{"id":321560,"date":"2019-09-28T12:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=321560"},"modified":"2019-09-28T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T10:22:04","slug":"dstv-now-streaming-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/321560-dstv-now-streaming-problems.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv Now streaming problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous DStv Premium subscribers are complaining that they cannot stream the latest Springbok game live.<\/p>\n<p>The DStv Now problems today follow <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/320889-dstv-now-downtime-caused-by-too-many-people-logging-in.html\"><strong>a similar problem last week<\/strong><\/a> when the service experienced downtime during the Springboks versus New Zealand rugby world cup match.<\/p>\n<p>MultiChoice explained that all subscribers who were logged in ahead of the start of the match were able to view the game seamlessly.<\/p>\n<p>However, there was a problem with the influx of fresh logins on the platform, which had to be individually verified, causing a delay in accessing the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple social media users complained that they were unable to watch the game on DStv Now, with several stating they missed the entire match as a result.<\/p>\n<p>The company added that its engineering team has been \u201cworking tirelessly\u201d ahead of the rugby world cup to ensure \u201cpreparedness for a record number of online viewers\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Similar problems are now experienced by some DStv subscribers who are trying to stream the Springboks versus Namibia match.<\/p>\n<p>Users of both the online service and the DStv Now app complained about streaming problems.<\/p>\n<p>The message reads, \u201cSorry, we\u2019re unable to play this video right now, something went wrong on our side. Please retry in a few minutes or play another video&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks DStv. No idea why I even have premium subscription,\u201d one user said. \u201cTrying to use the DStv Now app to watch the SA v Namibia game but this is the message I keep getting,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">DStv Now problems<\/h3>\n<p>The screenshots below were posted by DStv Now users on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321566\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-600x296.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-321568\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"1089\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-2.jpg 640w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-2-235x400.jpg 235w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/DStv-Now-Down-2-253x430.jpg 253w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Read now: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/320889-dstv-now-downtime-caused-by-too-many-people-logging-in.html\">DStv Now downtime caused by too many people logging in<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Numerous DStv subscribers are complaining that they cannot stream the Springboks versus Namibia game live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":321564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[27627,35],"class_list":["post-321560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-dstv-now","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321560"}],"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=321560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321562,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321560\/revisions\/321562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}