This is the last day you can watch your favourite shows on Showmax

Showmax will officially close on 30 April 2026. Picture: supplied In a bid to keep Showmax alive in some form, MultiChoice has announced that Showmax Originals will move to DStv Stream once the platform shuts down. The streaming service will officially close on 30 April 2026, bringing an era to an end.

This move comes after representatives of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) and the Competition Commission were grilled by members of parliament’s portfolio committee on communications and digital technologies about how the French media giant, Canal+, received the green light to acquire MultiChoice. The pay-TV operator said on Thursday that Showmax Originals and some content on the streaming service will be available on DStv Compact and DStv Premium packages via DStv Stream. Showmax was established in August 2015, but thestreaming service has been losing money, making things worse for its already-struggling owner, MultiChoice.

Nomsa Philiso, a director of content at MultiChoice, said Showmax Originals have been built through partnerships with producers, writers and creative talent across Africa. “Series likeThe Wife,Youngins,Devilsdorp, andAdulting, along with productions from Nigeria, Kenya and across the continent, were created through collaboration between MultiChoice’s content teams and local producers,” she said. Philiso added that this content will be available on DStv Stream, previously DStv Now.

[paywall]

The content will be available alongside African and international content, live channels, and sports. MultiChoice said moving Showmax content to DStv Stream will offer its customers “the best of both worlds”.

[/paywall]