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Showing posts with label Naspers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Naspers. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Former M-Net finance boss Steve Pacak dead at 71 after cancer battle

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by Thinus Ferreira Steve Pacak, former group financial manager at M-Net and later a non-executive director and chairperson of Naspers' a...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

MultiChoice Group lists on the JSE as South African broadcasting regulator Icasa says it's 'concerned' that the listing went ahead while a MultiChoice complaint is being heard by the Compliance Committee.

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The MultiChoice on Wednesday morning listed on the JSE with a market capitalisation of around R44 billion, while South Africa's broad...
Monday, January 21, 2019

BREAKING. MultiChoice Group sets 27 February 2019 as its listing date on the JSE, company focused on 'pay-TV growth opportunities across Africa'.

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The MultiChoice Group plans to list and start trading shares on the JSE on Wednesday 27 February 2019 with Calvo Mawela , MultiChoice Gro...
Thursday, December 20, 2018

Poland's public broadcaster, TVP, is interested in buying the streaming service of Showmax Poland that is shutting down.

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Poland's public broadcaster, TVP, is now interested in buying the video streaming service of Showmax Poland that is soon shutting down...
Thursday, December 13, 2018

BREAKING. Naspers' Showmax shutting down in Poland after just 2 years, ending the service's lofty international expansion plans outside Africa as MultiChoice Group decides to refocus its video streaming efforts closer to home.

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After barely 2 years of operation Naspers' Showmax is abruptly cutting its losses and shutting down in Poland where it has been ...
Saturday, December 1, 2018

'Netflix threat' remains overblown as MultiChoice adds another 400 000 pay-TV subscribers - although DStv Premium subs continue to shrink.

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The much-hyped "Netflix threat" remains overblown with MultiChoice that added 400 000 further DStv and GOtv subscribers as well...
Monday, October 29, 2018

More South Africans say they watch Showmax than Netflix, although video streaming remains tiny under consumers - 73% say they haven't watched any streaming content for the past week.

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More South Africans say they're watching Showmax than rival Netflix South Africa – but by just a smidgen, although Netflix's v...
Friday, October 26, 2018

Naspers does executive shuffle for the newly-created MultiChoice Group before its planned spin-off and listing on the JSE in 2019, with Calvo Mawela as CEO.

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Naspers that has dumped and respawned its Naspers Video Entertainment unit as the MultiChoice Group business , has done an executive shuff...
Wednesday, October 17, 2018

New study finds consumers are confused by streaming services; more would drop pay-TV if they knew what was available and could stream live programming, especially sports.

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New American research from a TV consumer study has found that consumers are confused by streaming services (so-called over-the-top or OTT...
Monday, September 17, 2018

BREAKING. Naspers to spin off and list its video entertainment business MultiChoice on the JSE as the MultiChoice Group including MultiChoice SA, MultiChoice Africa and Showmax in Africa during first half of 2019.

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Naspers, as expected, announced late on Monday that it plans to spin off and list its video entertainment business, MultiChoice on the...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

MultiChoice asks staffers to reapply for jobs as Naspers' pay-TV arm looks at up to 200 job cuts 'to remain globally competitive'.

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MultiChoice has asked staffers at Naspers' pay-TV arm to reapply for their jobs, as the Randburg-based subscription television busin...
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Niclas Ekdahl to head up Naspers' new Connected Video business unit that will now encapsulate its OTT services, Showmax and DStv Now.

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Nicklas Ekdahl  (48) has been appointed as CEO of Naspers' new Connected Video business unit that now encapsulates its subscription vi...
Wednesday, July 18, 2018

MultiChoice dumps Tencent's VOOV from DStv after just 9 months as the failed VOOVTV flopped in audience engagement and ratings.

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MultiChoice is dumping Tencent's failed VOOV after just 9 months with the failed VOOVTV channel that went nowhere and was a flop in a...
Wednesday, July 4, 2018

The future of SABC News channel in doubt, will continue on DStv while discussions between the SABC and MultiChoice continue.

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Not only will Afro Worldview disappear on 20 August from MultiChoice's DStv but the future of a second channel in the news block is...
Thursday, May 17, 2018

MultiChoice boss warns the Naspers pay-TV giant isn't being alarmistic about the online threat of global video services to DStv: 'Satellite pay-TV will disappear'.

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MultiChoice's boss is warning that the Naspers pay-TV giant isn't being alarmistic about the massive online threat posed by globa...
Sunday, May 6, 2018

China's StarSat and StarTimes introduce a daily and weekly pay rate; MultiChoice says it has no plans for a pay-per-day option for DStv subscribers.

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China's StarTimes operating as StarTimes in Kenya and StarSat in South Africa introduced a new daily and weekly pay rate, with subscr...
Friday, April 13, 2018

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 13 April 2018.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  People want their printed TV information and TV listin...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

TV NEWS ROUND-UP. Today's interesting TV stories to read from TVwithThinus - 10 April 2018.

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Here's the latest news about TV that I read and that you should read too: ■  The SABC's disappointing coverage of the life of W...
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

SHOCKING REVELATIONS. Ex ANN7 editor Rajesh Sundaram reveals how ANN7 lied to MultiChoice, and how Jacob Zuma himself was involved: 'I realised that I had made a mistake - that I was setting up a monster station for the mafia in South Africa'.

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If you never knew that ANN7 was trash when Naspers' MultiChoice launched it as a secret propaganda channel laced with bias in August ...
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

MultiChoice finally dumps controversial ANN7 channel from DStv; admits 'mistakes were made - but no corruption' as DStv is looking for a new black-owned TV news channel.

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Naspers' MultiChoice pay-TV operator on Wednesday afternoon announced that it's finally dumping the controversial ANN7 (DStv 405)...