--- title: SABC+ scales up | daily.dev description: SABC+, the South African Broadcasting Corporation's free streaming platform, has surpassed three million registered users, roughly doubling its sign-up rate... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: SABC+ scales up | daily.dev og:description: SABC+, the South African Broadcasting Corporation's free streaming platform, has surpassed three million registered users, roughly doubling its sign-up rate... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/n5TfqN40z.png og:image:alt: SABC+ scales up og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # SABC+ scales up **[TechCentral](https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary SABC+, the South African Broadcasting Corporation's free streaming platform, has surpassed three million registered users, roughly doubling its sign-up rate over four months that coincided with South Africa's FIFA World Cup participation. Growth accelerated from about 111,000 new registrations per month to approximately 225,000 per month during this period. The SABC has not disclosed how many of those registrations represent active viewers — a common practice in the sector. Comparisons are drawn with eMedia's Openview and eVOD, which similarly report cumulative registrations rather than active users. MultiChoice's Showmax, which had paying subscribers, was shut down after Canal+ called it an 'expensive failure' following R2.6-billion in trading losses in 2024. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [SABC Plus tops two million registered users](https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-plus-tops-two-million-registered-users-v8ssconjc) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [SABC\+ buckles as 477 000 fans pile in for Bafana opener](https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-buckles-as-477-000-fans-pile-in-for-bafana-opener-deow0b3iq) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [MultiChoice pulls the plug on Showmax](https://daily.dev/posts/multichoice-pulls-the-plug-on-showmax-ymzc4y6qp) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Showmax ‘can’t continue’ in its current form](https://daily.dev/posts/showmax-can-t-continue-in-its-current-form-jy3lkobjg) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [DStv’s new owner to reveal its game plan](https://daily.dev/posts/dstv-s-new-owner-to-reveal-its-game-plan-2o06ev1dk) · TechCentral · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"SABC+ scales up","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T13:24:21.835Z","dateModified":"2026-08-03T13:24:44.174Z","description":"SABC+, the South African Broadcasting Corporation's free streaming platform, has surpassed three million registered users, roughly doubling its sign-up rate...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/46f4fbd207fb76a0b4db4bc77c17500d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/46f4fbd207fb76a0b4db4bc77c17500d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCentral","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCentral","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--RsqLDZrL--/f_auto/v1717745297/logos/techcentral","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/sabc-scales-up-n5tfqn40z","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCentral","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techcentral"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SABC+ scales up"}]} ```