As part of the buyout, plans are underway to shed costs at the company and this meant rationalising on some brands. Alongside Magic Showcase and CineMagic, DStv Easyview had been depriortised as it's been scrubbed from the DStv website.
Besides MultiChoice, it appears that Canal+ Afrique (MultiChoice's French equivalent) had also made some changes to its offering by late 2025. As both Canal+ Pop and Canal+ Elles had been discontinued with concepts utilized on Canal+ Magic.
Magic is the name M-Net usually associate with its local content while the French giant uses Canal+ for most of its assets. By using Canal+ Magic, both companies are harvesting each other's strengths to 9 million consumers in Africa.
The former Canal+ Pop targeted youth-oriented pop culture with series focused on humorous and upliftment while Canal+ Elles promoted female narratives with drama series and reality shows.
Now questions have entered the fray as to whether Canal+ Magic could be duplicated in MultiChoice territories. As reports of a TV channel in place of Magic Showcase and CineMagic is said to be in development within those regions.
Canal+ Afrique had produced a couple of hit shows that are seen on their local channels including Lukas L'Homme De L'ombre and Mami Wata. As viewers of Canal+ Magic garner access to South African dramas like iThonga and Reyka.
In the past, MultiChoice has made several attempts at making this content accessible to audiences in their regions through Novelas Magic and HONEY. Even hosted pop-up channels or licensed selected shows like Zuba to Mzansi Magic.
Now under Canal+, the idea of them possibly revisiting this concept in MultiChoice territories wouldn't seem that far fetched a stretch. I mean they had added Novelas+ in MultiChoice regions and this served as one of its successful brands.
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