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

After an 11 year run, Showmax will cease to exist, soon. When exactly the streaming service with ties to MultiChoice will shutter isn’t exactly clear, per an email sent out to subscribers on Thursday ...

Canal+ took over Showmax parent MultiChoice in a $2B deal last September, vowing to “double down” on big local hits such as Spinners and Shaka iLembe at the same time. Canal+ had noted upon closure of ...

The chaos and uncertainty at MultiChoice has heightened after word that the entertainment giant will soon shut down its ...

MultiChoice Group has announced it will discontinue its streaming platform Showmax following what it described as “substantial annual losses”.

MultiChoice, part of CANAL+, will be shutting down its Showmax service, as the “substantial annual losses experienced by the ...

The discontinuation of Showmax signals a significant shift in the South African streaming landscape, leaving fans to ponder the fate of local productions and the future of digital content.

MultiChoice to discontinue Showmax By Admire Moyo, ITWeb news editorJohannesburg, 05 Mar 2026Showmax has over three million subscribers. MultiChoice, which was recently acquired by French-based media ...

MultiChoice, part of Canal+, will discontinue its Showmax streaming platform in Africa due to unsustainable losses. No job cuts are expected, company says.

Canal+, the new owner of Multichoice Group, is set to discontinue Showmax, the video streaming platform, as part of a ...