ComedyTV Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions are effective as of 01 June 2025.
The following Terms and Conditions contain assumptions of risk and/or liability by you and limit and exclude liabilities, obligations and legal responsibilities which YellowDot Mobile SA (Proprietary) Limited ("YellowDot") referred to as the ("Promoters") will have towards you and other persons. These Terms and Conditions also limit and exclude your rights and remedies against the Promoters and place various risks, liabilities, obligations and legal responsibilities on you. These Terms and Conditions may result in you being responsible for paying additional costs and amounts and the Promoters may also have claims and other rights against you.
To the extent that the Terms and Conditions or any goods or services provided under the Terms and Conditions are governed by the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (the "Consumer Protection Act"), no provision of the Terms and Conditions are intended to contravene the applicable provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, and therefore all provisions of the Terms and Conditions must be treated as being qualified, to the extent necessary, to ensure that the applicable provisions of the Consumer Protection Act are complied with. Contravention of the CPA will invalidate the specific provision only and not the balance of the terms of the agreement.
Please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. Participation in this offer will constitute your agreement to comply with these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with these Terms and Conditions, please do not participate in this offer. It is specifically understood that Participation in the offer is qualified by your acceptance of the Terms and Conditions by way of click through thereof on your device.
SECTION 49 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT NO 68 OF 2008 NOTICE, THE FOLLOWING TERMS ARE IMPORTANT TO NOTE CLAUSES 2, 3, 4 AND 5
Introduction
1.1 ComedyTV is a portal of entertaining comedy TV shows and videos for users to consume and enjoy. The service is available exclusively to MTN subscribers who constitute natural persons and have been vetted as such by way of the RICA process ("the Users"). The Service is based on a daily subscription fee of 5.00 ZAR (incl. VAT).
Duration
2.1 The Service is available from 01 June 2025 until such a time that the Promoters in their sole and absolute discretion elect to discontinue the Service.
Who is Eligible?
3.1 The Service is available to all MTN subscribers who are natural persons with a valid MTN mobile number ("the Users"). Notwithstanding the aforesaid, it is agreed that only the Users who are using SIM cards to participate in the Service that have been RICA registered are eligible to win the Prizes. Each owner of a SIM card(s) is responsible to comply with South African law by RICA registering their SIM cards. In this regard, only one SIM card is allowed to be used in respect of the Service per User. Should it be established that multiple SIM cards are being used, the User is automatically excluded from the eligibility of any Prizes and may be reported to the relevant authorities should such usage result in any unlawful conduct.
The Competition is only open to natural persons in possession of a SIM card that has been RICA registered to his or her name. All queries in respect of the Services are required to be affected by the RICA registered person and no third parties may enter the Services or make any query on behalf of another User.
Subscription Methods
4.1 Users must subscribe to the Service by accessing the subscription page http://doi.dep.mtn.co.za/service/8520 where the users will go through the double opt in steps (confirmation) and upon successful subscription the user will receive a successful subscription notification message along with the link to the portal; or
Winner Determination and Service Promotion
4.2 After subscribing to the Service, the Users can consume the content as many times as they like.
Service Cancellation/Unsubscribing
4.3 Users can unsubscribe any time via USSD by dialing *155# and following the prompts.
4.4 Users will receive an SMS confirming their cancellation of the service. It is the User's obligation to ensure that they receive the SMS confirming their cancellation as the Service may continue should such confirmation not be received, and the Promoters will not be liable for any loss incurred by the User in such instances.
4.5 Should a user unsubscribe from the service BEFORE the End date of each competition period, then he/she is NOT eligible to win the prize.
General
The Promoters are not responsible for a service being interrupted and/or failing for any reason or for any interruption in the network services or handset compatibility.
5.1 Charges will be applied to your mobile operator bill or be deducted from your prepaid or postpaid account (as the case may be) balance until you cancel the service. You must verify that your mobile handset has messaging and mobile internet capability and is compatible with the HTML content. However, the user can access the Service on a computer with a compatible browser and internet connectivity.
5.2 The Service begins immediately after the User signs up for the subscription to the Service and will continue until the User requests to stop the Service and has received confirmation to that effect. As long as the service is not cancelled the User will be charged for it. The service is without obligation and can be stopped at any time.
5.3 The Promoters, their respective directors, affiliates, members, partners, employees, agents, consultants, suppliers, contractors, subsidiaries and sponsors assume no liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss or damage, including but not limited to physical harm or death, financial or pecuniary loss howsoever arising from or as a result of a person's participation in the Service and/or the terms and conditions of this Competition. The Promoters do not make any monetary or earnings claims in respect of the Services and do not guarantee any form of statements of earnings from the Services notwithstanding any form of advertising attached thereto. All participation in the Service shall be at the User's sole risk. Accordingly, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Promoters shall not be liable for any loss of revenue, savings, profit, income or any form of financial exposure due to the participation in the Services nor for any direct, indirect, special damages whether arising out of breach of contract, delict, product or service liability or otherwise regardless of how such loss arose or if it was foreseeable or not. Furthermore, you will be solely responsible for all products and services used by you. Accordingly, the Promoters takes no responsibility for any loss or damage, or any MTN airtime associated with the SIM card and/or cellphone number. In the event of theft or loss of your cellphone, airtime and/or SIM card, such items must be replaced at your own cost, and you are obliged to report such loss or theft to the South African Police Services immediately. All persons using the Service hereby expressly indemnify the Promoters in this regard and shall hold it harmless from all and any claims arising from or as a result of the above reasons. The provisions hereof shall survive termination of this agreement.
5.4 The Users agree that all trademarks, copyright and other intellectual property rights used or embodied in the Service shall remain vested solely with the Promoters. The Users shall not in any way attempt to decompile or reverse engineer any of the IP contained therein.
5.5 The Promoters reserve the right, at any time, to change these Terms and Conditions and any rules relating to its products and the Service, and to modify the Services at its discretion as they see fit without notice.
5.6 The Promoters reserve the right at any time to modify, suspend or discontinue the Service, without notice, without liability to you or any third party. The Promoters will under no circumstance be liable to you for any error, delay, failure, or non-availability of the Service, and you indemnify the Promoter against any damage or loss you may sustain because of possession and/or use of the SIM card, MTN network services, or any error, delay, failure or non-availability of the service. Visit http://doi.dep.mtn.co.za/service/8520 regularly for notices, updates and/or changes to the Service.
5.7 The Promoters reserve the right from time to time to vary the charges of the Service as may be deemed necessary in its discretion provided that the User shall obtain notification in respect thereof.
5.8 See http://doi.dep.mtn.co.za/service/8520 for Service rules and updated Terms and Conditions from time to time. Any changes to rules and/or Terms and Conditions are effective from the date that they are published on the website.
5.9 The Promoter shall be entitled to terminate the Service of any User or withhold any prizes, if such User is in breach of any of these Terms and Conditions or involved in any unlawful or fraudulent activity or suspected unlawful or fraudulent activity, or if these Terms and Conditions have not been fully adhered to or if it detects any irregularities or fraudulent practices.
5.10 A User that wins any of the prizes under this Competition agrees that he / she nor their immediate family members is not eligible to win any other prizes in the competition within a period of 12 months from the date on which the prize was claimed by the User, unless determined otherwise by the Promoters at their sole and absolute discretion. The promoters will apply fair usage policies where applicable at their sole discretion.
5.11 The Promoters are not liable for any technical failures affecting participation and / or prize redemption process of the Competition. In addition, the promoters shall not be responsible for any loss or misdirected entries, incorrect information submitted including entries that were not received due to any failure of hardware, software, or other computer or technical systems affecting participating in and/or the prize redemption process of the Competition.
How to contact us
5.12 Your feedback matters to us. Should you have any queries, please contact the helpline as supplied in the confirmation message sent to you upon successful subscription. Please ensure that all queries are directed to the indicated helpline number and/or channel as updated from time to time. No emails, messages, or texts sent to any other contact numbers of either of the Promoters shall be open for queries. Accordingly, no queries shall be responded to unless directed to the indicated helpline numbers.
5.13 The Promoter is a member of WASPA and is bound by the WASPA Code of Conduct. Customers have the right to approach WASPA to lodge a complaint in accordance with the WASPA complaints procedure. The Promoter may be required to share information relating to a service or a customer with WASPA for the purpose of resolving a complaint. WASPA Website: www.waspa.org.za