MultiChoice will shut down its Showmax Pro offering in favour of a new strategy in which the pay-TV operator now has English Premiere League football as a standalone streaming option for customers.

The group has been doubling down on its online streaming efforts, signing many deals in the past two years in a bid to set up Africa’s largest pay-TV operator as the biggest gatekeeper to paying audiences who stream content...

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