DStv, GOtv: French media giant Canal+ completes takeover of Multichoice

French media elephantine Canal+ said Monday it had taken effectual power of South African tv and streaming institution MultiChoice, creating a radical contiguous successful astir 70 countries successful Africa, Europe and Asia.

The companies said successful a associated connection that the combined radical volition person a workforce of 17,000 employees and service much than 40 cardinal subscribers.

The acquisition is “the largest transaction ever undertaken” by Canal+, the connection said.

Canal+, which is already the sector’s person successful French-speaking African countries, present controls what it described arsenic the person successful the continent’s English- and Portuguese-speaking regions.

“This acquisition allows america to fortify our presumption arsenic a person successful Africa, 1 of the astir dynamic pay-TV markets successful the world,” Canal+ main enforcement Maxime Saada said successful the statement.

The buyout was fixed a last greenlight by South Africa’s contention authorization successful precocious July, much than a twelvemonth aft Canal+ launched its bid.

Canal+ offered 125 rand ($7.2) per stock for MultiChoice erstwhile it launched its connection past year, valuing the South African steadfast astatine astir $3.0 billion.

Canal+ is contiguous successful 25 African countries done 16 subsidiaries and has 8 cardinal subscribers.

MultiChoice operates successful 50 countries crossed sub-Saharan Africa and has 14.5 cardinal subscribers.

It includes Africa’s premier sports broadcaster, SuperSport, and the DStv outer tv service.

AFP

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