{"id":85725,"date":"2013-09-05T15:02:28","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=85725"},"modified":"2013-09-05T15:04:57","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T13:04:57","slug":"openview-hd-not-competing-with-dstv-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/85725-openview-hd-not-competing-with-dstv-md.html","title":{"rendered":"OpenView HD not competing with DStv: MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

OpenView HD will not compete against DStv<\/a>, according to managing director of Platco Digital<\/a>, Maxwell Nonge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Platco, a sister company of E-tv, confirmed in June 2013 that it was planning to launch a subscription-free satellite service called OpenView HD<\/a> in October 2013.<\/p>\n

Nonge explained that OpenView HD will only be open to broadcasters a with free-to-air licence, which at this stage would be E-tv, the SABC, and community broadcasters.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as people start paying they expect English Premier League and movies as they come off the circuit, and we won\u2019t offer that,\u201d Nonge said.<\/p>\n

Nonge said that with the platform they are building, it is possible for them to offer pay TV and satellite Internet, but added that they \u201care not there yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that their focus is on launching OpenView HD which will remain a free brand. \u201cThere will never be a day that we will change and viewers will suddenly have to pay,\u201d Nonge said.<\/p>\n

Should Platco enter the pay TV or broadband market, Nonge said that those services will be offered under a different brand.<\/p>\n

Platco’s sales target is 250,000 households by 31 March 2014 for OpenView HD, and has set itself a target of 500,000 in year 1.<\/p>\n

The broadcaster said that this isn’t a set figure, but added that the aim is to acquire as many customers as possible in the first year.<\/p>\n

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