Telkom and SABC partner to launch new streaming service
Telkom announced that it has partnered with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to launch a new online streaming service, TelkomONE.
The five-year partnership will allow the TelkomONE platform to show all SABC television channels 1, 2, Sport, and Education as well as all 19 SABC radio stations.
The SABC will provide its content to Telkom on a non-exclusive basis and in exchange, the SABC will receive a carriage licence fee as well as share in the advertising revenue generated on the TelkomONE platform.
“We are excited about the opportunity to provide South Africans with free access to watch their favourite SABC content, online, when and wherever they want,” said Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko.
“TelkomONE will make it possible for subscribers to pause, go back into the programme guide (time-shift) and instantly watch a scheduled TV show they may have missed. Telkom is making digital TV functionality available to all.”
Customers can browse the catalogue and register for free to access a limited content catalogue that has a mixture of news, inspiration, and entertainment channels or subscribe to one of the AMP subscription packages that include music, short films, TV series, and the free content by default upon registration.
Telkom added that the streaming service will offer other content in addition to the SABC channels – including comedy and lifestyle shows, and music.
“Highlights to look forward to include local short films and new productions such as Thesha – a visual trip into modern-day South African youth culture, experienced through the lives of two teenage friends and Hashtag – a fun, energetic, lighthearted family-friendly talk show hosted by Sophie Lichaba, Mantsoe Tsatsi, Jarred Doyle, and Francois Louw,” Telkom said.
Here is the pricing for the service:
| Service | Data | Cost |
| TelkomONE Amp Daily | 90MB | R7.00 |
| TelkomONE Amp Weekend | 360MB | R17.00 |
| TelkomONE Amp Weekly | 720MB | R19.00 |
| TelkomONE Amp Monthly | 1,800MB | R49.00 |
Customers can pay for the service via prepaid airtime, voucher, credit card, wallet and Add to Bill for contract customers.
Written by: Gabriella Steyn.
Guzzle Media
