The SABC’s plan to launch its own streaming service will not only be beneficial to the public broadcaster, but it is crucial to its future survival.
I think it's more crucial is to implement Conditional Access to make sure your viewers pay.
In recent years, the SABC has mainly relied on YouTube, its own website, and social media to publish its content online.
Ummm, "own website"... so the SABC is streaming - stop the RFI.
Netflix, Youtube, bbc, Showmax, dstv (now), etc all stream perfectly in a browser from their websites
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www.youtube.com"
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www.netflix.com"
"now.dstv.com"
etc
I prefer the web interface to an app.
“In Hollywood, every single commercial broadcaster and the remaining legacy studio groups have and are dramatically pivoting and reorganising all of their resources, company structures, budgets to make streaming, their streaming services and digital their main focus – even over their legacy pay-TV channels,” Ferreira said.
Legacy studio groups are pivoting because of a small social distancing problem called Covid-19.
Ferreira cautioned this should be a dire warning for the SABC, Etv and anyone in broadcasting in South Africa, that a streaming service, on-demand service, and digital service is what the future is and will be.
Small problem, to stream to the masses you need uncapped internet. South Africa does not have cheap widespread uncapped internet.
If you want to reach the masses you will need to broadcast.
Conditional Access will ensure those that watch, pay.
“It’s absolutely crucial for the SABC to move from being a public broadcaster to literally being in the pocket and in the hand of the average South African and everyone who has a smartphone AND UNCAPPED DATA,” Ferreira said.
FTFY
“The SABC has a unique role to play which is to be the people’s information, education and entertainment hub, though the most important remains and will always be as the people’s public ANC mouthpiece,” Dikgale noted.
FTFY Again
Dikgale said that the SABC had the disadvantage of being behind well-established competition in the form of both local and international streaming services.
Wake up, it's not like streaming suddenly happened and is the latest craze.
Ferreira highlighted that one of the biggest challenges with rolling out the streaming service will be the big costs associated with a major overhaul.
“It will be expensive. Organisation-wise, the SABC has a lot of duplication and it’s not geared towards digital or digital-first – it’s anchored in legacy broadcasting systems,” Ferreira said.
I call this BS and an excuse to ask for more money.
The whole benefit of streaming is that it's cheap and simple.
“Staff are not digitally trained. The entire SABC engine will have to almost be remodelled while the car is moving and it’s extremely difficult,” he added.
All content produced in the last few years is digital.
SABC problem is that they don't have Conditional Access and can't monetise their content.
According to Ferreira, however, the planned streaming service will likely function in a similar manner as BBC’s own iPlayer platform – which requires a user to put in a valid TV licence number and register to get full access.
So you acknowledge the requirement for Conditional Access.
He said that many UK citizens gladly pay their TV licence because it provides good value.
“They get quality content, they get back catalogue content on-demand, they can access it immediately and watch BBC content through their phones wherever they are,” Ferreira said.
Quality Content is the key here.
People don't want to be forced to pay an SABC TV License for low quality content.
Netflix, DSTV, Showmax, BBC, HBO Max, Dysney+, etc have quality content.
The old model of SABC TV License
honor system is dead - implement Conditional Access if you want to survive.
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