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The kykNET Ghoema Afrikaans music awards
are the only independent Afrikaans music
awards and were held for the 6th year in
April 2017. The awards were successful
and broadcast live. The channel invited Emo
Adams to record his first live concert, a tribute
to Taliep Petersen, which received country-
wide appreciation and praise.
Sport
SuperSport continued to perform well
while innovating to give sports fans a
variety of platforms. As always, broadcasts
were underpinned by expert analysis and
commentary, supplemental magazine
programming, online streaming and DStv
Catch Up highlights.
SuperSport, together with the group, runs
one of the largest and most-advanced
television-broadcast infrastructures, driven by
leading technology, and remains the biggest
funder of sport in Africa. In the review period
SuperSport and The Sports Trust handed
over a multipurpose facility to the winners
of the 2017 Let’s Play Physical Education
Challenge – Laerskool Jan Van Riebeeck in
Springs. The court can be used for five sports
codes.
The Mayweather versus McGregor fight
on 27 August 2017 achieved over 11m
impressions across Twitter, Facebook and
Instagram from 200 posts. It also boosted
customer growth ahead of match day, with
some 17 000 new Premium customers
attributed to the event.
OUR PACKAGES AND
PRODUCTS
2018 FINANCIAL-YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
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As part of our digital vision, free online
access to all tiers of DStv through the
DStv Now app was launched
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Catch Up Plus customers downloading
14 titles a month, from 10 a year ago
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Good growth in Explora units (our
proprietary and advanced decoder) –
aiding customer retention
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New Playlists feature across DStv
platforms assists customers in
navigating the breadth and depth
of content
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Strengthening distribution partnerships
with telecommunication companies
(increasingly active in the video-
streaming market on mobile)
free to Premium subscribers
Catch Up Plus
customers downloading
a month, from 10 a year ago
MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited
Integrated annual report 2018
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