MultiChoice

DStv launches two new channels on Access package

MultiChoice-owned South African-based DTH pay TV service DStv has added entertainment channel Mzansi Wethu and movies service M-Net Movies Zone to its Access package. DStv’s… Read more

MultiChoice launches new DStv Family pack

South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has introduced a new DStv Family pack, to launch on April 9, priced at ZAR175 (€14.50) a month. The… Read more

MultiChoice Africa takes additional capacity

MultiChoice Africa has signed up for new capacity with satellite operator Eutelsat to expand its DStv pay TV platform. MultiChoice Africa is activating one additional… Read more

MultiChoice’s GOtv launches in Ghana

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MultiChoice’s low-cost digital-terrestrial pay TV service GOtv has launched in Ghana. The service includes a range of local and international channels, with an introductory offer… Read more

Out of Africa – new developments in pay TV

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With some pay TV markets in a period of growth, and others almost non-existent, Africa is a continent of contrasting fortunes. Graham Pomphrey reports.                 Africa is far… Read more

Universal Networks goes HD in Africa

Universal Networks International has launched HD versions of its Universal Channel and Studio Universal channels on Multichoice’s DStv platform in Africa. Universal Networks launched a standard definition version of Studio Universal on DStv last October.… Read more

Pay TV drives Naspers growth

Pay TV operator Multichoice helped owner Naspers report a 19% increase in consolidated revenue to R39.5 billion (€3.8 billion) for the year ended March 31. The company’s pay TV business recorded 684,000 new subscribers and… Read more

MultiChoice launches new locally-made DVR

South African pay TV operator MultiChoice has launched a new locally-developed DVR box. MultiChoice is making the Altech UEC-supplied twin-tuner HD PVR 2U to its subscribers. The box features the ability to record one channel… Read more

Trace Sports reaches Africa with DStv

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Sports celebrity channel Trace Sports will launch in 47 African countries via DStv’s platform. The HD channel will be offered in DStv’s Premium Bouquet package. Laurent Dumeau, CEO of Trace Sports, said: “After successful launches… Read more

Date set for Multichoice Nigeria hearing

Digital satellite TV service Multichoice Nigeria has been requested by the Federal High Court in Lagos to file an undertaking to pay damages to the collection society Musical Copyright Society Nigeria (MCSN) if it is… Read more