Three new HD DSTV channels planned

Best news is that there will be no cost for it ...... like I said in the other thread, I'd rather watch the repeats in HD than SD any day, lol :D
 
mcleodd said:
It is indeed. I don't think introducing a separate HD bouquet in the current economic environment would have been such a good idea. And let's not forget, competition to MultiChoice is still coming. ODM launching later this year.
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I see they are now talking about December 2009 - but that there may be delays :D
 
They and SABC can stuff it all. TV'less for two months now. Suddenly the family is conversing, playing games, etc. Just like in the old days before TV.

For the money extortion they can shove it all.
 
at this stage you will not be paying any more, but later on you will be charged.
 
Try lowering the subs and then I will consider getting DSTV.
 
Awesome! I was SO tired of all the Sports on c170 - that's not why I got it dammit! It's a shame us lab rats with the (still buggy) current HD PVR won't get a discount when the new model comes out - R2000 is still a lotta money.
 
DSTV has become retardedly expensive....R500 a month.....it really is not worth that much
 
rpm said:
This is good news - may make it worthwhile to get the new HD PVR. One would assume that the World Cup will be shown in HD...
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You right it is good news :) I gots the HD PVR at home and for sports the HD channel is awesome , they just need more variety.. so I can't wait for the news chans yay
 
Screw the extra HD channels rather give us pay per channel subscriptions.
 
PVR Only available from the Only content provider????

Try telling people that Microsoft windows is the only OS, and that they have to buy a Microsoft pc to run it on. What Bullsh!!.

Overseas customers can buy any decoder they want. It is an insult to only have the garbage that DSTV provides, without having to buy their cr@p decoder as well.

If they offer more HD channels so what ? The content will be as lousy as SD, and you can be sure there will be a price increase on the way to f..k everbody in the @ss.

I have never seen such a lucrative business as DSTV remotes. They are utter cr@p. If DSTV didn't spend so much time and money trying to stop people breaking their encryption, and adopted standards used overseas, they could concentrate on better programs, and the consumer could buy good quality hardware off the shelf, Dreambox:p is one.

Where do they get all these B rated movies anyway, at a California fleamarket?

Pissed
 
Well it seems I will be slowly switching to dowloaded HD content and get rid of DSTV at the end of 2009 then or as soon as the SD PVR gives up the ghost.
 
actually you can any decoder from wherever in the world as long as it supports iredetio2 and decryption card. you just tune the flippen thing manually
 
Tns said:
actually you can any decoder from wherever in the world as long as it supports iredetio2 and decryption card. you just tune the flippen thing manually
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try to get DSTV to pair your smartcard to your decoder you bought overseas, it's a pain in the ass getting them to do it with a second DSTV decoder. (and it's IRDETO2)

FYI (wikipedia)

Irdeto is a subsidiary of media group Naspers (JSE: NPN), which also includes a group of pay TV sister companies in Africa, Europe and Asia. As a primary supplier to these companies since the early days of digital TV, Irdeto plays a vital role within this group. Nevertheless, more than 75% of Irdeto's revenue comes from companies outside the group since the 1990s.

Guess who owns multichoice.

A little on naspers (wikipedia) ever wondered how the weak rand managed to buy so much

Naspers was founded as De Nasionale Pers (The National Press) on 12 May 1915 with the aim of furthering the cause of the Afrikaner people. At first it only published a newspaper, De Burger, but soon expanded and in 1916 published its first magazine De Huisgenoot. In 1918 the company took a further step towards expansion when its book publishing operations were founded as De Burger Boekhandel.

In 1985, Nasionale Pers and a number of other South African media companies formed an electronic pay-television media business, M-Net, which was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange (JSE) in 1990. In 1993, M-Net was divided into two companies - M-Net itself became a pure pay-television station while the company's subscriber management, signal distribution and cellular telephone activities were formed into a new company called MultiChoice Limited (later renamed MIH Holdings Limited).

Nasionale Pers itself listed on JSE on 12 September 1994 and in 1998 the group's name changed to Naspers.

In 1997, MIH Ltd. created an internet service provider, M-Web Holdings, which also runs M-Web Blogspace, a popular South African blogging platform.

In January 2000, Naspers merged its existing private education activities with that of another leading South African private education business to form Educor Holdings Limited - one of the leading private education providers in South Africa. During the same year, Naspers also re-organised and branded its print media business as its "Media24" division.

In May 2001, Naspers acquired a 46.5% interest in Tencent Holdings Limited, the operator of an instant messaging platform in China called QQ, which subsequently developed into the leading business of its kind in China. In a quest to further expand its business in China, the company acquired a 9.9% interest in the Beijing Media Corporation (“BMC”) in December 2004. BMC is a media company mainly engaged in the sale of advertising space for the Beijing Youth Daily as well as the production of newspapers and the trading of print-related materials.

In February 2005, Naspers acquired the South African internet interests of Tiscali. On 31 March of the same year, Naspers consolidated all its print media, book publishing and private education assets in its Media24 division in order to simplify the group's structure.

In May 2006, Naspers acquired, for US$ 422 million, a 30% interest in the Brazilian media group Editora Abril, publishers of dozens of titles, the most important of which being Revista Veja[3].

In January 2007, Naspers acquired a 30% interest in MXit Lifestyle, the operator of a mobile instant messaging platform in South-Africa called MXit.[4]

Also in January 2007, Naspers acquired a 30% interest in Mail.ru, Russian operator of Mail.ru Agent, an instant messaging service for desktop PCs and mobiles.[5] In November 2007 the company acquired a further 2.6% of Mail.ru .

In October 2007, Naspers acquired Gadu-Gadu, a listed Polish instant messaging business with c.8 million registered accounts (of a population of 38 million).

In March 2008, Naspers acquired Tradus (formerly QXL and listed on on the London Stock Exchange), which provides an online auction platform and internet portals in Eastern Europe. The company owns Allegro.pl, which is the leading online auction site in Poland. At £946 million, this acquisition represents Naspers' largest acquisition to date.
 
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