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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