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Satellite TV gains popularity in Nigeria, Ghana -Study

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June 25, 2020
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Study shows Satellite TV reception increases by 23 per cent in Nigeria and 19 per cent in Ghana in 2019 since the last study, conducted two years ago.

SES currently reaches 35m TV households across the African continent.

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SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, has unveiled the results of its annual Satellite Monitor survey, which revealed a steady increase in the penetration of satellite TV across Africa.

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The study on TV reception also showed an increase in SES reach from 33m African households in 2018 to 35m households in 2019.

In Nigeria, the Satellite Monitor results revealed that satellite TV reception was the choice for 11.8m households in 2019, a 23 per cent increase compared to 2017, and a further 4.7m Ghana, up by 19 per cent from 2017. The study also highlighted that High Definition TV sets are becoming increasingly popular, already present in approximately 50 per cent of Ghanaian and Nigerian TV homes.

Other TV reception modes in Nigeria and Ghana currently include terrestrial, cable and IPTV. According to the latest survey results, satellite TV is steadily gaining popularity as the TV reception mode of choice in both markets, with 70 per cent of TV homes in Ghana and 33 per cent of those in Nigeria opting for satellite in 2019 – an increase from 64% and 27 per cent, respectively, compared to 2017.

TV reception modes (in million homes)

TV reception modes

Ghana

(in million homes)

2017

2019

Satellite

4.0

4.7

Terrestrial

2.1

2.0

Cable

n.a

n.a

IPTV

n.a

n.a

Total

6.1

6.7

The Satellite Monitor results showed that SES also increased its reach across the broader African continent. In addition to the growth of homes reached in Nigeria and Ghana, the study shows that SES’s satellites reach 11.6m homes (satellite and terrestrial) in anglophone West Africa; 6.2m satellite homes in francophone West Africa; 17.7m homes (satellite and terrestrial) in sub-Saharan Africa; and 0.9m satellite homes in East Africa.

“The results of our annual Satellite Monitor market research demonstrate that satellite continues to be the optimal infrastructure to deliver hundreds of TV channels and in high picture quality too, while offering an affordable solution in the transition from analogue to digital TV,” said Clint Brown, Vice President of Sales and Market Development for SES Video in Africa.

“With the deadline for the analogue switch-off looming in both countries – 2020 in Ghana and 2021 in Nigeria – the 2019 Satellite Monitor findings confirmed that end consumers in regions going through digital migration are satisfied with satellite TV and choosing it for its better value proposition and variety of free-to-air offerings, rather than purchasing new hardware and switching to digital terrestrial TV.”

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