OpenView HD “misleading the public”: SABC
The SABC has accused E-tv sister company Platco Digital of lying to the public.
The SABC has accused E-tv sister company Platco Digital of lying to the public.
-
Join the MyBroadband community
South Africa’s biggest forum. Discuss, discover, and connect with thousands of members.
-
Question of the Day: Which legendary musicians or bands have you seen live?
OpenView HD lying to the public: SABC
- Thread starter Jan
- Start date
ShaunSA
Derailment Squad
So that's three channels gone and they haven't even started broadcasting :wtf:
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
That's confusing..... are they saying that you can pick up the SENTEC broadcast with their equipment ?
No, Vivid/Freevision runs through IS20, if memory serves. OpenView will apparently run on SES-5 (or at least the Astra satellites at 5°E), which is the same satellite TopTV uses.
What I'm wondering about too. As I have it, SABC1 is a "must carry" channel. Not sure about the rest.
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
I really cannot understand the SABC stance on this… Won’t OpenView provide them with more exposure, thus also give more open-attention to advertisers etc? Come on, everyone owning a television set should pay his TV-licence already…
as far as I understand the position SABC 1.2.3 have a must carry status for their SD. HD is a different story though and so Platco would be well to make an offer for SABC to broadcast HD at a cheaper price than other channels as a mutually beneficial thing which SABC has clearly refused.
I think Sentech is just having a baby
I think Sentech is just having a baby
Cool, thanks Paul.
Indeed: http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadcasting/87262-sabc-cant-stop-us-openview-hd.html
E-tv becomes tired of waiting for DTT and now Sentech is trying to steal its thunder by relaunching Vivid two weeks before OVHD goes live.
And nothing of value was lost
I think this is great news, with the SABC channels off the cards there will be spare bandwidth for a few more Nollywood channels because we all want more of that and.
Best to stop there, drinking and posting can harm one's reputation (provided I had a reputation to start with).
That is my understanding too. But then
I don't think that OpenView an charge for this. If it must be carried it must be carried for free.
Shinn is probably confused - and performing that great function of a politician, confusing others
The question of carrying SABC is different to making them headline channels which are marketed on the platform and available in HD and so on. MNet and the Supersport set are headline channels for DSTV. I am pretty damn sure that OpenView HD sought to negotiate the carriage of SABC in HD at discounted rates.
The question of carrying SABC is different to making them headline channels which are marketed on the platform and available in HD and so on. MNet and the Supersport set are headline channels for DSTV. I am pretty damn sure that OpenView HD sought to negotiate the carriage of SABC in HD at discounted rates.
IIRC initial reports stated that OpenView will not be applying for a PayTV operator licence since there are no subscription fees and it is a satellite service with a once off purchase fee.
If that still holds true, there are no licence conditions that would compel OpenView to carry SABC channels, unless ICASA has a way of blocking GHz signals from satellites to force OpenView to carry SABC channels (for free or not).
but the indications are that Platco is the platform and a PayTV licence operator may seek carriage - albeit under a different name to OpenView HD which is the free-to-air service under which event Platco has to carry otherwise licence holders on the channel side would fall foul
RichardG
Honorary Master
Waiting to see what content will be available on OpenView before buying the necessary hardware
