TV Licence prices - South Africa vs the rest of the World

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Ricard said:
From the BBC Website - It also states that Netflix is exempt from the license fees.

You do not need a TV Licence to watch:
  • non-BBC programmes on online catch-up services
  • videos or DVDs
  • clips on websites like YouTube
  • closed circuit television (CCTV)
You must have a TV Licence if you:
  • watch or record programmes on a TV, computer or other device as they’re broadcast
  • download or watch BBC programmes on iPlayer – live, catch up or on demand
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So it's not a licence just to own a tv? That would be interesting, which countries you need a license only to watch their content.
 
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We can’t be compared to Europe, and cannot possibly measure up to their production quality, output, choice, availability and accessibility. There was a call once to abolish our TV licensing, and to be dependent on commercial income and possible subsidies, but we simply don’t have the quality or the initiative.

Whenever I see SABC I see Hlaudi Motsoeneng, and that is not a great brand association to make.

I do however think that Multichoice is holding them captive regarding sports broadcasting rights. The potential revenue the SABC could have earned in those main timeslots would have supported the SABC, but they are drenched in corruption. So… no.

Now they are aggressive, they want to be the content marshals.

Anyway, some European TV licenses are device-independent and others are under reasonable scrutiny.

Take a look at Japan. A TV license is around $150, it is mandatory, but they don’t punish non-payment. They even regard it as a legitimate protest when non-payment is made.
 
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Next TV licence article (tomorrow I imagine) should list the number of hours of SABC TV content delivered per language. Not subtitles or dubs but actual content in each official language in SA. SABC must have those figures so they should be happy to make them public.
 
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Costs me €60 a year in Germany so not sure where the article get's that figure from.
 
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Fulcrum29 said:
So... when can we expect the DSTV premium sub to be compared to European TV licenses?
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Comparison of Car license, alcohol, cigarette (sin) and petrol tax. That would be interesting. But you won't see that, because that would mean harder journalistic work. Copy paste is the way, these days.
 
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Two words: Advertising Revenue.

Where is it SABC and why is it not enough to sustain your business?
 
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kolakidd said:
Two words: Advertising Revenue.

Where is it SABC and why is it not enough to sustain your business?
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beans100 said:
Comparison of Car license, alcohol, cigarette (sin) and petrol tax. That would be interesting. But you won't see that, because that would mean harder journalistic work. Copy paste is the way, these days.
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I am curious how the BBC would compare to DSTV and where the SABC currently measures up and where they plan to measure up. It would be a much better comparison.
 
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How about a "Content - SABC vs the rest of the World" article? I'm sure the world is buying SABC content for top dollar....
 
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