Canal+ takes control of South Africa’s Multichoice
French media group Canal+ has taken effective control of South African pay TV company Multichoice.

French media group Canal+ has taken effective control of South African pay TV company Multichoice.
Exclusively unveiled at IBC2025 and engineered for long-distance RF signal transport in broadcast, film and live production, Wisycom’s new Portable RF over fibre (RFoF)Box is designed for environments where coaxial cables are impossible to deploy.
The leanDAB from Kathrein Broadcast is a low power DAB+ transmitter developed in partnership with Swiss DAB broadcast specialists Digris and PrecisionWave.
“It’s what we post and when we post.” IBC365 caught up with Birch Lettsome, Marketing & Media Manager at 284 Media, to find out what else he would’ve enjoyed hearing about.
Expanding its range of hardware interfaces, display manufacturer Densitron announced the addition of more efficient AMOLED displays to its suite of hybrid display technologies at IBC.
Delivering full visibility across the entire video chain, Imagine’s Imagine Monitoring Solution (IMS) allows broadcasters to detect and resolves issues earlier and faster, while avoiding costly outages.
Customer management and monetisation specialist Evergent is showing new services that extend its offering into the realm of payments for the first time.
Officially unveiling its new brand at IBC, SES has evolved into a strengthened global satellite operator with its recent acquisition of Intelsat.
The prospect of chat-based video editing may terrify skilled craft editors as much as it pleases accountants, but it is coming. Qvest demonstrated it at IBC2025, and its Head of Marketing, Björn Korb, said: “It’s faster. It’s easier. You don’t need editing skills. It’s video cut by prompting.”
Media asset management specialist Vida is launching a new module called Media Factory, described as a drag-and-drop workflow automation engine to enable media supply chain teams to orchestrate their content processes and business systems.