Canal+ has announced plans to embed MultiChoice’s streaming service directly into televisions across Africa. From 1 June, the DStv Stream app is being pre-installed on all new Samsung smart TVs sold across 18 English- and Portuguese-speaking African markets, including South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Angola, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Canal+ described it as the first pre-installation of a MultiChoice streaming app in these markets and said it extends an arrangement with Samsung that already spans 40 markets in Europe, French-speaking Africa and Asia
As a result, DStv Stream will sit on the Samsung home screen out the box, alongside the likes of Netflix and YouTube, with no download required. The app carries the full Fifa World Cup 2026, the English Premier League and domestic and international rugby, alongside general entertainment
Canal+, which completed its takeover of MultiChoice last year, has spent recent months consolidating its streaming operations, shutting the loss-making Showmax service and folding its content into DStv Stream to create a single streaming hub. Pre-loading that hub onto a leading smart-TV brand is a distribution play aimed at capturing viewers as they shift away from satellite and towards streaming.
