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Crucial role: Showmax gave South African storytellers the freedom to experiment. Photo: File

After Showmax: Who controls the future of African film and television?

As Canal+ takes control of MultiChoice, the end of the African streaming service highlights growing fears that South African storytelling is becoming dependent on foreign media giants

  • Eyaaz
9 min read
MultiChoice chief executive Calvo Mawela spoke to the Mail & Guardian about the company’s future as it prepares to take on US streaming giants. (Photo by Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

Canal+ central to Multichoice’s strategy against streaming giants, says CEO

Africa’s biggest pay-TV operator is battling subscriber loss, inflation in key markets, and competition from online entertainment leaders

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read
Fast becoming popular: The local series Spinners won a top award in China last month. Photo: Charlie Sperring

South African series Spinners triumphs at Shanghai TV Festival, winning Best Foreign TV Series award

The local series Spinners won a top award in China last month.

  • Eyaaz
2 min read
Vincent Bolloré. Getty Images

Africa’s biggest-ever media deal opens the door to far-right nonsense

If the biggest-ever media deal in Africa is successful, a French billionaire with a track record of buying media to promote far-right ideologies will have access to tens of millions of African homes

  • Simon Allison
4 min read