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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. Last edited by HB13DISH; 31-08-2008 at 04:25 PM | ||
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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. | |||
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