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Disney+ is slated to arrive next year in 12 markets and is forecast to hit 2.1 million by 2026. Amazon is expected to hit 1.9 million subs by 2026. Regional player Showmax will fare well, rising from 861,000 subs to 2.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe selective launch plans from some global platforms work in favor of regional players such as Showmax and MyCanal,&#8221; said Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By 2026, there will be 15.06 million paying SVOD subscribers in Africa, three times the 5.11 million expected at the end of this year, Digital TV Research projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":2137,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,69],"tags":[174,522,348,295,405],"class_list":["post-2136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-analysis","category-top-stories","tag-digital-tv-research","tag-disney-plus","tag-netflix","tag-showmax","tag-svod"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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