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Overview
COMPANY PROFILE
Backed by the exceptional expertise of holding company MIH and our parent company Naspers – MultiChoice has become one of the most prominent companies in the global MIH stable. Over and above our well-established position in the television broadcast sector, we also own the following exciting brands.
DStv provides digital satellite broadcasting services to more than 1.5 million customers across South Africa.
M-Net is part-owned by MultiChoice, and delivers premium thematic channels and exclusive content to DStv customers.
SuperSport provides comprehensive coverage of local and global sport, broadcast over seven dedicated channels.
DStv Mobile the company’s newest brand, is developing technologies that will enable South Africans to watch the 2010 FIFA World Cup and other live television programmes over their mobile phones.
Oracle Airtime Sales handles terrestrial as well as satellite commercial airtime sales and on-air sponsorship across a variety of dynamic media brands.
Our Operations
MultiChoice has terrestrial analogue and digital direct-to-home satellite television platforms.
The existing analogue system has been around for 20 years, delivering the main M-Net entertainment channel and Community Services Network (CSN). The analogue system uses 72 transmitter sites to deliver content exclusively to South Africa.
Via our three different satellite broadcasting platforms, MultiChoice imports channels from all over the world. These are packaged with local channels originating in the countries in which we operate, to form compelling entertainment bouquets for subscribers.
Our operations include:
- Promoting pay television services
- Entering into contract negotiations with various channel providers ensuring great packaging of the best content in our various bouquets for our customers
- Providing programme guides (both printed and electronic) to subscribers
- Operating a subscriber care call centre
- Administering subscriber contracts
- Receiving subscriber payments
- Co-ordinating the supply and servicing of decoders to subscribers
- Conducting in-depth market research
