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Showmax; Showmax is an online video-on-demand subscription service which was established in 2015. It was relaunched in 2023 in partnership with Comcast who own 30% of Showmax. [21] SuperSport; SuperSport is a collection of sports channels broadcast on satellite (DStv and CANAL+) and terrestrial (GOtv) services. It was established as a sports ...
With the launch of DStv in 1995, SuperSport became a multi-channel network and an independent brand, although it was still primarily associated with M-Net. [4] The network made full use of the satellite platform to expand its sports offering: For the Olympic Games, six channels are generally used for live events.
Showmax is a subscription-based over-the-top video on demand streaming service that launched [3] in South Africa on 19 August 2015. [4] Its majority owner is MultiChoice, which owns 70% of the Showmax group, while American conglomerate NBCUniversal owns 30% in all territories except Nigeria, where NBCUniversal holds an indirect 23.7% stake in the local subsidiary. [5]
DStv also offers a mobile app for mobile phone and tablet devices, along with PC to control DVRs and parental controls and allow access to recorded content and video on demand services. The app was previously known as DStv Mobile until 2016 and DStv Now until 2020, with the app called DStv Stream as of 2023.
While the TV signal is generally encrypted, M-Net showed some programmes 'free to air' in its "Open Time" slot between 5 p.m. and 7 pm, until the slot closed on 1 April 2007. In the early 1990s, M-Net added a second analogue channel called Community Services Network (CSN), [ 2 ] and began digital broadcasting via satellite to the rest of Africa ...
The River is a South African television drama series created by Phathu Makwarela and Gwydion Beynon. [2] An M-Net production by Tshedza Pictures for DStv's general-entertainment subscription channel 1Magic, it is available for streaming on Naspers' Showmax.
Montage Cable Network [10] - also commenced operations in 2014 but is no longer in operations; Moreplex TV; Mytv [11] - discontinued; OurTV [12] Play Consat; Sairtek - a top broadcast service provider in Lagos; provides free-to-air broadcasting, live streaming, satellite, OTT and IPTV, distribution and contribution services; StarTimes - DTT and ...
Sony MAX was the local South African version and subsidiary of the Sony Entertainment Television brand, which is seen in over 100 countries worldwide. Launched on 1 February 2011, Sony MAX offered 24 hours of foreign entertainment series, movies and reality programmes specially made for male audiences.