Tuesday 10th April saw DStv Online’s running its first internal hack day. Hack days are a growing phenomenon in technology-driven organisations, particularly where innovation is a key ingredient of differentiation and success. Hack events vary in structure, from the marathon-like 24 – 48 hour events to ones like ours where everything is contained in one ...
Adobe CS6 Introduces HTML5 Content Creation Tool The DStv Online team are super excited about the new Adobe Creative Suite (CS6). A recent survey conducted by AppleInsider hints that this new version will bring with it fresh developments to After Effects, 64-bit versions of Illustrator and Flash Professional, and a brand new tool called Helium, ...
DStv Online is incredibly proud of the success of their video on demand (VOD) services, DStv On Demand and BoxOffice made clear with trends in Europe and the US – and DStvO have successfully sprinted to the front of the pack in the African space. The journey to VOD success has been far from straightforward ...
It’s December 2011 and the pavements of Gold Reef City have been transformed into a scene from prohibition-era New York. The occasion? The DStv Online team’s spectacular 1920s-themed year-end function, celebrating another fantastic year for DStvO-ers. Read about the awesome time had by all. Inner-Children Unleashed and Murder Mysteries Solved The team arrived at the Gold ...
Today we celebrate World AIDS Day. The DStv Online team spend much of their days obsessing about the latest technological innovation. There are, however, more important things than gadgets and Internet memes. DStv Online care even more about people – just look at our awesome team So, today we’ve taken the time to try and ...
A few of us at DStv Online decided to celebrate the coming of spring by spreading a little love and sunshine to a few deserving and incredibly inspiring children. We took a trip to the Nkanyezi Stimulation Centre in Soweto, a home that cares for children with mental and physical disabilities. “Nkanyezi” means “shining ...
Bright eyed and ready for the full Oppikoppi experience, the DStv Online team met at the office on a sunny Saturday morning, backpacks, tents, cooler boxes, camp masters and cameras in hand, feeling like school kids about to go on a field trip on Civvies Day. Before we knew it, we had arrived at ...
This week we’re sitting down with Brendan McNulty- DStv Online’s General Manager for Ogames.com. He chats about the innovative and addictive Ogames.com and life at the DStv Online office. 1. For first time readers, tell us what DStv Ogames.com is all about. Ogames.com is a collection of great games for your PC and mobile tightly tied ...
The DStv Online team wanted to bring the real-world adrenaline rush of various games to the online arena. The solution came in the form of SuperPicks- an online game that allows users to predict sports results in a bid to have the longest winning streak. We sat down with Leonard Ray Khan, DStv Online’s SocialMedia ...
Not wanting their subscribers to miss a moment of their amazing line-ups, DStv (with the help of the DStv Online team) launched their new website, DStv On Demand, on 14 June 2011. The site allows DStv Premium subscribers to watch programming they may have missed online for up to 7 days after the show ...
