Who owns M-Net?
M-Net 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
- Founded
- 1985
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- LSE: CAN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About M-Net
M-Net was founded in 1985 as South Africa's first private subscription television channel and has grown into a family of nearly forty channels reaching audiences in close to fifty African countries. It carries both international acquisitions and the local drama, reality and film commissions that MultiChoice treats as its main point of difference against the global streaming services now competing for the same viewers.
Ownership timeline of M-Net
Where M-Net 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
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.
🇿🇦 M-Net 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, M-Net among them.
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- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
- Albany — Tiger Brands 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of M-Net?
The parent company of M-Net is Canal+, a publicly listed company headquartered in France. M-Net sits under Canal+'s subsidiary MultiChoice.
Is M-Net South African or French?
M-Net originated in South Africa in 1985, but it is owned today by Canal+, which is headquartered in France. So M-Net is a South African-origin brand under French ownership.
Is M-Net still owned by Canal+?
Yes. As of 24 September 2026, M-Net 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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