Nigerian consumers are unhappy with the fourth price rise this year from Multichoice and its DStv and GOtv pay-TV services. One quote published in Nigerian local press from the ConsumerConnect watchdog states that MultiChoice is “taking Nigerians for granted”. MultiChoice has announced increases in the costs of its products May, August and early November 2023 […]

SABC, South Africa’s public broadcaster – currently in serious debt – has hired Nomsa Chabeli, the former General Manager of telco MTN as its new CEO. Chabeli was also previously marketing director of MultiChoice’s SuperSport and DStv divisions. SABC stated: “[Chabeli] also has a credible history of developing persuasive and highly influential brand messaging that […]

MultiChoice, operator of the DStv pay-TV system, has lost almost 500,000 subscribers in South Africa. The latest interim financial results show that the loss at the end of September placed the operator’s total subscriber numbers (90-day active) at 8.629 million, or 486,000 less than the 9.115 million at the same point last year. MultiChoice says […]

MultiChoice has raised subscription rates by 19 per cent for viewers in Nigeria. The rise is put down by local CEO John Ugbe as the cost of business operations and “the current economic challenges in Nigeria,” which include high inflation and a weak Naira. The price hikes have understandably not gone down well with subscribers. […]

MultiChoice reports it has closed down a video pirate in Krugersdorp, a city north-west of Johannesburg, South Africa. Irdeto provides the protection for MultiChoice systems. The pirate, Pieter Lombard, was convicted for his role in facilitating unauthorised access to copyrighted content. Lombard was arrested on November 12th 2020 in Monument Park, Krugersdorp, with 12 illegal […]

South African free-to-air broadcaster eMedia recently lost its court argument with pay-TV broadcaster MultiChoice over TV rights to the Rugby World Cup. eMedia’s legal application was struck out by the Johannesburg High Court. Lawyers for eMedia have now taken their complaint to the country’s Competition authorities. eMedia says that it had filed papers with the […]

The legal application by South Africa’s eMedia Holdings against MultiChoice and arguing for access to TV coverage of the Rugby World Cup was thrown out by the Johannesburg High Court on October 10th. Technically, the legal move was “struck out” and not heard by the court which upset eMedia’s lawyers. The judge in the case […]

South Africa’s pay-TV operator MultiChoice has the rights to show the Rugby World Cup, and rival broadcaster eTV is not happy. eMedia is suing MultiChoice and has taken out advertisements in South African newspapers complaining about what it alleges is a monopoly on sports coverage. The situation is complicated by sub-licensing rights which the nation’s […]

African pay-TV broadcaster MultiChoice says it will phase out its Showmax Pro transmissions ahead of the planned relaunch of Showmax towards the end of the year. MultiChoice has written to subscribers saying: “With the upcoming relaunch of Showmax, our sport offering will focus exclusively on the Premier League, the most popular football league on the […]

BBC Studios’ multi-genre channel, BBC UKTV, will expand to DStv’s compact package in South Africa and BBC Lifestyle will join DStv Family from September 1st. BBC Studios’ will also extend the DStv catch-up window on BBC owned content across channel portfolio from 30 days to 60 days from September, providing DStv audiences further access to […]