Vincent Bolloré, born in 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, inherited and transformed his family’s modest paper-manufacturing business into a sprawling, multinational conglomerate. Under his leadership, Bolloré Group expanded into diverse sectors, from logistics and media to energy and plantations, marking a strategic pivot from traditional industry to global influence A media powerhouse Media and communications have become central to Bolloré’s empire, with the group holding substantial stakes in major media and entertainment firms, including Universal Music Group (18.5%), Canal+ (30.4%), Havas (30.4%), Vivendi (27.6%), and Louis Hachette Group (30.4%). These holdings position Bolloré as a key figure in shaping global media…
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Ugandans will determine whether French media giant Groupe Canal+ effectively completes the takeover of South Africa’s MultiChoice and GOTV in Uganda. The move is part of a larger acquisition in more than 50 countries. In a notice on Tuesday, broadcast regulator, Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), noted that Groupe Canal+ had applied for the transfer of shares for the control of MultiChoice subsidiaries in Uganda. This followed the completion of a $3 billion deal in July to acquire 100% of MultiChoice Group, the parent company of DStv and GOtv in Uganda. The move marks the latest step in a transaction that…
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Pay television company MultiChoice Uganda, which operates DStv and GOtv, will adjust its package prices, effective August 1. The adjustment, MultiChoice said in a notice, were occasioned by economic pressures…
Pay television service providers lost at least 31.9% subscribers in the 12 months to December 2024, according to the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) Market Performance Report. The loss is contained in four UCC Market Performance Reports, all of which registered a decline in subscriber numbers with the worst drop recorded in the three months to September 2022. The data was collected in over four quarters between January and December 2024. The 31.9% drop, according to UCC data, translates to an aggregate loss of 470,000 subscribers, which signals an increasing difficult operating environment for pay television service providers and the…
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Colin Asiimwe is back at MultiChoice Uganda as the Head of Marketing, overseeing the DStv, GOtv, Showmax, and Pearl Magic brands. Asiimwe previously worked with MultiChoice before leaving the business….
Pay television platform – DStv – is losing at least UGX2.7 billion due to illegal reproduction of its exclusive content by third parties through internet live streaming. An investigation by Uganda Communications Commission (UCC), which followed a formal complaint by MultiChoice Uganda found that residential and commercial piracy had led to enormous financial bleeding with DStv, as one of the its affected platforms losing at least UGX 2.74 billion per year. DStv, a direct broadcast satellite television service, is owned by MultiChoice. The company also owns GOtv. Thus, UCC has instituted a multi-agency probe that is seeking to find…
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To make your viewing experience as smooth and trouble-free as possible and to make it easy to find the newest content on GOtv channels, GOtv’s channel numbering system will change from Wednesday, 19 April. “Flagship channels, popular local channels, movies, and telenovelas now all have their own clearly marked blocks. With this new and improved way of numbering, we can keep up with changes and add new channels without causing too much trouble,” GOtv said in a media statement. The company said that the changes have been done “to ensure that you can keep up with all the twists and…
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Asamoah Gyan, Africa’s all-time leading World Cup scorer, is among the specialist analysts fronting up SuperSport’s coverage of the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations in Cameroon, beginning today. The Ghanaian is among a star cast of experts, among them Teko Modise, Jay Jay Okocha, James Chamanga and Rhulani Mokwena, who will be unpicking the form of top teams like Algeria, the defending champions, Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana and Tunisia. In an announcement to the press, MultiChoice Uganda’s Head of Marketing Colin Asiimwe reiterated SuperSport’s commitment to deliver unbeatable entertainment in the world of sports especially the AFCON tournament which is truly…
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Premier League, La Liga and Serie A action continues with matches scheduled to run from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 October 2021. DStv and GOtv is the only true home of football in Africa, offering a range and depth of action that no other rival can match – it’s literally ‘Unbeatable Football’! If you’re going to spend your money on something, it may as well be on the best football in the world. The pick of matches from the Premier League for this weekend sees Liverpool host Manchester City at Anfield on the early-evening of Sunday 3 October, for a…
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MultiChoice Uganda, the home of great Pay TV entertainment has cut down the price of the DStv decoder by 20% from UGX 99,000 to UGX 79,000 for its customers. The offer, which comes with one-month free subscription of DStv Access will be available starting 1st October 2021 and will run for three months until the end of December 2021. Jonah Wegoye, the Head of Sales at MultiChoice Uganda said MultiChoice Uganda is delighted to launch this offer where our customers can purchase a bundle package of DStv hardware and bouquet at a special price from 1 October 2021 to December…
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