DStv is dropping a dozen channels at year's end after Canal Plus took over MultiChoice and decided the Warner Bros Discovery bundle costs way too much for what people actually watch. Subscribers are losing CNN International, Discovery Channel, Cartoon Network, Food Network, and a bunch of others because the French parent company thinks it can squeeze better terms out of Warner or just walk away.
The whole thing boils down to Canal Plus running the numbers and figuring they pay for stuff nobody streams, while their French operation carries way fewer Warner channels anyway. Premium customers shelling out over a thousand rand monthly are getting a smaller lineup unless someone blinks before the contract expires, and Warner putting itself up for sale makes everything even messier going forward.
The whole thing boils down to Canal Plus running the numbers and figuring they pay for stuff nobody streams, while their French operation carries way fewer Warner channels anyway. Premium customers shelling out over a thousand rand monthly are getting a smaller lineup unless someone blinks before the contract expires, and Warner putting itself up for sale makes everything even messier going forward.
