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In South Africa: standard plan is 2x1080p streams at R89/mo, or 1.7x big Macs, or 3.5hrs minimum wage. There's a mobile plan for 39/mo. Equivalent Netflix Standard is R159/mo.

The old app wasn't great. The reason why is simple: I remember a recruiter reaching out to me at the time MultiChoice were starting off with their streaming apps and they were offering market rates for a senior developer - strange choice when building the foundation for a continent-wide business.

The new app is a high quality Netflix look-a-like, perhaps leveraging skills from the Comcast deal.




The just adopted Comcast Infinity X1 delivery platform and shuttered the homegrown ShowMax.




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