Thousands of DStv subscribers have joined a petition against DStv\u2019s plan to cut three popular channels from its offering.<\/p>\n
DStv recently announced<\/strong><\/a> that it will 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 senior manager for corporate communications Benedict Maaga told MyBroadband that the decision formed part of a plan to refresh the DStv lineup.<\/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 Angry DStv subscribers have launched a petition on Change.org<\/strong><\/a> in support of A+E Networks, trying to convince MultiChoice to reconsider its decision.<\/p>\n According to the petition, History, Crime + Investigation, and Lifetime are amazing channels which are loved by the South African DStv community.<\/p>\n \u201cThis decision is illogical and clearly shows they (DStv) only worry about their profits and not quality of shows for their customers,\u201d the petition states.<\/p>\n It added that A+E Networks has \u201camazing local productions\u201d. A+E Networks previously said<\/strong><\/a> these shows include local programming such as Crime Stories SA, Don\u2019t Tell the Bride SA, and Loved Like Crazy.<\/p>\n The petition states that A+E Networks has also opened up an African office which is growing and creating local employment.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will all come to an end if these channels are cut,\u201d the petition stated.<\/p>\n As part of its announcement about cutting the History, Crime + Investigation, and Lifetime channels, MultiChoice said it would 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 Thousands of DStv subscribers have joined a petition against DStv\u2019s plan to cut some of its popular channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":120242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[61384,61264,85,35,475],"class_list":["post-323306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-ae-networks","tag-benedict-maaga","tag-dstv","tag-headline","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323306"}],"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=323306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":323308,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323306\/revisions\/323308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Backlash from DStv subscribers<\/h3>\n
MultiChoice promises new channels<\/h3>\n
Now read: DStv cutting channels \u2013 Here is the truth<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"