Multichoice has partnered with Microsoft to introduce more unique entertainment in Africa. Microsoft is a multinational company that develops, licenses, support, manufactures, and sells computer software. Microsoft has been instrumental in the advancement of technology especially in Africa and around the world. They also sell an operating system, consumer electronics, computer software, personal computers, and more. Microsoft grew to become the world’s largest software maker in 2016.
About Multichoice
Multichoice is a South African company that operates digital satellite services. The company is now a major satellite TV service in Sub-Sahara Africa. Multichoice is known for brands like Showmax, DStv, Supersport, M-NET, and more. They have been able to provide excellent satellite TV services to several nations in Africa.
As the world changes, changes to the number of growing content creator grows as well. There are also increase accesses to fiber to homes and video-on-demand services are now pushing the entertainment companies to redesign their business strategies. Entertainment companies will have to innovate and find new exciting ways to entertain their customers.
About the partnership
The partnership will also involve expanding various products like Microsoft 365, Azure, Security services, and D365. It also aims to give Multichoice the ability to deal with the challenges of its ever-changing industry. Multichoice drives efficiencies in business by exploring innovative ideas and partnering with content creators to deliver unique content to its subscribers using excellent big data analytics and AI. Recently, Microsoft has streamlined its business by making it more innovative and agile for its customers.
In this digital transformation journey, Microsoft will assist in providing excellent toolset and platforms to deliver its project to customers cheaper, quicker, and better.
“We are moving towards a data and analytics-driven organization,” says Brad Eliot, Group CIO at MultiChoice. “Our data storage has content that facilitates the understanding of our viewers’ preferences. We are modernizing our data warehouses and Microsoft is helping us with their existing technologies.”
“At the same time, we are looking to see how we can modernize our data structures by looking at Azure data services. We are currently looking at more concepts for use such as Sim apps and hyperscale.”
Multichoice also believes that collaborating with Microsoft will open new opportunities and more access to cloud computing for technological advancement. It will also help to release new platforms for public use. And help to generate more profit for both companies. The partnership will help to boost Africa’s economy and also providing more stable jobs for people.
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