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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…

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…

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…

You’ll have to wait for the rest of Rick and Morty’s fourth season

Itching for the rest of Rick and Morty’s fourth season? You have a pretty long time to wait. Showmax on Wednesday announced that the…

Meet Showmax Mobile: a R49pm mobile-only streaming service for Africa

Understanding the challenges of the African data landscape, Showmax on Friday announced the debut of a new low-cost mobile-only streaming plan called Showmax Mobile….

DStv Now streaming records smashed by the Rugby World Cup final

Surprise, surprise. It turns out that South Africa really loves watching rugby — so much so that Saturday’s World Cup Final broke DStv Now…

First-time Spotify Premium users will now get three months free

You could call Spotify ungenerous giving potential Premium subscribers just one month to experience the tier. But now, the Scandinavian music streaming company is…

Spotify now has more than 230m users worldwide, 108m paid subscribers

Spotify on Wednesday released is Q2 earnings report for 2019 and it looks like more people around the world are choosing the service as…

You can now watch Netflix in India for just R40 a month

India now has a Netflix subscription plan for mobile-only single-device streaming, the company announced on Wednesday. The new tier, which will cost just Rs…

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…

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…

Star Trek: Discovery is getting a third season

CBS has confirmed that Star Trek: Discovery is getting a third season, the company announced on Thursday. “The massive success of Star Trek: Discovery’s…

Trippin With Skhumba’s shining comedy is plagued by dim filming, dull editing

Showmax mentions in marketing material that its third Original Trippin With Skhumba would be a travel-comedy hybrid, but I’m not totally sure if it…

Netflix’s ‘Jessica Jones’, ‘The Punisher’ cancelled as Marvel partnership ends

Netflix has cancelled its two remaining Marvel original series, Jessica Jones and The Punisher. “We are grateful to Marvel for five years of our…

Showmax and AFDA team up to release local student films

Showmax and South African school for film and arts AFDA, have revealed a new deal that will give local film makers the opportunity to…

DStv Compact users can get two months of Showmax for free

DStv has announced that it will offer Compact and Compact Plus customers Showmax for free for two months. In a press release published on…

Trippin’ With Skhumba is Showmax’s first travel-comedy Original

South African streaming service Showmax on Wednesday announced its third Original set to debut after 2017’s Tali’s Wedding Diary, and January’s The Girl From…

City of Cape Town online services to go offline for three days

Capitec brings shares investment platform EasyEquities to app

Kenyan health tech startup secures $1.1-million funding

How to win a R1.5-million entrepreneurial package for your fintech idea or business

We should be funding camels, not hunting unicorns [Opinion]

Microsoft’s Surface Go 2 launches in South Africa: price and details

LG officially launches the world’s first rollable 4K television

New iPad Air pre-orders open in South Africa: price and details

Mini JCW GP: Mega price for fastest Mini in South Africa

Audi connect: ensuring a safer, secure and more connected drive [Sponsored]

Toyota’s Hilux Legend is back: price for South Africa