Azam TV

Azam Media Limited is a subsidiary of the Bakhresa Group which is one of the leading industrial houses in Tanzania with turnover of more than USD 600 million. It operates across the food and beverage sector, packaging, logistics, marine passenger services and owns the Vodacom Premier League champions, Azam FC. Azam Media was founded early in 2013. The AzamTV pay-DTH platform was launched in Tanzania on December 16th 2013, offering a mixture of 56 pay and free-to-air channels via Eutelsat 7B for under $10 per month. The platform includes three home-grown channels - Azam One, Azam Two and Sinema Zetu (Kiswahili movie channel) - and has the international rights to broadcast live and recorded Vodacom Premier League football matches. Building on its operation in Tanzania, AzamTV plans to expand its footprint to attract a total of 750,000 subscribers by the end of 2018. The service in Uganda has also been launched on 4th September 2014, and will swiftly be followed by Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Malawi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, and Sierra Leone.