March 5 (Reuters) - MultiChoice, part of the Canal+ entertainment group, said on Thursday it was discontinuing Showmax ...

Showmax was an "expensive failure," said Canal+, which owns 70% of the venture. NBCUniversal staffers were informed about the cuts on Wednesday.

French media group Canal+ said on ‌Wednesday its African unit MultiChoice had lost subscribers and it expected revenues from ...

In a stunning shake-up, MultiChoice, which has been acquired by Canal+, announced the closure of Showmax, a beloved platform ...

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As news breaks of the shutdown of Showmax, international marketing consultant ANDY MARKEN analyses the global impact of Netflix and other streamers.

Why did Canal+ kill Showmax? MultiChoice purposefully crippled its own streaming platform to protect legacy DStv revenues, resulting in a massive financial collapse.

MultiChoice launched Showmax across Africa 11 years ago in August 2015 to compete with the advent of streamers like Netflix, ...

Africa’s creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave ...

Canal+ has called Showmax an “expensive failure” whose closure will help accelerate cost savings at MultiChoice.

MultiChoice will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa's most ambitious streaming experiments.