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DSTV Sports Alternatives?

@StangV2_0

Remember mobile is cellphones / tablets only. Any TV app (Apple TV Android TV or Smart TV OS app) takes up the one stream regardless of all the mobile streams you can add or have.

One combo I haven't tested is TV app and laptop browser stream? (don't think it will work)
 
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Just checked. They allow three streams off one account. What would qualify as mobile device though, I am not sure. If laptop, then cool, connect it to your TV.


I think you pay extra for those mobile streams.

@StangV2_0

Remember mobile is cellphones / tablets only. Any TV app (Apple TV Android TV or Smart TV OS app) takes up the one stream regardless of all the mobile streams you can add or have.

One combo I haven't tested is TV app and laptop browser stream? (don't think it will work)

Devices connected to an account and streaming at the same time are not the samer thing. They are misleading you, because you can only stream on one of those devices at the same time.

What does work though is opening Edge/Chrome in a Private window & then signing in. Open another tab, sign in again. Both windows will stream, you can watch F1 & MotoGP at the same time. Note: I use a streaming PC when watching sport, not my decoder.
 
I wish DSTV could look at a PPV for sport, rugby, F1, etc. I am pretty sure they would nail it.

Who wouldn't be prepared to pay R100 to watch the Rugby on Saturday via a limited time stream?

You have access from 1 hour prior to kick off to after the post-match interviews.
 
I wish DSTV could look at a PPV for sport, rugby, F1, etc. I am pretty sure they would nail it.

Who wouldn't be prepared to pay R100 to watch the Rugby on Saturday via a limited time stream?

You have access from 1 hour prior to kick off to after the post-match interviews.

Big boxing matches and UFC fights start at $80, i doubt DSTV could afford to lose more subscribers and make it up with R100 an event.
 
Big boxing matches and UFC fights start at $80, i doubt DSTV could afford to lose more subscribers and make it up with R100 an event.

Well, it's this line of thinking that has lead to DSTV bleeding subscribers.

Their only solution so far to keep making money has been to raise the premium. And you pay over R800 for premium, and then still have to watch an advert, or 2, when you select a movie to watch?

They need to start thinking out the box.

R100 was just an example. But they clearly need to come up with some new ideas and strategies.
 
I phoned them yesterday to complain that the wife cant record the few shows she watches. You must pay extra for PVR, then the R929 for the premium, and then R120 extra to be able to record the few shows that is viewable. Naturally i told them to go fuck themselves.

Downgraded to the smallest package with food channel
 
What if you use BlueStacks to run virtual Andriod on your pc.
Would that be a mobile subscription?
DSTV App won't work with BlueStacks because of the DRM. You cannot even use your phone plugged in to a TV via USB-C to HDMI either.
 
DSTV App won't work with BlueStacks because of the DRM. You cannot even use your phone plugged in to a TV via USB-C to HDMI either.
USB-C to HDMI on an iPad does work with Showmax though. It’s the cheapest way to watch Premier League legally on a big screen (R69 per month)
 

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