Tag: Canal+

MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela highlighted ongoing progress on the acquisition deal with Canal+, which is expected to conclude later this year. Last month, MultiChoice detailed its new operational structure, contingent ...

The MultiChoice Group and Canal+ have issued a joint statement informing stakeholders that it will not obtain merger control clearance from competition authorities by its original long stop date of ...

According to industry reports, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched the CAF Broadcast Academy and the TV Director’s Programme in Johannesburg, South Africa, to improve the quality of ...

According to industry reports, Canal+'s subsidiary, StudioCanal, is embarking on an ambitious endeavour to develop a significant feature film that narrates a "massive South African story," with plans to produce ...

BMA has learnt that Canal+ is poised to fully restructure the MultiChoice Group after the anticipated US$1,6 billion acquisition of MultiChoice by the French media giant is completed. Last year, ...

Former Telkom CEO, Sipho Maseko, has emerged as a key player in Canal+'s push to acquire MultiChoice, the parent company of DStv. Canal+ has gradually increased its stake in MultiChoice ...

Disney has officially declared that its content will no longer be accessible to Canal+ subscribers, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the Vivendi-owned pay-TV operator. This move represents a significant ...

MultiChoice Group and its French suitor, Groupe Canal+, have approached South African regulators, including the communications regulator, Icasa, seeking to have their proposed merger consummated. Canal+ has offered to pay MultiChoice shareholders US$7.20/share in ...

BMA has learnt that Canal+ is working on increasing its ownership stake in MC Vision, a Mauritian pay-TV company, from 37% to 75%. This move will make Canal+ the majority ...

According to industry reports, French media group Vivendi plans to list its TV business Canal+ in London on the London Sock Exchange. Canal+ is aggressively taking over South Africa's MultiChoice, ...