Interesting Note: Canal+ France Also Has Services In Africa Which Is Likely To Merge Or Get Spun-Off With MultiChoice Africa

Canal+ Group is a French based pay-tv provider operated by Vivendi that distribute various films, series and TV channels. Not long ago, Canal+ had been granted permission to acquire remaining shares in MultiChoice after owning at least 45% of the company. 

Now both parties seek to fight regulatory hurdles which limit the broadcasting license of a foreign entity in order to get this approved. Canal+ is looking to shape MultiChoice into a global powerhouse against the likes of Disney and Netflix.

As we've discussed time and time again, both these companies have rivaling assets all of which would be subjected to a merger and will be trialed for. These would lead to a reduction of content and services while the Canal+ side of things garners more reach.

Despite Canal+ already serving 8 million households in Francophone Africa all of these operations are handled by Canal+ in France. Based on MultiChoice's audience reach, Canal+ could build its own division as seen in Poland and Luxembourg. 

With that in mind, MultiChoice's DStv and GOtv will likely fold under the Canal+ tier within those regions. If anything, Canal+ will try to save most of the content and services from their packages as they rollout under MultiChoice's offering. 

Local legislation within these areas won't just let Canal+ operate two separate services of the same stature co-exist unless there were some backing involved. In this case, the phasing out of the France feed of Canal+ in favor of a localized feed through MultiChoice. 

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