http://www.techcentral.co.za/no-more-crystal-ball/11807/ South Africa's technology news leader Mon, 21 May 2012 08:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.techcentral.co.za/no-more-crystal-ball/11807/comment-page-1/#comment-1934 JD Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:51:45 +0000 http://www.techcentral.co.za/?p=11807#comment-1934 I think your first point about competition to MultiChoice may not be what we expect. From a content perspective MC has tied up most of the rugby, cricket and soccer rights for a few years to come. As for the major international studios, once again MC has entered into "exclusivity" deals with them. Good content comes at a price and while ODM seems (from press reports) to be investing money in offering an alternative pay-TV choice, Super5Media has cut it's staff by 40% (from a complement of 79) due to "economic reasons" - if the company can't afford staff salaries, how can it afford competitive content - unless it's going offshore to its Chinese bankroller for Chinese content. I think your first point about competition to MultiChoice may not be what we expect. From a content perspective MC has tied up most of the rugby, cricket and soccer rights for a few years to come. As for the major international studios, once again MC has entered into “exclusivity” deals with them. Good content comes at a price and while ODM seems (from press reports) to be investing money in offering an alternative pay-TV choice, Super5Media has cut it’s staff by 40% (from a complement of 79) due to “economic reasons” – if the company can’t afford staff salaries, how can it afford competitive content – unless it’s going offshore to its Chinese bankroller for Chinese content.

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