Would you like to pick your own DStv channels?

Would you like to pick your own DStv channels?

  • Yes

    Votes: 418 94.4%

  • No

    Votes: 25 5.6%
  • Total voters
    443
if there was more motor sport on offer i would go back to DSTV and likely would choose a package choice option of what i want to watch. at the moment i will not pay for high Internet speeds and netflix and or dstv which for the most of us is unfordable and only for those that really do have money to burn and not worry about the costs are the DSTV options and netflix and internet connectivity a nice to have in their homes.
 
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This year's Multichoice / DSTV MyBB promotion period has come to a close. Same place, same time, same poll, same articles next year. See everyone there :p.
 
AirWolf said:
This year's Multichoice / DSTV MyBB promotion period has come to a close. Same place, same time, same poll, same articles next year. See everyone there :p.
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The poll did serve one purpose: it is clear that MonoChoice has nearly 24 active clones (of course there will always be a few naysayers that aren't on the MonoChoice payroll).

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Chevron said:
or they're people that would prefer genre bundles.
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If that's the case, those people clearly did not understand the poll question as picking their own channels would mean that they could create a genre-specific set of channels.

Hopefully there is only one such person that did not understand the question, that leaves up to 23 MonoChoice clones.
 
I understand the question. I am not a MultiChoice clone, nor an apologist nor employee nor supplier. I have never had anything whatsoever to do with them other than buying a satellite tv subscription from them, and for a while about a decade ago being part of a group that tried to get them to carry a particular service (we were unsuccessful). But I do know enough about business and how media rights and tv cable/sat services work to realise that managing user channel choice would almost certainly raise prices for consumers. And I won't vote for something that will increase the nett monthly cost to me without providing a measureable benefit to justify the delta.

And of course I know that makes me a racist / bigot / Nazi / shill / sucker / idiot / fool / sucker / doffie / whatever (choose fave epithet).
 
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To understand why nett price increases would result, put yourself in the shoes of a channel/content owner negotiating the monthly, quarterly and annual royalty and connection/service fees with MCA.

Channel: "So, MCA, how many subscribers do you reach?"

MCA: "Er, well that depends how many sign up and choose your channel."

Channel: "OK. So going with you means we don't get a broadcast to say 500 000 viewers? Really? Well, in that case our fee is $X flat per month for service/connection and $Y per subscriber who actually signs up for our channel. You will of course also provide us with detailed audited weekly reports, always subject to our own verification.

"If you were to carry us to all 500 000 subscribers, the rate per viewer is a fraction of that."
 
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Arthur said:
I understand the question. I am not a MultiChoice clone, nor an apologist nor employee nor supplier. I have never had anything whatsoever to do with them other than buying a satellite tv subscription from them, and for a while about a decade ago being part of a group that tried to get them to carry a particular service (we were unsuccessful). But I do know enough about business and how media rights and tv cable/sat services work to realise that managing user channel choice would almost certainly raise prices for consumers. And I won't vote for something that will increase the nett monthly cost to me without providing a measureable benefit to justify the delta.

And of course I know that makes me a racist / bigot / Nazi / shill / sucker / idiot / fool / sucker / doffie / whatever (choose fave epithet).
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If it will raise prices Multichoice would embrace it.
 
Arthur said:
I understand the question. I am not a MultiChoice clone, nor an apologist nor employee nor supplier. I have never had anything whatsoever to do with them other than buying a satellite tv subscription from them, and for a while about a decade ago being part of a group that tried to get them to carry a particular service (we were unsuccessful). But I do know enough about business and how media rights and tv cable/sat services work to realise that managing user channel choice would almost certainly raise prices for consumers. And I won't vote for something that will increase the nett monthly cost to me without providing a measureable benefit to justify the delta.

And of course I know that makes me a racist / bigot / Nazi / shill / sucker / idiot / fool / sucker / doffie / whatever (choose fave epithet).
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Note that there is a disclaimer in my previous posts for people such as yourself: "up to" and "nearly".

That said, the question posed along with the Yes / No answer options in [highlight]the poll is about liking or not liking the concept of choosing channels[/highlight].

If the poll question had included a clause about increased cost for the option of choosing channels, most people (myself included) would almost certainly have voted NO with bells on.

This is not a poll run by MonoChoice, and it is illogical to expect that the results of this essentially hypothetical poll run by MyBB would ever result in any action by MonoChoice to allow customers to choose the channels they want to pay for watching and to not pay for the channels they don't want to watch.

If one does not like being given a choice, one should definitely vote MoNoChoice.

biometrics said:
I voted no. Don't want any DSTV at all.
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Now that you mention it, I remember you posted that earlier in the thread, and it does highlight a flaw that is typical of MyBB's polls: there should be an out answer option to cater for exceptions, so an additional answer option of "I don't want DSTV" would certainly have received several votes (mine included).
 
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biometrics said:
If it will raise prices Multichoice would embrace it.
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No. They will feel even greater margin squeeze because we're already at the edge of what consumers can bear. MCA's costs would increase, with very limited scope to recover from subscribers without too much haemorrhage. Plus, many costs are in USD and Euro, but the monthly SA subs are in ZAR, making cost mgt a challenge.
 
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Arthur said:
No. They will feel even greater margin squeeze because we're already at the edge of what consumers can bear. MCA's costs would increase, with very limited scope to recover from subscribers without too much haemorrhage. Plus, many costs are in USD and Euro, but the monthly SA subs are in ZAR, making cost mgt a challenge.
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I forgot the sarcasm emoticon.
 
j4ck455 said:
Note that there is a disclaimer in my previous posts for people such as yourself: "up to" and "nearly".

That said, the question posed along with the Yes / No answer options in [highlight]the poll is about liking or not liking the concept of choosing channels[/highlight].

If the poll question had included a clause about increased cost for the option of choosing channels, most people (myself included) would almost certainly have voted NO with bells on.

This is not a poll run by MonoChoice, and it is illogical to expect that the results of this essentially hypothetical poll run by MyBB would ever result in any action by MonoChoice to allow customers to choose the channels they want to pay for watching and to not pay for the channels they don't want to watch.

If one does not like being given a choice, one should definitely vote MoNoChoice.



Now that you mention it, I remember you posted that earlier in the thread, and it does highlight a flaw that is typical of MyBB's polls: there should be an out answer option to cater for exceptions, so an additional answer option of "I don't want DSTV" would certainly have received several votes (mine included).
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OK. Understood.

In that case my vote is obviously Yes of course choice is desirable.

But then you might as well poll whether people want free air or not. :p
 
Arthur said:
OK. Understood.

In that case my vote is obviously Yes of course choice is desirable.

But then you might as well poll whether people want free air or not. :p
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When this thread popped up, my first thought was: why bother polling forumites, of course everyone would want as much choice as they can get.

Perhaps the OP intended to add a caveat about increased cost and forgot or the poll results were to be used as leverage to solicit a response from MonoChoice to questions posed via email, about why choosing channels is just so darned tooten encrypted to impossibility, but I would rather not speculate further on that, and would prefer to hear from the proverbial horse's mouth as to why this thread was created to start with.
 
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What I dont get is the following:

1. DSTV states that the more people subscribe, the lower the cost is for everyone. So with increase in subscribers each year, why is the cost of the packages going up?

2. DSTV offers packages like Compact, Indian, etc. Why not offer a package outside of Premium that has SS1 for rugby fans? I dont want to subsidize EPL or Vuzu.

3. e-TV came in around 1997 (?) and unlike SABC, they stated they are FREE-TO-AIR. They make money purely off adverts. They had some great shows IRRC: King of Queens and other sitcoms, the weird Sunday 8pm movie, original locally produced series over, etc. So if they can make enough money off ads, why cant Multichoice subsidize other channels with ads? OpenView HD is also free. Although limited channels, still free.

There are plenty of working models around the world. With streaming becoming the norm, why not have us pay for what we want to watch? I also feel that our government should step-up and make any broadcast of national sporting events available to the public for free. Remember when SABC used to broadcast the Cricket/Rugby?

There is however a way to get MNET and SS1 without having Premium, just not sure of the cost. I know by buddy has the MNET which allows him to watch SS1.

So, perhaphs we might not get to choose just yet, but de-bundling and creating a variety of packages would be a start. IMO>
 
Following my post earlier this week... Just came across this article:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/all-blacks/news/article.cfm?c_id=116&objectid=11763044

Extract:
"The bill in the name of New Zealand First MP Clayton Mitchell would ensure that any game of "national significance" was freely available to all New Zealanders.

That included all international rugby, rugby league, netball, cricket, and football games either played in New Zealand or in a major event such as a world cup.

It would also include the Summer and Winter Olympics and the Commonwealth Games.

The bill also proposed making some domestic events such as the National Rugby League (NRL) grand final or Super 15 rugby final free to air if they featured a New Zealand team.


The bill's explanatory note said supporting New Zealand teams and other taxpayer-supported events could involve costs of $1000 a year per household.

"The objective of this bill is to break this barrier down so that taxpayers can support New Zealand teams in key events and enjoy events that have about due to taxpayer support."

The full of proposed free-to-air events:
• All Rugby World Cup matches involving New Zealand (adult men and women)
• All domestic rugby test matches involving New Zealand
• Super XV Competition Rugby Final (if a New Zealand team is involved)
• ITM Competition Cup Final
• All Netball World Cup matches involving New Zealand
• All domestic netball test matches
• ANZ Netball Championship (if a New Zealand team is involved)
• All Cricket World Cup matches involving New Zealand (adult men and women)
• All domestic one-day cricket international matches involving New Zealand (adult men and women) \
• All Rugby League World Cup matches involving New Zealand
• All domestic Rugby League test matches involving New Zealand
• National Rugby League Grand Final (if a New Zealand team is involved)
• All Football World Cup matches involving the New Zealand All Whites
• All domestic football international matches involving the New Zealand All Whites
• All Women's Tennis Association and Association of Tennis Professionals tennis events held in New Zealand
• Australian National Basketball League Grand Final (if a New Zealand team is involved)
• The Summer Olympic Games
• The Winter Olympic Games
• The Commonwealth Games
• The New Zealand Trotting Cup
• Any other sporting event funded by the Major Events Development Fund

Makes sense to me. More people will see it. More people will feel connected and perhaps larger audience grow with it?
 
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