Variety 1 which by all means is not a football channel will rebrand to Football+, Variety 2 becomes a Kickoff channel, Variety 3 becomes Africa and surprisingly Variety 4 is known as Action.
The current SuperSport Action channel will be renamed to SuperSport Extra with content for all these channels remaining the same (???).
According to SuperSport, this change will make it easier for viewers to find their favourite sports, adding that it would be effective from 18 August 2026. The same statement issued when MultiChoice first revamped these channels in 2020.
Let's not forgot, Variety 1 is a premium channel and it featured mainly cycling and swimming and by becoming Football+ consumers would expect 100% football. Is Canal+ really going to normalise having a channel called Football+ air swimming???
Variety 2 featured hockey, gymnastics and tennis and by utilizing Kickoff, viewers will only assume it will serve as some ceremonial/event channel. Again, Is Canal+ really going to normalise such endeavours???
Forget Variety 3 and focus on the last two being Variety 4 and Action I mean why are playing with the names here. If there's any channel I feel should become Extra that should have been Variety 4, again why are we normalizing this???
AMC Networks International and Paramount did the exact same thing with it's TV channels in the UK. They slapped Reality Xtra on one channel yet viewers would still be treated to shows like Walker Texas Ranger and CSI: Miami.
Most probable scenario right now is that these names are not permanent and Canal+ is probably being experimental.
As for the names, none of these just popped out of the hat unlike Kickoff: Football+ and Africa is a TV channel viewed in other MultiChoice countries, Extra is the equivalent of Variety on Canal+ Polska.
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