African streamer Showmax has revealed “Second Family,” its first original telenovela in Kenya. The series follows the dysfunctional Gatehi – Lang’at families. When 57-year-old billionaire Leo Lang’at ...

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 ...

In the chase for scale in streaming, it’s the technology behind NBCUniversal’s Peacock that could be the saving grace for African SVOD service Showmax. Pan-African pay-TV operator MultiChoice revealed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Drama series 'Falwsome' makes its return to Showmax amongst other new titles Showmax announces revamped app, new content slate, new plan coming February Beginning February this year, Showmax will get ...

EXCLUSIVE: African streamer Showmax is readying its latest original out of Nigeria for next month. Crime and Justice Lagos follows the activities of the fictional Serious and Special Crimes Unit ...

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 ...

Showmax’s July lineup delivers on variety, spanning gripping true-crime, supernatural thrillers, feel-good family films and must-see sports. True-crime fans will be drawn to The ABC Killer, a Showmax ...

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 ...