Six months on from the Canal+ takeover, the question is: what kind of company is MultiChoice now? The official line is that the DStv parent, now owned by France’s Groupe Canal+, remains a focused African video entertainment business, backed by the scale and capital of a global pay-television operator. The combined group serves more than…
MultiChoice has unveiled a significant retention strategy as it prepares to shutter the Showmax platform on April 30, 2026. In an attempt to migrate its standalone streaming audience, the broadcaster is offering Showmax subscribers DStv Stream Compact for R99/month—a 67% discount on the standard R299/month rate. Read: ShopriteX debuts Pixie, an AI assistant for Sixty60…
The case forms part of a broader contest between MultiChoice and eMedia over competition in SA’s pay-TV market. (Image source: 123RF) Pay-TV giant MultiChoice has suffered a legal blow after the High Court ordered that its confidential submissions be partially disclosed to rival eMedia. The Gauteng Division of the High Court in Pretoria this week…
MultiChoice is intensifying its fight against DStv pirates. A series of enforcement actions led by MultiChoice and its subsidiary Irdeto, in partnership with South African law enforcement authorities, has resulted in arrests, seizures and multiple court convictions linked to illegal internet streaming operations in the Western Cape. In a statement, the DStv operator says the…
Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters French media group Canal+’s warning on Wednesday that subsidiary MultiChoice Group had lost subscribers and would see further revenue erosion, resulted in its shares cratering 23.5% in their worst one-day performance since listing in London 15 months ago. Canal+ acquired MultiChoice in 2025 in a move designed to further its ambition to become…
Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters French media group Canal+’s warning on Wednesday that subsidiary MultiChoice Group had lost subscribers and would see further revenue erosion, left its shares on track for their worst one-day performance in history. Its shares were down more than 20% at 2.54pm SAST (12.54pm GMT), their worst day since listing in London 15 month…
Canal+ has announced a €100-million (R1.9-billion) “boost plan” to stabilise and restart subscriber growth at MultiChoice. This aggressive investment follows a difficult financial year for the South African-headquartered pay-TV giant, which has continued to lose both customers and revenue since being acquired by its new French parent. Read: Oppo teases ‘zero-feel crease’ for upcoming Find…
MultiChoice Group has officially announced the discontinuation of Showmax, signalling the end of one of Africa’s most ambitious and expensive digital experiments. The decision brings a definitive close to a platform that launched in 2015 and underwent a massive, high-stakes relaunch in 2024. Ultimately, Showmax failed to achieve commercial viability in a landscape defined by…
MultiChoice Group has announced it will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most expensive and ambitious streaming experiments. The decision brings to an end a platform that was launched in 2015 and relaunched at enormous cost in 2024, and which ultimately failed to achieve commercial viability in a market defined by low…
MultiChoice Group said it will shut down its streaming platform Showmax after 11 years of operation as the company reviews its digital strategy. The decision was communicated to subscribers in an email on Thursday. The company said the move follows a review by the Showmax board. “Following a comprehensive review, the Showmax Board has taken…
