MultiChoice reported a strong set of full-year results on Tuesday, with good growth coming from its lower-tier pay-television bouquets, although its DStv Premium segment remains under pressure.
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MultiChoice Group-owned video streaming platform Showmax will offer live sports to all customers in South Africa, effective immediately, it said on Friday.
MultiChoice will report a full-year headline loss per share of as much as R3.90, from earnings of R4.10 a year ago, as the result of foreign exchange losses and a decision to give additional equity to black investors at no cost.
MultiChoice, which owns DStv and SuperSport, has filed papers in the high court in Pretoria against communications regulator Icasa over its inquiry into sports broadcasting rights.
Newzroom Afrika, the new 24-hour new channel licensed by MultiChoice that replaces the defunct, formerly Gupta-owned ANN7, will be launched on DStv on Thursday.
Icasa has published a draft findings document flowing from its inquiry into subscription television broadcasting services in South Africa.
Despite some short-term potential headwinds, there may be a long-term investment case to be made for the pay-television operator. By Renier de Bruyn.
Naspers CEO Bob van Dijk has been working for years to solve a problem rivals might envy – getting investors to value the South African firm nearer to its $133-billion stake in Tencent. A plan for a Dutch listing is his boldest step yet.
TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod spoke to Naspers chief financial officer Basil Sgourdos about the group’s plans to list its international consumer Internet businesses in Amsterdam and what happens next.
Trading as a newly listed entity on the JSE for barely six hours on Wednesday, MultiChoice had already angered communications regulator Icasa.