Who owns DStv?
DStv is owned by Canal+ (France, LSE: CAN) through its subsidiary MultiChoice.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: The MultiChoice Group — companies and brands, MultiChoice Group Limited. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Canal+ SA via MultiChoice reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇫🇷 France, Issy-les-Moulineaux
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- LSE: CAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About DStv
DStv is MultiChoice's satellite television service in sub-Saharan Africa, delivering entertainment channels to customers across the continent by satellite, online and through mobile apps. It is the premium end of the group's offering and the platform the rest of the portfolio is arranged around: DStv Internet sells connectivity alongside it, DStv Media Sales handles commercial airtime and sponsorship, and DStv Stream took over the content of the closed Showmax service in 2026.
Ownership timeline of DStv
Where DStv sits in Canal+
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Canal+
Canal+ controls 9 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- Canal+ (1984)
- GOtv
- L'Olympia
- M-Net (1985)
- Studiocanal
- SuperSport
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 92 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 31 owners. The largest is Sun TV Network, with 7; Canal+ has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini TV | Sun TV Network | 🇮🇳 India |
| Global Television | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| BET | Paramount Skydance | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bounce (Scripps network) | Scripps | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartoon Network | Warner Bros. Discovery | 🇺🇸 United States |
| AMC | AMC Networks | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astro | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Mnet | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Canal+
Canal+ is a publicly listed company headquartered in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. Brandtree records 9 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: CAN.
Canal+ is a French pay-television and content group that was separated from Vivendi and listed on the London Stock Exchange on 16 December 2024. It took control of MultiChoice on 20 September 2025 and bought out the remaining shares by December, a deal that made it the largest media and entertainment provider in Africa and took the combined group past 40 million subscribers in more than 70 countries. Alongside the pay-TV business it owns the studio Studiocanal and the video platform Dailymotion.
🇿🇦 DStv and other South African brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, DStv among them.
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- Albany — Tiger Brands 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of DStv?
The parent company of DStv is Canal+, a publicly listed company headquartered in France. DStv sits under Canal+'s subsidiary MultiChoice.
Is DStv South African or French?
DStv originated in South Africa, but it is owned today by Canal+, which is headquartered in France. So DStv is a South African-origin brand under French ownership.
Is DStv still owned by Canal+?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, DStv is still owned by Canal+. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] The MultiChoice Group — companies and brands — MultiChoice Group Limited, Official document; retrieved 24 September 2026.
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