{"id":321868,"date":"2019-10-02T10:59:41","date_gmt":"2019-10-02T08:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=321868"},"modified":"2019-10-02T11:02:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-02T09:02:05","slug":"dstv-cutting-channels-here-is-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/321868-dstv-cutting-channels-here-is-the-truth.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv cutting channels – Here is the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

DStv recently announced<\/strong><\/a> that it would cut three popular channels from its network at the end of October \u2013 History, Crime + Investigation, and Lifetime.<\/p>\n

These three channels have been available to DStv Premium and DStv Compact Plus subscribers for years.<\/p>\n

The contract term for these channels, which are all provided by the American broadcasting company A&E Networks, ends on 1 November 2019.<\/p>\n

MultiChoice\u2019s senior manager for corporate communications, Benedict Maaga told MyBroadband the decision formed part of a plan to refresh the DStv line-up.<\/p>\n

He said the fact that the contract term for these three channels came to an end gave MultiChoice an opportunity to evaluate the value it offers subscribers.<\/p>\n

MultiChoice said in a statement<\/strong><\/a> that it is continuously reviewing its content lineup and channel selection to improve its entertainment offering.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis process includes ongoing engagement with various content partners to ensure we can provide more compelling content offerings for customers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Negotiations broke down \u2013 report<\/h3>\n

Independent TV expert Thinus Ferreira reported that the real reason<\/strong><\/a> for the decision is that negotiations between A&E Networks and MultiChoice broke down.<\/p>\n

According to Ferreira, channel carriage contract renewal negotiations between the two parties \u201cturned ugly and broke down\u201d.<\/p>\n

A&E Networks said in a statement that South African fans of its channels \u201ccould soon miss out on the thousands of hours of new and unique shows\u201d.<\/p>\n

“This includes current and upcoming local programming such as Crime Stories SA, Don\u2019t Tell the Bride SA and Loved Like Crazy,\u201d A&E Networks said.<\/p>\n

The company added that it has been very proactive in trying to reach an agreement that is best for its viewers and for DStv.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur goal is to continue to bring our high-quality, award-winning programming to our local audiences,\u201d A&E Networks said.<\/p>\n

It added that it is willing to keep negotiations open. \u201cWe sincerely hope DStv will find a way to work with us to keep our channels on its platform,\u201d the company said.<\/p>\n

New channels<\/h3>\n

As part of its announcement about cutting the History, Crime + Investigation, and Lifetime channels, MultiChoice said it will soon announce two new channels.<\/p>\n

These two channels, the pay-TV operator said, include \u201can established global brand and a new innovative brand\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth channels will bring exciting new titles and genres that viewers will really enjoy, including blue-chip documentaries, history, and factual reality shows,\u201d MultiChoice said.<\/p>\n

The company added that it continues to increase its investment in local shows and content, which it said \u201chave great resonance with customers and are a key driver of engagement\u201d.<\/p>\n

Now read: DStv to cut channels<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DStv is planning to cut popular channels from its DStv Premium and DStv Compact Plus bouquets. Here is why it is doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":120244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,35,475],"class_list":["post-321868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321868"}],"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=321868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321876,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321868\/revisions\/321876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}