{"id":669635,"date":"2023-03-02T11:56:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=669635"},"modified":"2023-03-02T11:56:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T09:56:08","slug":"openview-launching-new-pay-tv-service-in-south-africa-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/technology\/669635\/openview-launching-new-pay-tv-service-in-south-africa-this-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Openview launching new pay-TV service in South Africa this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Openview owner eMedia has announced that it will launch a new pay-TV service, Ultraview, on 6 March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Ultraview will enable viewers to watch additional bouquets of content for a monthly subscription alongside the free content available on Openview on the same decoder.<\/p>\n<p>Openview currently only offers a free-to-view service to viewers as long as they have a decoder and dish.<\/p>\n<p>The Ultraview offering will now add bouquets of different content on a subscription basis to viewed alongside these services.<\/p>\n<p>eMedia said the service will allow customers to view niche content in one convenient place via standalone packages.<\/p>\n<p>This includes two channels focused on LGBTQI+ matters &#8211; OUTtv and FUSE &#8211; via the Pride bouquet, which will be available for R74.99 per month.<\/p>\n<p>First-time users will be able to access the Pride bouquet&#8217;s content via a 3-day trial period, after which a monthly fee will be applied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSubscribers to Ultraview have the option of cancelling the subscription at any time,\u201d eMedia said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltraview will be adding more bouquets to the service very soon. Viewers can look forward to the Spice bouquet, which will also feature two channels of delightful content.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/669519\/multichoice-is-launching-a-new-mega-streaming-service-with-comcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Multichoice is launching a new mega streaming service with Comcast<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ultraview will launch on 6 March and will initially offer two channels for R74.99 per month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":669663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9878],"tags":[26,6367],"class_list":["post-669635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-headline","tag-openview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669635","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\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669635"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":669677,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669635\/revisions\/669677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}