Consider the following scenario that most of us have experienced. It's been a hard day's work for you, and you have had to deal with the irking demands of your boss and your colleagues the entire day. All you want to do now is get home, sit in your favourite chair, throw your feet up, and indulge in some entertainment to melt away your stress. You begin channel surfing, only to face numerous frustrations that always plague your stress-relieving attempts when searching for something with which to entertain yourself.

Video-on-demand and streaming services for TV and movies is the way of the future. The old way of being told what you can watch and when you can watch it is going the way of the dinosaur, with streaming services giving flexibility, accessibility, and badly needed affordability. To fill this gap in South African TV we now have VIDI, South …

It’s rather unfortunate, but it’s a simple fact we just don’t get to see all the movies down here in currently not so sunny South Africa. There are several high-profile releases that simply never make it to our theatrical shores. Case in point, The Raid 2: Berandal, an eagerly awaited and greatly recommended sequel which I reviewed earlier this week, but …

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If there’s one thing I’ve always been insanely jealous of when it comes to our American compatriots, (besides their vast quantities of bacon, of course) it’s their easy access to video on demand services like Netflix and Amazon VOD. Video streaming technology is extremely popular everywhere else in the world as well, whereas back home we currently only have Multichoice’s …