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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Uncharted territory for DStv

    Uncharted territory for DStv After nearly 40 years, South Africa’s premier pay-TV company, MultiChoice, is no longer South Africa-owned. It has been acquired by French media titan Groupe Canal+ and delisted from the JSE. At the same time, MultiChoice faces the loss of one of its...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

    Paramount launches hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery The fight over the future of Hollywood just got nastier. Paramount launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery at $30 a share in cash on Monday, just days after the company agreed to a deal with Netflix Inc...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Goodbye HBO series? Netflix's Warner Bros. takeover leaves big questions

    Goodbye HBO series? Netflix's Warner Bros. takeover leaves big questions MultiChoice is facing its biggest crisis in many years with the threat of losing hundreds of movies and series from its largest US third-party content provider, Warner Bros. Discovery. A week ago, the broadcaster's pay-TV...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery

    Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery Netflix has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, including its film and television studios, as well as HBO Max and HBO. News of the acquisition comes as MultiChoice notified customers on Monday that...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Koos Bekker made pay-TV big in SA

    How Koos Bekker made pay-TV big in SA Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker founded M-Net, South Africa's first pay-TV channel and the predecessor of DStv, which played a key role in transforming media publishing giant Naspers into a global technology powerhouse. Bekker grew up on a mielie farm near...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Warner Bros. considers adding Max plan with live US sports

    Warner Bros. considers adding Max plan with live US sports Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is close to offering an expanded slate of live sports on its Max streaming service and will probably require subscribers to pay extra to watch basketball, hockey and other events. The company is still...
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  8. Jan

    Warner Bros. Discovery confirms Harry Potter TV series for new Max streaming service

    Harry Potter TV series confirmed — with JK Rowling as executive producer Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed that it has ordered a TV series based on the Harry Potter books, which will be executive produced by author JK Rowling. The announcement came during the company's unveiling of its Max...
  9. Jan

    Discovery and HBO unveil "Max" streaming service

    HBO and Discovery unveil combined Max streaming service Warner Bros. Discovery unveiled "Max" — a streaming service comprising Discovery Plus and HBO Max content — at a launch event on Wednesday, 13 April 2023, The Verge reported. Pricing for the streaming service ranges from $9.99 (R184) to...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Harry Potter could be rebooted as an HBO TV series

    Harry Potter could be rebooted as an HBO TV series Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is close to a deal for a new online TV series based on Harry Potter, the best-selling young adult books, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Each season of the series will be based on one of JK...
  11. Jan

    Last of Us Part I panned on PC after buggy launch

    Last of Us Part I a buggy mess on PC Naughty Dog launched The Last of Us Part I for PC on Tuesday, 28 March 2023, and players have been struggling to play the game due to numerous bugs, Engadget reports. The title has accumulated thousands of negative reviews on Steam thanks to frequent...
  12. Jan

    MultiChoice stiffs Showmax's South African subscribers on House of the Dragon

    MultiChoice snubs Showmax subscribers in South Africa While Showmax has started streaming HBO's hit Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon in several African countries, South Africans have nowhere to watch the show legally other than DStv Premium. The MultiChoice-owned streaming service...
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  13. Jan

    House of the Dragon crashed Amazon streaming devices at launch

    Game of Thrones spinoff launch crashes streaming devices The premiere of the Game of Thrones spinoff House of the Dragon crashed HBO Max's streaming app for numerous users on Sunday, The Verge reports. Complaints by users on Twitter, Reddit, and other online channels said the app would...
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  14. Newsfeed

    Game of Thrones hackers threaten to leak season finale

    Game of Thrones hackers threaten to leak season finale A group which recently attacked HBO’s systems has threatened to leak the final episode of the current season of Game of Thrones, Mashable reported.
  15. Newsfeed

    HBO accidently leaks Game of Thrones episode

    HBO accidently leaks Game of Thrones episode HBO Spain and Nordics accidentally made the next episode of Game of Thrones available to subscribers for an hour, before taking it down, the Associated Press reported.
  16. Newsfeed

    Hacker leaks more HBO series

    Hacker leaks more HBO series After a prolonged standoff between HBO and a hacker who is trying to extract money from the company, the hacker has leaked more series online.
  17. Newsfeed

    HBO reportedly offers to pay Game of Thrones hackers $250,000

    HBO reportedly offers to pay Game of Thrones hackers $250,000 HBO has reportedly offered to pay hackers who claim to have hacked its email system and obtained data from its network, reported Variety.
  18. Newsfeed

    Game of Thrones premiere tripled HBO NOW’s revenue

    Game of Thrones premiere tripled HBO NOW’s revenue Following the season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones, HBO’s streaming app on smartphones – HBO NOW – was downloaded 500,000 times, TechCrunch reported.
  19. Kevin Lancaster

    HBO Now to launch on PS3 and PS4

    HBO Now to launch on PS3 and PS4 HBO Now is coming to the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 systems.
  20. Kevin Lancaster

    Jon Stewart signs HBO deal to produce short-form content

    Jon Stewart signs HBO deal to produce short-form content Jon Stewart and HBO have concluded an exclusive four-year production pact, which will start with short-form digital content.
  21. Kevin Lancaster

    HBO Now will block “VPN pirates”

    HBO Now to block “VPN pirates” If you were thinking of using an unblocking service or VPN to pay HBO to stream Game of Thrones, you should reconsider.
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