Azam TV to launch in Tanzania

Azam Media will use 108 MHz of capacity connected to the satellite’s African footprint as the platform to broadcast its new TV venture, AzamTV, into sub-Saharan Africa, starting in East Africa, from its base in Tanzania.

Azam Media is in the final stages of preparation to launch AzamTV, a platform of over 55 African and international channels for a monthly subscription of the local equivalent of $8. The platform will include three home-grown channels, Azam One, Azam Two and SinemaZetu (films in Kiswahili). It will also broadcast live and recorded Tanzania Premier League matches and carry the top free-to-air channels in each of the countries it covers. From its target home market in Tanzania, the platform will be commercialised rapidly across East Africa before being extended across sub-Saharan Africa.

AzamTV will be compressed in MPEG4 and uplinked by Eutelsat to the Eutelsat 7A satellite from its Cagliari teleport in Sardinia. In addition to capacity and uplink services, Eutelsat has developed a training programme for installers called ‘Satëlite’ to ensure that subscribers to AzamTV receive the best service for the installation of their DTH equipment. Over the last two weeks of October the ‘Satëlite’ team successfully trained over 500 installers from across Tanzania.

Azam Media belongs to Bakhresa Group, one of the leading industrial houses in Tanzania.

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