Six months on from the Groupe Canal+ takeover, the question is: what kind of company is MultiChoice Group now?

France’s Canal+ has upped a buyout offer for African TV and streaming giant MultiChoice to around $1.77B. Vivendi-owned Canal+ is already MultiChoice’s biggest single shareholder, and last month had ...

French Canal+ Group’s operation to take full control of African media and entertainment giant MultiChoice appears to be moving forward with both parties announcing they had finalized the terms of a ...

MultiChoice has frozen DStv subscription prices in 2026, introduced affordability measures, and is restructuring content ...

MultiChoice freezes DStv subscription prices for 2026, introduces bill-splitting on MyDStv app, and migrates Showmax content ...

MultiChoice launched Showmax across Africa 11 years ago in August 2015 to compete with the advent of streamers like Netflix, Apple TV, Amazon’s Prime Video, Disney+ and others which all became ...

Christophe Pinard-Legry has been named CEO of Canal+ Europe. The exec will also join Canal+’s board alongside Canal+ Africa ...

But the pay-TV giant's top goal remains serving core African audiences, with nine of the 10 most watched shows on streamer Showmax now being local and 'House of the Dragon' the big exception. By Georg ...

Showmax shuts down as a standalone service on 30 April 2026.Local hits move to higher-priced DStv Stream tiers.Canal+ ...

In addition, MultiChoice increased its annual payment to ANN7 from R50-million to R141-million. The payments came after the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over almost three decades, MultiChoice has become Africa’s undisputed leader in video entertainment. The company both aggregates ...

MultiChoice is to discontinue its Showmax streaming service after what it described as a comprehensive review of its streaming activities, after substantial losses made it unsustainable. The pay-TV ...