Sports Broadcasting on Pay-TV in Africa and the Middle East – Market Insights and Forecast to 2025
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The Africa and the Middle East Pay-TV Landscape Report provides an overview of the pay-TV market in relation to sports broadcasting in the region today, with top-level data and detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2025.
Scope
Over the 2020-2025 forecast period, television households in Africa and the Middle East will grow from 301.6 million in 2020 to 347.6 million in 2025.
Over the 2020-2025 forecast period, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) will experience strong growth, with television household penetration rising from 80.4% to 85.4% in 2025. Middle East North Africa (MENA) television household penetration will grow from 95.3% in 2020 to 97.7% in 2025.
The number of Pay-TV subscriptions in Africa and the Middle East was estimated at 66.5 million in 2020, with MENA accounting for 14% of the subscriptions and SSA 86%.
Key Highlights
Growth in television household penetration within both regions, particularly sub-Saharan Africa, will be supported by a rise in housing with electricity, especially in rural areas, and as countries become more prosperous.
Africa and the Middle East is the least developed regional pay-TV market globally. The MENA region had a pay-TV penetration of households of 8.6% in 2020, while SSA had a pay-TV penetration of households of 23.0%, 52.0 and 37.7 percentage points below the global average, respectively.
Piracy remains one of the main challenges for pay-TV operators in the Africa and the Middle East. The availability of illegal set-top boxes and decoders negatively impacts revenue growth in the pay-TV industry.
Reasons to Buy
This Sports Broadcasting Media Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of the Africa and the Middle East Pay-TV markets in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
Accompanying GlobalData’s Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in the Africa and the Middle East pay-TV markets.
With more than 25 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.
Canal+ Afrique
Etisalat
MBC Group
MultiChoice
StarTimes/StarSat
STC
SuperSport
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