SA's new TV challenger: all the details
South African couch potatoes, rejoice! SA is getting another challenger in the television market. And the man behind it, SouthTel Group's Oscar Dube, is optimistic the service will offer the value proposition that will attract millions of subscribers.
9 May 2011
VOD:TV, which is slated for commercial launch on 1 September, is promising a new type of pay-TV service to South Africans: transactional and subscription video on demand delivered via satellite. Similar, in a way, to the US's Netflix, VOD:TV plans to offer SA consumers the latest movies and TV series before they are broadcast on traditional pay-TV broadcast networks like MultiChoice's DStv.
Dube says VOD:TV will complement rather than be a direct rival to pay-TV broadcasters, but TechCentral believes many SA consumers could see it as an alternative platform for their TV entertainment.
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Award-wining Duncan McLeod is the founder and editor of TechCentral (wwwTechCentral.co.za, @TechCentral]]), South Africa's latest technology news site offering breaking news, in-depth analysis and opinion that launched in September 2009. Before that, he was associate editor at the Financial Mail/FM. Contact Duncan on email duncan at techcentral dot co dot za and follow him on Twitter at @mcleodd.
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