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The hashtag #BringBackChannel198 started trending on Monday on social media after MultiChoice took away the unencoded Big Brother pop-up channel from DStv Family and DStv Access subscribers who were given access to the channel since the 5th season of the localised Banijay format reality show started on 23 January.
Big Brother Mzansi as a pop-up channel with daily and weekly highlights on the Mzansi Magic (DStv 161) channel and is now only available to DStv Premium, DStv Compact Plus and DStv Compact subscribers.
"From the onset, we communicated that Big Brother Mzansi would be available exclusively on DStv Compact, DStv Compact Plus and DStv Premium," MultiChoice told Channel24 in response to a media query.
In line with accepted business practice, and as we have done for select content in the past, we opened up channel 198 to all our customers in Southern Africa to allow for sampling of the content for a limited period.
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Many DStv subscribers didn't get that message and are upset that they've now been blocked from continuing to watch the Big Brother Mzansi content they've had access to.
Here's some possible outcomes:
- MultiChoice will host another open window close to the end of the season.
- MultiChoice will offer an open time similar to M-Net's 6pm timeslot.
- MultiChoice rebroadcasts the pop-up channel immediately after the first season ends perhaps blocking Compact to Premium customers.
- MultiChoice relaunches a dedicated channel for Big Brother (also known as MagicWorld) I mean there's still an BBN and if possible Housemates Liberia (formerly Big Brother Liberia).
- MultiChoice does nothing and face the crowd head on.
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