DStv had 900,000 concurrent streaming viewers during World Cup opener

[Jan]

DStv breaks its live streaming record in South Africa

DStv Stream recorded more than 900,000 concurrent viewers during Bafana Bafana’s FIFA World Cup 2026 opener against Mexico on Thursday, the pay-TV broadcaster said.

The broadcaster said the match set a new live-sport streaming record for its platform, nearly doubling its previous peak of close to 500,000 viewers.

 

[Lupus]

Impossible, according to the Apple Acolyte he who shall be named, it's to pixelated to watch

 

[Jan]

Impossible, according to the Apple Acolyte he who shall be named, it's to pixelated to watch

I had two hitches during the match last night, and the quality dropped for a minute or two during the half-time commentary.

Smooth sailing otherwise.

 

[FiestaST]

who shall be named

 

[Lupus]

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So say we all

 

[Lupus]

I had two hitches during the match last night, and the quality dropped for a minute or two during the half-time commentary.

Smooth sailing otherwise.

900k for SA, is impressive did have a friend say his dropped. But we literally haven't had any power and think it was more related to the fibre line issues.

 

[ISP cash cow]

I had two hitches during the match last night, and the quality dropped for a minute or two during the half-time commentary.

Smooth sailing otherwise.

Same watched it on DSTV stream and had one buffering session, other than that it was perfect

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I had two hitches during the match last night, and the quality dropped for a minute or two during the half-time commentary.

Smooth sailing otherwise.

Every 30 - 40 seconds, for the first 8-9 minutes of the game, was a "Whoops" moment - good after that.

 

[Vorastra]

I had two hitches during the match last night, and the quality dropped for a minute or two during the half-time commentary.

Smooth sailing otherwise.

On Sat, it did a scanning wipe twice.

 

[dualmeister]

They were watching for the same reason people slow down at crash sites.

 

[RedViking]

How many of them expected a different result? How does this compare to SONA meetings ?

 

[Lupus]

How many of them expected a different result? How does this compare to SONA meetings ?

Roughly 895 999 more

 

[RedViking]

Roughly 895 999 more

Ha ! You have been watching!

 

[Smiggles]

Fsck DStv still waiting for my Showmax refund.

 

[Lupus]

Ha ! You have been watching!

Watching what?? Where??

 

[cavedog]

DSTV also added SuperSport Africa 2 to the Access packages for those that care.

They are showing the world cup of darts on this package which is a first to see.

 

[system32]

DStv Stream recorded more than 900,000 concurrent viewers

Not sure what's so special about 900,000.

Can be done with 1 server:

How Nginx Handles 1M Concurrent Connections on a Single Server without breaking a sweat:​

see https://noncodersuccess.medium.com/...-js-developers-can-learn-from-it-e655b0c3b738​