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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…

Spotify is testing an artist block feature

Spotify will soon allow you to block certain artists on playlists. According to a report by Thurrott, the company is testing a feature that…

Netflix welcomes you to the Space Force in vague teaser trailer

Netflix has announced a new comedy series called Space Force. Based on US President Donald Trump’s real-life proposed Space Force, the show will follow…

Netflix raises prices in the US, but South Africa remains unaffected

Nearly half of Netflix’s global user base will be paying a little bit more within the next three months, this after the streaming service…

Vodacom users can stream the FA Cup for R35 a match via Video Play

Vodacom on Monday announced that its Video Play customers will be able to livestream the FA Cup, the English football competition, for its duration,…

IMDb Freedive is a free movie streaming service supported by ads

Online movie database IMDb has today announced its own free streaming service called Freedive. The platform gives users access to a selection of TV…

Netflix South Africa’s ‘Ultra’ package now available to some

Netflix South Africa has launched a fourth tier to its current list of streaming packages in the form of an “Ultra” option. The option,…

Disney+ streaming service will launch in 2019

Disney has announced the official name of its upcoming streaming service along with a few shows that are set to be aired on the…

Fans love the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, but hate the ‘blurry’ shots

The moment you’ve been waiting all October for is finally here, 90s kids: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is on Netflix, in its first season…

DStv subscribers can stream JOOX music at no additional cost

If you’re a DStv subscriber, and just happen to be looking for a streaming music service, you can now stream local and international music…

Spotify may soon let users skip advertisements

In an extremely brave and risky financial play, Spotify may soon allow free tier users to skip audio and video advertisements whenever they want….

DStv Now usage spikes as World Cup reaches fever pitch

South Africans love sport, don’t they? And now that the World Cup is entering its pivotal semi-final stage, more users than ever are tuning…

Aussies struggle to watch World Cup after Optus’s streaming goofs

While loadshedding has caused many South Africans to miss World Cup games this year, Australian fans aren’t having it much better. Australia’s World Cup…

Avengers: Endgame dethrones Avatar as the biggest movie in history

Kenya is now home to Africa’s largest wind power project

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Ivory Coast has $210m edtech market but investment badly needed, finds Seedstars report

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Flappy Royale: a new ‘unforgiving’ battle royale version of Flappy Bird

Huawei Mate X official specs revealed: 5G, four cameras, and lots of RAM

Audi’s new cars in Germany will count you down, pace you to green lights

Two Ford Focus trim levels also found to have lock issues

South Africa’s govt ministers really love German cars and big Toyotas report reveals