As Super 5 fails, WowTV talks of launch
5 Aug 2010
South Africans' last hope for more competition in the country's pay-TV market, Walking On Water Television (WowTV), is gearing up to launch a satellite TV service within the next couple of months.
TechCentral can reveal that WowTV plans to launch two bouquets of channels, one costing R49/month and the other R99/month. The low prices suggest the company is hoping to appeal to a broad market.
The developments come as rival pay-TV licensee Super 5 Media comes unstuck. Super 5 has retrenched its employees and one of its creditors is expected to bring an application for its liquidation later this week.
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