Africa Pay TV Forecasts Report - Four Countries will Supply Nearly Half of the Pay TV Subscriber Total by 2029 and Eight Countries will Account for Two-Thirds of the Total

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Jan 09, 2024, 18:45 ET

DUBLIN, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Africa Pay TV Forecasts 2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

The number of pay TV subscribers in Africa will climb by 12 million between 2023 and 2029. This means an extra 7 million pay satellite TV subscribers and 5 million more pay DTT homes.

The pay total will reach 55 million by 2029, with satellite TV contributing 33 million and DTT 21 million. From the 43 million pay TV subscribers at end-2023, 26 million were satellite TV and 16 million DTT.

Four countries will supply nearly half of the pay TV subscriber total by 2029 and eight countries will account for two-thirds of the total. Nigeria will provide 10 million subscribers - having overtaken South Africa in 2022.

Simon Murray, Principal Analyst said: "Despite a recent slowdown in new subscriptions, Africa still has plenty of pay TV potential. Between 2023 and 2029, 27 million TV households to be added - taking the total 130 million."

Published in January 2024, this 140-page PDF and excel report comes in two parts:

Insight: Detailed country-by-country analysis in a 68-page PDF document.
Excel workbook covering each year from 2015 to 2029 for 35 countries by household penetration, by pay TV subscribers, by pay TV revenues and by major operator. As well as summary tables by country and by platform

The report includes forecasts for the following 35 countries and 129 platforms:

Angola: ZAP TV, DStv, StarSat, Angola Telecom, TV Cabo
Benin: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
Botswana: DStv; StarSat
Burkina Faso: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat
Burundi: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
Cameroon: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
CAR: Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
Chad: Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
DR Congo: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes; Easy TV
Rep Congo: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes; Easy TV
Cote d'Ivoire: Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat; Easy TV
Eq. Guinea: Canal Plus, DStv
Ethiopia: DStv; StarSat; Canal Plus
Gabon: Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat
Gambia: Canal Plus, DStv
Ghana: Canal Plus, DStv, GOtv; StarSat
Guinea: Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat; Easy TV
Kenya: Zuku cable, Zuku satellite, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat
Liberia: DStv; StarSat
Madagascar: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
Malawi: Zuku, DStv, GOtv; StarSat
Mali: Canal Plus; StarSat
Mozambique: ZAP TV, DStv, StarSat, StarTimes; GOtv, TV Cabo
Namibia: DStv, GOtv; StarSat
Niger: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat
Nigeria: GOtv, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; Canal Plus
Rwanda: DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; GOtv, Canal Plus
Senegal: Canal Plus, DStv, Orange; StarSat
Sierra Leone: DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes
South Africa: DStv, StarSat, GOtv
Tanzania: Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; Azam TV
Togo: Canal Plus, DStv, StarSat
Uganda: Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat
Zambia: Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat
Zimbabwe: DStv, StarSat

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/qr04gp

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