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The Eternals, Mighty Thor and everything else planned for MCU phase four

The 11-movie long third phase of Marvel’s cinematic universe (MCU) came to an end with Spider-Man Far From Home in June, making way for…

HBO drops the first season trailer for Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials

HBO is bringing another best selling fantasy book series to life, this time with Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The content company dropped…

130k people cancelled Netflix in the US after price increases

It seems the price hikes Netflix imposed in some countries earlier this year have come back to bite, the company’s Q2 earnings report revealed…

Apple is planning to produce its own podcasts, report reveals

Apple is planning to fund its very own podcasts to compete with other leading audio streaming brands, a report by Bloomberg revealed on Tuesday….

Netflix removes that graphic suicide scene in 13 Reasons Why

Netflix on Tuesday announced that it has removed the suicide scene in the first season of 13 Reasons Why, which depicts main character Hannah…

HBO Max, WarnerMedia’s new streaming service, to launch in 2020

WarnerMedia on Tuesday announced the upcoming release of its very own direct-to-consumer streaming service, HBO Max. “Anchored with and inspired by the legacy of…

Spotify Lite is now officially available in South Africa

Spotify Lite has officially launched in 36 countries around the world and will now be available in South Africa too. The 10MB app is…

Is a VPN crackdown behind Netflix’s drop in user growth?

Netflix has seen slower than anticipated user growth in its most recent forecast, but why is this the case? If you ask the streaming…

Netflix sees drop in user growth, a sign of things to come?

Streaming colossus Netflix has announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2016, revealing user growth below expectations. In a letter to shareholders, the company…

Showmax celebrates 10 million views – what about user figures?

The streaming video landscape has been heating up over the past year, as several services battle it out for supremacy in South Africa. Global king…

African VOD landscape heats up as TRACE buys Buni.tv

Local content is a big plus for many video platforms, with pan-African video-on-demand (VOD) service Buni.tv being one of the more notable offerings on…

ShowMax coming to DStv Explora this week, console apps in the works

ShowMax, Naspers’ streaming service, will soon be available on the DStv Explora. The move “extends access to subscription video services to an even wider…

ShowMax expands to 36 new African countries

Naspers-owned streaming media service ShowMax is rapidly expanding across the continent, and can now count 36 new sub-Saharan countries to its service list. The…

Lionsgate adds 100 movies to Steam, not really for South Africa

Things are heating up in the video on demand space, so much so that it’s spilling over into gaming. Entertainment company Lionsgate has added…

How eSIM and Dual SIM Can Save You Money in South Africa

Tapping Into Africa’s 230-Million AI Jobs Opportunity

Innovate47 Launches Global Food & Agri Accelerator to Back Climate-Smart Startups

Simbi Wabote’s 10-Year Roadmap: How Nigeria Achieved 54% Local Content Growth

Records Tumble In Best Year Yet For South Africa’s Hedge Fund Industry

Acer Unleashes Beastly New Predator BiFrost and Nitro GPUs with AMD Radeon RX 9000 Series

Philips Evnia Drops Jaw-Dropping QD OLED Monitors: 240Hz, Ambiglow, and All the Good Stuff

Omoda C5 X review

TDK enhances IMUs for extreme temps

Data centres and defence are reviving diesel