{"id":147771,"date":"2016-12-14T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=147771"},"modified":"2016-12-14T13:01:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T11:01:13","slug":"amazon-prime-video-launches-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/147771\/amazon-prime-video-launches-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Prime Video launches in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Prime Video is now available in South Africa, following its launch in over 200 countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers can sign up for a Prime Video membership and enjoy popular new shows like The Grand Tour and award-winning Amazon Original Series including Mozart in the Jungle,\u201d said Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Customers in new Prime Video territories can access the service for an introductory price of $2.99 per month for the first six months.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa\u2019s pricing is listed at\u00a0$2.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Video can be watched through its\u00a0app on Android and iOS, Fire Tablets, LG and Samsung Smart TVs, or online at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.primevideo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>PrimeVideo.com<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Users can also download all titles to mobile devices for offline viewing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrime Video members can also control how much data they use when streaming and downloading video by choosing between Good, Better, and Best visual quality settings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amazon Prime Video\u2019s automated and machine learning systems will also select the best streaming configurations for a customer based on their device, location, and ISP, said the company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/146661\/you-may-soon-be-able-to-choose-your-own-dstv-channels\/\" target=\"_blank\">You may soon be able to choose your own DStv channels<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon Prime Video is now available in South Africa, following its launch in over 200 countries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":147773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-147771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-active"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147771"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147777,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147771\/revisions\/147777"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}