{"id":242780,"date":"2017-12-22T08:03:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=242780"},"modified":"2017-12-22T08:04:18","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T06:04:18","slug":"netflix-vs-showmax-vs-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/242780-netflix-vs-showmax-vs-black.html","title":{"rendered":"Netflix vs Showmax vs Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C launched its Black entertainment platform in November 2017, taking a spot at the video streaming table.<\/p>\n

It features video rentals, live channel streaming, and subscription on-demand services similar to Netflix.<\/p>\n

The subscription services on Black are also available on monthly, weekly, weekend, and daily options.<\/p>\n

Its high-end package with local and international content, Flexi Premium, is R39 per day, R45 per weekend, R60 per week, or R99 per month.<\/p>\n

This makes it a competitor to services like Netflix and Showmax in South Africa.<\/p>\n

To see how the services compare, we used\u00a0JustWatch to display what the packages have to offer.<\/p>\n

JustWatch specialises in detailing films and series available in a country, listing the number of titles services have available in South Africa.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises how Black\u2019s Flexi packages compare to the rest of the subscription video on demand field in South Africa.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Streaming Services<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Service<\/td>\nPrice<\/td>\nTitles<\/td>\nQuality<\/td>\nScreens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amazon Prime Video<\/strong><\/td>\n$5.99 p\/m<\/td>\n1,389<\/td>\nUHD<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Showmax<\/strong><\/td>\nR99 p\/m<\/td>\n594 (Over 1,000)*<\/td>\n720p<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black – Flexi Premium<\/strong><\/td>\nR99 p\/m<\/td>\n\u00b1700<\/td>\n1080p<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Netflix Basic<\/strong><\/td>\n$7.99 p\/m<\/td>\n2,940<\/td>\nSD<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Netflix Standard<\/strong><\/td>\n$9.99 p\/m<\/td>\n2,940<\/td>\nHD (1080p)<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Netflix Premium<\/strong><\/td>\n$11.99 p\/m<\/td>\n2,940<\/td>\nUHD<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
*Showmax said it is unsure how JustWatch calculates its title count. It has over 1,000 titles.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Now read: Cell C Black vs DStv \u2013 Channel and price comparison<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Video streaming continues to grow in popularity in South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":236520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[33560,355,35,2054,32140],"class_list":["post-242780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-black","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-netflix","tag-showmax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242780"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":242942,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242780\/revisions\/242942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}