S.Africa's MultiChoice TV, NBCUniversal to invest $177 million in Showmax


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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African pay TV company MultiChoice Group and U.S. media conglomerate Comcast's NBCUniversal Media will invest about $177 million in Showmax's video streaming platform during its current financial year, they said on Thursday.

Last year Africa's biggest pay TV entered a partnership with Comcast’s NBCUniversal and Sky to revamp MultiChoice's existing Showmax streaming service, which is being built on NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming platform.

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