{"id":310940,"date":"2019-04-12T15:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T13:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=310940"},"modified":"2019-04-12T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T12:46:46","slug":"multichoice-says-more-than-2-million-people-are-pirating-shows-available-on-dstv-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/310940\/multichoice-says-more-than-2-million-people-are-pirating-shows-available-on-dstv-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Multichoice says more than 2 million people are pirating shows available on DStv in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Icasa published<\/a> <\/strong>its draft findings in respect of the Inquiry into Subscription Television Broadcasting Services on 12 April 2019.<\/p>\n

The 184-page document is full of commentary from South Africa’s biggest media players, with some of the most interesting information coming from Multichoice.<\/p>\n

Multichoice said that it has not only seen increased competition from the emergence of legitimate providers – such as Netflix – but also from piracy.<\/p>\n

“The piracy of electronic audio-visual content is on the rise and posing a huge threat to traditional Pay TV services,” it said.<\/p>\n

“For example, MultiChoice estimates that more than two million people view pirated versions of the series and movies available on DStv in South Africa.<\/p>\n

“Piracy in sports is also pervasive. The reality is that piracy is a further competitive constraint on Pay TV services in South Africa.”<\/p>\n

However, Icasa said that it wasn’t sure how much piracy actually constrained subscription broadcasting as claimed by Multichoice.<\/p>\n

“The authority considered the advent of piracy and whether it constrains subscription broadcasting as claimed by Multichoice,” it said.<\/p>\n

“It came to the conclusion that since there are various efforts to stem the tide of piracy not only in South Africa but globally, it does not offer a strong competitive constraint on subscription television.”<\/p>\n

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Read: Netflix price hike nears but analyst says users are staying put<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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