South African satellite giant, MultiChoice Group has revealed that 11 television channels will no longer be available to customers on DStv from December 31. The group announced the development in a recent notice to subscribers.
According to Multichoice, the affected channels include; Discovery Channel, TLC Africa, Discovery Family, Real Time, TNT Africa, and Food Network.
The pay-TV firm also added that Travel Channel, Investigation Discovery, Cartoon Network, Cartoonito and CNN International will also no longer be available from 23:59 CAT on the aforementioned date.
Providing an explanation for the discontinuation in a statement to newsmen on Thursday, MultiChoice said its distribution agreement with Warner Bros. for the channels will end on December 31, 2025.
Warner Bros. is an American film and entertainment company founded in 1923. It is known for producing motion pictures, television shows, and video games.
The pay-TV firm said no new distribution agreement has been reached with the American conglomerate yet.
“Should this remain the case, these channels will no longer form part of the DStv lineup from 1 January 2026,” MultiChoice said.
“We can confidently assure that customers will continue to enjoy a rich, diverse and growing entertainment offering.
“MultiChoice has extensive content partnerships across the world, giving us flexibility and capacity to enhance our packages with fresh content, new channels and new services in the year ahead — because we care about offering our customers the best experience at the best possible price.
“Viewers can explore a wide range of news, lifestyle, kids and general entertainment channels including: Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, NickToons, DreamWorks, Nick Jr., Disney Jr., Moonbug, CBeebies, Jim Jam, National Geographic, History Channel, Curiosity Channel, Bravo, MTV, BBC Lifestyle, MovieRoom, M-Net Movies 4, Studio Universal, BBC News, Sky News and Al Jazeera.”
If the companies are unable to come to an agreement, it is implied that all 11 channels would be eliminated off the DStv platform by the end of the year.
Recall that MultiChoice is currently under new ownership after Canal+ Group, a French TV channel, acquired a majority stake in the pay-TV firm earlier in 2025.
After acquiring the South African company, Canal+ reorganised MultiChoice’s board on September 22.
Following the transaction, Canal+ currently directly owns 46% of MultiChoice’s shares, with an additional 2.2% obtained through shareholder acceptances.
Prior to the acquisition, the firm had been battling a shrinking subscriber base in its Nigerian operations for over a year.
The African pay-TV company, in its audited results for the year ended March 31, 2025, had disclosed that its Nigerian operation lost 1.4 million subscribers in the last two years.
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