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More trouble for Hitv.

Dstv is slowly working the competetion . LOL

I read someone complaining that his CNBC wasnt showing on hitv.

I cant verify that since i havent watched hitv for three and half months now.

I switched to DSTV compact

Had already posted that in another thread. Had two browser tabs open. Sorry

@ jeffoski , no  "Behind" girl would want to be seen as lying around waiting for an endorsement by Dbanj as the ideal woman.

What you are seeing is what you will get, and always get in any Koko Mansion(Thats if they decide to make it a continuous thing).

We all know what Dbanj's music is all about. Any decent, "ideal" girl, wouldnt want to be identified with that and be seen as Dbanj's bed mate for a year(even if thats not what it would entail) .

Going by the criticisms and public outcry by people before the show started, Dbanj and the organisers would have welcomed any thing(that includes "Behind" and decent girls), that would have rubbed off positively on the show so there cant be a question of them deliberately going for *Razziness*.

Even Toyin Subair the owner of Hitv is now being examined with suspicion by the Christian Fold(Of which he claims he belongs) because of this unfortunate adventure.

If anyone else but Dbanj wanted to organize a reality show to seek out an ideal woman with morals, it would have been accepted but not Dbanj.

Is Dbanj now an authority in Morals? Is he the one that can be a judge of Morals?

jeffoski:
Wat is this again why can't we do anything right.I heard loads of girls came out for the audition both in Nigeria and London they can't tell me those girls in the Mansion are the best.

This is simple logic,pick Behind girls(they don't really have to be pretty just a mixture of an Average)with nice swagger and few dumb onces just mix them up and make it a show with both Beauty,Brains and fun all the way.Not fill the whole show with scary looking girls now everyone will think we don't have beauitiful girls in Nigeria and is not so. we get dem plenty well well abi people i lie?

@ jeffoski , no "Behind" girl would want to be seen as lying around waiting for an endorsement by Dbanj as the ideal woman.

What you are seeing is what you will get, and always get in any Koko Mansion(Thats if they decide to make it a continuous thing).

We all know what Dbanj's music is all about. Any decent, "ideal" girl, wouldnt want to be identified with that and be seen as Dbanj's bed mate for a year(even if thats not what it would entail) .

Going by the criticisms and public outcry by people before the show started, Dbanj and the organisers would have welcomed any thing(that includes "Behind" and decent girls), that would have rubbed off positively on the show so their cant be a question of them deliberately going for *Razziness*.

Even Toyin Subair the owner of Hitv is now being examined with suspicion by the Christian Fold(Of which he claims he belongs) because of this unfortunate adventure.

If someone else came and said he wants to organize a reality show to seek out an ideal woman with morals, it would have been accepted but not Dbanj.

Is Dbanj now an authority in Morals? Is he the one that can be a judge of Morals?

[quote author=Okija_juju link=topic=290759.msg4131947#msg4131947 date=1246664199]Whats worng with her going to Miami beach in london?? I have been to the Eiffel Tower in Rome. Kini big deal.

[/quote]I wonder o, I have just been to Osapa London in Ajah, South of France .

It should be obvious. In terms of program, as you wrote, the others cant touch DSTV. If you want to watch only football, go for hitv. But if you just want to be adventourous and have some more money to gamble with, get Daarsat too.

Probably people like hitv and dstv have started pressurising. The MBC network is supposed to be Free to air but am not sure MCTV/Discom is licenced to air FTA publicly(its not the same as getting it in your home). So its either some jealous one has reported them to the authorities, or they ghave just lost signal

@Mercy2002

No need to call urfriend names or insult him. Take it easy

For those of you asking Hitv to add Fox movie channel and not Hallmark. I dont think you understand what obtains in Fox Movie channel. Hallmark is a lot better. Hallmark has new movies up untill 2008. Hallmark also has current series like House, NCIS, Numbers etc. Friday nights and saturday nights have more movies than weekdays. The reason i feel people dont like Hallmark is because they go the extra mile to get movies that the whole family can watch(safe movies). So you dont get to watch action movies on hallmark nor action dramas. They are really into dramas that the whole family can watch. But Fox movie channel is for old movies. Check the site : http://www.foxmoviechannel.com/schedule.php . There are better options than hallmark of course but if you are going to choose Fox movie Channel ahead of Hallmark, then you dont know whats up.

BTW, Foxmovies is not the same as Fox movie channel. The fox movies is where you get to see trailers and previews of Movies from Fox stable that are in Cinemas.

You should be asking for sky movies 1, 2 or 3.

Goodness me! Was there no written contract? I am guessing there was since we are hearing of the contract expiring in three days.

After the three days, he has a right to move on to other engagements and he also has a right to refuse any additional fees they promise him.

There ought to have been a contract review. Do you blame him? They producers probably promised him additional pay verbally and we know that can not hold up in any court in case they fail to pay.

The lady that called security operatives should be sued to court and also reported to the producers/directors guild or whatever they are called.

mohawkchic:
~Am In the UK,Not sure if Leverage is aired here tho!

~Yeah i know you meant Hustle & Not The Real Hustle 

~Have you seen The Real Hustle ?

Yeah , The real Hustle is on BBC Entertainment on DSTV. BTW, the people that get conned on the real hustle, do they get their stuff back?

And it seems those three people(two guys and a lady) , were professional con artists before? Whats their story?

Anyways, I watch Leverage on Dstv and I dont miss it. I think Hustle has some more serious and believable plots and scams. Some plots and Grifting in Leverage are just not tenable.

@mreds

Very well thought-out.

I cant imagine breaking a sweat if teams like bolton or newcastle or stoke city are playing.

Come to think of it, after Arsenal, manu, chelsea and liverpool have played, its ususally the end of match day for me.

The more I think of this 6k, the more i want to kick my hitv decoder further back under a bed

@urfriend

Na here you come hide? lol

Your people dey ask you questions for hitv thread o

Hnmmmm. The show hasnt started yet? lol

@Ilugunboy, ayusman, donaremu,

Where have you guys been all this while?

You remember a number of pages back when I and some other people had a problem of not receiving hilife and hikids?

Well, you all saw how it went down and the issue was not resolved.

That was when I and a couple of other guys(*switched* included) decided we had had enough.

I got a DSTV card and immediately hated hitv the more for using Football as a bait to keep us in bondage.

I am happy to say that i *kicked* that habit which is alomost like substance abuse( I mean, why would a person watch a particular sport from miday till midnight on a weekend? Pls there is more to life than that).

After I got the dstv card and paid for the compact package(N4,300), I was amazed at options.

Toyin Subair must be dillusional to think that he has gotten to half the spot DSTV is at, content wise.

For the sake of clarity, let me state the channels in the compact here again in comparison with the hitv.

For N4,300 you get the DSTV compact that has:

News:

CNN, BBC, Euronews,CNBC, Aljazeera

Sports

ESPN(there is major league soccer and some south american football here), ESPN Classic, SS10(watch some italian league live matches here. Also watched ireland vs bulgaria world cup quailier live here), SS6, SS SELECT.

Documentary

Zone Reality(Discovery world that hitv has, cant hold a candle light to Zone reality. They are miles apart), National Geographic(some serious documentaries), NatGeo Wild(Documentaries on wildlife).

Religeous

TBN, Inspiration Tv, Rhema Network(only sunday mornings), Islamic world, IQRAa(moslem).

Music

Channel O, MTVbase, Trace, Soundcity, One Gospel(Gospel music only).

Kiddies

Only Cartoon Network. This is where they need to add more options for kiddies in the compact pacakge.


Entertainment( movies, General Entertainment, lifestyle)

MNET Series ( Name the series! Its here. From the latest seasons of Lost, Desperate housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Prison break, ER, House to older ones like Supernatural to classics like sanford and son , touched by an angel, A Team and different strokes etc. Not to forget the specials like american idols, lets dance and probably Naija sings that they are organising now.

Mnet Action( New movies found here plus new seasons of action series like 24. Season 7 of 24 is currently showing here. )

Hallmark(Happy to see very new movies here not the pre-millenium movies they show on himix)

BBC Entertainment( This channel seems to be relatively new but they are already filling up with interesting series of their own and entertaining comedies from the british perspective).

BET( Black Entertainment Tv)

Sony Entertainment Tv( Am sure the hitv subscribers know about this one so, )

Go( Entertainment mostly targeted at Teens and young adults)

E!

TSN( The style network)

FTV(Fashion Tv)

Africa Magic( New Nollywood movies not the old crappy ones they show on hitv)

Africa Magic+( Other african movies)

Magic World

Specialties

TV5 ( French. I watch french league live matches here).

Rai(Italian. I watch Italian league live matches here).

RTP( Portuguese. They show some portuguese league matches sometimes.

Local Channels

Channels, AIT, NTA2plus, Silverbird TV, MITV

So tell me people. What in the world made HITV think they have arrived. They dont have half of what DSTV has in this compact package with only 300 naira diference.
Or maybe they feel KOKO Mansion is the koko to make us watch   .

I am continueing to wean myself of football. By the next football season, I would be ready to go watch any "important" match at a sports bar. Would be a lot more interesting than being holed up all day indoors on a weekend.

Flawless' final performance was better and more energetic than Diversity's abeg.

alright George,

When I get my own house(Still a tenant in Lag, ) , I would have enough space to install the large dishes to get those other networks you mentioned. Am sure you cant get them with the small 90 cm dishes.

Are Foxmovies , Fox series free to air?

OYIBN:
@George D


It is ok if you are happy watching everything free of charge. However don't malign those who prefer to follow the straight path and decide out of their own free will and conscience to pay subscibtions. They are not fools but have their own reasons for doing so.

Abi? In reference to Enitan's harsh words to those who chose to pay for subscription, some people just dont have the time, space nor temperament for the processes involved in getting FTA(quality channels).

We all agree that you can get up to 500 channels but how many of them are really top-notch? Yes I know of the MBC Network but some people will rather prefer to just pay for subscription to DSTV and view everything they want rather than go through the process and sometimes, also the stress.

For some, the money for subscriptions is not an issue and they dont see paying the networks like DSTV for subscriptions as a rip-off.

I have a family member who pays for DSTV premium bouquet(his wife and children must have DSTV), hitv(he has to watch all the football), Mytv, cause he was curious to see what they have(he doesnt have daarsat cause he just doesnt know why he hates it).

Someone has told him about FTA before but he just doesnt see the point in watching FTA when he has all the things he wants on these three networks he is paying for.

Like OYIBN said, some people just want to pay for their stuff and no one should begrudge them or call them fools for that.

@George_D

I think you got it mixed up.

Read my post to OYIBN and OYIBN's and you will be in the know.

@luckiest

You call 25 million common abi?

The issue is that if this is a money making venture, then they should not come across as doing some girls a favour when in fact, they are using the girls' own money to finance the whole thing.

I really don't know what to say to you cause reading some of your posts below, I wonder at your reasoning in some things.


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"one day one of these girl will make 5 million and set up good business for herself and family; i rather be so gullible and make 5 million than be too proud and make nothing"

"hate him for all I care he will surely continue to make lots of money, because the girl love him" (what the hell are you talking about here?)


"there is nothing wrong if the guy sleeps with the girl provided she wasn't not raped; if the lady want it and the guy also want it, then why should we stop them, sex is suppose to be mutual, while rape is the other way round" (So are you gearing up to see him sleeping with any of the girls?)

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Dude, get your reasoning and communication straight

And to think that these girls are to pay N5000 for a form?

Calculate 5000 x 5000. Thats already about 25million naira. Who is fooling who?

So what is the wonderful think that Dbanj and Toyin Subair want to do when they are just going to make the payoffs from the money they make off of the gullible girls?

And is Dbanj the person to judge girls on Morals and good manners?

What is going on?

Am sure if Hitv had better content and channels , they wouldnt have time nor space for this. As it were, they just need to fill up program time-slots.

@OYIBN

Am surprised at all the options.

Has the MNET series always had all these popular Series being shown now?

I am now looking for where to watch previous seasons of lost, desperate housewives , greys anatomy, prison break, etc to watch so that i can follow it on DSTV.

The latest seasons for each of them are the ones showing now on DSTV and am a bit lost.

I never saw the big deal in those series with all their popularity but watching a few episodes now, i have become interested in em.

dodos:
@ urfriend

NB: Please try and also convince all and sundry why we should not suspend our subscriptions till August, 2009.

Please you guys should not suspend subscriptions o.

We need some people to keep oiling the machine till whenever we come back from our sabaticals(When there is a top-notch football match).

OYIBN:
@George D

DSTV are smiling to the bank not because of people like luckiest and me but because of what they are offering - excellent technical expertise and good programme content. If DSTV had to compete with Sky and not HITV and DaarSat, Dstv would not be smiling but crying. The truth is that Hitv, DaarSAT and others are no match for DSTV.

As for watching channels free of charge, there are many ways of looking at it. As a practising Christian, my faith and my belief does not afford me the luxury of watching free what I know I have to pay for. The difference between man and animals is that we have what is called "free will" and I am exercising mine. With God's blessing on my life which is not by my power but by God's Grace,  it would be suicidal for me not to pay my subsciptions.

@OYIBN

I understand where you are coming from but i also think that the "free" that George D was talking about, is not an illegal one.

I dont think he is talking about tapping or cracking DSTV, Hitv or Daarsat signals.

The MBC Network (somewhere in UAE i think), have their business model based on the 'Free to air' model.

You can watch just about anything on this network. Very recent movies, series, sitcoms and sports.

The only thing is that you will get to see adverts like every twenty minutes of a movie. I know this cause i used to watch MBC2 with my california anteana back in the days.

Now if you have the time and the space in you compound(You need a large dish so this is suitable for house owners), you can install your dish and tune to their frequency and you wouldnt be doing anything illegal.

I believe when its illegal is when you receive their signals and broadcast it publicly or as a business venture.

But i have not heard of a Law that prohibits anyone mounting a dish in his house and recieving whatever signal for his home or personal use(I stand corrected though).

And you are definitely right about the DSTV bit.

DSTV is simply miles ahead of the others. Daarsat is just a joke. Hitv is trying and thats why am not going to do away with their equipment.

Maybe when the next football season starts, i will see something interesting to watch. The other good things they have, Dstv have added to their compact bouquet like BET, SET and E! so absolutely nothing to miss on HITV now.

@tayo -ast and Mercy2002,

It seems you guys are new subscribers to hitv.

Those issues you guys are pointing out are issues we have complained, threatend , warned and cursed about since the beginning of this thread.

My frustration came to a head when my hi-life and hikids disappeared for over two months without explanantion and i was made to believe that the fault was from my end.
Imagine complaining that they dont have enough content and channels just for two of their flagship channels to disappear without any clear reason or time-frame for the resolution of the problem.
I used to be a strong supporter and believer in Hitv but just because they got the premiership rights doesnt mean they should take me, a subscriber for granted. After all, am not a slave to football.

Thats why I went to get a DSTV subscription. At least till the middle of next English football season, i will be watching DSTV.

The difference is like Night and Day. Ok, I should say that the difference is just 300 naira difference between the compact package and Hitv .

For 4, 300 naira here is what you get in Entertainment:

Mnet Action: Action packed movies(If you dont like a lot of blood and bullets and too much rawness, stay out).

Hallmark: New drama series and action series, movies(both old and new). Was surprised to see that Hallmark has post-millenium movies even up to 2008 movies.

Mnet Series: You name the series. From old to new. From old classics like Touched by an angel to the latest ones like Prison break, lost, Desperate housewives, GREYS Anatomy, House, and so much more that i cant remember.Not forgeting specials like American idol and so on.

BBC Entertainment: Nice Movies and drama series and other entertainment programes

BET: Black Entertainment Tv. Hitv has been advertising this.

SET: Yes Sony Entertainmen Tv was added just last week.

GO: Not 24 hours but great series and comedies plus teen entertainment.

African Magic: Mostly Nollywood

African Magic plus: mostly from other african countries

Lifestyle/Entertainment:

The Style Network: Women love this channel.

Fashion TV: Not 24 hours

Magic World

E!

Music

Channel O

MTV Base

Trace

Sound City

One Gospel: Gospel music (My favorite)

Documentary/Reality

Zone Reality (My favourite)

National Geographic

National Geographic Wild( LiKE Animal Planet)

News

BBC

CNN

Aljazeera

Euro News

CNBC

Sports

ESPN: I watch Major league soccer and other matches from southern america that am not really interested in.

Supersport sel:

Supersport 10

supersport 6:

ESPN classic.
I know that some italian league matches are shown in one of the supersport channels. and there is alot more going on in sports than just football.

Specialised

TV5 Monde: French. I watch some French league matches here.

Rai: Italian: I watch italian league matches here

RTP: Portuguese: Watch some portugese league matches here.

Then you have NTAplus silverbird, Channels, Ait , mitv so you dont get to be changing cables.

Let no one come to tell me am not patriotic. I am stating things as they are

OYIBN:
@olanie

From your submissions, I don't think Daar Sat is worth investing in. Dstv is still the leader followed by HiTv. I don't think Daar Sat did their homework well before entering the cable business. The only contribution Daar Sat and HiTv has made so far is to wake DSTV up from their slumber and exploitation. Now I am getting good value for my money at DSTV. Competition is healthy as the consumer benefits.

@ OYIBN

DSTV has woken up to the competition. I cant believe the options available on the compact package.

I thought to experiment with a dstv card since the football season would soon be over at hitv.

I am very impressed. They even added SET(One of hitv's 'top of the pack' ) to the compact.

The only thing i dont get to see there is the premiership cause there is portugese league on RTP, Italian league on Rai, some times french league on TV5, Major league soccer on ESPN(plus some other football).

I am getting used to it and will start watching Premiership next season at viewing centers.

You just cant compare the quality and content. There are at least up to four channels that were not listed as part of their compact package which are presently available.

Plus the BET that Hitv advertised for over a month now.

@const6

Will call you.

@ switched

You are right. They ought to tone down on the blood letting in Mnet Action. There are some Series there as well. So for safe movies, you should stick to Hallmark and when ever you are feeling dangerous, you can stay on Action. 

Yes am self-employed so na me dey pay my own salary, lol.
Congrats on the coming wedding o. No be small thing o.

I saw an advert on one of the channels two days ago saying that Sony Entertainment would be added to the compact bouquet.

Guess what? I switched on the decoder on getting back this evening and SET was there as advertised. I didnt need a series of decoder scanning, upgrading, and back and forth arguement with anyone on who is at fault as to why am not seeing any channel.

This means i wont be missing the Leverage and Amazing Race anymore. Aint that great?

Talk about saying something and doing it . It doesnt have to take a decade to get past an issue or to add a channel that you claim to have.

ElRazur:
' Glad you see a few of my points.

I will have to disagree that your average westerner knows not to believe everything seen in a "Fictional movie". The emphasis here is the fictional movies. If it was presented as a factual movie now or based on true event - i.e the whole story - then you may have a point I would say.

I quite agree with u .

switched:
@soloqy
Pls get your subscription up and running soon. I need to compare experience with you. I didn't realize BET and E! were on the compact bouquet until this morning. In all I get 43 channels but I'm gonna scan for more today - the oliver twist thingy.

I reckon you plan on using your Strong decoder. That's what I'm using, I have no complaints.

Also, I have called DSTV customer care 3 times and I have spoken to very courteous and professional agents 3 times. I pray our HITV gets there one day.

Hi switched, we found out that the card was married to that particular decoder thats why i was getting scrambled message on my strong decoder. However, const6 has given me the decoder so i will use it for the duration of the subscription and decide if i will continue using it or we find another solution(I and const6)

That means the decoder wouldnt work with your card either.

I started viewing the channels this evening and am beginning to be afraid cause my work may suffer. I am a watch-watch person and the content on offer is far more interesting than what our friends are offereing.

You are right on their website, E and BET are not listed in compact package but they are part of it.

Also, there is enough on documentaries with zone reality, National Geographic and Natgeo wild.

Am enjoying it but i have got to watch myself cause one has to work o.  .

The program is ok

@const6

There you go tempting me again. I was thinking of getting that strong dual-sim. In what condition is that decoder you are talking about? I just dont like the idea of gadgets scattering about everywhere. Thats why the strong dual-sim was an attraction.

Anyways, just paid for the 4, 300(compact) subscription 2day but its still showing scrambled channel and switches to invalid smart-card.Even with Hitv, it sometimes says "invalid smart card" too Maybe its the decoder cause the cashier said once i paid, it was activated.