The current crackdown is the culmination of a year-long standoff between the government and MultiChoice Africa. In early 2024 and again in April 2025, MultiChoice implemented significant price hikes, ...
Two new illegal IPTV services have recently emerged in South Africa and are gaining traction for providing cheaper access to ...
MultiChoice owner Canal+ signed a multi-year and multi-territory agreement which saved DStv from losing many prominent ...
A midday deal between Canal+ and Warner Bros. Discovery averted a looming New Year’s blackout that would have seen 12 major ...
“In that sense, DStv stands to be eclipsed at some point in time, in the way that DStv eclipsed the SABC.” Globally, a trend ...
Brand transitions test more than just strategy. Venelize de Lange from media update examines how audience response, shareholder engagement and media coverage can quickly shape a broader reputational ...
In a relief to subscribers, DStv owner Canal+ clinched a deal that allows it to keep 12 channels, including CNN International ...
A fall of a few thousand in any market for a pay-TV organisation is a worry. Multiply that to a total of 2.8 million ...
Subscribers to pay TV services have berated MultiChoice Group for announcing that its Nigerian unit, MultiChoice Nigeria, lost 243,000 subscribers on its Digital Satellite Television (DStv) and GOtv ...
DStv’s parent company, Multichoice Group, will restructure the company to comply with the Electronic Communications Act (ECA), enabling the French media giant Canal+ to acquire it. MultiChoice’s ...