pay-tv broadcasting

  1. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    DStv Premium cancellation headache

    DStv Premium cancellation headache A DStv Premium subscriber who tried to cancel her subscription through the company's WhatsApp self-service channel continued being billed after the system failed to process the full cancellation. Although DStv support agents helped the customer cancel her...
  5. 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...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    How Koos Bekker made pay-TV big in SA

    How Koos Bekker made pay-TV big in SA Jacobus Petrus (Koos) Bekker founded M-Net, South Africa's first pay-TV channel and the predecessor of DStv, which played a key role in transforming media publishing giant Naspers into a global technology powerhouse. Bekker grew up on a mielie farm near...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Goodbye DStv Malawi

    Goodbye DStv Malawi MultiChoice has announced the withdrawal of DStv services from Malawi with immediate effect after the country's government succeeded in blocking its latest price hikes. The broadcaster said the decision followed the injunction issued by the High Court in Lilongwe in a...
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