Massive growth for SABC+ streaming service — and new features could require TV license

The SABC ’s free streaming service has grown to over 1 million users, an impressive increase of 67% in half a year, and plans to add new features by the end of the month.

The most obvious change was that an account with an associated email or cellphone number was no longer required to use the service. This would be similar to how the BBC’s iPlayer service works. Alongside South Africa, the UK is one of only a handful of countries that requires TV licences for households.

Seapolelo also said SABC+ apps were in the pipeline for more TV-based operating systems, including Android TV and Samsung’s Tizen OS.In November 2023, the SABC+ app had reached 600,000 sign-ups using the old compulsory registration system.

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