South Africa is likely to have between 692 000 and 917 500 active video-on-demand households by 2020, according to new research by BMI-TechKnowledge. The finding forms part of BMI-T’s South African Consumer Digital Lifestyle Research Programme, which surveyed
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The start of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah on Comedy Central last week pulled 352 855 DStv viewers. The 2,6 rating makes it the highest viewership ever achieved by Comedy Central in South Africa since the channel was launched in Africa on DStv in December 2011. The record rating
The Competition Tribunal heard on Wednesday that pay-television operator MultiChoice took control of valuable assets of the SABC and influenced a key SABC policy materially, through an agreement that only became public after somebody leaked it. Steven Budlender SC
E.tv has filed an application for leave to appeal a judgment by the high court that went against it in the ongoing battle over whether South Africa’s digital terrestrial television signal will be encrypted or
In a resounding black economic empowerment success story, the value of the 20% investment in MultiChoice South Africa by BEE shareholders has increased by 20 times. The shares are currently trading around R170 each and, including total dividends paid to date of just
There’s a growing trend for consumers to choose video over other forms of content, watching across devices wherever and whenever it is convenient for them. The launch of ShowMax
Internet streaming is a serious competitive threat to broadcast television in South Africa, but the technology is hamstrung by cost challenges, says an analyst. “There is no doubt that Internet streaming
Naspers’s new online video-on-demand platform ShowMax will develop original programming content, its GM, John Kotsaftis, revealed at the launch in Johannesburg on Wednesday. Kotsaftis
The television entertainment industry in South Africa is in for significant disruption in the next 18 months. And couch potatoes look set to be the biggest beneficiaries as competition intensifies between traditional broadcasters and new Internet streaming providers
ShowMax is the name of Naspers’s Netflix rival, which will be launched to the media in Johannesburg next Wednesday. That’s according to a report on the entertainment news website Channel24, which is owned by Naspers subsidiary Media24. According