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The ultimate ShowMax and Netflix SA guide that you’ve been waiting for

In case you’ve been locked in an isolation ward, you’ll know that battle for the streaming media market in South Africa is hotting up.

The two big players in the ring are undoubtedly ShowMax and Netflix. Both offer massive catalogues of TV shows, movies, documentaries and more to sift through and so how does one pick the service that offer them the best choice in viewing?

Geo-unblocking service UnoTelly launched Filmefy a while back, a website in which users can search for a particular movie and then see which region it can be streamed from.

While that’s great, the service is limited to US sites. No such service has been made available for South African streaming sites – until now.

This is where international company Justwatch stepped up to the plate, to offer South African streaming customers a one-stop destination to search for films that are available for streaming on Netflix SA, ShowMax, Apple iTunes, Dstv’s BoxOffice and Mubi.

“On JustWatch you can easily find out where to watch your favourite movies and TV series in South Africa. JustWatch is easy and effective: Choose your favourite streaming providers and see what’s new on Netflix and other providers. Filter by genre and release year to find the perfect movie to stream tonight. Search for a specific movie or TV series to find out where to watch it legally online,” it explained.

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The service, which launched today, is very simply to use and is fairly similar to that of Filmefy.

Click on a film straight off the main page and it will take you to that specific film and give you a synopsis, ratings and where you can stream it – legally, of course.

The service has already kicked off in US, UK, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Australia and New Zealand, and according to the company it has over a million users a month.

We poked around a bit and we were very impressed. As far as we know, this is the only service in South Africa that combines Netflix SA, ShowMax and others into one searchable database in such a way.

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