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Econet Media Put Kwesé Play Under Administration Over $130 Million Debt
Just months after Kwesé TV (satellite subscription service) shut down after a troublesome 18 months, last week on Wednesday, Kwesé Play users in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Uganda woke up only to find out that the streaming service was down with error notification that “Econet Nolonger Offers Kwesé Play. For More Information Contact Econet.” Kwesé Play, was launched last…
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YouTube Sports Streaming in South Africa With SuperSport
YouTube has clarified its recent statement that it would give South Africans access to live streaming of basketball, rugby, cricket, and football events in partnership with SuperSport. The company said in a press statement on 2 July that it had partnered with SuperSport and NBA Africa to bring fans live sporting events. It said the…
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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter Struggles to Remove New Zealand Mosque Shooting Videos
The shooter in at least one of the two mosque attacks in New Zealand on Friday used social media to stream his deadly rampage live. Shortly after, tech giants scrambled to remove his accounts, but versions of the video remained on some sites hours after the shootings, which killed at least 49 people. Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube all said they…
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Kwese Sports Partners With 234Bet For Premier League Broadcast
Kwese Sports has partnered with 234Bet, an online betting company for an advertising deal for the Premier League broadcast. The deal, which was signed on Monday, will be aired on Kwesé Free Sports and its sub-license stations such as NTA and AIT. Kwesé Free Sports is Africa’s largest free-to-air channel with operations in 29 countries.…
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Disney’s Streaming Service Will Include all its Movies
It looks like the Disney Vault is dead. For years, Disney relied on limited time releases of its films on DVD and Blu-ray to encourage sales. The strategy worked. Consumers snapped up the titles to build out their home video collections. But in more recent years, DVDs have given way to streaming. For Disney, that’s…
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Roku Shares Skyrocket Due to Impressive Streaming Numbers
Roku shares soared after the company known for its streaming video devices reported impressive growth in the number of its active users and streaming hours. The company’s shares were up 25% at the market’s close on Monday to $42.18, highlighting Wall Street’s enthusiasm with Roku reporting a 40% year-over-year jump in active accounts to 27…
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Streaming Wars Set To Get Worse and Real This New Year – 2019
For cord cutters and streaming lovers, 2019 will mean two things: A raft of new streaming services will hit the scene, and users will see major changes to viewing libraries. Indeed, streaming wars set to get worse and real this new year – 2019. Two major new streaming services will launch this year from Disney (DIS)…
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iflix Confirms Sale of Kwesé iflix to Econet
iflix, the leading entertainment service for emerging markets, is pleased to confirm the sale of the rest of its African business to Econet Global Limited. iflix first announced the launch of its service in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in June 2017. Following eight months of rapid growth, the company joined forces with Econet Global Limited, which saw…
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Kwesé iflix Partners With BusTop TV in a Bid to Promote Local Content
Kwesé iflix has partnered media company, BusTop TV in coming up with a comedy series, Comic Tick, on the Kwesé iflix platform. Comic Tick features Zimbabwe’s finest stand-up comedians. The first season has 10 episodes and features stand-up comedians Doc Vikela, Mandla Da Comedian and C’skhanyiso Dat Guy among others. In each episode, viewers will get…
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DStv Opens up Premium Channels for the Festive Season
Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas…Guess what? DStv is giving lower-tiered subscribers an early Christmas gift by opening up some of the premium channels during the end-of-year and beginning-of-2019 festive period. From Tuesday, 18 December until Friday, 4 January 2019, SuperSport 1 (DStv 201) is being made available to DStv Compact Plus, DStv Compact, DStv Family,…