{"id":322447,"date":"2019-06-10T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T08:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=322447"},"modified":"2019-06-10T10:53:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-10T08:53:56","slug":"showmax-is-trialling-live-sports-streaming-including-cricket-and-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/322447\/showmax-is-trialling-live-sports-streaming-including-cricket-and-rugby\/","title":{"rendered":"Showmax is trialling live sports streaming &#8211; including cricket and rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax is trialling live sport streaming and has also begun adding pre-recorded sport events to its back catalogue.<\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement, the company said that the content available in the trial includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Live broadcast of South Africa\u2019s ICC Cricket World Cup games;<\/li>\n<li>Extended highlights from major games;<\/li>\n<li>Magazine and talk shows from SuperSport;<\/li>\n<li>Selected live professional and amateur events including games from the SuperSport Rugby challenge;<\/li>\n<li>Sport-focused movies and documentaries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The company said that the trial is currently only accessible to a randomly selected group of South African customers, through most apps and platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Users who have been selected as part of the trial will be able access the content rough a dedicated a \u2018sport\u2019 option on the main navigation bar after series and movies.<\/p>\n<p>While Showmax did not indicate which sports or events will be available, its official <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShowmaxOnline\/status\/1137981446059151360\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> <\/strong>account said that there are no current plans to offer full bouquets of all sports; however, it &#8220;does intend to try different content on the service over time&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322457 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"765\" height=\"733\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-1.png 765w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-1-300x287.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-322461 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1396\" height=\"704\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2.png 1396w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2-1024x516.png 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Showmax-2-1200x605.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1396px) 100vw, 1396px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/319922\/dstv-will-go-out-of-business-if-rule-changes-go-ahead-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DStv will \u2018go out of business\u2019 if rule changes go ahead: report<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showmax is trialling live sport streaming and has also begun adding pre-recorded sport events to its back catalogue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":134114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5554],"tags":[26,10293],"class_list":["post-322447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media","tag-headline","tag-showmax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322447","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=322447"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322487,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322447\/revisions\/322487"}],"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=322447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}