French media giant Canal+ said Thursday it would discontinue loss-making South African streaming service Showmax after acquiring its owner MultiChoice, the continent's largest pay-TV enterprise. The ...

The Showmax app will shut down on 30 April 2026, with parent company MultiChoice moving all Showmax content to its DStv Stream platform, which will include a dedicated Showmax section. Subscribers ...

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 ...

MultiChoice Group says it plans to discontinue Showmax, it’s streaming platform, as part of a broader review of its digital strategy. The development comes five months after Canal+ Group, a French TV ...

MultiChoice announced the discontinuation of its popular streaming service, Showmax Current subscribers can continue streaming without interruption for now Showmax remains committed to investing in ...

Africa’s creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the continent’s film and TV sector after Canal+‘s announcement that it’s ...

Pay TV company MultiChoice has notified its subscribers that it is discontinuing its streaming service Showmax after 11 years in operation. In an email, the company said that no action was required ...

MultiChoice will shut down Showmax on Thursday, 30 April 2026, ending a service once positioned as the South African pay-TV giant’s answer to Netflix. MultiChoice announced the plan to shut down ...

By Aditya Soni and Anhata Rooprai June 29 (Reuters) - Comcast will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff ...

Founder of EbonyLife Group, Mo Abudu, has called on Nigerian and African creatives to build sustainable local streaming platforms, referencing reports of reduced investment by foreign platforms like ...