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TelkomONE offers Catch Up for shows on free-to-air channels

Telkom has announced its TelkomONE streaming platform will now have free Catch Up functionality across its SABC and free-to-air channels. The network service provider…

SA binged over 100 years’ of video on Showmax this festive season

What’s more common than mass indulgence of foodstuffs over the festive season? Mass indulgence of series and movies, of course. Showmax released its 2019/20…

Netflix debuts Collections: lists curated by its humans for us humans

Netflix is finally giving its machines a rest, letting actual humans decide what we should be watching. A new feature dubbed Collections, spotted by…

Apple launches a Netflix rival, news subscription service and a credit card

Apple on Monday debuted a number of new subscription-based services, including Apple TV+, Apple News+, and Apple Card. Apple TV+ Apple TV+ is a…

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 ‘Blood & Water’ will be its second South African Original Series

Netflix has signed a deal to produce its second South African Original Series, Blood & Water. “Blood & Water will be a teen-led drama…

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…

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…

What to watch on Showmax and Netflix this February

They call February the month of love, but while some think of the perfect date as dining al fresco beneath a moonlit sky, others…

The global piracy crackdown won’t change much [Opinion]

If you’re in the business of pirating your favourite TV shows, you’ve probably found it increasingly difficult to do so. Around the world, governments,…

Facebook Watch is a social video service for mobile and beyond

As it slowly transforms from a social network into a media company, Facebook Watch is the company’s latest step into the latter. With its…

50.1% of Netflix’s users are now beyond US borders

Netflix has had a remarkable week, nay, a remarkable past three months. The company has unveiled its financial report for Q2 2017, and it’s…

Facebook will pay up to $250k for original content from Buzzfeed and Vox

Facebook has signed a deal with entertainment creators Vox Media, BuzzFeed, ATTN, Group Nine Media and others to create original video content for the platform,…

Watch HBO’s Big Little Lies and Crashing online for free

DStv is doing everyone with an internet connection a favour this month. While its subscription fees are jumping come April 2017, the broadcaster is…

ShowMax expands to Europe, with Poland its first destination

Africa seems to be just a tad too small for growing South African streaming company ShowMax. The Naspers-owned video-on-demand company today announced that it…

Netflix knows what you did when your partner was away

Valentine’s Day is over and it’s time to come clean. You spent the day spoiling your partner, but they deserve to know the truth….

ShowMax Select is now available in South Africa

ShowMax, on the back of its SEACOM announcement last month, has today revealed a new partnership with Vodacom. The company, alongside the telecoms giant,…

Crime-drama Sneaky Pete kicks off Amazon’s 2017 Originals roster

We’re pretty much spoilt for choice when it comes to series this year. Along with Netflix’s strong lineup and ShowMax’s South African content, newcomer…

ShowMax now has servers in Kenya, thanks to SEACOM

Naspers-owned streaming platform ShowMax has announced a new partnership with pan-African data company SEACOM in a bid to improve response times of the service….

Over 90m people now use Netflix worldwide, more shows incoming?

Netflix was probably one of the only companies who didn’t have a wretched 2016. The streaming media company recorded record profits and subscriber figures…

Amazon Prime Video is officially in South Africa

The Amazon Prime Video streaming service has officially gone global, launching in South Africa as well. “Amazon today announced that Amazon Prime Video is…

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