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South Africa
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MultiChoice sees profits plummet as economy takes toll
South Africa’s MultiChoice expects profits for its full financial year to be dramatically lower than…
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Canal+ ups stake in MultiChoice again
Canal+ has once again increased its stake in MultiChoice. The French pay TV operator has…
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Canal+ again ups stake in MultiChoice
Canal+ has again upped its stake in South Africa’s MultiChoice by acquiring four tranches of…
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BBC Studios partners with South Africa’s Vodacom on BBC Kids
UK producer and content provider, BBC Studios, has extended its partnership with Switch Media to…
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South African regulator gives MultiChoice and Canal+ more time
South Africa’s Takeover Regulation Panel has granted MultiChoice and Canal+ an extension to the period they have to finalise an agreement to be put to shareholders.
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Masilela takes chair as MultiChoice-Canal+ goes to ‘next phase’
The proposed takeover of MultiChoice by Canal+ has “now shifted to the next phase”, allowing…
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Canal+ ups stake in MultiChoice again
Canal+ has once again increased its stake in MultiChoice, though this time just edging upwards…
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Canal+ takes MultiChoice stake to over 40 per cent
Canal+ has acquired additional shares in MultiChoice, taking its stake in the South African pay…
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MultiChoice chair Patel to stay on as Canal+ talks continue
Imtiaz Patel, chair of MultiChoice, has agreed to extend his term until the conclusion of…
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South Africa’s DoJ and MultiChoice team up to fight piracy
South Africa’s Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and pay TV service Multichoice have signed an anti-piracy memorandum.
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Canal+ ups MultiChoice bid price and is granted exclusivity
Canal+ has raised the price it is prepared to pay to acquire MultiChoice and the…
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Canal+ wins delay but will make bid for MultiChoice
Canal+ has said it will go ahead and make a mandatory offer for the shares…
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Watchdog: Canal+ must make mandatory bid for MultiChoice
South African competition watchdog the Takeover Regulation Panel (TRP) has ruled that Canal+ must make…
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Paramount+ ‘branded destination’ to launch on MultiChoice
Paramount Global Content Distribution has struck a licensing deal with South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice…
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MultiChoice takes Disney linear channels until 2027
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has signed a multi-year distribution deal with The Walt…
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MultiChoice says ‘no’ to Canal+ as it takes stake beyond mandatory offer threshold
MultiChoice has rejected Canal+’s bid to acquire control of the company, arguing that the offer…
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Canal+ makes bid to acquire MultiChoice
Canal+ Group has made a US$1.7 billion bid to acquire South Africa’s Multichoice. The Vivendi-owned…
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Showmax partners with MTN South Africa on mobile streaming bundles
Telcom operator MTN South Africa has partnered with leading African streamer Showmax, to introduce three…
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MultiChoice takes a hit from currency movements
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice expects trading profit and core headline earnings per share…
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Evergent deploys identity and subscriber management tools for South Africa’s e.tv
Evergent will deploy its tools for identity and subscriber management to South Africa’s free-to-air television…
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BBC Studios expands partnership with MultiChoice
BBC Studios is to expand its content distribution deal with South Africa pay TV platform…
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Telkom South Africa rejects Maseko bid
South African telco Telkom has rejected an offer for control of the company led by…
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MultiChoice sees revenues and profits grow, but withholds dividend to focus on Showmax
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has posted a rise in profit on an organic…
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Consortium in bid to take control of South Africa’s Telkom
A consortium of investors has made a bid to acquire a controlling stake in South…
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BritBox lands on South Africa’s DStv
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s DStv bouquet will add best-of-british SVOD offering BritBox to…
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South Africa’s Openview debuts pay TV option with LGBTQI package
South Africa’s free-to-air satellite broadcaster Openview is to launch a satellite-based pay TV service branded…
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MultiChoice ups DStv domestic prices
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has upped the price of its domestic DStv packages,…
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Sky Sports secures South African T20 cricket league
Comcast-owned pay TV operator Sky’s Sky Sports unit has struck a new five-year cricket rights…
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South Africa makes renewed bid to shutdown analogue transmissions
South Africa’s Minister of Communications & Digital Technologies Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has given an update on…
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BBC UKTV channel to join South Africa’s DStv this month
Multichoice’s digital PayTV platform DStv is adding a new BBC channel to its offering from…