New SABC iPlayer plans unveiled

[ToxicBunny]

Someone paid their license fee for the year.

You forgot the extended EOL support contract that the SABC pays to operate such technology platforms... all at 10x the actual cost of course...

 

[John_Phoenix]

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

If you've seen the netflix infrastructure diagrams, you would know how right you are.

Some local yokel bee company is not going to cut the mustard.

And Spotify is still not profitable!
Netflix is, but only because of its pricing model.

They will build it, and it will cost taxpayer billions, and it will fold.

 

[John_Phoenix]

lol.. they will have 1 server..

Not needed, Zim, Lesotho, Namibia, Botswana and the 7 guys in Swaziland (with interwebs) will do that for us.

 

[dualmeister]

If you've seen the netflix infrastructure diagrams, you would know how right you are.

Some local yokel bee company is not going to cut the mustard.

And Spotify is still not profitable!
Netflix is, but only because of its pricing model.

They will build it, and it will cost taxpayer billions, and it will fold.

Some interesting reading.

Why Debt Isn't Killing Netflix Any Time Soon

Why Netflix's capital structure and reliance on debt is a strategic choice.

www.forbes.com