At the end of June, DStv operator MultiChoice plans to change the transmission of its high-definition services to a new standard called DVB-S2. This will mean the potential for new services and channels in future, but for some it could mean interrupted service if they don’t call out a technician
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Broadcasting the latest television shows in South Africa soon after they have been aired in their home markets, and tying this to an affordable and convenient viewing experience, will go a long way in countering the growing threat posed by online piracy. That’s the view of John
DStv operator MultiChoice has added 684 000 subscribers to its pay-television base in the past year. It now reaches 5,6m homes in the markets in which it operates. In SA, it added 492 000 new clients on a gross basis, taking the subscriber base to 4m by the end of March 2012. More than half of
Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson bring you a bumper end-of-year edition of TalkCentral, clocking in at more than an hour, in which we reveal our favourite gadgets of 2011, from tablets to smartphones and from ultrabooks to TVs. We also do a live demonstration of Siri, for those who are keen to see how
Pay-TV operator MultiChoice has opened its Internet-based video-on-demand (VOD) service, BoxOffice Online, to beta testers. It follows the July launch of the satellite-based version of BoxOffice, which allows DStv users to rent movies on their personal video recorders. Consumers interested in
Telkom did something last week no one thought it ever would: its Internet service provider, TelkomInternet, jumped onto the uncapped broadband bandwagon, adopting a market trend started 18 months ago by its rival, MWeb. The news came as a
Televisions have been getting bigger, thinner, lighter and cheaper, offering consumers a high-definition and increasingly cinematic experience at home. But they have remained largely passive devices for consuming content. That may be about to
It’s been a particularly busy week on the technology front in SA, so we have a bumper edition of the TalkCentral podcast lined up. Your hosts Duncan McLeod and Craig Wilson unpack DStv’s BoxOffice servic, consider the latest developments in
MultiChoice has launched DStv BoxOffice, its satellite-based movie rental service. The company will offer subscribers with personal video recorders the latest movies for rental for 48 hours for R25/movie. The service will be available to DStv Premium
On Thursday, MultiChoice will launch BoxOffice, a movie rental service on its DStv pay-TV platform. The service takes aim at traditional video stores. It’s the country’s first transactional video-on-demand service — a rival service called VOD:TV