SINCE April 2024, MultiChoice and Comcast have invested $164 million into the African streaming platform, Showmax. This partnership, which includes NBCUniversal and Sky, began in April 2023 and aims to make Showmax the leading video-on-demand platform in Africa. NBCUniversal now holds a 30 percent stake in Showmax, providing the platform with a wealth of content from Peacock, Universal Pictures, and Sky. … Read more
THE Nigerian consumer tribunal fined the local unit of Africa’s largest pay-TV company, MultiChoice Group, 150 million naira ($107,142.86) on Friday for contempt of court. The tribunal also ordered the company to offer its subscribers one month of free service. MultiChoice, which operates DSTV and GOTV services in Nigeria, increased subscription rates by nearly 25 … Read more
Multichoice Nigeria said it would appeal Friday’s ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, CCPT, which slammed a N150 million fine on it for challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Justice Thomas Okosu, who chaired a three-man panel, had also ordered Multichoice to provide a one-month free subscription on its DStv and GOtv platforms. A Lawyer, … Read more