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Canal+ shuts down loss-making Showmax Streaming Platform

Paul MurungiMedia & CommunicationThe Big StoryMarch 5, 2026March 5, 2026

French media giant Canal+ has decided to shut down Showmax, the streaming platform developed by MultiChoice, after years of mounting losses that underscored the difficulty of building a profitable subscription…

Canal+ Tightens Grip on SuperSport as Sports Rights Decisions Shift from South Africa to Paris

Paul MurungiBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryFebruary 20, 2026February 20, 2026

French media conglomerate Canal+ has moved to consolidate control over SuperSport’s sports rights acquisitions, transferring decision-making authority from South Africa to its headquarters in Paris.  The development follows Canal+’s 3…

South Africa’s capital is moving north-east, and East Africa is increasingly the preferred landing strip

The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 27, 2026

South African capital, long dominant in Southern Africa and deeply embedded across the continent, is now moving decisively north-east. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda are no longer peripheral growth outposts….

AI, Automation & the Future Adman: How Technology Will Rewrite the Advertising Industry

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

If the first four parts of this MadMen, Dreamers and Deal-Makers series were about the machine, how it was built from accidents, battered by economics, bruised by burnout, and handed…

David Mignot appointed new CEO, Nicolas Dandoy CFO and Calvo Chair of Canal+ Africa

Paul MurungiGlobal NewsThe Big StorySeptember 24, 2025September 24, 2025

The completion of Canal+’s takeover of MultiChoice Group has ushered in one of the most dramatic leadership transitions Africa’s broadcasting industry has seen in decades. At the centre of this…

End of an Era: CANAL+ Takes Effective Control of MultiChoice, Creating a Media Giant for 70 Countries

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisSeptember 23, 2025October 10, 2025

22 September 2025 marked a historic moment for Africa’s broadcasting industry. French entertainment giant CANAL+ announced that its mandatory takeover offer for the shares of MultiChoice Group it did not…

Who Is Vincent Bolloré? The French Billionaire Behind MultiChoice Takeover

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StorySeptember 9, 2025September 16, 2025

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,…

Canal+’s $3 Billion Takeover of MultiChoice Faces Regulatory Review in Uganda

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StorySeptember 9, 2025September 16, 2025

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…

MultiChoice Uganda to Increase DStv, GOtv Subscription Rates  

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryJuly 18, 2025July 18, 2025

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…

MultiChoice May Spin Off SuperSport Channels from DStv in Strategic Shakeup

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisTechnology & InnovationJune 13, 2025June 13, 2025

In a potential game-changing move for South Africa’s pay-TV market, MultiChoice is considering unbundling its popular SuperSport channels from its DStv offering, according to a Reuters report published Thursday. The…