New SABC iPlayer plans unveiled

[TelkomUseless]

Anyone here looking forward to DDoSing their servers if they go live?

lol.. they will have 1 server..

 

[ToxicBunny]

lol.. they will have 1 server..

You think they can afford a dedicated server for this?

I reckon it'll just be shared on their current web hosting server...

 

[justplain]

If this was a carbon copy of the BBC iPlayer and their content, then yes, I'd happily pay my TV license.

 

[ThatGuy_ZA]

Yay, another great use of tax payers money...

 

[ThatGuy_ZA]

I can already picture the BEE approved app developer and host they have chosen
It will probably be down 90% of the time

"We promise an SLA of 99.999%... downtime"

 

[Gravedigger]

Anyone here looking forward to DDoSing their servers if they go live?

Well, if they go live, I am sure their boxes have some big flaws, allowing hackers to break and steal keys to distribute for everyone to watch SABC without "TV license, baba..."

 

[Danie_V]

It's not about the streaming, it's about the content (and yes on demand viewing). SABC's target market is not really majorly active in streaming, and SABC's content has little appeal to those already watching Netflix and Showmax and similar. So I really don't see how this will magically solve SABC's problems. Technology does not fix content.

 

[HavocXphere]

What does the SABC even produce that they could hypothetically monetize?

 

[system32]

Another waste of taxpayer money on grand projects.

 

[j4ck455]

My response to the SABC's RFI:

Here you go SABC, the answer to all your problems awaits your perusal.

 

[dabbler]

... but I thought Lowdy sold all the content the SABC had to Multichoice?

 

[ronz91]

I would also like to announce my plans to compete with Messi and Ronaldo for the Ballon d'or in 2021

 

[DailyTech]

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[DailyTech]

I would also like to announce my plans to compete with Messi and Ronaldo for the Ballon d'or in 2021

hhahahahahaa

 

[Fulcrum29]

I hope the BBC sues them

It dawned on me a while ago, that we are indeed actually copying the UK model, TV license, policy and all. All recent aggressive policies are policies uses by other nations. Our law makers are plagiarists.

 

[Thor]

It dawned on me a while ago, that we are indeed actually copying the UK model, TV license, policy and all. All recent aggressive policies are policies uses by other nations. Our law makers are plagiarists.

Add lockdown and stages to the list.

 

[pinball wizard]

You think they can afford a dedicated server for this?

Pentium II in the basement of the SABC in Auckland Park, connected to a 56k modem.

 

[quovadis]

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What does the SABC even produce that they could hypothetically monetize?

Rabobi and Pumpkin Patch

 

[dualmeister]

Pentium II in the basement of the SABC in Auckland Park, connected to a 56k modem.

They've upgraded to a Pentium II

 

[pinball wizard]

They've upgraded to a Pentium II

Someone paid their license fee for the year.