The crime-drama funded by Netflix and produced within South Africa stands as Netflix’s first foray into original African stories and…
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You read that right, Netflix has bent the knee to South Africa’s Film and Publication Board (FPB). The agreement will…
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Although South Africans have no chill most of the time, it is apparent that we like the ‘Netflix’ part. According to FNB, its customers spent close $500 million in subscription and gift card purchases from Netflix, Showmax and Spotify.
Some of you may like auto-playing Netflix trailers before making a decision. Some of you may also be wrong.
This may be the one time that South Africa ranks higher than the US for overall resident happiness — because the 21 films from the legendary animation house Studio Ghibli are coming exclusively to Netflix. Outside of the US and Japan.
How’s this one for timing, Just after the official launch of Disney+ (not in South Africa, mind) Netflix decides to invest in some children’s programming.
Whether you agree or not, Netflix is currently dominating the streaming-race. It (arguably) has the best content, original and otherwise, available to South Africans right now. Yeah, streaming services are popping up like flies in the South African summer. But here, we don’t have access to half of ‘em.
The major streaming services – both old and new – all have different catalogs, pricing and strategies. While all services seek viewers’ time and attention, in other respects they are different beasts.
Either Netflix has a big update planned for 1 December, or some Samsung Smart TVs are just getting old.