Telecoms and cellular operators are fast ramping up and expanding their video entertainment streaming offering, as over-the-top (OTT) subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services like Netflix South Africa, Amazon Prime Video, Showmax and others are trying to cash in and make market share inroads as broadband penetration, data costs and speed improve.
Legacy pay-TV operators feeling the heat from the rapidly-expanding SVOD consumer sector are not about to give up their lunch. MultiChoice this week announced that it will launch a dishless streaming-only DStv option sometime in 2019, with increasing budget spending by M-Net on local productions to keep viewers hooked.
Legacy pay-TV operators feeling the heat from the rapidly-expanding SVOD consumer sector are not about to give up their lunch. MultiChoice this week announced that it will launch a dishless streaming-only DStv option sometime in 2019, with increasing budget spending by M-Net on local productions to keep viewers hooked.
Below is the notice in today's Herald.
