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SuperSport taps Insight TV to fill coronavirus gap
UHD channel provider and action sports and lifestyle producer Insight TV has struck a programming…
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Production on MultiChoice shows resumes as South Africa lockdown rules are revised
Production on a number of telenovelas aired on the MultiChoice pay TV service has resumed…
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Africanews launches on MultiChoice’s DStv and GOtv
Following the launch of Euronews on its platforms in November, South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice Group…
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Pay TV providers respond to Coronavirus with new offers
Pay TV providers are continuing to respond to the Coronavirus crisis and the confinement at…
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MultiChoice names Kenya managing director
South Africa-based pay TV operator MultiChoice has named Nancy Matimu as its managing director for…
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MultiChoice South Africa gets new head of corporate affairs
African pay TV operator MultiChoice has named Reggy Moalusi as its new head of corporate…
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New corporate affairs chief for MultiChoice Africa
South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has named Reatile Tekateka as executive head of corporate…
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MultiChoice to lay off 2,000 in restructuring of customer care
South Africa’s MultiChoice is planning to lay off over 2,000 employees, according to press reports….
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MultiChoice lists on Johannesburg exchange
Naspers-backed MultiChoice Group’s shares rose respectably yesterday after the company listed on the Johannesburg Stock…
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Naspers to spin off MultiChoice at end of February
South African conglomerate Naspers is to move ahead with its spin-off of pay TV group…
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MultiChoice Kenya joins association to fight piracy
African pay TV operator MultiChoice’s Kenyan unit has joined local industry association the Technology Service…
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Naspers names new MultiChoice management team
South African conglomerate Naspers has named a new leadership team for soon-to-be spun-off pay TV…
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Naspers to spin off MultiChoice
South African conglomerate Naspers is to spin off Africa’s leading pay TV operator MultiChoice as…
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South African minister moves forward on digital switchover
South Africa’s minister of communications Nomvula Mokonyane has named the members of the Broadcasting Digital…
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AzamTV lining up for Zimbabwe launch
Pay TV service AzamTV is to expand beyond its East African home territory with a…
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South Africa sets subsidised box deadline
The South African government’s communications department has set a deadline of March 31 for registration…
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African pay TV subscriber numbers to grow 74% by 2023
The number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is due to increase by 74%…
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MultiChoice to probe its ANN7 deal amidst controversy
Naspers-owned South African pay TV outfit MultiChoice is to investigate whether there was any evidence…
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SABC seeks changes to enable retransmission fees
South African public broadcaster SABC has called on the country’s media regulator ICASA to conduct…
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Sundance TV to debut in South Africa via DStv
AMC Networks International (AMCNI) – UK is due to launch SundanceTV in South Africa for…
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Naspers reportedly mulling sale of MultiChoice Africa
Naspers is considering the sale of its African pay TV business outside its home market…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV customers to almost double by 2022
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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MultiChoice taps Arris for new DVR
South African pay TV provider MultiChoice tapped technology provider Arris to provide its recently-launched DStv…
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AMC Networks to launch telenovela channel in Africa
AMC Networks International is to launch telenovela channel Eva+ in Africa, a sister channel to…
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Intelsat 36 enters service
Intelsat’s latest satellite Intelsat 36 has entered service, providing additional DTH capacity for leading African…
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A+E Networks renews Multichoice deal
A+E Networks has renewed its carriage deal for History and Crime + Investigation with Africa’s…
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MultiChoice launches GOtv in South Africa
South Africa’s MultiChoice has launched its GOtv digital-terrestrial pay TV service in its home market…
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MultiChoice partners with Elemental for streaming, VoD
African pay TV provider MultiChoice has partnered with Elemental for the live streaming and video-on-demand…
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Naspers aims to head off Netflix with rival
Multichoice-owner Naspers is attempting to head of Netflix with a new SVOD service for the…
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South Africa’s SABC launches international news channel
South African public broadcaster has launched its news channel internationally on the Multichoice pay TV…