Showmax: Price, Packages, TV Series, Movies & More [2020 Guide]

The Showmax: Price, Packages, TV Series, Movies & More [2020 Guide] is here for interested video lovers.

Showmax is an internet-based video subscription service that offers on-demand movies and TV series in addition to some live streaming.

Just like Netflix, you only need to subscribe and make a preferred internet bundle package to start using Showmax on either your laptop computer or Android device. iOS device users are good to also use the platform.

Showmax in Africa!

Showmax is available across almost 45 African countries and territories. These countries are Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, and Equatorial Guinea. Others include Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Showmax in Europe!

Outside Africa, Showmax is available mostly in western European countries. These are Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

Linking Your Showmax Account To DStv Account

There’s an option you can also link your Showmax account to your DStv account since DStv is available to all African countries.

• Billing: You can link your Showmax account to your DStv account and pay nothing if you are a Premium package subscriber or pay for Showmax through your DStv account for other packages.
• Content: While there is exclusive Showmax content, most of the content is programming that had already been broadcast on DStv channels.

You can also read here on How To Get Showmax With DStv easily.

Now let’s get to other interesting things you can find on Showmax today and do away with boredom in this lockdown.

Movies

Showmax has over hundreds of movies and as of February 2020, carries over 700 of them. These movies include Hollywood titles like:

• Nymphomanic (2013)
• Aquaman (2018)
• The Aviator (2004)
• The Ghostwriter (2010)
• A Star is Born (2019)
• The Master (2012)
• No Strings Attached (2011)
• The Square (2017)
• Peppermint (2018)
• The Terminator (1984)

Showmax is also home to dozens of South African movies including popular ones like:

• Johnny is nie Dood nie (2016)
• Die Ontwaking (2016)

Shows / Series

For shows or series, Showmax has a lot of award-winning TV shows and series from HBO, BBC, ABC studios, nickelodeon, adult swim, boomerang, Cartoon Network and other international TV studios, after international partnership with Multichoice.

As of February 2020, it carries over 370 series. The popular TV shows available on Showmax include:

• Game of Thrones
• Vikings
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Suits
• House
• You
• Power
• Sex and the City
• Mr Robot
• Girls
• This Is Us
• The Young Pope

These are in addition to a lot of content from MNet, Africa Magic, kykNET and Mzanzi channels.

Live

Showmax does offer live streaming of select programming from time to time. In the past, it has offered live streams of major sporting events like the African Cup of Nations matches or Rugby tournaments. These are in addition to Big Brother Nigeria.

Free channels on Showmax

During the nationwide lockdown in March/April 2020, some 9 mostly news channels are available on Showmax in South Africa at no extra cost to their existing subscribers.

The live TV channels offered on Showmax are:

• Mindset: an educational channel targeted the younger segment of the population
• SABC News: the news arm of SABC, the national broadcaster
• CNN International: an American-owned global news network
• Sky News: a British news service
• BBC World News: the global news arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation
• Newzroom Afrika: a South African news and current affairs channel
• AlJazeera English: a Qatar-based global news network
• Euronews: a pan-European news channel
• Africanews: a Pan-African news channel owned by same promoters behind euronews

Price

The Showmax is available as a monthly subscription after a 14-day trial period and pricing varies by country. Pricing is available in different currencies. Example:

South Africa
Pricing from R49. Cheque and Credit Cards, Pre-Paid Showmax Voucher, Add-to-Bill (DStv, Vodacom, Telkom, Mweb, MTN) and PayPal

Nigeria
Pricing from N2,900. Credit and Debit cards, PayPal

Ghana
Pricing @ $7.99. Credit or Debit cards, PayPal.

Apps

Showmax is compatible with a lot of devices, and you can access it on TVs, smartphones or tablets through their native apps across various app stores.

• TV

It is available on select LG or Samsung Smart TVs or you can connect a streaming media device to your TV. These devices are DStv Explora, Xbox One, Apple TV or Google Chromecast.

• Smartphone or Tablet

It is available on Apple’s App Store for iOS devices like iPhones and iPads in addition to Google’s Play Store for Android smartphones and tablets.

For these mobile devices, you can stream on two devices at once or download up to 25 shows on each device to watch when offline.

• Computer

You can stream from Showmax using any modern web browser without any apps or plugin being a requirement.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) About Showmax