{"id":13552,"date":"2022-11-17T05:19:30","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/sabc\/?p=13552"},"modified":"2022-11-17T05:19:30","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:19:30","slug":"media-statement-sabc-launches-its-streaming-service-sabc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/media-statement-sabc-launches-its-streaming-service-sabc\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA STATEMENT   |  SABC LAUNCHES ITS STREAMING SERVICE SABC+"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Johannesburg &#8211; Thursday, 17\u00a0 November 2022 \u2013 <\/strong>The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched its long-anticipated OTT platform, SABC +.<\/p>\n<p>The SABC + streaming app will provide the best that the SABC has to offer including 19 radio stations and 3 free-to-air television channels SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, as well as the SABC Sports Channel and the SABC\u2019s 24-hour news channel. In addition, the app will feature a variety of local and international content, to extend the Corporation\u2019s mission to inform, educate and entertain citizen, everywhere, anytime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSABC +\u00a0 signals a new digital era for the SABC and a key accomplishment in addressing universal access for all citizens\u201d states Mr Madoda Mxakwe, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the SABC. \u201c SABC + app also presents a growth path to enhancing our value offering to clients and customers to build a strong foundation for future financial sustainability of the SABC\u201d, concluded Mxakwe.<\/p>\n<p>In partnership with the global consumer electronics and home appliances market leader, Hisense, the Corporation will distribute the SABC + app through the Hisense VIDAA Smart TVs and mobile devices in time for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022\u2122 on 20 November 2022. Together, these two powerhouses will bring 28 matches of the FIFA World Cup and the official FIFA World Cup show daily, for FREE.<\/p>\n<p>The SABC is proud to partner with a technology company such as Hisense to enable us to fulfil our public mandate, whilst utilising innovation to provide cutting edge content to the public.<\/p>\n<p>SABC + platform can be accessed on the following platforms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Twitter: @SABCPlus\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCPlus\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SABCPlus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Facebook: @SABCPlus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SABCPlus\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SABCPlus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Instagram: @SABCPlus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sabcplus\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sabcplus\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>TikTok: @sabcplus<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sabcplus.com\">www.sabcplus.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ends<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Issued By:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Group Communications <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Media Enquiries:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ms. Gugu Ntuli (Group Executive: Corporate Affairs and Marketing) <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:NtuliGM@sabc.co.za|T\"><strong>NtuliGM@sabc.co.za|<\/strong><strong>T<\/strong><\/a><strong>. 011 714 3311|C. 071 877 0513<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Johannesburg &#8211; Thursday, 17\u00a0 November 2022 \u2013 The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has launched its long-anticipated OTT platform, SABC +. The SABC + streaming app will provide the best that the SABC has to offer including 19 radio stations and 3 free-to-air television channels SABC 1, SABC 2, SABC 3, as well as the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8918,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13553,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13552\/revisions\/13553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sabc.co.za\/sabc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}