[2] Formerly, MultiChoice had operations in the Scandinavian, Benelux, Italy, Eastern Europe, Greek & Cypriot regions under the Filmnet TV service, Egypt under CNE (Cable Network of Egypt), Middle East under Gulf TV and Arab Radio and Television Network & Thailand under UBC (United Broadcasting Corporation).

[7] In 1993, M-Net was divided into two divisions, one focused on transmission of the entertainment channels and the other on cellphone operations, signal distribution and subscriber management.

[8] In 2002, a "Dual-view" decoder was launched by DStv which allowed the simultaneous viewing of two different channels from a single satellite feed.

[11] In November 2020, MultiChoice acquired 20% stake in Nigeria's sports betting company, BetKing with plans to launch it in South Africa.

[16][17] In June 2024, Canal+ Group and MultiChoice released a joint circular with the French broadcaster that has obtained 45,2% of company shares with an interim board approving on the revised offer.

[18] Both companies made a filing to local regulators in September 2024 with the terms of the agreement remaining unchanged.

New shareholders set to enter the transaction include Former Telkom's CEO Sipho Maseko's Afrifund Investment and businesswoman Sonja De Bruyn's Identity Partners that will form the entity known as LicenceCo to handle the operations in South Africa and give it 51% economic interest with the remaining 49% for Canal+.

GOtv is a digital terrestrial television platform that broadcasts in 11 African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique among others.

In Kenya, the M-PESA paybill number 423655 is used to pay for GOtv subscription via mobile money[22] Irdeto is a digital platform security company owned by MultiChoice to combat pay-TV piracy.

The intention is to foster the development of skills in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technology in South Africa.

[28] Environmental and Social Initiatives: MultiChoice has implemented several sustainability initiatives, including achieving a five-star Green Rating from the Green Building Council South Africa for its Randburg office and installing solar photovoltaic solutions at its Samrand facilities and MultiChoice City The company operates the MultiChoice Talent Factory (MTF), a 12-month filmmaking training programme across 14 African countries, which has trained 467 filmmakers through four academies based in Kenya, Nigeria, Zambia and South Africa In 2024, MultiChoice partnered with The Earthshot Prize as its African broadcast partner, with Cape Town hosting the first Earthshot Prize celebration in Africa in November 2024 The company also maintains significant investments in sports development, including the DStv Schools Netball Challenge and the DStv Diski Challenge, which has promoted over 314 players to PSL first teams The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) is the regulatory body for both telecommunications and broadcasting sectors.

In February 2019, ICASA was dealing with a complaint, brought by non-profit organisation Khulisa Social Solutions (KSS), that the act of listing the MultiChoice Group is a breach of its broadcasting licence.

[30] Having lost 100,000 premium subscribers in the 2017/18 financial year, Multichoice called on ICASA to regulate Netflix and other OTT providers in the South African Pay-TV sector.