Showmax’s Refreshed Brand and Premier League Plan Set to Transform Streaming Experience

Ten months after MultiChoice, Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky announced a joint streaming vision for Africa, the new Showmax is here, featuring a refreshed brand and a massive content lineup, all delivered on a powerful new streaming platform. At the heart of the new offering is the world’s first standalone Premier League plan for mobile, with…

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Showmax unveils robust content slate ahead of its February relaunch 

African streamer bringing customers more African Originals and international hits than ever before.      Showmax releases record 21 African Showmax Originals in February   More than 1 300 hours of Showmax Originals across Africa releasing this year – averaging more than 3.5 hours of brand-new local content daily   Highlights include the second season…

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Showmax spine-chilling true-crime documentary Boetie Boer is now streaming (video)

  Showmax’s spine-chilling true-crime documentary series Boetie Boer: Inside The Mind Of A Monster takes us back in time to 1990: as the African National Congress is unbanned and Nelson Mandela is released after 27 years in prison, Stewart ‘Boetie Boer’ Wilken starts his killing spree in Port Elizabeth, now Gqeberha.  “Wilken was a highly unusual serial killer,” says…

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Showmax drops trailer for its new dating reality series Bae Beyond Borders (watch)

      Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/8BJuHfROBb8?si=j8b-SLFwZp1oB8so     • Bae Beyond Borders is set to stream on Showmax from 23 October   • Gorgeous African singletons looking for love   • 10 weeks of romance, friendships, make-ups and heart-wrenching breakups   • New episodes every Monday     Can love work beyond cultures?    …

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The Real Housewives of Lagos returns for a second season in September on Showmax (watch trailer)

      Showmax has announced the return of The Real Housewives of Lagos for a second season, premiering 29 September 2023, with new episodes on Fridays.   The popular reality TV series will build on the success of the first season, whose first episode broke the first-day streaming record on Showmax Nigeria and was the only African title to crack the top 10 most-watched shows on the streaming service in 2022 across not just…

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