AGM |
annual general meeting |
AI |
artificial intelligence |
ARPU |
average revenue per user |
B2B |
business to business |
B-BBEE |
broad-based black economic empowerment |
CEO |
chief executive officer |
CFO |
chief financial officer |
Companies Act |
Companies Act, No 71 of 2008 (as amended) |
CSAT |
customer satisfaction score |
CSI |
corporate social investment |
DTH |
direct to home (television) |
DTT |
digital terrestrial television |
ESG |
environmental, social and governance |
EY |
Ernst & Young |
FIRS |
Federal Inland Revenue Service |
FTA |
free to air (television) |
FY22 |
the financial year from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 |
FY23 |
the financial year from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 |
GDP |
gross domestic product |
GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
ICASA |
Independent Communications Authority of South Africa |
ICT |
information and communications technology |
IFRS |
The International Financial Reporting Standards |
IT |
Information technology |
I&T |
Information and Technology |
JSE |
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (as distinct from the JSE Limited) |
King IV |
King Report on Corporate Governanceā¢ for South Africa, 2016 |
LED |
light-emitting diode |
MOI |
memorandum of incorporation |
MTF |
MultiChoice Talent Factory |
MultiChoice South Africa |
MultiChoice South Africa Holdings Proprietary Limited and its subsidiaries |
MultiChoice, the MultiChoice
Group or the group |
MultiChoice Group Limited and its subsidiaries |
Naspers |
Naspers Group Limited |
OTT |
over the top (video media services) |
Phuthuma Nathi |
Phuthuma Nathi Investments (RF) Limited (MultiChoice SA's BBBEE share
scheme) |
POPIA |
Protection of Personal Information Act, No 4 of 2013 |
PwC |
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc |
SENS |
Stock Exchange News Service |
SVOD |
subscription video on demand |
TV |
television |
Ultra-HD |
Ultra-high definition (technically different from, but conflated with, 4K) |
UI and UX |
user interface and user experience |
US |
United States |
USSD |
Unstructured supplementary service data |
USD |
United States dollar |
VAT |
Value Added Tax |
VOD |
video on demand |
YES |
Youth Employment Services |
YoY |
year on year |
ZAR |
South African rand |