Azam TV Uganda is the latest digital satellite Pay TV service provider to enter the Ugandan market. Azam TV is sure to tap into 38 million people market and isn’t at all intimidated by early entrants such as DSTV or Zuku TV. Azam and Zuku have one thing in common; they are both digital satellite providers with an East African footprint.
As we race towards June 15, the global analogue to digital TV migration deadline, who among these two providers will win the race?
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Packages and price
Azam TV is offering a single package that comes with over 50 channels at only UXG 25, 000 per month. So viewers don’t have much options really.
Compare that to Zuku’s offering that has 3 packages to choose from; Zuku Poa with 36+ channels, Zuku Classic with 49+ and Zuku Premium with the highest number of channels of 70+. Zuku’s lowest tier package Zuku Poa goes for only UGX 20, 000, Classic at UGX 30, 000 while its premium bouquet is priced at UGX 50, 000 per month.
Azam TV certainly has much cheaper packages, but we don’t like the one-size-fits-all approach. Zuku TV on the other hand gives users options to choose from depending on their interests and the size of their pockets.
Winner is: Zuku TV
Channel list
Azam TV has about 50 channels in its single package. It has local free-to-air channels like NTV, Urban TV, WBS, KTV, Citizen from the East African region. Viewers can also enjoy global TV news channels such as BBC News, Al Jazeera English, while documentary lovers have the options of Nat Geo Gold, Discovery science. Azam TV has about 17 channels in the Entertainment genre, 4 in music, 2 in kids, 4 in sports and 3 under lifestyle.
Unlike Azam, Zuku TV channel list depends on which package you subscribe to as listed above. Now if we look at Zuku Classic with 49+ which is comparable to Azam’s 50 channel package, Zuku doesn’t seem to have much options. BBC world news, Al Jazeera global news channels, entertainment lovers have Vox Africa, Fashion One, Inspiration TV and Zuku sports for sports section.
Azam TV seems to offer viewers more channel options for much less (UGX 25, 000) if we are to compare it with Zuku Classic that comes with almost the same number of channels but with less variety and costs a little higher (UGX 30, 000).
Winner: Azam TV
Equipment and installation cost
Both providers are satellite Pay TV providers. So they both offer a satellite decoder and a satellite dish that needs to be installed outside of your house. Azam TV charges Ugx 250, 000 decoder its dish and decoder(although this price came down to UGX 145, 000 for the Christmas promo) and an additional UGX 40, 000 for installation of the dish.
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