Azam’s football rights acquisition, local content reshape pay TV competition

Dar es Salaam. When Azam Media Limited sealed a 10-year television rights deal worth Sh225.6 billion with the Mainland Tanzania Premier League in 2021, the agreement was widely viewed as a bold commercial gamble.

Four years on, the deal is increasingly being seen as a strategic masterstroke that is reshaping the pay television market and intensifying competition among decoder operators.