I have no plan to return, as it was a pretty horrible experience, albeit thankfully very short-lived. I'll continue to keep my thoughts and opinions to myself from now on.
You will recall that someone said... "he does not understand the Bango Platform nor the difference between Bango and Boku" and another said... "With a little research it looks like our savvy posters on here where right to be suspicious of savvy swede".
My original objective was simply to correct a statement from a poster that said... "Bango is the only DCB company with a contract to stream Amazon Prime Video".
I know that some people post incorrect negative information in an attempt to make people sell and the price to fall and some people post incorrect positive information in an attempt to make people buy and the price to rise. I did neither!
Hello Bruce,
I'm sorry if my appearance has created mystery. The intention of my question was simply an attempt to correct some inaccurate (in my opinion) information that had been posted about Bango's relationship with Amazon.
I realise that I have appeared from nowhere, however that will always be the case when someone new joins a forum. Your comment of "clearly not a tyro" (a newcomer, new member, new recruit) is simply preposterous! - I registered on the day that I made my post and I have never posted on this site in the past, even though I had thought about doing so on a few recent occasions. I have been an avid reader for a while and I find some of the material interesting and informative, that's all. Having said that, I probably know far more about this industry than the vast majority of people who contribute here.
I met some of Bango's staff (and staff from their competitors too!) at an event in Barcelona earlier this year, however Bango is definitely not for me at this moment in time, as I feel that there are simply too many unknowns and uncertainties. I guess for that reason I won't be welcomed here, so I will keep any further thoughts (and known errors) to myself.
Thank you.
Hello Pensioner167, I guess we will just have to agree to differ on this, as I certainly don't want to be labelled as a "Bam" or "Chimer" type of poster. Having said that, in an attempt to correct your response, Bango is NOT the the only company working with Amazon on the bundling of Prime services with Mobile Network Operators.
Fortumo, Docomo Digital and Syncronoss all provide these bundling services for Amazon and there are publicly available sites with this news, so it's not hearsay. For example...
https://fortumo.com/press/fortumo-connects-amazon-to-carrier-billing-enabling-bsnl-india-to-distribute-amazon-consumer-services/ and https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2019/05/08/1819419/0/en/Synchronoss-teams-up-with-Amazon-to-Provide-Global-Service-Integration-to-Mobile-Operators.html.
I suspect that Amazon is working with Boku too, given the bundling that Boku provides for Apple and Spotify, but Boku tend to keep these activities quiet; not sure why. If you want to understand a little more about bundling and Amazon's proposition, their Fuse website at https://www.amazonfuse.com/ is a useful resource.
I'll keep quiet from this point on, I was simply trying to understand more about the point you made in relation to Bango and Lionsgate and Eros, hence my question, but I think I've answered it myself. There IS no proven relationship and I very much doubt that one does exist.
Thank you Pensioner167. I already have a full and thorough understanding of bundling, (hard, soft, discounted, free, data funded, ad funded…) for both pre-paid (debit) and post-paid (credit) types of user, having worked in the industry for many years. My question was very specific and not related to bundling.
I was simply asking where you’d read that Bango has a deal with Lionsgate and is also involved in the Vodafone Qatar launch of Eros. Their reference to Lionsgate was in a long list of companies who the new Business Development Manager would need to win…
("This position is a customer facing role and presents a great opportunity for an ambitious and capable sales executive to win new business with YouTube, Disney, Warner Brothers, Netflix, Pandora, Tidal, Spotify, Hulu, Lionsgate and many others")
and I can find no reference to Bango in the Vodafone Qatar / Eros news release you posted a link to.
Hello Pensioner167. I've been following this company for the past few months and I'm intrigued by your reference to Lionsgate and SimonSaid's "amazing spot Pensioner" response. What makes you think that Bango has a deal with Lionsgate and that they are additionally at all involved in the Vodafone Qatar launch of Eros?
My understanding from their job posting is that Bango is simply suggesting that these companies are targets for the Business Development Manager role they're looking to recruit. The important words used are "to win new business with"...
("This position is a customer facing role and presents a great opportunity for an ambitious and capable sales executive to win new business with YouTube, Disney, Warner Brothers, Netflix, Pandora, Tidal, Spotify, Hulu, Lionsgate and many others").
Also, unless you've found something that I haven't, I don't understand your statement of "Simon, it is not just the big names but also lots of smaller streaming companies that are taking advantage of the Bango platform. For example Eros Now and Vodafone Qatar". Where did you read that?