SOUTH AFRICA
• Canal+ gets the greenlight to acquire MultiChoice
- MultiChoice rebrands to MultiChoice: A Canal+ Company.
- Canal+ is given control over M-Net, SuperSport, DStv and GOtv while other shareholders manage the brands licenses in South Africa and focus on Showmax, Namola and SuperSportBET.
- Canal+ looks to reduce DStv's linear offering as they look to extend the reach of France24, Zacu TV and W-Sport.
- M-Net Movies 3 and 4 merge into one channel as M-Net continues to simplify it's offering.
- Canal+'s Novelas TV extends its reach to Anglophone countries on DStv and GOtv replacing Telemundo and also offers content in local languages.
- Cartoon Network West and East African feed is made available to consumers in Southern Africa (not South Africa) on channel 313.
- Play Room gets a branded block on Mzansi Wethu and extends its reach to other African countries.
- eMedia's 4 channels eExtra, eMovies, eMovies Extra and eToonz exit the DStv platform with further content on Openview.
• Free-To-Air Households
- eMedia Investments discontinues Zee Family and Star Select from the Openview platform.
- Muvhango gets cancelled for the second time on SABC 2, Isidingo revival/spin-off is being developed.
- Netflix acquires rights to SA's Got Talent previously held by the SABC and Family Feud SA from e.tv.
- SABC looks to launch two separate divisions one targeted on their archives and SABC+ with the other comprising of SABC 1-3 and Sport. They look into reducing commissions on these channels as they explore possible partnerships with VIU and Netflix.
GLOBAL
• Canal+ looks to acquire Senegalese based company Marodi TV and Nordic pay-tv provider Viaplay with MC Vision rebranding to Canal+ Mauritius.
• Star on Disney+ rebrands to Hulu
• We Baby Bears cancelled on Cartoon Network after 2 seasons alongside Kiff on Disney Channel and Rock, Paper & Scissors on Nickelodeon.
• Skydance gets approval to acquire 77% stake in Paramount Global making them majority shareholder
- Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon fold under the division MTV Entertainment Group away from Paramount Pictures and CBS Studios.
- Pluto TV and Paramount+ are merged to one streaming service.
- BET Media Group and The Smithsonian Channel are put up for sale.
• Comcast finalizes transaction with proposed spin-off
- Comcast continues to license various content to new company which comprise of E!, USA Network, Oxygen and Syfy.
- Sky Group becomes an independent company and retains its pay-tv services and studios in parts of Europe.
- New company looks to acquire some assets from Warner Bros. Discovery.
- Universal Kids is closed down in the United States as further shows move to Peacock alongside Telemundo in Africa.
- MSNBC and CNBC retain their trademark but retract the Comcast logo.
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