Groupe Canal+, which is in the throes of acquiring MultiChoice Group, has similar content offerings to DStv in France, its home market – but with one major difference.
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South Africans live-streamed more than 560 petabytes of DStv Stream content in the past year.
Primetime viewership statistics show that soapies, news and sports are why South Africans watch TV.
The broadcasters’ fight over channel removals and restrictions on sports sublicensing agreements has been settled.
MultiChoice Group recently described the macroeconomic environment as the “most challenging” in its history.
MultiChoice has reported a 99% fall in half-year profit and described the operating environment as “extremely hostile”.
MultiChoice will soon begin rolling out updates to its DStv Stream platform, including introducing a Cloud PVR service.
MultiChoice Group has said in a trading update that it will deliver another set of financial results stained in red ink.
MultiChoice Group, with the assistance of law enforcement authorities, has conducted anti-piracy operations in Gauteng.
The discounts will only be for Capitec customers: DStv Stream is being added to the bank’s cut-price Showmax plans.