MultiChoice South Africa CEO Marc Jury will oversee the streaming service, co-owned by MultiChoice and Comcast, until a permanent head is found. By Georg Szalai Global Business Editor The CEO of ...

African streamer Showmax has secured rights to adapt the hit format “The Office” for South African audiences, in partnership with BBC Studios. The localized version will debut on both Showmax and ...

It’s been four years since Showmax launched in Kenya. Let’s take a closer look at what this streaming service has to offer now. When Showmax launched in Kenya in 2016, it was an African alternative to ...

EXCLUSIVE: The latest original from African streamer Showmax, sci-fi drama The Fix, will open MIP Africa. This marks the third year in a row a Showmax original has opened the event, which is an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about how innovation is better in Africa. In a significant first for a streaming video service in Africa, Showmax will ...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 1 (Reuters) - South African pay TV company MultiChoice Group (MCGJ.J), opens new tab and U.S. media conglomerate Comcast's (CMCSA.O), opens new tab NBCUniversal Media will invest ...

EXCLUSIVE: Showmax is prepping a Nigerian version of International Emmy-winning South African telenovela The River. Set against the backdrop of the gold mining industry in the Nigerian Osun state and ...

African pay-TV broadcaster MultiChoice says it will phase out its Showmax Pro transmissions ahead of the planned relaunch of Showmax towards the end of the year. MultiChoice has written to subscribers ...

EXCLUSIVE: What happens when a group of game rangers create their own raunchy pasttime? That’s what director Brett Michael Innes sets out to reveal in Showmax comedy Khaki Fever. Here, we’ve got the ...

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 ...

After 10 months of partnership between MultiChoice, owners of Showmax, Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky, the streaming platform has been redefined to tell more Africans stories for Africans and the ...