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Mar
03
2023
By The African Mirror
S.Africa’s MultiChoice and Comcast to create Africa-wide streaming service

S.Africa’s MultiChoice and Comcast to create Africa-wide streaming service

NEWS
AFRICA'S biggest pay-TV company, MultiChoice Group, said it had entered into an agreement with U.S.-based media conglomerate Comcast to create a pan-Africa video streaming platform. The new streaming service, which will be built on MultiChoice's streaming platform Showmax, will be 70% owned by the company, it said. The remaining 30% will be owned by Comcast's NBCUniversal, it added. While MultiChoice has the biggest market share in pay TV in Africa, it has been struggling to penetrate deeper with Showmax due to competition from Netflix, Amazon's streaming service and Disney. With the streaming companies now training their guns on sports rights in Africa,…
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May
03
2021
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s romcom revolution and how it reimagines Joburg

South Africa’s romcom revolution and how it reimagines Joburg

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
NETFLIX went live in South Africa on 6 January 2016. The arrival of the subscription-based content streaming service was a game-changer for the country’s film and television industry, as it had been for other countries. PIER PAOLO FRASSINELLI, Professor, Communication and Media Studies, University of Johannesburg At about the same time – in 2015 and 2016 – there was another turning point for South Africa’s film industry: the arrival of a new, commercially successful genre, the black romantic comedy. For the first time, the country’s black filmmakers were able to make an impact at the box office – and go…
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Mar
15
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenyan gospel and Nigerian Hausa songs win streaming service Mdundo new users

Kenyan gospel and Nigerian Hausa songs win streaming service Mdundo new users

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
EDWIN WAITA WHEN Danish national Martin Nielsen moved to Kenya to work with a venture capital firm, he quickly switched gears after spotting an opportunity in streaming music and selling downloads. Fast forward eight years and the Kenya-based company he co-founded and now leads, Mdundo, is listed on the Danish stock market and is posting rapid growth in users in the African markets it serves. Africa has been attracting international audio streaming firms like Sweden's Spotify and Apple Music, keen on capitalising on growing internet users and rising demand for legal content. "The market is getting bigger," Nielsen told Reuters.…
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