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cronjec

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Hi,

I have been eagerly following the development of TV on demand and streaming movie services internationally. With the latest developments in the US and UK (Sky, Amazon, Apple TV, Netflix, Roku, BBC iPlayer etc) I was wondering when SA will ever enter this market. We know Multichoice has shown no interest in exploring this market up to know.

The old NP party managed to keep TV out of SA for almost 30 years. Who or what do you think is hampering this techology from penetrating the SA market - MC, major studios/legal issues/lack of fast broadand (Telkom/ICASA)?

SA was leading the way when it came to cellular technology and Satellite TV many years ago. What do you think are the reasons for us to be so far behind with this new technology?
 
The biggest hurdles of TV on demand in SA is the lack of bandwidth as well as the state of Telkom's copper network.
 
our wonderful ISPs...but mainly telkom with our fail internet connections
 
moggie said:
First download via torrent/bit farm to a HDD and then watch... :o
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Like most people do... :D. A R550 DSTV subscription can buy almost 19Gigs of bandwidth from Afrihost. That is quite a lot of shows/movies.
 
cronjec said:
Hi,

I have been eagerly following the development of TV on demand and streaming movie services internationally. With the latest developments in the US and UK (Sky, Amazon, Apple TV, Netflix, Roku, BBC iPlayer etc) I was wondering when SA will ever enter this market. We know Multichoice has shown no interest in exploring this market up to know.

The old NP party managed to keep TV out of SA for almost 30 years. Who or what do you think is hampering this techology from penetrating the SA market - MC, major studios/legal issues/lack of fast broadand (Telkom/ICASA)?

SA was leading the way when it came to cellular technology and Satellite TV many years ago. What do you think are the reasons for us to be so far behind with this new technology?
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TV on demand, LOL, SA don't even have pay-per-view
 
R550 can get you uncapped from a few providers now.... (granted its only 384k but hey...)
 
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