{"id":286940,"date":"2018-11-26T10:11:22","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T08:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=286940"},"modified":"2018-11-26T11:16:27","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T09:16:27","slug":"dstv-streaming-service-no-launch-date-has-been-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/286940-dstv-streaming-service-no-launch-date-has-been-set.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv streaming service &#8211; No launch date has been set"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While MultiChoice has confirmed it is working on a streaming service to take on Netflix, there is still no firm launch date for the product.<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice South Africa CEO Calvo Mawela told MyBroadband in May that it was <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/258313-dstv-working-on-streaming-only-package-to-take-on-netflix.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>working on the service<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0but securing the streaming rights for all the entertainment content they offer on their existing DStv packages was a hurdle to clear.<\/p>\n<p>The move by MultiChoice comes after the success of Netflix globally and in South Africa, with Netflix offering a wide range of content at a much lower price point than DStv Premium.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its fightback, MultiChoice also launched a new video unit for OTT services called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/271283-naspers-creates-dstv-now-and-showmax-unit-for-new-streaming-services.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Connected Video<\/strong><\/a>, which is led by\u00a0CEO\u00a0Niclas Ekdahl.<\/p>\n<p>Answering questions from MyBroadband following a recent media briefing,\u00a0Ekdahl said the company is working on the DStv streaming service &#8211; but no firm launch date has been set.<\/p>\n<p>It has been previously estimated by industry players that the service will launch in 2019.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Bitrates<\/h3>\n<p>Ekdahl added that DStv&#8217;s current online offering, DStv Now, is reaching up to\u00a0250,000 daily active users.<\/p>\n<p>DStv Now lets existing DStv customers watch their satellite package of channels online through supported apps or a web browser.<\/p>\n<p>He added that they are currently working on improving the interface of DStv Now for users so their ability to discover content is optimised.<\/p>\n<p>DStv Now is also getting work done on its\u00a0adaptive bitrates, with the aim of\u00a0reducing the bitrate for the lowest-quality video setting.<\/p>\n<p>This is to give customers more options when it comes to managing data usage.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, DStv Now offers the following quality settings.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Highest<\/strong> (up to 1080p) &#8211; 1.7GB\/hr<\/li>\n<li><strong>High<\/strong> (up to 720p) &#8211; 1.2GB\/hr<\/li>\n<li><strong>Medium<\/strong> (up to 576p) &#8211; 700MB\/hr<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low<\/strong> (up to 360p) &#8211; 210MB\/hr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Video-Quality.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-286946\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Video-Quality.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Video-Quality.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Video-Quality-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Video-Quality-595x400.jpg 595w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/black-friday\/286848-record-breaking-black-friday-sales-for-takealot.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Record-breaking Black Friday sales for Takealot<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DStv&#8217;s streaming service to take on Netflix is still being developed by MultiChoice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":280627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[85,27627,55806,35],"class_list":["post-286940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-now","tag-dstv-streaming-service","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286940"}],"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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286940"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286940\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286942,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286940\/revisions\/286942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}