MultiChoice Nigeria says its holiday channel, DStv Channel 198 would showcase live concerts and festivals during the Detty December season. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content and Channels, West Africa at MultiChoice disclosed this in a statement on Friday, in Lagos. Tejumola said that the 19th edition of “The …
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IN a significant legal development, the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal (CCPT) has granted the dismissal of a subscription price hike case instituted against MultiChoice Nigeria. Trojan News reports that the tribunal, comprising three members and led by Thomas Okosu, issued the interim order following an oral application by Festus Onifade, …
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A High Court, in Port Harcourt, has restrained the Director General, Nigerian Copyright Commission, Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), or their agents from further inviting, arresting, harassing, intimidating Dr. Ifeanyi Nwafor, the Managing Director of MetroDigital. The presiding judge, Justice Chinwendu Nwogu, on Saturday, in an order, said that the Applicant …
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Multichoice Group, owners of DSTV, had an account balance of N31.6 billion with Heritage Bank, before the bank’s liquidation. According to the group’s annual report for FY 2024, Multichoice had a deposit of N33.7 billion (488 million South African Rands) with the bank as of the 2024 fiscal year end …
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● Slams N150m administrative penalty on company The Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal has fined prominent Pay-TV operator, Multichoice Nigeria, N150 million administrative charges for challenging the jurisdiction of a court sitting in Abuja that recently restrained it from increasing the prices of its DStv and GOtv packages. The verdict …
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Multichoice Nigeria said it would appeal Friday’s ruling of the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal, CCPT, which slammed a N150 million fine on it for challenging the court’s jurisdiction. Justice Thomas Okosu, who chaired a three-man panel, had also ordered Multichoice to provide a one-month free subscription on its DStv …
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MultiChoice Group has agreed to pay N35.4 billion as part of its tax obligations to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). Multichoice owns the satellite television services, DStv and GOtv — popular subscription-based platforms in Nigeria. In a statement to shareholders on Thursday, the firm said the payment is to offset …
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MultiChoice considers the Canal+ deal, it is also ramping up its investment in its streaming platform, Showmax, which it launched in 2015. The company announced that it will inject an additional US$89 million into Showmax by March 31, 2024, as part of a US$129 million funding round by MultiChoice and …
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FRENCH media giant Canal+ is on the acquisition trail in Africa, targeting local industry leader MultiChoice. The South African heavyweight itself plans to invest US$89 million in its streaming flagship, Showmax, to stay ahead of Netflix in Africa in what is shaping up as the mother of all battles for African viewers. A …
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The Competition and Consumer Protection, CCPC, Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a suit that was filed to challenge the recent price hike by MultiChoice Nigeria Limited, the operator of DStv and Gotv. The three-member panel tribunal headed by Mr Thomas Okosun, in its judgement, dismissed the suit which …
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