French media group Canal+ said on ‌Wednesday its African unit MultiChoice had lost subscribers and it expected revenues from ...

Showmax is shutting down as Canal+ takes over, sparking a major wake-up call for South Africa’s actors and local producers.

Rob Forbes and Rozanne McKenzie spoke to Thinus Ferreira, an independent TV critic, writer, and journalist in South Africa, about the crushing news.

The eighth edition of the Joburg Film Festival wrapped Sunday, putting a bow on a busy week that saw organizers fielding a record 700 submissions from nearly 100 countries — a testament to their ...

Kenya’s entertainment industry and subscribers have been left stunned after Multichoice Group announced its intention to discontinue the service in the near future.Multichoice, now under the ownership ...

MultiChoice’s new owner, Canal+, has described the broadcaster’s over-the-top (OTT) platform, Showmax, as an “expensive failure”. In a statement accompanying its unaudited full-year results, Canal+ ...

Additionally, Mignot, CEO of Canal+ Africa, said the company will work to ensure that all Showmax content and features are made available on DStv Stream. Despite MultiChoice positioning Showmax at the ...

Over the past three years, Showmax recorded trading losses of R8.7 billion, with a R1.2 billion loss in 2023, R2.6 billion in 2024 and R4.9 billion in 2025.

As streaming competition gradually intensifies in Africa, the sector is entering a new phase of restructuring. Canal+’s integration of MultiChoice signals a period of consolidation and strategic ...

Canal+ SA on Wednesday said it plans to invest EUR100 million in newly acquired MultiChoice Group to boost declining subscriber numbers at the African video entertainment company. The Paris-based ...

A Nigerian engineer, Chizitere Ahubelem, also known on Facebook as Chizzy Whizzy, has gone public with an observation he made while renewing his DStv yearly dual-view premium subscription. In a ...