Will DStv kill the video shop star?

On Thursday, 21 July 2011, MultiChoice launched BoxOffice, a movie rental service on its DStv pay-TV platform. The service takes aim at traditional video stores.

By Duncan McLeod: @mcleodd

20 Jul 2011

... Little is known about BoxOffice yet, beyond that it will download and store a selection of movies - perhaps 10 or 20 flicks - onto the hard drives of users with personal video recorders. They'll then be able to unlock a movie for a small fee - perhaps in the region of R30 - giving them 48 hours in which to watch it.

Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Worx, says the impact on video stores will depend largely on the quantity of content that DStv makes available on BoxOffice as well as the cost of renting movies.

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Updated at 12.59pm on 20 July 2011.

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