Hanno Labuschagne , has the "Staff Writer" seen this thread?

Dear DStv - technical faults thread

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

was there much of a reputation before Canal + or was it just a case of monopolies

 

[Brian_G]

was there much of a reputation before Canal + or was it just a case of monopolies

No, some things they did well. But too expensive for many, so that got them a worse reputation anyway

 

[Hemi300c]

How low can you go.

 

[neoprema]

Canal+ has a white elephant problem after buying Multichoice…

 

[Brian_G]

Canal+ has a white black elephant problem after buying Multichoice…

Fixed

 

[Bad Ballie]

Can't help but wonder what Canal+ really found when they checked the inside of the shiny hubcap that Dstv presented itself as.

 

[Lupus]

Canal+ has a white elephant problem after buying Multichoice…

Uhmm nope, they have over 14 million subscribers across Africa, with infrastructure there they didn't have before. You're only viewing it from an SA perspective, which also actually gives them infrastructure and rights and ownership of products they didn't have before.

 

[Brian_G]

Can't help but wonder what Canal+ really found when they checked the inside of the shiny hubcap that Dstv presented itself as.

Well that's the strange part - there was no attempt to sell to Canal+ , it was an aggressive (to start) corporate take-over...

 

[Lupus]

Well that's the strange part - there was no attempt to sell to Canal+ , it was an aggressive (to start) corporate take-over...

Yeah and they were trying from even 2017 when Naspers still had it.