nairalanda1:


HITV messed up HiTV.

Basically, they made a mistake by focusing on football..particularly EPL and Champions league. That was the genesis of their problem, because apart from that, they had a limited channel offering. Their sports offerings were limpid. Their entertainemnt offering was also weak, not enough children's channels, not enough edutaiment....result, not enough subscribers , not enough money, they collapsed.

The full tale is here..archived

onadana:
I said it,even the last hike,they ignored court order.They know Nigeria is a kangaroo state where any thing goes.I started using Dstv when I was paying N1,500 for full bouquet, that's how premium increased to N35,000,I kept paying until God delivered me from the Zoo called Nigeria.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is not a serious country.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is not a serious country.

ppogba:


Their major mistake was not focussing solely on EPL. It was mainly due to their inability to secure the syndicated loan required for the EPL right renewal.
Starting majorly with EPL was not a bad idea in Marketing 101. As a start off, there was no guarantee that they too will not work on their entertainment content.

swiz123:
They are a foreign company and they have to repatriate their funds. Their prices are reviewed with FX rate in mind because FX is what they remit to their headquarters. They also pay for TV rights in FX too.

I am sure you guys are seeing how almost every company is posting huge loses because of our useless currency. How can multichoice afford to pay millions of dollars to EPL and UCL if they are collecting worthless naira.
Do thely pay fx international nininum wage to their workers(

A stable economy births steady prices. If naira was stable, then the government should hold no reservation in dealing with them. For now, the government has no moral justification to tell them what to do.

The business is also open to anyone who can afford TV right money. The person can invest, charge Nigerians lower and chase multichoice out. As a matter of fact, anyone who can offer pay as you watch has already chased multichoice out of our country.

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is not a serious country.

nairalanda1:


Yes, in a way I could see it making some sense...but the problem is, EPL and UCL airs for a few hours a week, the bulk on Saturday and sunday. It was in filling the other hours where there was no football that HITV really did not step up. No adequate kids, women and religious content. No adequate content in other sports self.

DSTV promptly stepped up their game there. Naturally, they got more customers.

duduade:
Imagine

Insult of the highest order

ppogba:


Nigerians were aware of this before they opted for HiTV. If the syndicated loan spear headed by GT Bank had called through, they would have been okay.

Perhaps and certainly, they would have scaled up their other contents.

Remember I mentioned MKT 101.

Nevertheless, within a year, HiTV quickly racked up about 240,000 subscribers to DStv’s 200,000. Most of them were football loving subscribers who could not let go of their darling premiership. By 2009 subscription cost went up to N4,000. Despite this impressive number, it still fell short of paying back the premiership rights let alone servicing the existing loans. The company would have to achieve at least, 500,000 subscribers if it was to be profitable and boast of a comfortable cash rich balance sheet

It was a tall order; just as balancing the books was a major challenge earlier on for HiTV, so were other teething issues. The company had major service delivery issues. Complaints flooded their customer service centers from all parts of the country. For example, after paying for subscriptions, it took the company days to activate viewing; customers became accustomed to going for days without service after making payments – there were more scrambled channels than content; customer service could not face up to the deluge of complaints they were getting and soon incurred the wrath of subscribers.

The quality of viewing soon dropped and service disruptions became a norm.

A thread titled “HiTV or Hi Rubbish” was soon on Nairaland, Nigeria’s most popular online forum. The opening thread encapsulated the major complaints being experienced by Nigerians

swiz123:
They are a foreign company and they have to repatriate their funds. Their prices are reviewed with FX rate in mind because FX is what they remit to their headquarters. They also pay for TV rights in FX too.

I am sure you guys are seeing how almost every company is posting huge loses because of our useless currency. How can multichoice afford to pay millions of dollars to EPL and UCL if they are collecting worthless naira.

A stable economy births steady prices. If naira was stable, then the government should hold no reservation in dealing with them. For now, the government has no moral justification to tell them what to do.

The business is also open to anyone who can afford TV right money. The person can invest, charge Nigerians lower and chase multichoice out. As a matter of fact, anyone who can offer pay as you watch has already chased multichoice out of our country.

nairalanda1:


HITV messed up HiTV.

Basically, they made a mistake by focusing on football..particularly EPL and Champions league. That was the genesis of their problem, because apart from that, they had a limited channel offering. Their sports offerings were limpid. Their entertainemnt offering was also weak, not enough children's channels, not enough edutaiment....result, not enough subscribers , not enough money, they collapsed.

The full tale is here..archived

YeyeGbami:
Buy android box, hook it up to your tv. Even old plasma
Subscribe real debrid. to get premium links
get good unlimited internet connection. preferably fiber
stream away your sorry.

If you have one or two fav show on dstv, subscribe showmax na 2900/mo. Showmax also get football package.


You see these leaders, na 365 days premium multichoice dey give them to keep quiet.


Fake android box plenty for market, shine ya eye. Mecool is a great brand

Xscape1993:
Nigeria is not a serious country.

oz4real83:
When you turn yourself to rag, people will use u to clean rubbish . What do you expect when people that will implement any sanctions against them will secretly go and collect their 'share" from them and won't be able to fully and justly carry out any punishment again, just like how the MTN fine was muddled up

Gerrard59:
But it is true na. A court has no right to dictate how much a private company should price its products. A non-essential service for that matter.

Kudos to Multichoice. It is capitalism.