Tag: Multichoice
DStv package prices in Nigeria, Ghana, South Africa, Kenya compared
Multichoice recently announced another price increase on its DStv and GOtv packages across markets, marking a third time in the last 12 months.
The increases...
Canal+ increases MultiChoice stake to 40.8%
In February, Canal+’s stake in MultiChoice passed the 35% mark, triggering a law that allowed it to present a mandatory offer to shareholders of...
Bloody nose for MultiChoice in sports fight with eMedia
The Competition Tribunal has granted interim relief to eMedia in its fight with Multichoice over the carriage of sublicensed sports from the SABC on...
Canal+ takes MultiChoice stake to beyond 40%
French broadcasting group Canal+ has bought up another big chunk of shares in acquisition target MultiChoice Group, taking its shareholding beyond 40% for the...
Canal+ makes $2.9bn formal offers to buy MultiChoice
French media giant, Vivendi’s Canal+, has formally offered $2.9 billion to acquire African media giant, MultiChoice, owners of DStv and GOtv.
According to Reuters, the...
MultiChoice, Canal+ deal will help fend off Netflix threat
MultiChoice Group has agreed to work closely with Canal+ to facilitate a mandatory offer that, if successful, will see the French broadcasting giant buying...
Multichoice extends Chairman Imtiaz Patel’s tenure to conclude Canal+ deal
The Board of Multichoice Group said they have agreed to extend the tenure of the company’s Chairman, Imtiaz Patel for him to spearhead the...
Canal+ raises MultiChoice offer price by 19%
Groupe Canal+ has raised its offer to buy all the shares of JSE-listed MultiChoice Group that it does not already own, the two companies said...
Canal+ gets more time to make MultiChoice buyout offer
French television broadcaster Groupe Canal+ has been given an extra 25 days to make a mandatory offer to shareholders of JSE-listed MultiChoice Group.
The South African...
MultiChoices brings Paramount+ to Africa via historic deal
African entertainment giant, Multichoice has signed a game-changing deal licensing deal with US entertainment company, Paramount, which will see Paramount’s streaming platform—Paramount+—enter the African...