All DStv subscribers are able to watch all channels available to their bouquet online on DStv Now, using the app for smartphones and tablets, or in their web browser. (To find out about how to access and use DStv Now, read more here.) DStv Premium subscribers: live sport streaming is easy game, since you have access to all SuperSport channels in your bouquet.
But what about those who are on the Compact Plus, Compact, Family, Access and other packages with fewer sports channels, or those who don’t subscribe to DStv at all?
Enter Showmax Pro, which offers the following live sport from SuperSport: all Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and PSL games as well as a wide range of live sports events including athletics, professional boxing, and the world’s biggest marathons. (Note that this is only applicable to South Africa – available sports differ between countries*.)
Showmax Pro also gives subscribers access to the full Showmax catalogue (series, movies, documentaries and kids’ shows) plus live news and music channels.
That depends whether you want access to Showmax Pro on only one mobile device (in which case, you’ll be looking at Showmax Pro Mobile), or on multiple devices with two simultaneous streams (Showmax Pro). Here’s the breakdown of costs.
| Showmax | Showmax Pro | |||
| Showmax | Showmax Mobile | Showmax Pro | Showmax Pro Mobile | |
| South Africa | ZAR 99 | ZAR 49 | ZAR 449 | ZAR 225 |
| Kenya | KSh760 | KSh380 | KSh2100 | KSh1050 |
| Nigeria | NGN2900 | NGN1450 | NGN6300 | NGN3200 |
| Other countries* | $7.99 | $3.99 | $17.99 | $8.99 |
| Showmax | Showmax Pro | |||
| Showmax | Showmax Mobile | Showmax Pro | Showmax Pro Mobile | |
| Series, movies, kids’ shows, documentaries | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Athletics, pro boxing, major international marathons, & more | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Music channels: Trace Urban, Trace Gospel | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| News channels: SABC News (SA only), Africanews, Euronews, Newzroom Afrika | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Football: all Champions League (SA only), Premier League, Serie A, PSL and La Liga games | – | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Number of concurrent streams | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Smartphone and tablet apps | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Smart TV, laptop, Android TV, Apple TV apps | ✓ | – | ✓* | – |
| Maximum video resolution | HD | SD | HD | SD |
| 14-day trial | ✓ | ✓ | – | – |
| *Supported smart TVs: Samsung Tizen (2017-2020), LG WebOS (2014-2020) | ||||
Want to know which matches will be available every week on Showmax Pro in South Africa? Click here to find out which live sport events to watch this week.
*Showmax Pro is available in: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comores, Republic of Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, DRC, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Réunion, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
New and existing Showmax Mobile customers are now able to stream up to 10 hours of series, movies, kids’ shows and more with 1GB of free MTN data every month until 31 October 2021.
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Everything you need to know about the new offering that includes live sport streaming from SuperSport, music and news channels.
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Instead of paying R297 for three months’ worth of Showmax, you’ll pay only R149 when you take up this offer, valid until 30 June 2020.
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