Eight and a half years after its launch, African streaming service Showmax is ready for a bigger spotlight on the continent thanks to a relaunch powered by a joint venture with Comcast and ...

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 ...

New format agreement will see a South African adaptation of global hit format The Office launch on Showmax and kykNET We are proud to be producing the first African version of The Office for Showmax ...

The synopsis reads: “In Ancient Africa, one thousand days after the fall of Atlantis, the five surviving houses of Kemet find themselves beset with fears of a prophesied end of days.” Bokang Phelane ...

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 ...

“We are doubling down on Africa,” says CEO Marc Jury. “We’ve been here for 38 years, and we intend to be here for a long time still to come. And we feel we’ve got all the best local knowledge in terms ...

MultiChoice's online streaming platform Showmax is investing in producing its own local content for African audiences as it competes for their attention against Netflix on the continent, a senior ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African pay TV company MultiChoice Group and U.S. media conglomerate Comcast's NBCUniversal Media will invest about $177 million in Showmax's video streaming platform ...

ShowMax, the video streaming service from emerging markets media giant Naspers, is launching its offering in 36 African markets. The SVOD supplier is the part of the Naspers group, which also owns the ...

The African streamer previously said it would roll out more than 1,300 hours of original content in the coming year, a 150 percent increase compared to the year before. By Georg Szalai Global Business ...

EXCLUSIVE: Showmax content chief Yolisa Phahle has revealed how co-producing with international partners has helped the South Africa-based streamer compete with fierce SVoD competition, as a first ...