A peak of 7.7 million viewers watched ITV’s coverage of the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2026 across TV and streaming on June 11th, which saw tournament co-hosts Mexico secure a 2-0 win against South Africa at the Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. Produced by ITV Sport Production, part of ITV Studios, the […]
Amazon has launched its Prime subscription service in South Africa offering shopping incentives, and including access to video streaming and Cloud gaming. Prime in the country costs R59/month (€3.11) or R399/year with a 30-day free trial for new members. Amazon Prime members get unlimited free same-day delivery on orders placed before midday in three key […]
Channel 4 has secured the rights to broadcast the 2025/26 CAF Champions League Final. The two-leg fixture between South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns and Morocco’s AS FAR will air live on Channel 4 Streaming and Channel 4 Sport YouTube on May 17th and 24th. The Sundowns are chasing their second Champions League crown since 2016, whilst […]
South Africa’s communications regulator Icasa continues to defy the nation’s Communications Minister Solly Malatsi’s demand that permission be given for SpaceX’s Starlink to operate in the country. In a statement on May 13th, Icasa said that to grant such permission would need an amendment to the country’s Electronic Communications Act (ECA). Icasa says it had […]
It seems that two factions within South Africa’s administration are at each other’s throats. Communications Minister Solly Malatsi’s outburst on April 24th that his patience with regulator ICASA has run out is a clear demonstration that all is not well with South Africa’s supervisors. The spat is understood to refer to the request from SpaceX […]
ICASA, South Africa’s Communications regulator, is working on a new licensing framework for satellite Internet operators, and specifically mentioned Elon Musk’s SpaceX. “The goal is to create a transparent, efficient, and sustainable regulatory environment that fosters investment, competition, and the expansion of satellite services,” ICASA said in a statement. In its annual performance plan for […]
Elon Musk, despite being born and raised in South Africa, is still stymied in the country as far as his Starlink broadband service is concerned. SpaceX first applied for permission many years ago. Indeed, it was considered such a routine move that Starlink kit was being imported into the nation and some 5,000 users registered […]
SpaceX’s Starlink grew 85 per cent in connectivity in Brazil end ended 2025 on 606,200 customers according to data from the country’s media regulator Anatel. The progress sees Starlink as the 13th-largest operator in Brazil, and while this is still way behind market leaders Claro (10.62 million subscribers) and Vivo (8.01 million). However, the progress […]
Pay-TV subscribers in South Africa have fallen 9.6 per cent in the year to September 2025 according to data from regulator Icasa. The fall, to well below 7 million, is the lowest for five years. The number of subscribers, says Icasa, was 6.7 million (7.4 million in the previous year) and which in 2021 stood […]
Canal+ is making some major changes to its new MultiChoice/DStv acquisition for African subscribers. Having recently announced it is closing its Showmax streaming service (“an expensive failure” said the company) and an intention to help boost cost savings overall by some €250 million this year alone, C+ is now targeting other cost centres, not least […]