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ShowMax

Broadcast on: Online
Active from: 19 Aug 2015

About

ShowMax is a subscription video on demand internet service which can be accessed via web browser, smartphones, tablets and selected smart TVs, offering a wide range of movies and television series, both local and international.

AVAILABILITY

South Africa

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Best series and movies. Online. Anytime.

ABOUT

Combining more than 12,000 hours / 20,000 episodes of series and movies and as well as local content, ShowMax delivers a subscription video on demand service.

With a catalogue spanning major production studios from across the globe, the cost at launch was R99 per month. The service delivers a wide range of video entertainment for smart devices.

ShowMax aims to be "Africa's video on demand powerhouse blending local knowledge and international expertise to give an unparalleled video entertainment experience".

Subscribers to the service sign up for ShowMax on their website and watch via web browser on laptop and desktop computer, via iOS and Android apps on smartphones and tablets, and via apps on certain Samsung and LG smart TVs.

Shortly after launch in August 2015, ShowMax secured several region-exclusive television series including the Sundance Channel drama Rectify and a selection of dramas from ITV Studios, including Jekyll & Hyde, Good Witch and Texas Rising.


Latest Updated Shows

Soutmansland

Genre: Drama
Channel: SABC2, ShowMax
Summary: The story of a Coloured community, Vlaktevlei, who are ordered to evacuate their land in order to make way for the development of a holiday resort.
Starring: Deirdre Wolhuter, Kevin Smith, Andre Odendaal


Arsenaal

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Channel: SABC2, kykNET, SABC3, kykNET & kie, ShowMax
Summary: Action thriller which tells the story of Jack Degenaar, a former professor and publisher who suddenly becomes the prime suspect in a murder case.
Starring: Ian Roberts, Elzette Maarschalk, Dirk Stoltz


The Good Wife

Genre: Drama
Channel: M-Net, M-Net Series, SABC3, ShowMax, M-Net Series Zone, M-Net City, M-Net Family
Summary: A wife and mother must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's public scandal lands him in jail.
Starring: Julianna Margulies, Matt Czuchry, Archie Panjabi


Latest Articles

Closure!

22 Dec 2023 | Written by: E*star | From: Aunty Savage Tea Party.
This year has been interesting to say the least. Politically we are heading towards the polls in confusion, economically life is getting weirdly costly however ...


kykNET Silwerskerm Awards for Film and Television - all the winners

28 Aug 2023 | Written by: TVSA Team | From: kykNET
Best Villain, Best Newcomer and Best TV Moment. The headliners from this first ceremony.


2023 SAFTAs - ALL the nominees

08 Aug 2023 | Written by: TVSA Team | From: Awards
kykNET mockumentary Hotel leads the pack and Thando Thabethe scores double nods for TV Drama and Comedy. Includes tallies.



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