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Live news channels leave Showmax

Showmax has announced that live news has left the streaming service, with the last day for news streaming ending on 30 June. Showmax subscribers…

Dolby’s app for musicians, singers adds live streaming

Dolby has announced a new update to their Dolby On music and video recording app for musicians that brings livestreaming to the platform. The…

Netflix experimenting with ‘partial download’ playback feature

Netflix’s offline downloads has always been the app’s best feature, but it’s a pain to download an entire episode or movie especially if you’re…

‘Hobbs & Shaw’ makes its way to Showmax to complete the ‘Fast’ franchise

Can you name all the Fast & Furious movies? If you can, wow, you’ve been self isolating long before he pandemic it seems. If…

Deezer HiFi drops its price to something a bit more affordable

For those who love lossless music streaming, your choices are limited and fairly pricey. But today, Deezer made its offering a tad cheaper. The…

Spotify Premium Family launches in South Africa for up to six users

Nearly two years after its official launch in South Africa, Spotify is finally offering users a Premium Family plan. Previously all members of your…

South Africa’s next Netflix Original will be dance drama ‘Jiva!’

After renewing Queen Sono for a second season, Netflix on Thursday revealed South Africa’s next Original series. Dubbed Jiva!, the show will be produced…

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…

Hotstar’s IPL 2019 final broadcast smashed a global streaming record

Indian streaming company Hotstar set a new world streaming record this weekend, thanks largely to the IPL. The Indian T20 cricket tournament final between…

Twitter couldn’t be more upset about the latest Game of Thrones episode

So much Game of Thrones happened in this week’s episode that, once again, fans could not hold back on social media. In fact, almost…

100m of Spotify’s 217m users are now Premium subscribers

Scandanavian music streaming service Spotify is now used by 217-million people globally, of which around 100-million pay for Premium access to the service. This…

Game of Thrones S8 E3: spoiler-free GIF-only review

The Long Night, the battle of Winterfell, takes place in this week’s episode of Game of Thrones. The entire hour and a half was…

Netflix introduces Eve, the ‘original sinner’, in Lucifer Season 4 trailer

Netflix on Friday dropped the official trailer for the fourth season of Lucifer, revealing a number of new complications in the devil’s colourful life….

Game of Thrones S8 E2: spoiler-free GIF-only review

This week’s episode of Game of Thrones was much like the first; somewhat slow, forcibly funny and heavy with call backs to the show’s…

Game of Thrones’ Season 8 premiere was pirated over 54m times in one day

A report by analytics company MUSO (via TorrentFreak) has revealed that the first episode of Game of Thrones season eight was illegally pirated over…

Netflix reaches 148m subscribers, plans to test ‘top 10’ list in the UK

Netflix released its first quarter earnings for 2019 in a letter to investors on Wednesday, revealing significant growth for the streaming service and upcoming…

Mama K’s Team 4 is Netflix’s first Original animation written and produced in Africa

Netflix on Tuesday announced its first Original African animated series Mama K’s Team 4. “Mama K’s Team 4 tells the story of four teen…

Game of Thrones S8 E1: our spoiler-free GIF-only review

The final season of Game of Thrones officially debuted in the early hours of Monday morning and, needless to say, millions tuned in to…

Disney+: everything you need to know about Disney’s streaming service

The Walt Disney Company on Friday officially revealed details surrounding the launch of its upcoming streaming service, Disney+. This included a release date and…

The Avengers’ Hawkeye will star in his own Disney+ streaming series

Hawkeye, arguably the most questionable Avenger, is getting his own miniseries on Marvel-owner Disney’s streaming service, a report by Variety revealed on Wednesday. Jeremy…

The 8 Game of Thrones episodes you must watch before Season 8

With the final ever season of Game of Thrones mere days away, fans all over the world are cramming in seven-season marathons as fast…

Want to know how Game of Thrones ends? Check out Spotify’s special playlist for clues

One of the best kept secrets in 2019 is undoubtedly the events about to take place in the final season of Game of Thrones,…

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