African Streamer Showmax’s CEO on Doubling Down on Originals, How Africa Surprises Hollywood Folks Marc Jury discusses the appeal of the English Premier League, the challenges of serving 44 markets ...

Canal+ SA will discontinue the loss-making Showmax streaming service developed by South African pay-TV operator MultiChoice Group, which the French firm bought last year. This decision comes after ...

Africa's creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the continent's film and TV sector after Canal+'s announcement that it's ...

The Showmax app will shut down on 30 April 2026, with parent company MultiChoice moving all Showmax content to its DStv Stream platform, which will include a dedicated Showmax section. Subscribers ...

French media giant Canal+ has labelled African streaming platform Showmax an “expensive failure” after deciding to shut down the service following years of mounting losses at South African pay-TV ...

African streamer Showmax has secured rights to adapt the hit format “The Office” for South African audiences, in partnership with BBC Studios. The localized version will debut on both Showmax and ...

French broadcaster Canal+ will shut South African video streaming app Showmax as it overhauls services offered by its newly acquired subsidiary MultiChoice. Launched in 2015, Showmax was an attempt to ...

But the group, 70 percent owned by South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice and 30 percent by Comcast's NBCUniversal, had forecast a bigger loss and grew its revenue 22 percent. By Georg Szalai Global ...

NBCUniversal is announcing a round of layoffs. Business Insider reports that nearly 12 U.S.-based employees on the global streaming product team will be laid off, in addition to dozens more who could ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks ...

EXCLUSIVE: Showmax has unveiled trailer for Catch Me A Killer, the TV series about South Africa’s most famous serial killer profiler starring Game of Thrones’ Charlotte Hope. Co-produced with ...