{"id":381383,"date":"2020-03-13T07:57:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T05:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=381383"},"modified":"2020-03-13T13:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T11:24:34","slug":"top-picks-which-matches-to-stream-during-dstv-now-open-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/381383\/top-picks-which-matches-to-stream-during-dstv-now-open-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Top picks: Which matches to stream during DStv Now open weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don\u2019t make plans for Saturday and Sunday. Stay in and binge-watch DStv Premium, including all the SuperSport channels.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>All-access, all weekend<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the weekend of 14-15 March, DStv customers on any package* will be able to livestream all the DStv channels through the DStv Now app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That means customers on EasyView, Access, Family, Compact and Compact Plus will be able to watch every live channel on the DStv Premium bouquet, using <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.dstv.com\/registration\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DStv Now<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">* Indian, French and Portuguese language packages not included.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DStv Now open weekend - All-access, all weekend\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dt0N1iIaED8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>How to get ready for DStv Now Open Weekend<\/b><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Make sure you\u2019re signed up for DStv Now. If you haven\u2019t registered before, go to <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/connect.dstv.com\/registration\/signup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">now.dstv.com<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and follow the prompts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re already signed up, check that you still remember your password and your logins work.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you\u2019re planning on watching on your phone or tablet, and you haven\u2019t updated your DStv Now app in a while, do it now. Download the DStv Now app for <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.dstvmobile.android&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Android<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/za\/app\/dstv-now-watch-live-on-the-go\/id467168196\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">iOS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-381391\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/DStv-Now-open-weekend-768x402.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are our picks for which sports events to watch, live:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Cricket<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Sunday 15 March: Australia vs New Zealand 2nd ODI, 1:20 to 9:45 on SS2<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 15 March: India vs South Africa 2nd ODI, 9:45 to 18:30 on SS2<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Golf<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: The Players Championship Day 3, 20:00 to 1:00 on SS5<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 15 March: The Players Championship Day 4, 19:00 to 0:00 on SS5<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Rugby<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: Vodacom Super Rugby, Blues vs Emirates Lions, 5:20 to 7:30 on SS1<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: Vodacom Super Rugby, Reds vs Vodacom Bulls, 10:10 to 12:30 on SS1<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: Vodacom Super Rugby, Cell C Sharks vs DHL Stormers, 15:00 to 17:20 on SS1<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: Six Nations, Wales vs Scotland, 16:10 to 18:15 on SS5<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 15 March: <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vodacom Super Rugby, Brumbies vs Waratahs, 7:00 to 9:00 SS1<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>EFC<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Saturday 14 March: EFC 84 &#8211; Welterweight Title Fight, Themba Gorimbo vs Lyle Karam 19:30 to 23:00 on S11<\/p>\n<p>Did you know, <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">it\u2019s possible to stream sports and your favourite show on two screens simultaneously with the DStv Now app?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><b>Boost your data for DStv Now open weekend<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Vodacom: <\/b>Purchase 1GB video streaming data bundles for R50 via USSD by dialling *135# or through the My Vodacom app.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Telkom: <\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>MTN: <\/b>Buy the MTN 5GB video streaming data bundle for R159 by dialling *142# or on the MTN app<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the weekend of 14-15 March, DStv customers on any package will be able to livestream all the DStv channels, including SuperSport, using the DStv Now app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":381389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[14245,13417,26],"class_list":["post-381383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-connected-video","tag-dstv-now","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381383","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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381383"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":381597,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381383\/revisions\/381597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}