Showmax

... our conversation the last time we saw each other, 'cause it was that deep.

So for, for those that don't know, um, if you're wondering if I've interviewed Thandeka before, I have, on a show called Untied at the then Showmax.

Yeah.

I think you can still find it on DStv Stream.

Yeah.

I mean, Showmax is not-

Showmax is gone

... is, is gone.

I mean, um-

But also let's be honest, man, uh, Showmax didn't add-

Yeah

... let me say in terms of the quality of the product, Showmax didn't add any value.

Indeed.

Well, they've won me back with the, uh, football package, I have to be honest, because I've been scrambling about for an option to watch English, uh, soccer especially, um, over the past year or so ever since Showmax closed down their, uh, football offering.

And I do believe that this will be big enough news for a substantial chunk of South Africans to come back on board.

Having said that though, uh, and you raise a very important point about, uh, DStv sport and several other streaming services which are competing, and that's the next, uh, front of the battle, I guess.

You raised a very important point earlier in this conversation about that 399 rand still being a lot of money for many people.

How compelling is that threshold, do you think, for households who are already cutting back on their entertainment spending? Uh, it's surely a significant at that point if you look at the, at, at, at, at the middle chunk of the market.

There's n- uh, no question that 399 rand is not going to be seen as a bargain, especially when you had, uh, Showmax offering a similar kind of service, certainly when it came to, um, English, uh, uh, football at, uh, a fraction, uh, well, about a quarter of that price.

But if you add up that 399 rand a month, it's close to 5,000 rand, um, a year.