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The Competition Commission will investigate Canal+’s post-takeover decisions involving MultiChoice Group.

The cost for customers to sign up to DStv is simply too high, Canal+ has said, and it is working to fix the problem.

Raids and court convictions have occurred in the Western Cape as MultiChoice targets illegal streaming operations.

Canal+ has called Showmax an “expensive failure” whose closure will help accelerate cost savings at MultiChoice.

Canal+ has struck deals with Google and OpenAI to bring generative AI to its production teams and streaming app.

Canal+ is investing €100-million to fix MultiChoice – but a continued subscriber exodus shows righting the ship won’t be easy.

Canal+ is expected to lay out its strategy for MultiChoice and DStv when it reports results on Wednesday.

MultiChoice will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most ambitious streaming experiments.

David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance has emerged as the winner in a months-long battle to acquire Warner Bros Discovery.

The allocation comes as a relief as Sentech’s battle with the SABC over unpaid signal distribution fees continues.