Yes Israel Package Basic Subscription Cost

HB13DISH

I took another look at the Yes Israel Package Basic Subscription cost and I really can't help saying that it is unbelievable that such a high cost can carry on without anybody, especially our respected members of Parliament (Knesset) would lift a finger to help those poor old age pensioners who need to pay 193.33 NIS ($55) a month for channels that are overpriced, not very interesting and which quite a few can be watched anyway using an FTA receiver and a single dish pointing to Amos 4W, Nilesat 7W and Hot Bird 13E.

At these hard times when their pension goes mostly on the ever increasing food prices and on medical care (medicine mostly) and their only entertainment is watching TV, minimizing the basic subscription cost should be a national project in order to help them out and also the ever increasing low income families.
To top it all, there is no discount for OAP whatsoever.

Here is a list of all the channels in the basic subscription. I have grouped them according to the FTA capabilities or any relevant comments about their added values.

The Shopping Channel
This is an advertising channel and it should be either free or deleted from the package.

Channel 2
IBA Channel 1
IBA Channel 33
Israel 10
Knesset Channel
Middle East TV
These channels are FTA on Amos 4W

Al Jazeera English
ARTE Français
BBC World
CCTV 9
Fashion TV
France 24 English
These channels are FTA on Hot Bird 13E

BBC Prime Europe
Well, this is probably the best thing that they have in the basic package, but they downgrade the quality of video and audio and strip the transmitted teletext.
Can be watched using a DTH subscription at much lower cost.

Education 23
Israel Plus
Mikan
Yes Docu
Yes News mosaic
Yes Sport mosaic
These are part of the Yes package and should be free of charge or split them in various relevant options.

Cartoon Network Middle East
CNN International Europe
Daystar TV
ESPN Israel
Eurosport
Hallmark Channel Israel
Hop!
Jetix Israel
Kids Channel
MGM Movies
MTV Europe
Music 24
National Geographic Channel Israel
Nickelodeon
Sky News International
Sport 5
TCM Middle East
VH1 Europe A
Viva
Yes Stars 3
These channels can be included in various dedicated options like
News
Sport
Music
Cinema
Children
Education
etc., as shown below

Children
Cartoon Network Middle East
Hop!
Jetix Israel
Kids Channel
Nickelodeon

News
CNN International Europe
Sky News International

Sport
ESPN Israel
Eurosport
Sport 5

Cinema
Hallmark Channel Israel
MGM Movies
TCM Middle East

Music
MTV Europe
Music 24
VH1 Europe A

Education
National Geographic Channel Israel

Series
Viva
Daystar TV
Yes Stars 3

and then add few NIS to each option as a result of the addition so that a subscriber who is a news addict can choose only the news option and pay a little bit more for those channels that are now in the basic.

There are many subscribers who don't have children, not interested in sport or news in foreign languages, so why should they pay for something that they don't need?

My suggestion is to abolish the basic package completely, give the subscribers the flexibility to build his subscription according to few major options, just like the German Premiere Package.
This way he would pay only for what he needs and get a good value for his money.

I believe that if Yes can adapt this method, they can attract a lot of new subscribers who are reluctant to subscribe because of the outrageous basic cost.
And for all those who are already a subscriber, I urge you to think again about what you are getting and if it is worth it and to start complaining if you think that you are not getting good value for your money.

Edit: In addition, as a result of the NIS getting stronger than the $US, the cost in $US has gone up from $47 only few months ago to $55 without giving the subscribers any discount as a result, although they pay the producers of films and series less money in NIS than before, so their profit has also gone up appreciably.

purplehorse

hi HB13DISH,

It would be much more effective if
you publish the post in Israeli forums.

Thanks

HB13DISH

Hi purplehorse,
You are absolutely right, but there aren't any Israeli f o r u m s that I would like to join.
And please don't give a list, as it is against the rules to discuss other
f o r u m s.

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torusJKL

I find it always very interesting how much the average person here in Israel is willing to spend for TV, Internet and Mobilephones.

I know some families who pay unbelievable prices for having more then one receiver at home.
No one even thinks about getting another receiver then the ones from YES or HOT. For most it is just the way the cookie crumbles.

I guess as long people are happy the Knesset guys will talk about other stuff.

Thanks for the list of the channels.

HB13DISH

Hello torusJKL and welcome to the forum.

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Abolish the Yes Israel Package Basic Subscription and give subscribers true flexibility.
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