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Clear strategic milestones were reached, with the group successfully launching Showmax 2.0, SuperSportBet and Moment, all of which are now revenue-generating and supporting the group’s future growth prospects. “Four years after setting out a clear strategy of building Africa’s entertainment platform of choice and investing in services to support a broader ecosystem, our three core segments are now fully operational: video entertainment, interactive entertainment and fintech. Our focus now shifts to building on these solid foundations to drive growth in these new areas, and on further enhancing business efficiency across our operations. While we are not alone in feeling the challenges of a weak consumer environment, I am proud of the speed and effectiveness of the team in implementing strategic actions to retain customers, safeguard cash generation and drive costs savings which surpassed our targets. It is the strength of this team, the quality of the underlying business and

StarSat, a Chinese based operator which is formed as part of a joint venture with On Digital Media and StarTimes was rumoured to be closing by September 18th. Serving as one of the only pay-tv rivals to MultiChoice's DStv was launched in the market 14 years ago. In an update, On Digital Media's CEO Debbie Wu is currently looking to explore all the regulatory and legal issues with their licensing. They don't intend to close their doors and should that be the case they will accept all obligations and inform the necessary parties. Amidst these reports, StarSat will be implementing a price increase from 1st July after MultiChoice made the adjustments to the price rates for their platforms in April. With the new prices listed as follows: * Special will go up from R130p/m to R140pm * Super will go up from R250p/m to R280p/m * Max will go up from R360p/m to R400p/m For a company whose future is quo, this seems like a risky move on their part. Considering there's

Kiff is an animated musical comedy television series created by Lucy Heavens and Nic Smal and produced by Disney Television Animation in association with Titmouse, Inc. It is also one of their first animated features to have been created in South Africa. Synopsis for Kiff Set in Table Town, a mountainous island surrounded by animals and magical creatures, the series centers on the adventures of a young, optimistic and happy-go lucky anthropomorphic squirrel named Kiff, whose best intentions often lead to complete chaos, and her best friend Barry, a sweet and mellow rabbit. The two take the island by storm with their endless adventures and zest for life. The first season premiered from  March 10, 2023 to February 10, 2024 and consisted of 30 episodes. Before the series premiered, Disney Channel had already announced production of a second season which is slated to launch in the coming months. Earlier in the year, Disney Channel had axed majority of shows including Bunk

Today, during the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Disney Branded Television (DBT) announced a lineup of new animated projects and shared first looks from its preschool and kids slate. The announcements were made by Ayo Davis, President of Disney Branded Television, alongside DBT animation leaders Meredith Roberts, EVP of Disney Television Animation; Alyssa Sapire, SVP of Development, Series and Strategy, Disney Junior; and Orion Ross, VP, International Animation. Additionally, Disney Television Animation commemorated its illustrious 40-year anniversary at the festival with a special panel highlighting the studio’s dominance in kids’ animation over four decades — with beloved titles like Phineas and Ferb, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Monsters at Work, The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Sofia the First and more — as well as current and future hits ranging from Kiff to Big City Greens, ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series, Hamster & Gretel and StuGo. Disney Junior,

After months of negotiations, Paramount‘s controlling shareholder Shari Redstone has broken off merger talks with David Ellison‘s Skydance, according to the WSJ. The two sides have been deep in discussions during and after a one-month exclusive negotiating period in April and Redstone at one point had favored the deal, which would have paid her a premium, and kept the businesses together, at least initially. The transaction was for Skydance to acquire Redstone’s family holding company NAI, which controls Paramount, and then see Par and Skydance merge. As of this weekend talks were intense but there were a few major sticking points, one said to be over which party party would assume legal liabilities in the case of shareholders lawsuits. Paramount Global stockholders vocally disliked the deal from the start and threatened to sue. Skydance, backed by Larry Ellison and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Capital, revised the deal several times to sweetened the pot for them, but they sti

During the month, Canal+ Group's CEO was interviewed by News24 about the impending outcome awaiting MultiChoice. He mentioned that there aren't any plans to launch a SuperSport package or let consumers choose channels as it had been proven to fail. This comes after the board had given them approval over remaining shares on MultiChoice. As the companies are working on a possible restructure to present to local legislation. DStv is known to over 100 channels that consist of sports, movies, drama series, reality shows, cartoons and news. From our understanding, a majority of audiences can only watch a select amount of entertainment at such a short time.  They would be The Super Mario Movie at 14:30 on M-Net Movies 1 followed by Along Came Love at 16:00 on TLNovelas. Only the average viewer can watch 1 channel on a daily basis while others can view daytime repeats with more available to browse on DStv Catch Up. As much as some would hope that DStv could give them the o

Not long ago, Canal+  had been granted permission to acquire remaining shares in MultiChoice after owning at least 45% of the company . They are still awaiting approval from various parties with talks of a restructure currently underway.  Earlier in the year, Canal+ had mentioned that they intend to keep MultiChoice on the JSE but are looking to get their own local listing. This was sort of a hint that MultiChoice could be spun off with some assets under French management.  One of the most notable guesses within this scenario is that Canal+ will most likely get MultiChoice's pay-tv license and this would include DStv alongside various linear channels. This would be managed alongside a BEE partner as required by law. Other assets which would also be managed would include MultiChoice Studios and SuperSportBET as these are basic pillars of that offering. Then the other portion would have Showmax, DStv Glass, Namola and other home services.  Canal+ Group's revenue had

Rogers Communications has agreed to bring content from NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery to streaming platforms in Canada. The Canadian telecommunications company said Monday that it has penned multi-year deals with the two U.S.-based mass media and entertainment companies Starting in September, Rogers will Launch NBCUniversal's Bravo channel in the country and will become the English-language television content rights holder in Canada. A few months later in January, Rogers will be the distribute Warner Bros. Discovery's U.S. lifestyle and factual brands, including HGTV and The Food Network. Rogers said it will work with Canadian distributors to make the content widely available, and that it will increase its investment in original Canadian content and collaborate with Canadian independent producers.

EVERY SATURDAY @ 7 PM (CAT) | 6 PM (WAT) | 8 PM (EAT) Sit tight and have fun with the action movies this July! ************************************************************************************************* Playboy Cops Channel Premiere 6 July Cast: Shawn Yue, Aloys Chen, Linda Chung Two eccentric young detectives, Lincoln and Michael, go in search of a killer to bring him to justice, while vying for the affections of a young woman. Bounty Hunters 13 July Cast: Lee Min Ho, Tang Yan, Chung Hon Leung, Louis Fan, Karena Ng, Jeremy Xu Five bounty hunters are tasked to track down the culprit of a series of bombings plaguing a hotel group in Bangkok. Can they solve the crime and finally collect the bounty? Skinny Tiger & Fatty Dragon 20 July Cast: Sammo Hung, Karl Maka, Carrie Ng, Woo Fung Detective Baldy and his partner Fatty stumble upon the robbery of a jewelry store, which puts them on the trail of a triad crime syndicate. The Inspector Wears Skirts 27 July Cast: Cyn