Media’s landmark deal with Netflix puts its flagship new drama on the streaming giant’s platform a day after broadcast.

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 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 ...

We’ve got moody mysteries for late-night binges, knife-edge thrillers that demand full attention, gentle wish-fulfilment for family viewing, and local epics that showcase African storytelling at scale ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Africa’s creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the ...

The French media group Canal+ recently disclosed that it would discontinue the African streaming service, Showmax, for failing to generate profit. ・Canal+ is discontinuing the African streaming ...

With a strong lead in Africa and deep roots in local content, MultiChoice’s streaming platform is holding its own – but turning a profit remains a distant goal.

By Aditya Soni and Anhata Rooprai June 29 (Reuters) - Comcast will split into two publicly traded companies through a spinoff of NBCUniversal and Sky, separating its cash-generating broadband arm from ...

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 ...

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 ...