{"id":193472,"date":"2017-08-21T08:52:33","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T06:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=193472"},"modified":"2017-08-21T09:14:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T07:14:42","slug":"showmax-and-vast-team-up-to-offer-free-wi-fi-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/193472\/showmax-and-vast-team-up-to-offer-free-wi-fi-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Showmax and VAST team up to offer zero-rate Wi-Fi data"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax and open access Wi-Fi provider VAST Networks have partnered to zero-rate Wi-Fi data for streaming and downloading TV shows and movies on the Internet TV service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.showmax.com\/eng\/vast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Showmax and VAST<\/a> are running a three-month trial at 83 VAST Wi-Fi hotspots across South Africa, which are mainly located at shopping malls and hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Savides, Head of Showmax Africa, said: \u201cThanks to the downloads feature on Showmax, this zero-rated data means much more than just having something to watch while you\u2019re at the mall.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Once you log onto one of the VAST Wi-Fi sites, download up to 25 TV shows or movies and the data won\u2019t cost you a cent. Get your groceries at the shops and come home with the week\u2019s entertainment sorted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Showmax apps for both Android and iOS smartphones and tablets support the downloads feature.<\/p>\n<p>Up to 25 TV shows or movies can be downloaded at once and will remain on the device for 30 days. Once started, viewers have 48 hours to finish viewing a particular piece of content, Showmax said.<\/p>\n<p>Users have the option of four different file sizes, which is useful when memory storage space is limited. At the lowest quality setting, one 20-minute episode of <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> will take up around 80 MB of space.<\/p>\n<p>Showmax launched in 2015 and costs R99 per month. There\u2019s no contract &#8211; the service can be cancelled at any time with zero penalty.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/181463\/why-telkom-mtn-vodacom-and-cell-c-could-determine-the-future-of-netflix-and-showmax-in-south-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why Telkom, MTN, Vodacom and Cell C could determine the future of Netflix and Showmax in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax, and open access Wi-Fi provider, VAST Networks, have partnered to zero-rate Wi-Fi data for streaming and downloading TV shows and movies on the Internet TV service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":134114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[10293,11965],"class_list":["post-193472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-showmax","tag-vast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193472","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193472"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193498,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193472\/revisions\/193498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}