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TBI Tech & Analysis: Unpacking sub-Saharan Africa’s pay-TV growth & OTT potential
With pay-TV subscriptions in sub-Saharan Africa growing in 2022, Omdia’s research analyst Samuel Nkwam reveals…
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Booming African pay-TV market set for three-horse race
The African pay-TV market is predicted to amass a total of 57 million subscribers by…
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DreamWorks channel launches on StarTimes in Africa
NBCUniversal International Networks’ DreamWorks family entertainment channel has launched across sub-Saharan Africa on the StarTimes…
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SPI & StarTimes launch Turkish drama & gaming networks in Africa
Channel provider SPI/FilmBox has partnered with Chinese-owned African pay TV platform StarTimes to launch Turkish…
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Africa poised for surging pay TV subs growth but revenues will be more muted
Pay TV will continue its growth in Africa with subscriber numbers set to increase to…
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Blue Ant strikes StarTimes deal to expand channels business in Africa
Blue Ant Media is launching network duo Love Nature and Smithsonian Channel on StarTimes’ broadcast…
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Sub-Saharan pay TV set to boom
The number of pay TV customers in Sub-Saharan Africa will almost double between 2016 and…
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‘African Netflix’ launches sales division
Africa’s answer to Netflix, iRoko, has launched an international programming and licensing division to shop…
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Ovation embraces Wall of Sound
US arts cable channel Ovation has bought weekly music magazine series Wall of Sound from…