Canal+ is currently in the process of completing it's acquisition of MultiChoice after recieving a recommendation from the Competition Commission. Now the deal sits with the Competition Tribunal and Independent Communications Authority Of South Africa (ICASA) for further analysis.
Amidst this endeavours, MultiChoice Africa (particularly Ghana) had decided to open up Canal+ Pop, Canal+ Cinema, Canal+ Action, Canal+ Sport 1, Nollywood TV, Novelas TV and A+ to DStv consumers from 19 June to 21 July.
For those who are unaware, MultiChoice and Canal+ have a bit of an overlap in certain African markets particularly Ghana, Liberia, Niger and Rwanda. In these markets, MultiChoice caters for English audiences and relied on Canal+ to serve the French as part of an add-on.
Think of DStv Indian and Portuguese packages in South Africa that's what Canal+'s offering comprise of within DStv. Of course, the reasoning of this transaction remains anonymous and if I had to guess it likely has to do Canal+'s ongoing transaction for MultiChoice.
If Canal+ is able to gobble up MultiChoice, I can imagine some of the local content seen on these brands particularly with A+ surface on Africa Magic. For sometime, Canal+ had been dubbing and distributing content from M-Net to audiences in Francophone Africa.
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