{"id":208429,"date":"2017-11-01T12:31:40","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=208429"},"modified":"2017-11-01T12:31:40","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T10:31:40","slug":"cell-c-launches-video-on-demand-service-with-live-streaming-and-sports-channels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/208429\/cell-c-launches-video-on-demand-service-with-live-streaming-and-sports-channels\/","title":{"rendered":"Cell C launches video on demand service with live-streaming and sports channels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cell C has launched an entertainment platform called Black, offering video, music, concert tickets, and sports betting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo longer will you have to wait 9 months before you can watch the newest movies in South Africa,\u201d said Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as it is off the big screen, it will become available on Black.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cell C has also secured sports rights for the platform, which includes the delayed live streaming of football games played by Chelsea, Manchester United, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Santos said they are working to reduce the period for which the streams will be delayed, and that they\u00a0are close to finalising other sports content.<\/p>\n<p>Black has also secured the exclusive rights to several series, will feature 66 live streaming channels including news, and are nearing a deal with Fox.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Price<\/h3>\n<p>Several subscription packages are on offer from Cell C.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>HD movie purchase<\/strong> \u2013 from R49 to R169.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Subscription service<\/strong> \u2013 R389 per month for access to\u00a0video on demand service, live streaming channels, and sports.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports service<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0R5 for 24 hours of sports.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Payment via credit card will be available, and Cell C subscribers can buy and rent content using prepaid airtime.<\/p>\n<p>You do not have to be a Cell C subscriber to access the platform, however, said the company.<\/p>\n<p>Black will be available on Android and iOS via apps, will have its own set-top box from Cell C, and will be available through web browsers.<\/p>\n<p>The service is set to launch on 14 November.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/204346\/cell-c-launches-mobile-sports-betting-service-with-clickabet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cell C launches mobile sports betting service with Clickabet<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cell C has launched an entertainment platform called Black, offering video, music, concert tickets, and sports betting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":199016,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[42],"class_list":["post-208429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-cell-c"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208429","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=208429"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208433,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208429\/revisions\/208433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}