elf_lord_ZC5
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No, I said it before - choice and consequence - like it - leave it - hump it - or piss on it - you have choices.
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No, I said it before - choice and consequence - like it - leave it - hump it - or piss on it - you have choices.
A good set of packages would cover most options, competition should take care of the rest.
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Well sure, but the sporting bodies will just go oh sorry you didn't pay, we will go with Amazon
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In South Africa? What competition? There isn't enough of a buyers base for competition and those that did try realised that it's actually really cut throat.
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And Amazon will give the Sporting bodies the same options ...
It's coming, I assure you.. read more of these threads.
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So DSTV either cuts it, or it falls off the bus - simple really.
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StarSat, Kwesa
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Cannot remember StarSat - but Kwesa was doomed, before they launched, launching on a obsolete box, 2 generations old, then customizing it to hell and gone. They where dead on arrival. Never ever got the content they expected to secure. That and the platform they launched with doomed them to failure, before they launched. I was actually surprised by how long they lasted.
That's the Top TV I mentioned, changed their name. Chinese run, mickey-mouse channels mostly.
DStv are going to be forced to split up their sports due to endlessly fast climbing cost of living here, and government are genuinely on their back now. Funny thing is they'll get more out of it, eventually.
Buyers' base - still millions of them, let's see what they do when there's an actual choice.
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I believe the "slower than OEM" comes from the early decoder days already
The ultimate sin is, that from the early decoder days till now there has been no improvement of note, and nothing learned, and thus no progress of any significance made.
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Apparently we don't want it.
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Because they only have sports as anything special, and they'd rather milk their existing, shrinking client base than to truly improve their offering and attract some customers.Like I said, big games are live on SABC+ for free, so paying DSTV R699 for the same thing (in poor quality too) makes very little sense.
Why they don't have a sports only streaming package for for, hmm, R200 or so per month seems absolutely insane to me.
Ah well, at least F1TV exists and is awesome
They got it in their heads that local-is-leka is the way to survive, blew most of their budget on that. I mean some of their productions are good, but that can't replace an international entertainment service, most still want US productions.
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Not that we don't want it, just that there are very few channels that originate in 4K, at at this time, we recognize that it is a bridge too far.
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I enjoy British productions mord that USA productions, but yeah ...
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I also like a mix.
Apparently many Blacks like US content a lot, we heard that in the company of top DStv managers on their forum. But they also like things like the local & Nigerian African Magic channels, and soapies, which are odd to others.