{"id":172440,"date":"2016-07-19T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=172440"},"modified":"2016-07-19T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T11:31:58","slug":"the-questions-dstv-must-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/172440-the-questions-dstv-must-answer.html","title":{"rendered":"The questions DStv must answer"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa recently launched its investigation<\/strong><\/a> into South Africa\u2019s subscription television broadcasting market.<\/p>\n

The investigation is meant to address concerns raised by stakeholders, and is a way for ICASA to determine why so few subscription TV services have launched in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite multiple attempts to introduce competition in the subscription broadcasting market, only two licensees have been able to launch services,\u201d said ICASA.<\/p>\n

It was referring to players like TopTV, which applied for business rescue in 2012, was bought by StarTimes, and renamed to StarSat.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe two entrants have been plagued with sustainability challenges and the others have not yet begun operations.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of its investigation, ICASA has asked stakeholders to complete a questionnaire.<\/p>\n

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Questionnaire<\/h3>\n

The questions broadcasters such as DStv operator MultiChoice were asked included:<\/p>\n