SA's new TV challenger: all the details

South African couch potatoes, rejoice! SA is getting another challenger in the television market. And the man behind it, SouthTel Group's Oscar Dube, is optimistic the service will offer the value proposition that will attract millions of subscribers.

By Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd

9 May 2011

VOD:TV, which is slated for commercial launch on 1 September, is promising a new type of pay-TV service to South Africans: transactional and subscription video on demand delivered via satellite. Similar, in a way, to the US's Netflix, VOD:TV plans to offer SA consumers the latest movies and TV series before they are broadcast on traditional pay-TV broadcast networks like MultiChoice's DStv.

Dube says VOD:TV will complement rather than be a direct rival to pay-TV broadcasters, but TechCentral believes many SA consumers could see it as an alternative platform for their TV entertainment.

Continue reading all the details on www.TechCentral.co.za.

Source: TechCentral

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