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Telkom has partnered with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to launch a new online broadcast service called TelkomONE.
The five-year partnership is a one-of-a-kind digital transportation agreement for SABC and will include television show radio platforms on a single online platform.
TelkomONE will broadcast SABC’s television channels 1, 2, Sports and Education, as well as all 19 SABC radio stations.
SABC will provide your content to Telkom on a non-exclusive basis.
In return, SABC will receive a transportation license fee, as well as a share of the advertising revenue generated on the TelkomONE platform.
“We are excited about the opportunity to provide South Africans with free access to watch their favorite SABC content, online, whenever and wherever they want it,” said Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko.
“TelkomONE will make it possible for subscribers to pause, go back to the program guide (time change) and instantly watch a scheduled TV show that they may have missed. Telkom is making digital television functionality available to everyone. “
Customers can browse the catalog and register for free to access a limited content catalog that has a mix of news, inspiration and entertainment channels or subscribe to one of AMP’s subscription packages including music, short films, series television and free content. by default when registering.
Users can pay via prepaid airtime, coupon, credit card, wallet, and Add to Invoice for contract customers.
Pricing for Amp subscriptions of the new TelkomONE streaming service are shown below.
| TelkomONE Amplifier Subscriptions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Service | Data | cost |
| TelkomONE Daily Amplifier | 90 MB | 7.00 R |
| TelkomONE Amp Weekend | 360 MB | 17.00 R |
| TelkomONE weekly amplifier | 720 MB | 19.00 R |
| Monthly TelkomONE Amplifier | 1,800 MB | R 49.00 |
Additional content
Telkom added that the streaming service will offer other content in addition to SABC channels, including comedy and lifestyle shows and music.
“Highlights we hope to include local short films and new productions like Thesha, a visual journey into modern South African youth culture, experienced through the lives of two teenage friends, and Hashtag, a fun, energetic and upbeat family talk show hosted by Sophie. Lichaba, Mantsoe Tsatsi, Jarred Doyle and Francois Louw, ”said Telkom.
“The partnership is important to ensure that our content, in all its formats, reaches consumers everywhere and at any time,” said Madoda Mxakwe, CEO of SABC.
“SABC has a lot of content, both purchased and produced by local talents, that we broadcast on our free channels.”
“Through the new streaming channel, we will further promote universal access to popular SABC content for audiences and customers, in an affordable way and easily accessible from mobile devices.”
Mxakwe said that this partnership is part of SABC’s overall strategy to become a “competitive provider of multi-channel and multi-platform public content.”
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