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TV licences to watch Netflix? What to know about the SABC proposal

Social media was full of reactions to news that Netflix and MultiChoice may be asked to collect TV licence fees for the SABC from…

Spotify app now lets you search for songs using lyrics

Ever get that sinking feeling when you can kind of remember lyrics to a particular song you like, but don’t remember the title? Well,…

South Africa gets spotlight in upcoming Netflix Original for festive season

Netflix has announced a new African Original series coming to the streaming platform: a South African festive season miniseries starring local talent. The series,…

South African series: SA to get its own fantasy epic series with Blood Psalms

MultiChoice has announced that a new South African fantasy series — based on pre-colonial African mythology — will be coming to Showmax in 2021….

Exclusive Q&A: How Showmax decides when and if a series will come to the streaming platform

Showmax is a streaming behemoth in South Africa — with exclusive rights to broadcast certain popular series and network content locally. These include networks…

Showmax Pro in South Africa: Everything you need to know

This week, MultiChoice announced the launch of Showmax Pro in South Africa — a premium version of Showmax that includes live sports streaming. But…

Streaming scams: The most popular sites and shows for hackers

With the popularity of streaming services and increased demand during the coronavirus pandemic, hackers often use the names of popular sites and shows to…

The Office will leave Netflix in 2021 for NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming service

Hit comedy series The Office will ditch Netflix and move to NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming service come 2021, the latter announced on Tuesday. “The Office…

Showmax rolls out new sports streaming feature to all customers

Showmax on Friday announced that it has expanded its new live sport streaming feature to all customers, after testing was confirmed earlier this week….

Showmax is now streaming live sport, including the Cricket World Cup

Showmax is testing live sport streaming in South Africa in a limited test, first spotted by MyBroadband on Monday. When logging in to the…

Netflix continues its recent animation obsession with ‘Thelma the Unicorn’ musical

Netflix on Wednesday announced that it will be producing an animated musical movie version of Thelma the Unicorn, the best selling children’s novel by Aaron Blabey. The musical will…

Netflix’s new feature lets you browse trailers like Instagram Stories

Just as Instagram’s current layout was inspired by many Snapchat features, Netflix is drawing its design cues from the former. The streaming service’s app…

A Jurassic World animation series is coming to Netflix in 2020

Netflix on Tuesday announced that DreamWorks’ Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series will debut on the platform next year. The animation will follow the same timeline…

An animated Magic: The Gathering series is coming to Netflix

Netflix on Monday announced that it will be producing an animated series version of the card game Magic: The Gathering in conjunction with the…

Is Apple about to kill iTunes? Company scrubs social media in preparation

Apple will discontinue iTunes as we know it in favour of separate apps catering for music, podcasts and movies, reports suggest. Last week Bloomberg claimed…

Netflix scoops award-winning African love story, animation from Cannes

Netflix has raided the Cannes Film Festival talent, grabbing two winners from the prestigious movie extravaganza, the firm announced on Sunday. First up, the…

Game of Thrones final episode was the most watched on HBO ever

The final episode of Game of Thrones is now HBO’s most watched episode of all time, according to a report by The Hollywood Reporter. The…

Twitter criticises the last ever episode of Game of Thrones

On Monday Game of Thrones came to its conclusion after eight seasons and almost 10 years of being a part of many fans’ lives….

Game of Thrones S8 E6: spoiler-free GIF-only review

Game of Thrones came to an end on Monday in a blaze of fire, blood and character farewells that are still settling in as…

Game of Thrones series finale prediction: who kills who for the throne?

This coming Monday, Game of Thrones will come to an end when the season 8 and series finale airs worldwide. After last week’s shocker…

Spotify’s version of Instagram Stories explains songs and lyrics to listeners

Based on user reports, Spotify is testing a new Storyline feature that gives users insider information about songs their listening to. According to Android…

What character development? Twitter flames the latest episode of Game of Thrones

As is tradition for the past few weeks, on Mondays Twitter reacts to Game of Thrones. This week’s second-last episode in the eight season-long…

Game of Thrones S8 E5: spoiler-free GIF-only review

The penultimate episode of Game of Thrones Season 8 was intense and upsetting to say the least. One GIF can, in fact, sum it…

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