African Streamer Showmax’s CEO on Doubling Down on Originals, How Africa Surprises Hollywood Folks Marc Jury discusses the appeal of the English Premier League, the challenges of serving 44 markets ...

NolliStream is betting that Nigeria’s mobile-first viewing habits can succeed where subscription streaming platforms have ...

The Showmax app will shut down on 30 April 2026, with parent company MultiChoice moving all Showmax content to its DStv Stream platform, which will include a dedicated Showmax section. Subscribers ...

EXCLUSIVE: Showmax has unveiled trailer for Catch Me A Killer, the TV series about South Africa’s most famous serial killer profiler starring Game of Thrones’ Charlotte Hope. Co-produced with ...

African streamer Showmax has secured rights to adapt the hit format “The Office” for South African audiences, in partnership with BBC Studios. The localized version will debut on both Showmax and ...

MultiChoice will shut down Showmax on Thursday, 30 April 2026, ending a service once positioned as the South African pay-TV giant’s answer to Netflix. MultiChoice announced the plan to shut down ...

Africa's creatives and content producers are upset, fearful for the future and extremely concerned about where it will leave the continent's film and TV sector after Canal+'s announcement that it's ...

But the group, 70 percent owned by South African pay-TV giant MultiChoice and 30 percent by Comcast's NBCUniversal, had forecast a bigger loss and grew its revenue 22 percent. By Georg Szalai Global ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks ...

NBCUniversal is announcing a round of layoffs. Business Insider reports that nearly 12 U.S.-based employees on the global streaming product team will be laid off, in addition to dozens more who could ...

French broadcaster Canal+ will shut South African video streaming app Showmax as it overhauls services offered by its newly acquired subsidiary MultiChoice. Launched in 2015, Showmax was an attempt to ...

EXCLUSIVE: Showmax content chief Yolisa Phahle has revealed how co-producing with international partners has helped the South Africa-based streamer compete with fierce SVoD competition, as a first ...