Africa: Tanzania's Tango TV, One of Africa's New Breed of VoD Start-Ups Looks to Establish Itself With Local Content Up Against International Offerings

The steady stream of international VoD arrivals continues (see Viacom's Play Plex announcement below) but none of this phases Africa's new breed of VoD start-ups. They are focusing on delivering local content and staying close to their local audiences, something which the internationals will find harder to do. Russell Southwood spoke to Tanzanian start-up founder Victor Joseph of Tango TV whose content plus set-top box service goes into test mode at the end of this month.

The idea for Tango TV came about when Victor Joseph was at College:"I noticed how difficult it was to distribute Tanzanian movies. Piracy was a very big problem and I thought streaming could be made to work like Spotify and other streaming services."

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