There have been growing calls on social media for MultiChoice to share Springbok games in this year’s Rugby World Cup with the SABC. This makes little sense if it’s forced on the company. By Duncan McLeod.
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Apple said its TV+ original video subscription service will launch on 1 November for $4.99/month, undercutting the price of rival offerings.
DStv owner, JSE-listed MultiChoice Group, is cutting the price of monthly bouquets in Kenya by as much as 37% as competition from streaming services intensifies.
Get ready, TV fans, because the next few months are going to be wild. Deep-pocketed giants are spending billions of dollars on so much new streaming content that there will be little reason to leave your couch this summer.
Apple plans to roll out the Apple TV+ movie and TV subscription service by November, part of a drive to reach $50-billion in service sales by 2020.
US wireless carriers have long said they may slow video traffic on their networks to avoid congestion and bottlenecks. But new research shows the throttling happens pretty much everywhere all the time.
Walt Disney Co is pricing a new bundle of streaming services at a surprisingly low $12.99/month, challenging Netflix with a package that includes family programming, live sports and a deep library of television shows.
In the podcast this week, Duncan McLeod and Regardt van der Berg talk about Vumatel’s plans to roll out fibre broadband in Mitchell’s Plain and Alexandra. Can fibre be delivered to lower-income and even poor areas profitably?
ITV and the British Broadcasting Corporation have reached an agreement on a UK streaming venture, as they seek to respond to the incursion from digital rivals including Netflix.
Netflix shocked investors by reporting a drop in US customers and much slower growth internationally, raising fears that the streaming giant is losing momentum just as competitors prepare to pounce.