SA’s new streaming platform: What you need to know about BritBox

British video streaming service BritBox run by ITV and BBC, announced that it will be launching in South Africa on 6 August. 

Here is everything you need to know about the streaming platform. 

BRITBOX COST

South Africa is only the fifth global territory that BritBox will be available to — following the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

The streaming platform allows a seven-day free trial and will thereafter start at R99.99 per month. BritBox will be in competition with Netflix, Showmax,  Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+ and more.

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‘RECORD LEVELS’ OF EXCLUSIVE CONTENTS

BritBox can be accessed online as well as mobile and tablet devices while Apple TV set-top boxes, Samsung and LG Smart TV sets are also included according to News 24. 

BritBox international CEO, Reemah Sakaan said that when BritBox launches in South Africa, the streaming platform will have “record-levels” of exclusive content.

“We chose South Africa as our next priority region because we know there’s a massive loyal fanbase for British television and it’s growing,” she said at the press event.

“BritBox is perfectly placed to respond to the new shifting patterns of behaviours of the way people want to watch. We see new audiences discovering gems from the past to love and generational audiences finding hot new premieres to sink their teeth into – and that’s the beauty of streaming,” she continued.

“In the past few years, British content has moved firmly into streaming centre-stage while also maintaining its high-quality benchmark in character-driven storytelling. That’s why we seized the opportunity to tap into that appetite and created BritBox,” she added. 

WHAT SHOWS WILL BRITBOX SA LAUNCH WITH?

Absolutely Fabulous, Blackadder, Line of Duty, Luther, Manhunt, Mr Bean, Unforgotten, Professor T, The Midwife, The Office, Wedding of the Century are some of the shows expected to be available for streaming when the platform launches.

“Premieres will regularly arrive within hours of their UK transmission, she said “making us the fastest from UK screen to BritBox stream,” continued Sakaan. 

“Our research tells us that South African audiences have a really broad variety of tastes. We know for instance that they love British comedies, are passionate about crime series, and mad about period drama, and who doesn’t love a classic Agatha Christie mystery,” she added. 

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