{"id":11776,"date":"2010-03-15T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T09:50:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-03-15T11:50:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-15T09:50:00","slug":"pay-tv-competition-here-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/11776-pay-tv-competition-here-in-may.html","title":{"rendered":"Pay TV competition here in May?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speculation has arisen that incoming pay-TV operator On Digital Media<\/a> (ODM) is planning to launch commercial services in May. This comes after The Times reported that ODM is gearing up to take on market leader MultiChoice later this year. <\/p>\n

Despite these reports ODM spokesperson Elouise Kelly said that the company could not confirm the launch date just yet.<\/p>\n

ODM has however called a media briefing for Thursday during which company CEO Vino Govender and his team will “reveal future plans for the company as well as [announce] the most exciting development to happen in the television sphere”.<\/p>\n

This suggests that ODM may indeed be poised to announce further details behind its commercial offering this week.<\/p>\n

ODM has confirmed that pricing of their pay-TV packages will range between R99 per month and R249 per month.  This is a downward adjustment from their previously planned pricing models which ranged from R149 to R349 a month depending on the choice of channels selected by the subscriber.<\/p>\n

According to the current online Subscriber Information Form new subscribers will have the following choice of content:  Movies, Series, Documentary, Children, Music, Religion, News, Sport and Local Content.<\/p>\n

ODM subscribers will be able to use an existing DStv dish for the service, but will need a new decoder.  The decoder will be manufactured by Altech UEC, the same manufacturer which MultiChoice used for their recently released HD PVR decoder. <\/p>\n

One of the biggest questions which has been circulating around the launch of ODM is the possibility of sports broadcasting. Govender however told The Times that he does not believe a lack of sports coverage will hurt ODM adding that “we are not entirely a sports-mad country”. <\/p>\n

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Pay TV competition to launch in May?<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><< Discussion<\/p>\n

Related links<\/strong><\/p>\n

New pay-TV monopoly<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

ODM Pay-TV pricing and program details revealed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Pay-TV battle postponed<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Super5Media gets Pay-TV go-ahead<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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