{"id":1832,"date":"2018-01-08T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-08T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/sub-saharan-africa-see-healthy-pay-tv-growth\/"},"modified":"2018-01-09T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T15:02:40","slug":"sub-saharan-africa-to-see-healthy-pay-tv-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvmiddleeastafrica\/sub-saharan-africa-to-see-healthy-pay-tv-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Sub-Saharan Africa to See Healthy Pay-TV Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of pay-TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa is forecast to increase by 74 percent between 2017 and 2023 to reach 40.89 million, according to Digital TV Research.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the firm&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Sub-Saharan Africa Pay TV Forecasts<\/em> report estimates that subscriber growth will outstrip revenue progress. Pay-TV revenues will increase by 41 percent to $6.64 billion by 2023, up by $2 billion from 2017. Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, explained: \u201cPay-TV competition in Sub-Saharan Africa is becoming more and more intense, especially given the launch of Kwese TV in 14 countries during 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cPay-TV operators in most countries have lowered subscription fees and\/or subsidized\/given away equipment as competition intensifies. By no means are all of the existing pay-TV platforms expected to survive in the long run. Having said that, several pay-TV operators are booming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kenya, in particular, will continue to show healthy digital TV growth, but it is overcrowded. Kenya now boasts two pay DTT platforms, a cable network and five main satellite TV operators\u2014&#8221;too many&#8221; for a country with only 4.01 million TV households, the report said. Nigeria will have the most pay-TV subscribers by 2023, having overtaken South Africa in 2021. The top eight countries will supply three-quarters of the total in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>From the 23.49 million pay-TV subs at end-2017, 13.78 million were satellite TV and 9.11 million DTT. By 2023, satellite TV will contribute 20.89 million and DTT 17.53 million. 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