South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has delivered robust results for the year to March, with strong subscriber growth and increased profits. The group said that its 90-day active linear pay TV subscriber base grew by 1.4 million over the year to 20.9 million, with South African accounting for 8.9 million and the rest of […]
Kenyan operator Azuri Technologies has become the first company to launch a complete pay-as-you-go solar TV package in the country. The company has also announced a partnership with MultiChoice Kenya to bring DStv content to off-grid households in Kenya. The partnership bundles Azuri’s recently announced TV400 product, the 32″ solar powered TV and household energy […]
Sub-Saharan African video entertainment company MultiChoice Group (MCG) has announced a partnership with Comcast-owned vendor Metrological. The deal will see Metrological be charged with bringing MCG’s premium OTT services, international apps and localised content to subscribers across Africa on its new Explora Ultra set-top box and its new Streama OTT platform. MCG will leverage the […]
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice surpassed the 20 million subscriber milestone at the end of Q3 after adding 1.2 million 90-day active subscribers in the year to September. The pay TV group also announced the launch today of its next-generation set-top box, Explora Ultra, which among other things provides access to Netflix for the […]
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice Group’s SuperSport service has added rights to the Ethiopian Premier League to its line-up of sports properties. The Ethiopian Premier League is the top association football division in Ethiopia and comprises 16 clubs. Broadcasts of Ethiopian Premier League matches will be carried across the entire territory of sub-Saharan Africa […]
French pay TV operator Canal+ Group has taken a 6.5% stake in South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice. The Vivendi-owned operator issued a statement saying its stake in MultiChoice Group had passed the 5% threshold requiring it to make its acquisition of a stake in the Johannesburg stock exchange-listed company public. Canal+ said that the […]
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has showcased a raft of new features and services on its DStv pay TV offering. The company’s DStv Showcase virtual event highlighted what MultiChoice described as the biggest offering of new products, programmes and value bundles that it has offered in over 10 years. New products include the DStv […]
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice and Disney have struck a deal that will see sports service ESPN launch across MultiChoice’s African markets on the DStv platform. Two 25-hour ESPN channels will be made available to DStv customer from July 29, bringing sports content such as the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), […]
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s streaming service Showmax has begun to offer live sports as part of its programming line-up, including English Premier League football. The new Showmax Pro offering is available in Kenya and Nigeria, taking sports coverage from sister MultiChoice’s sports broadcasting unit SuperSport. The latter is offered as part of MultiChoice’s […]
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has agreed to add Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to its TV offering and has posted solid year end results. MultiChoice said in its results presentation that it had agreed deals with Netflix and Amazon to integrate their services into its Explora decoder. The pay TV operator has also […]
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