As some readers are aware, Canal+ is looking to expand their operations and further diversity. They currently own close to 50% of MultiChoice with the French company that had been granted rights to acquire remaining shares from an independent board.
Of course most of that is still up for discussion as local legislation have strict regulations awaiting both Canal+ and MultiChoice before any of this can move forward. Restructuring plans are currently underway with further details set to be announced in due course.
Canal+ served as a rival to MultiChoice's DStv with a similar lineup of entertainment and since 2020. If this merger moved forward one of the things consumers would expect from all this is a merging of the Canal+ platform with DStv and GOtv.
Canal+ offering is home to channels like Africa Magic Epic, M-Net Movies and Telemundo all of which were exclusive to DStv at the time. They even have other channels like FilmBox, Love Nature, W-Sport and even the former Toonami and WildEarth.
Whenever mergers are formed something is bound to get dissolved. This happened when Disney acquired 20th Century Studios as they had a bunch of already completed projects in development most of which got axed or shipped to another platform.
Taking that to account, there's not much guarantee that WildEarth would be reinstated after this merger. Considering the number of DStv channels viewed on Canal+ platforms its possible that these are the channels Canal+ could as well keep onboard.
But that doesn't mean that some of this entertainment won't just reappear on the new DStv/GOtv. Canal+ has built a local portfolio and I doubt they'd want to throw that away so they'd have to find some way to keep some of this offering.
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