Vodacom takes on DStv

Absurd. At what prices 3g?? + R69 a month ++++

“Think about a world without expensive satellite dishes. Imagine sitting in the rural areas watching Bafana Bafana win the World Cup. The possibilities are endless,” says Knott-Craig.

Becomes more of a soap daily. Pity us. :mad:
 
Who the fck wants to watch TV on their goddamn cell phone? Lousy video and sound, no one in this country is going to pay for this crap service. The cell phone isn't designed to be used to watch TV, it's just no good for it! I admit the service itself is pretty cool, but why can't they supply normal TV as well? And it would be pretty awesome if the PSP could pick it up.

Ultimately the only people you'll see using this are rich kids showing off to their friends at school. I don't see any other purpose for it other than it's initial novelty factor. I'd rather cry myself to sleep than watch bafana bafana lose round 2 on a fcking cell phone.

Also, what about battery life? Surely a cell won't last very long if you're playing hours of bloody video on the thing. So damn stupid. Or am I missing something?
 
What a misuse of spectrum! Isn't TV suppose to be broadcast? The mobile phone network is the wrong medium for TV.

Video conferencing. Yes. TV. No.
 
ermmm i think what vodacom is getting at here isnt watching tv exclusively on ur cell,
but rather having a decoder(so to speak) on top of ur tv, that connects directly to ur tv like any other decoder, whereby u watch some 3g(hsdpa) channel.
this of course would only be possible with hsdpa(3.5g) and not 3g.

now ur cellphone will connect via bluetooth to the decoder to actually capture the the signal and feed it to the decoder, of course decoders with builtin recievers would be available in time.

watching tv on ur cell is pointless... watching tv on ur tv via hsdpa in a pay-per-view style might be more economical for very short time intervals(no more than 30mins a week say?).
 
Recovering from a recent skiing accident in Austria, which left him with an injured leg, Vodacom chief executive Alan Knott-Craig outlined to Business Times the company’s strategy.
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Its called Karma
 
So now we have to buy TV sets with bluetooth capability. It doesn't end does it? It's gonna be Bluetooth TV, Decoder, 3G Cellphone, and what else? I'm sure one will have to keep the current multichoice decoder if one still wants to watch some DSTV? Hhhmmm, aikona!
 
With this technology, Vodacom is also positioning itself to capitalise on the 2010 Soccer World Cup. “It will be a huge hit with soccer fans who cannot afford to buy tickets to the games,” says Knott-Craig.
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And those who can't afford tickets will be able to afford 3G handsets and bandwidth?

LOL Probably the same sort of reasoning that will have Bafana winning the World Cup after their appaling display in Egypt.

People in rural areas who can't even afford a Telkom line using Vodacom broadband? An even bigger joke!

I think Alan should go easy on the crack pipe. Or maybe he got frostbite of the brain in Austria.
 
i would have used something like this if I had to drive somewhere and I was watching something that I didn't want to miss.

i won't anymore since my htpc is up and running!! now i can just press pause and go do what I want...
 
:eek: Is Alan Knott-Craig having a nightmare??? Vodacom should have stayed out of the wireless 3g technology now they going into DVB...???
 
andres101 said:
i would have used something like this if I had to drive somewhere and I was watching something that I didn't want to miss.
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You should not be driving and watching TV. I'm not even mentioning driving and using your cellphone. :p
 
Vodacom takes on DSTV......

Unless Vodacom offers the same service for half the price I don't think Multichoice is at all panicing.

Vodacom is only offering another over priced, over rated service.

Just what we need............
 
Despite my initial misgivings, it does not sound to bad. R70 per month fixed + R10 per channel. Also, as they say

He says customers will have the flexibility to buy pay channels on demand, paying for what they want without having to have a fixed monthly contract. “This will open up the market and bring more people within the pay-TV fold. We currently have some 14 million people who watch free TV, but because they don’t fall within the approved credit-checking system they can’t watch pay-TV.”
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If so, bye bye to paying for 60 siht channels, just so you can get the one that MAYBE, occassionally has something worth watching.
 
He believes as more people use the new technology, costs could come down as much as 90%. “Also, bandwidth is getting cheaper by the moment, and memory is becoming so cheap it’s a joke.”
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All I want to know is that if memory prices bandwidth are so low, why are all cellphones with more than 32Mb of memory still so expensive in this country? The really good models are only free on top-end contract packages. Lower packages require Rxxx-xx to be paid in conjunction with the contract. Pre-Paid users have to fork out the R4,500-R6,500 for a new cell with 3G, enough memory to store videos / photos / music and be usable for Mobile-TV. No way people can afford these but not the World Cup tickets. More likely we'll see everyone partaking in the old South African tradition of meeting up by a friend / family with DSTV and having braai around the telly. Heck, it might even work out cheaper for a couple of friends to contribute and rent the equipment from Teljoy for the during of the World Cup and it'll still be cheaper than buying a 3G cellphone with a tiny screen :p
 
Despite my initial misgivings, it does not sound to bad. R70 per month fixed + R10 per channel
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Plus the connectivity charge for 3g - at some sick rate only the super rich can afford. :mad:
 
yep i think you are missing that the point is not always to watch on the phone, its more like the phone is the decoder and aerial, so you can take your dstv with you basically, go visit a friend, plug into his tv and watch rugby, go visit g/f, plug into tv and watch e-tv late night :)

or if you stuck in traffic you can watch your programs on tv till you get home then watch the rest on your tv.
 
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