The download threat

They're trying to eliminate people now :eek:

EDIT - now that I've had the chance to read the article :) I pay DSTV their share regardless of what I download so what's the big deal? :)

Nice article :)
 
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The article illustrates just how stupid the people who run these companies are. Their business model is outdated and dying, but instead of changing they stomp their feet and wish they could uninvent modern technology.

The bottom line is that your customers have spoken, either listen or go out of business.
 
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icyrus said:
The article illustrates just how stupid the people who run these companies are. There business model is outdated and dying, but instead of changing they stomp their feet and wish they could uninvent modern technology.

The bottom line is that your customers have spoken, either listen or go out of business.
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Agreed trying to address a new problem with old thinking.
 
I have canned my DSTV. The content is just not worth what they are charging. That said I don't download any movies.

What would be nice is to have international channels piped here through the internet. Obviously Telskum would have to come to the party which is about as likely as us winning the world cup soccer. If the large companies embraced technology and charged something like $50-$100 per month for unlimited movies and music, they would effectively take over the market. It would become so affordable that everyone would just subscribe.
 
I'm prepared to wait to see a series, but I want to watch with no advertising - I ignore advertising on TV anyway, although it still breaks the flow - and I want to see the episodes in quick succession. Just make the episodes available in good quality for a nominal fee per episode and I'd pay for each episode (it must be very, very cheap).
 
icyrus said:
The article illustrates just how stupid the people who run these companies are. Their business model is outdated and dying, but instead of changing they stomp their feet and wish they could uninvent modern technology.

The bottom line is that your customers have spoken, either listen or go out of business.
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That is the truth right there ... rule by fear!!!

Well said mate!!!
 
icyrus said:
The article illustrates just how stupid the people who run these companies are. Their business model is outdated and dying, but instead of changing they stomp their feet and wish they could uninvent modern technology.

The bottom line is that your customers have spoken, either listen or go out of business.
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Quite right you are.
 
The ability of SA's broadcasters to counteract that threat is limited by their relationship with their international content providers and efforts at a worldwide level to shut down the services providing that type of sharing.
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What services? There is no service. It is just people sharing.

To stop it, they will have to shut down the internet.
 
Abe said:
... charged something like $50-$100 per month for unlimited movies and music...
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That would be too expensive ... DSTV is only R450 a month, you looking at up to R745 a month!!!:eek:
 
Gatecrasher said:
To stop it, they will have to shut down the internet.
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heheheh ...

DSTV would like everyone to know that as of 17h00 today, the internet will be turned off!!!

hehehehe :D :D :D :D

Multichoice would have a problem ... seeing as they own MWeb and Polka ... :rolleyes:
 
There is a real threat of excluding access to internet content based on geography. Already the us tv networks allow downloads from only certain ip ranges and the restrictions on itunes content is well known.
It is not a given that all content will be availble everywhere on the ether. Just look at the controls China has in place on the internet.

Another thing not being mentioned is that there is distinct segmentation of the tv content market. Sport is presented and distributed very differently to documentaries/news and sitcoms/drama series.

Maybe we don't want centralized control on content - just a thought.:)
 
Astrid Hamilton, analysts at research firm BMI-T, says that due to the low penetration of broadband in the SA market and a lack of sophistication among users, downloading is restricted to a small number of people.
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How wrong you are old Hammy boy!

*i's his nochoice decoder,time to reprogram it*
 
That view is echoed by Gerdus van Eeden, chief technology officer at MultiChoice, who says that while downloading doesn't currently pose a threat to the SABC it's likely to do so in the future.
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unless the SABC seriously upgrade their line-ups i think its safe to say pretty much nobody would spend their precious gigs on downloading their content :sick: :p
 
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