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  1. Luis

    DStv's three most expensive packages have only gotten more expensive in the last decade

    R220 DStv price pain Pricing for DStv's three most expensive packages, Premium, Compact Plus, and Compact, has increased by between 29% and 44% over the past 10 years. Compact Plus customers have been hit hardest, with the monthly subscription fee increasing by R200, or 44%, over the past 10...
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  3. Luis

    Former MultiChoice CEO took a R14.6 million pay cut between 2024 and 2025

    Former MultiChoice CEO took a R14.6 million pay cut between 2024 and 2025 Former MultiChoice CEO Calvo Mawela took a R14.6 million pay cut between 2024 and 2025 as the DStv owner began struggling financially amid a number of market pressures. According to MultiChoice's financial reporting...
  4. Luis

    DStv Premium subscribers getting no new value for money

    Bad news for people who pay for DStv's top package in South Africa DStv Premium subscribers in South Africa have been dealt a fresh blow, with no new added value for these customers and the platform losing popular HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery content. While the pay-TV provider's lower...
  5. Luis

    DStv customers lose all major HBO and Warner Bros. shows

    End of an era for DStv DStv customers in South Africa have lost access to virtually all major HBO and first-run Warner Bros. Discovery shows, which its new owner attributed to ongoing licensing and distribution agreements. These customers will no longer find popular HBO series like House of...
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  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv closing Cine Magic channel

    DStv closing Cine Magic channel South African pay-TV broadcaster DStv has started notifying viewers that it will be closing its Cine Magic channel, which falls under its M-Net business, at the end of the month. The channel is currently available on DStv's most affordable EasyView bouquet...
  7. Luis

    DStv affordability versus Openview

    DStv affordability versus Openview South Africans can get eMedia's satellite TV product, Openview, and watch it indefinitely for a one-time fee to install and activate the service. Unlike MultiChoice's DStv, which involves hardware and subscription costs, Openview only charges R799 for its...
  8. Luis

    EasyView package removed from DStv website

    EasyView package removed from DStv website DStv's most affordable satellite package, EasyView, is no longer listed for purchase on the broadcaster's website. Although the EasyView package was never available as a streaming package, the decoder package was previously available for customers to...
  9. Luis

    DStv Internet gutted

    DStv Internet gutted Canal+ has cut DStv Internet's product offering down to just three fixed-LTE packages, each offering 400GB of anytime data per month. Based on a search of cached web pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the change occurred sometime in mid-April 2026.
  10. Luis

    Canal+ signs agreements for Rugby World Cup and Premier Soccer League

    Canal+ signs agreements for Rugby World Cup and Premier Soccer League DStv owner Groupe Canal+ announced on Wednesday that it had signed agreements for the Rugby World Cup, Vodacom United Rugby Championship, and Premier Soccer League. Canal+ confirmed an agreement with World Rugby for the...
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  11. Luis

    €100 Million committed in strategy to revive DStv

    €100 Million committed in strategy to revive DStv Groupe Canal+ is preparing a secondary inward listing on the JSE while trying to turn around DStv, as the South African pay-TV giant is now key to its African growth plans after Showmax failed. The listing fulfilled a commitment Canal+ made...
  12. Luis

    Canal+ slashing costs at MultiChoice amid customer exodus

    Canal+ slashing costs at MultiChoice amid customer exodus French media conglomerate Groupe Canal+ has been aggressively cutting costs at MultiChoice while attempting to halt an exodus of DStv subscribers. Canal+ confirmed earlier in May that it would complete a secondary inward listing of its...
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  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv cut R9.6 billion in 5 years to survive

    DStv cut R9.6 billion in 5 years to survive In the five years before its acquisition by France's Groupe Canal+, MultiChoice's aggressive cost-cutting programme delivered cumulative savings of approximately R9.6 billion. The cost-cutting ensured the group's survival long enough for it to be...
  14. Luis

    MultiChoice owner already reducing staff ahead of potential mass layoffs

    MultiChoice owner already reducing staff ahead of potential mass layoffs MultiChoice is heading for a major staff shake-up after Groupe Canal+’s takeover, with a three-year retrenchment moratorium likely delaying deeper job cuts rather than preventing them. The French media giant has already...
  15. Luis

    Subscriber frustration over missing DStv Stream discounts

    Subscriber frustration over missing DStv Stream discounts Several former Showmax subscribers have not received a special discount on DStv Stream Compact after MultiChoice shut down the on-demand video streaming service at the end of April. Many more have vented their frustration that much of...
  16. Luis

    South Africans still ditching DStv

    South Africans still ditching DStv MultiChoice’s revenue continues to plummet as South Africans cut the cord and move from DStv to competing streaming services like Netflix and YouTube. On 28 April 2026, Canal+, which acquired MultiChoice at the end of 2025, provided a trading update for the...
  17. Luis

    MultiChoice owner and French media giant to list on JSE

    MultiChoice owner and French media giant to list on JSE MultiChoice owner and DStv operator Groupe Canal+ has confirmed it will list on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) on 3 June 2026. This came after the French media giant said it expected to list on the exchange soon alongside its...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Koos Bekker watching the collapse of his brainchild

    Koos Bekker watching the collapse of his brainchild Koos Bekker, the man who transformed a South African newspaper business into a global tech powerhouse, is witnessing the slow-motion collapse of the very company that started it all. DStv, the pay-TV giant that Bekker built from an MBA thesis...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Concerns over knock-on impact of Showmax shutdown

    Concerns over knock-on impact of Showmax shutdown While MultiChoice has been blocked from retrenching any permanent South African employees up to mid-2028, Showmax's discontinuation will likely cost jobs in the local film industry in the near future. The outcome was part of discussions between...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv losing its crown in South African living rooms

    DStv losing its crown in South African living rooms MultiChoice’s DStv, once the undisputed king of South African living rooms and the gold standard for premium entertainment, is facing an existential crisis as subscribers desert the platform in record numbers. Over the 40 years since M-Net...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Details about DStv's cancelled Ultra decoder

    Details about DStv's cancelled Ultra decoder Another victim of Canal+'s takeover of MultiChoice appears to be the shelving of what MultiChoice planned to be its 4th-generation, likely voice-controlled, DStv Ultra decoder. MultiChoice designed this advanced, sleek white DStv Explora-type...
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