StarTimes, a privately owned company headquartered in China, was founded in 1988 and operates with approximately 1590 employees, offering set-top boxes as its main product. Functioning as a multinational media company, it serves as a System Integrator, Technology Provider, Network Operator, and Content Provider within the African television broadcasting industry.

Revenue

Founded

1988

Headcount

1,585

Headquarters

China

Primary Segment

Set-top boxes

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

5

News Summary:

StarTimes, an African pay-TV provider, announced the launch of FilmBox Action on its platform. FilmBox Action is now available to subscribers on the Basic and Smart bouquets. In other news, the company's former Karela United boss mentioned that there's room for improvement and a lot of work to be done. Additionally, a report titled "Africa OTT TV and Video Forecasts 2023" predicts that Africa will have 15.57 million paying SVOD subscriptions by 2028, up from 6.15 million at the end of 2022. Lastly, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) threatened a fine of 5 million Naira against StarTimes and other broadcasters for failing to comply with certain regulations.

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StarTimes offers 8 products in the media tech and telecoms tech industries. StarTimes's product portfolio comprises of broadcast professional services, media managed services and set-top boxes.
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StarTimes has customers like StarSat. Examples of StarTimes's suppliers include EI Towers, Sumavision Technologies and PlayBox Neo.

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StarTimes currently holds 13 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including soccer | association football, badminton, multi-sport, sailing and motorsports.

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