If you are not willing to downgrade your DSTV package, you are not deep enough in trouble. I have downgraded mine to the R100 package. Definitely not ideal but at least gives me access to SABC and a few more and some movie channels that I actually enjoy. I love cricket and when the Proteas play locally, the games are shown on SABC3. So, it is possible. I add to it with YouTube as many newsclips are also streamed. I am now used to this package and the saving is enormous. I am still a member of the gym and I have spend sometimes up to two hours on some equipment that displays SS channels and watched Rugby World Cup games there. So it was good for fitness as well. In intense sports periods, you can always go to max for one month or so. I don't watch any series on DSTV as I hate to be tied down. I have Netflix now and don't watch that much but would probably watch a series or what there. Once Fibre is well established, most of DSTV will be streamed as well and probably in timeslots that suits you. Sport works better when it is realtime.