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19 August 2020

Showmax Pro goes live in South Africa

From R225 per month, South Africans can now sign up for the Showmax Pro service, which offers the full Showmax catalogue plus news, music channels and live sport from SuperSport.

The new Showmax Pro service, which bundles the existing Showmax entertainment service with music channels, news channels and live sport streaming from SuperSport, is going live from today in South Africa with prices starting at R225 per month.

The South African version of Showmax Pro features all Champions League, Premier League, Serie A, La Liga, and PSL games as well as a wide range of live sport events including athletics, professional boxing, and the world’s biggest marathons.

Showmax Pro will begin to roll out in South Africa from today and is expected to be available to all customers within the next 24-48 hours. This table gives details of the new Showmax Pro service in South Africa:

ShowmaxShowmax Pro
ShowmaxShowmax MobileShowmax ProShowmax 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 streams2121
Smartphone and tablet apps✓✓✓✓
Smart TV, laptop, Android TV, Apple TV apps✓–✓*–
Maximum video resolutionHDSDHDSD
14-day trial✓✓––
*Supported smart TVs: Samsung Tizen (2017-2020), LG WebOS (2014-2020)

News channels that became firm favourites as part of the Showmax lockdown offering are included in the Pro package, too, including SABC News (South Africa only); Euro News; Africanews and Newzroom Afrika. Other channels on Showmax Pro that subscribers are able to live stream include the popular music channels Trace Urban and Trace Gospel.

Showmax Pro will be available on mobile devices that run Android and Apple iOS and smart devices including compatible Smart TVs, Apple TV 4 and Android TV.

The monthly subscription price for Showmax and Showmax Pro in South Africa is as follows:

ShowmaxShowmax Pro
ShowmaxShowmax MobileShowmax ProShowmax Pro Mobile
South AfricaZAR 99ZAR 49ZAR 449ZAR 225

Is there a free trial for Showmax Pro?

Showmax will continue to have a 14-day free trial, so that anyone can test the entertainment service risk-free. However, a free trial is incompatible with live sport, so it’s not available for Showmax Pro.

For more information, visit www.showmax.com.

What is Showmax?

It's a streaming service featuring hit African content, international series and movies, documentaries and kids' shows. Showmax Pro includes all this plus live sport from SuperSport, live music and news. Go to showmax.com for more.

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