VIDI is the first
South African streaming service to offer both a monthly subscription option
and/or an instant rental option across one platform. There is no programme
scheduling but rather instant access to thousands of hours of entertainment.
Available across
multi devices, viewers have two options: Unlimited Subscription to a library of
movies and award-winning TV series for only R149 per month. Sign up is easy
with the first month on subscription offered as a trial period. Viewers don’t
require a dish or a decoder and they can cancel their subscription anytime as
there are no contracts. Viewers also have the option to Instantly Rent the
latest releases just off the circuit for R27 and a selection of premier library
titles from as little as R15.
The brainchild of
Times Media Group, VIDI is set to become the premier media streaming service in
South Africa, offering an affordable and instant entertainment library,
catering for all ages and tastes.
Viewers can watch
VIDI content on multiple devices that can stream content, including PC, Mac, Laptop,
Apple and Android Tablets and Smartphones. VIDI is not only an advert-free and
schedule-free platform, but is also adaptive to internet speeds and can work
from slow or fast internet connections.
Andrew Bonamour,
CEO for TMG, says: “VIDI represents a significant step in Times Media’s
evolution to a multi-platform media and entertainment company. It reflects a
new entrepreneurial and innovative mindset for the group that we believe will
bring long term growth and sustainability. It builds on the recent
diversification of the company into a range of high growth broadcast and
content assets in South Africa and in West and East Africa.”
The R149 a month
subscription offer allows for unlimited viewing of a library of more than 1,000
hours of television series and over 100 movies and is constantly growing. VIDI
also has a Kids Playzone, with a large selection of children's content from TV
series to the latest movie releases.
The Instant Rental
Service offers a mix of 72 of the latest blockbusters just off the cinema
circuit as well as select library titles, with new titles being added every
month, ranging from R15 to R27 a title.
Andrew Gill, MD of
Broadcast and Content at TMG, adds: ”We have secured some of the very best
available content from the biggest names in the industry. We will be constantly
refreshing our offering with new and exciting films and series”
Highlights include
all seasons of this year’s top Emmy-winner Breaking
Bad, an ABC branded block including popular titles such as Greys Anatomy, Cougar Town, Brothers and
Sisters and Missing, as well as
the all-seasons 10th Anniversary special of Lost,
which premiered in the US 10 years ago this September. VIDI will also celebrate
the 20th Anniversary of the classic Friends
in November.
Other TV titles
include the popular and most viewed online series Supernatural and the teen drama mystery-thriller Pretty Little Liars. Movie fare over the
following months includes the Oscar-winning drama’s Twelve Years a Slave and American
Hustle, the highly acclaimed Gravity,
blockbusters Divergent and Need For Speed and the recent Maleficent and The Lego Movie.
To celebrate its
arrival, VIDI offers a 30-day trial membership so that South Africans can
experience just what it has to offer and just how easy, affordable and
accessible it is.
To become part of
VIDI, go to www.vidi.co.za to
register.
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