Cell C has suspended the linear channels of its video streaming service Black, as it enters negotiations with content providers.<\/p>\n
The company told MyBroadband that Black customers will continue to have access to music, series, and movies – even though linear channels have been temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n
\u201cCell C has in recent months made some important business decisions to ensure that the company establishes itself as a strong and competitive player in the industry,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n
Cell C has made a decision to review Black\u2019s content strategy, in particular its linear channels and has now entered into negotiations with its content providers.<\/p>\n
\u201cContent remains part of the broader strategy and will continue to be offered, albeit in a different format,\u201d Cell C said.<\/p>\n
Cell C CEO Douglas Craigie Stevenson has said they are taking steps to right-size the business, focusing on revenue generating activities and cutting costs where necessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur decision to reconfigure our product and services is part of putting the business on the right track,\u201d said Stevenson.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to move forward based on a roadmap that is robust, profitable and in the best interests of Cell C and its customers.\u201d<\/p>\n
The news of changes to Black follows a recent move by Cell C to shut down<\/strong><\/a> its wholesale fixed-LTE service.<\/p>\n Cell C’s fixed-LTE solution was used by many local ISPs to offer their clients connectivity, with the mobile operator stating it was not longer sustainable to offer the service.<\/p>\n Cell C Black customers will continue to have access to music, series, and movies – even though linear channels have been temporarily suspended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":299836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[33560,355,35],"class_list":["post-318529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-black","tag-cell-c","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318529"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318529"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318533,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318529\/revisions\/318533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Now read: Black is here to stay, despite serious financial problems<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"