DSTV BoxOffice is very new, so there might be things planned that they will change, but maybe someone from DSTV might read this and maybe they could use some of these suggestions. Check out how I think that it will affect the South African Economy here.
1. DSTV BoxOffice is expensive. You firstly have to pay for a DSTV premium subscription. You have to buy and have the PVR installed. Then once all that happens, you have to pay R25 per movie. Now my DVD store, charges me R18 per DVD on contract and every fifth movie is free. So that works out to R14,40 per movie. That means DSTV is more than R10 more per movie.
2. DSTV gives no choice. Every time you go to the DVD store do you just get the latest movies? No? I want a menu that allows me to choose from older movies that I can request. This, depending on the age of the movie, could be R5 or R10 and allow you to watch it for a week rather than 48 hours.
3. TV Series are not being released on BoxOffice. If there is a new TV Series in the USA that I want to watch now, give me the option. It might be really expensive, but that is a choice that I can make.
4. When you want to watch a movie then this is the process from the BoxOffice Website.
Select your favourite movie.
Accept the terms and conditions.
Choose your payment option.
SMS the Rental code.
Sounds simple? Well it takes time. So this is my suggestion. Register a main cellphone with DSTV BoxOffice. If you select a movie, then DSTV will sms the main cellphone and ask if you approve or deny. There might be a need for this complicated steps for people who have children, but don’t make that our problem.
What do you think? Do you have any other suggestions?
