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Experts Believe Streaming TV Threatens SA Broadcasters

Roshan Dwivedi Published on : 25 August 2015
ShowMax Naspers South Africa

 

Internet streaming is a serious competitive threat to broadcast television in South Africa, but the technology is hamstrung by cost challenges, says an analyst.

“There is no doubt that internet streaming is a viable competitor to broadcast television… if you can afford and are able to get the requisite bandwidth,” Andrew Fraser told Fin24.

Fraser is the former head of Sony Mobile SA and a TV show producer.

Last week, multinational media and internet company Naspers launched ShowMax, an internet streaming company created to compete in a growing market with MultiChoice’s BoxOffice, MTN’s FrontRow and Times Media Group’s Vidi.

The ShowMax launch also comes after Netflix said earlier this year that it plans to launch in more markets, such as South Africa, by the end of 2016.

But Fraser warned that while these OTT video services could potentially upend the local business model for broadcast TV, the cost of data would keep it exclusive.

“So for now, this will really be limited to the top part of the market who have access to reasonably fast DSL or fibre connections.”

Read the entire story here.

Written by: Roshan Dwivedi

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