As pay-TV giant MultiChoice's streaming service plans a relaunch, the executive discusses local original programming hits, increasing original content spending and investment from Comcast. By Georg ...

African Streamer Showmax’s CEO on Doubling Down on Originals, How Africa Surprises Hollywood Folks Marc Jury discusses the appeal of the English Premier League, the challenges of serving 44 markets ...

MultiChoice has shut down Showmax, relocating popular titles to DStv Stream. Existing subscribers can trial DStv Stream ...

The Showmax app will shut down on 30 April 2026, with parent company MultiChoice moving all Showmax content to its DStv Stream platform, which will include a dedicated Showmax section. Subscribers ...

The Market Research Foundation’s (MRF) latest Marketing All Product Survey (MAPS) data suggests that MultiChoice-owned Showmax could be making inroads in its fight against Netflix’s dominance in the ...

“Sean Combs is a monster,” is the opening words of Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy. A new documentary from Peacock in the US that delves deeper into the hip hop mogul and his (allegedly) dark lifestyle ...

“Spinners,” the South African extreme sports action drama, is returning for a second season that brings back the creators, writers and cast of the hit drama set in Cape Town. Co-produced by African ...

MultiChoice has discontinued Showmax and migrated its content to DStv Stream. In a statement on Friday, ID Africa, a marketing and media company, said while the platform has shut down, many of its ...

MultiChoice-owned streaming platform Showmax now offers an interface in Kiswahili for Tanzanian subscribers, and it is the first streaming platform to do so. The company said the update marks a major ...

I think people do associate Showmax with great local content, but our audiences are incredibly sophisticated and want to be connected with the rest of the world. So they want international content as ...