New pay-TV monopoly
South Africans hoping for greater choice in the pay-television market are in for a disappointment
South Africans hoping for greater choice in the pay-television market are in for a disappointment
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New pay-Television monopoly
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Pilgrim
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Good luck regulating that
Sharrow
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South Africans hoping for a greater choice in "ANYTHING" are in for a disappointment...
snobee
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If the Chinease company buys 100% of Telkom Media, how are they supposed to only own 20% in the end?
Avenue
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bribery and corruption
snobee
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Though I don't think this statement is justified when it comes to the consumer. You are possibly missing the point of the article. Yes, the deal stinks of corruption, but in the end the company still has to provide a service to us. "Ripped off" would imply that they are offering a crap service for money, etc, but we have yet to see if they are going to rip you and I off.
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Okay, so what does it mean. What is this cable tv they refer to, cable tv as in what the americans have/IPTV?
I mean with Telkom and Neotel being the two fixed line operators, theoretically if either of them spend money to gated communities and FTTH, what stops them from having video on demand available to the home user? Or is this to watch SABC live over IPTV... :wtf:
ps, I like the new wtf smilie :wtf:
Now for the good news: If your favourite payTV providers refuses to deliver what you want, when you want it, you don't have to put up with living in the digital darkages. Just torrent your favourite TV show. Sure it's a little more hassle, you need to sacrifice some precious cap you already payed blood money for and you only get it the next day, but at least you don't get it three months late at heavily inflated prices.
Piracy is not always bad, it's good when it helps give people in third world countries a choice between having access to content and being shafted by greedy, incompetent corporations.
Piracy is not always bad, it's good when it helps give people in third world countries a choice between having access to content and being shafted by greedy, incompetent corporations.
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Sting
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Okay, so what does it mean. What is this cable tv they refer to, cable tv as in what the americans have/IPTV?
I mean with Telkom and Neotel being the two fixed line operators, theoretically if either of them spend money to gated communities and FTTH, what stops them from having video on demand available to the home user? Or is this to watch SABC live over IPTV... :wtf:
ps, I like the new wtf smilie :wtf:
I think the initial and even short term offerings will be very limited and restricted to gated communities.
The network operators (neotelkom) will provide fibre to a single entry point in the complex. A cable TV type operator will then provide internal cabling and media content.
Much as I hope and dream, I do not see FttH happening in SA in the next 5 years.
Roman4604
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Confusing article this, cable != IPTV (by the strictest definition). CATV transmits video (analogue or digital) natively over coax cable, there is no IP involved.
To simultaneously enable the same cable to be used for CATV & IP data (Internet access), the DOCSIS specifications are used, however IP & TV still remain seperate.
Have no idea what ICASA are actually trying to license?
To simultaneously enable the same cable to be used for CATV & IP data (Internet access), the DOCSIS specifications are used, however IP & TV still remain seperate.
Have no idea what ICASA are actually trying to license?
It's a good question, I doubt that !CASA knows, however I will hazard a guess that the monopoly licence is for any type of "wired" Pay-TV service.
bekdik
Honorary Master
Isn't that government policy?
Eskom = Ripoff
Hardware and games in sa = Ripoff
internet = Ripoff
Cellphones = Ripoff
So you're sitting in the dark without a computer, cell or internet and yet you still managed to make a post! :wtf:
Get serious. Its easy to choose not to buy a product when there are 8 or 10 alternatives. but when there are only 1 or 2 and they are both ripoffs you have to find other ways to protest.
bekdik
Honorary Master
Correction applied.
tjunyat
Senior Member
Well, this sounds promising </sarcasm>
lol I wonder how they figure on getting content to the subscribers? surely we need real broadband for that to be able to happen? If our current "broadband" can't even cope with a simple youtube vid, how on earth do they think it will be able to deliver real TV. Oh wait I forgot, we will be limited to text only broadcasts consisting of Gov announcements and propoganda...