MultiChoice will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa's most ambitious streaming experiments.

The widely circulated Canal+ corporate statement was four careful paragraphs of saying almost nothing. The numbers, though, tell a story of a streaming experiment that burnt ...

November is set to be an exciting season for football lovers as Showmax Pro streams all 64 FIFA World Cup Qatar games in ultra-high-definition screen resolution across Nigeria and other sub-Saharan ...

Estimates suggested that Showmax had overtaken Netflix’s 1.8 million African subscribers by the end of 2023, reaching 2.1 million users, and continued growing after its relaunch in February 2024. The ...

The announcement by MultiChoice that it will soon shut down its Showmax video streaming service has shocked subscribers and sparked concerns about the future of local content production.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks ...

EXCLUSIVE: South African streamer Showmax has partnered with the Joburg Film Festival to launch an open commissioning brief to the African film industry, calling for pitches to fill a slate of 10 live ...

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 ...

Showmax Pro is set to live stream the Tokyo Olympic Games for subscribers in more than 50 countries across Africa. The Tokyo Olympics, postponed a year because of Covid-19, will look different from ...