The graph presents data on the number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2010, 2014, and 2015, as well as a forecast for 2016 and 2021. There were nearly 55.34 million TV households in the region in 2015, a number which is expected to rise to almost 75 million by 2021. As of 2016, there were approximately 19.47 million pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa, over 12 million of whom were subscribed to satellite TV. The revenue from pay TV in this area stood at 4.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2016, with forecasts projecting it will rise to 6.59 billion U.S. dollars in 2022.
Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021
(in millions)
* Forecast. Figures are a sum of households receiving analog terrestrial TV, pay DTT, FTA DTT, FTA DTH, pay DTH, pay IPTV, analog cable or digital cable TV. Figures have been rounded.
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Digital TV Research. (January 19, 2016). Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Digital TV Research. "Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions)." Chart. January 19, 2016. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Digital TV Research. (2016). Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Digital TV Research. "Number of Tv Households in Sub-saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Jan 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/
Digital TV Research, Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Number of TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph], Digital TV Research, January 19, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/287739/number-of-tv-households-in-sub-saharan-africa/
