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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Major changes for DStv customers in 2025

    Major changes for DStv customers in 2025 2025 has been a year of upheaval at South Africa's biggest pay-TV service, DStv, whose parent company was taken over by a foreign broadcasting giant. French firm Canal+ has a challenging task ahead to return the three-decade-old MultiChoice to growth...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Goodbye HBO series? Netflix's Warner Bros. takeover leaves big questions

    Goodbye HBO series? Netflix's Warner Bros. takeover leaves big questions MultiChoice is facing its biggest crisis in many years with the threat of losing hundreds of movies and series from its largest US third-party content provider, Warner Bros. Discovery. A week ago, the broadcaster's pay-TV...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    The MultiChoice finance veteran tasked with turning around DStv in South Africa

    The MultiChoice finance veteran tasked with turning around DStv in South Africa MultiChoice veteran Byron du Plessis has the enormous task of turning around the company's South African division's struggling business. Du Plessis was appointed as MultiChoice South Africa CEO a year ago. His...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery

    Netflix buying Warner Bros. Discovery Netflix has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, including its film and television studios, as well as HBO Max and HBO. News of the acquisition comes as MultiChoice notified customers on Monday that...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Canal+ hits the ground running after DStv acquisition

    Canal+ hits the ground running after DStv acquisition Canal+ has hit the ground running at DStv with new content, features, free channel upgrades, and hardware price cuts since acquiring the broadcaster's parent company, MultiChoice. The French firm gained effective control over MultiChoice...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Discovery Bank adds DStv, Admyt, and Luno to partners

    Discovery Bank adds DStv, Admyt, and Luno to partners Discovery Bank has announced a partnership with MultiChoice that will allow customers to earn up to 50% back in Discovery Miles on DStv subscriptions. The partnership is one of several new product features and updates to the Discovery Bank...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Open Time Weekend details

    DStv Open Time Weekend details DStv recently announced the return of Open Time over the weekend of 7–9 November 2025 as part of its 30th birthday celebrations. As part of the promotion, South Africa’s pay-TV broadcaster will offer free access to DStv Premium to anyone with an active DStv...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Canal+ on MultiChoice costs crackdown

    Canal+ on MultiChoice costs crackdown MultiChoice's new owner, Groupe Canal+, has reportedly suspended payments to the broadcaster's suppliers and demanded 20% discounts on invoices as part of a cost-cutting exercise. According to an insider at the broadcaster who spoke to Business Times...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Canal+ wants to take more MultiChoice content global

    Canal+ wants to take more MultiChoice content global MultiChoice's new owner, French firm Canal+, plans to sell some of the content the South Africa-based company produces for DStv's platforms to overseas markets. Canal+ Africa CEO David Mignot recently told the Sunday Times that the...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Expect big things from our DStv — Canal+ CEO

    Expect big things from our DStv — Canal+ CEO Canal+ CEO and new MultiChoice chairman Maxime Saada said DStv subscribers can expect the best content on the planet and the best service levels following the company’s acquisition of MultiChoice. This includes licensing content from American...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    MultiChoice's digital rights protection company launches new feature

    MultiChoice's digital rights protection company launches new feature MultiChoice-owned cybersecurity company Irdeto has launched high-frequency key cycling functionality in its Irdeto Control product to help combat live sports streaming piracy. Irdeto said the feature addresses the key...
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  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    The hit SA TV show that created 16,000 jobs

    The hit SA TV show that created 16,000 jobs MultiChoice's hit series Shaka iLembe has created thousands of jobs and supported thousands more families during its production. Shaka Ilembe tells the story of the legendary King Shaka, including his origins, his quest for the throne, and the...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Family gets three new channels

    DStv Family gets three new channels MultiChoice will permanently add three new channels — Dreamworks, Nickelodeon, and Nick Jr — to its DStv Family package from 25 August 2025. The broadcaster said the change was part of its broader channel review and a plan to position the Family product as...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Premium customers getting priority support service

    DStv Premium customers getting priority support service MultiChoice South Africa CEO Byron du Plessis says the company is developing a priority support service for DStv Premium subscribers as one of several projects to enhance its value proposition. Du Plessis said the aim is to further...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    MultiChoice expects stabilised operating environment

    MultiChoice expects stabilised operating environment MultiChoice chief financial officer Tim Jacobs believes that volatile external economic factors that negatively impacted the entertainment giant's business in the past two years are stabilising. In an interview with MyBroadband about the...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Competition Commission recommends Canal+'s DStv takeover be approved

    Competition Commission recommends Canal+'s DStv takeover be approved The Competition Commission has recommended that the sale of DStv parent MultiChoice to French broadcasting giant Group Canal+ be approved, with conditions. The Commission said it considered the proposed transaction unlikely...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv in big trouble

    DStv in big trouble DStv’s subscriber numbers have plummeted in the past three years, with South Africa’s largest pay-TV operator seeing its customers recede to levels last recorded in 2019. In MultiChoice’s latest financial report, its half-year results for the period ended 30 September 2024...
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    Why is DSTV not airing any WTA matches after AO?

    Let me preface this by saying that for the last twelve months the WTA tour has been incredibly competitive, and the 2025 AO final was proof of that, especially compared to the men’s lacklustre final (in my opinion) and the social media engagement and numbers in the crowd proved that. With that...
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    DSTV stream not working on new iPhone

    Hi guys. Thanks in advance. I recently changed from iPhone 13 to 16. However I can’t get the app to play anything. Occasionally it plays the ad before the show but streams nothing live or catchup. I get and error We're Sorry Whoops Looks like something went wrong I’ve tried deleting the app...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's exclusive sports rights challenge

    South Africa's exclusive sports rights challenge South Africa's sports broadcasting industry has experienced several developments this year, steering the market toward one that is more accessible to a greater number of South Africans. The market has long been dominated by MultiChoice, the...
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