Last year, it was reported that Canal+ would be shutting down its pay-tv operations in Ethiopia after 3 years siting poor consumer growth. Another may have to do with its ongoing transaction to acquire MultiChoice with them also offering services in Ethiopia seek to revamp their operations and ease restrictions.
Canal+ Ethiopia comprised of several channels including Canal+ Gebeta, Canal+ Discover, FilmBox Africa and Love Nature with KIX, Real Time and Cartoon Network already distributed on DStv. With the platform already shuttered, part of this offering has since then been merged with Canal+ Afrique.
Should the takeover move ahead, Canal+ would gain access to M-Net, SuperSport, DStv and GOtv which are viewed as core brands for the broadcaster. Besides that, MultiChoice substitutes most of the local offering viewed by the defunct Canal+ Ethiopia with Abol TV (local content), Zee Alem (telenovelas) and SuperSport Liyu (sports).
Canal+ could restructure this services and perhaps integrate some content from their defunct linear offering. Of course, it is just speculation worst case scenario would be shuttering DStv's services in the region as South Africa remains a highly profitable market for MultiChoice.
It could be that similar to Canal+ Ethiopia, Canal+ looks to close or integrate some of DStv's services within Africa. Aside from MultiChoice, Canal+ is looking to acquire another African pay-tv provider MC Vision after increasing its hold of the company to 75%.
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