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More Kenyan households have taken up pay TV services since the country made the switch in February 2015, latest data from Communication Authority of Kenya for the period January to March shows Monday.
Some 4.5 million households in the East African country have migrated to digital TV, the regulator's data showed, up from about a million when the country shifted to digital migration.
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"The cumulative number of digital free-to-air set-top boxes purchased as at the end of the quarter under review increased to 725,205 from 722,196 representing an insignificant growth of 0.4 percent while pay TV rose to 3.7 million from 3.5 million," said the regulator.
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Subscription fees range from 4 U.S. dollars a month to 60 dollars a month, with the charges having come down due to fierce competition among the service providers.
The rise in the number of pay TV subscriptions in Kenya could be attributed to increased coverage of signal following digital migration.
Unlike the free-to-air TV signal which is unavailable in some parts of the country, especially those in remote places, pay TV signal is nearly everywhere across the nation.
About 75 percent of Kenya's population now receive TV signal up from half the number when there was analogue signal, according to the regulator.
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"As at the end of the quarter under review, the number of free-to-air TV channels on the digital terrestrial platform stood at 60 down from 66 recorded in the preceding quarter.
This decline is attributed to financial constraints experienced by some of the content providers," said the authority.
But besides the free-to-air channels, TV viewers can now select what pay TV service providers to subscribe to based on their content, with some taking up services from more than one company.
"I have subscribed to two pay TV companies. One offers satellite services from which I view local and international news channels [url=http://www.airvapormaxmens.us.com/]Air Vapormax 97[/url] , including the English Premier League while the other is an internet-based movie channel. I am happy with both," Duncan Omollo, a senior banker in Nairobi, said Monday.
Analysts noted that the sale of set-top-boxes in Kenya has seemingly stagnated as compared to uptake of pay TV because of the introduction of digital TV sets in the East African nation.
"Several manufacturers are currently selling the TV sets in Kenya from 200 dollars to 800 dollars as the old models are phased out. Households are therefore opting to buy the new gadgets than purchasing a TV and then a set-top-box separately as it makes no economic sense," said Bernard Mwaso [url=http://www.airvapormaxmens.us.com/]Air Vapormax 2.0[/url] , a consultant with Edell IT Solutions in Nairobi.
Free-to-air set-top-boxes are currently going for an average of 35 dollars in the East African nation from about 50 dollars before the switch.
"With people getting the free-to-air TV signal without the set-top-box, households are therefore going for pay TV, which is a sort of value addition," said Mwaso.
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Sports daily Marca, citing sources close to the negotiations, said the teenage striker is expected to join Real "in the next few days" on a six-year deal.
French newspapers Le Parisien and Nice Matin said -Monaco had denied the report.
But Marca insisted that Real are set to pay between 150-160 million euros with add-ons of between 20-30 million, -dwarfing the current world transfer record of 105 million Manchester United paid to lure Paul Pogba from Juventus last year.
Real are looking to fill the void left by Alvaro Morata who joined English Premier League champions Chelsea on Friday.
If he does arrive at Zinedine Zidane's European champions the 18-year-old will be on a net annual salary of "7 million" -euros, Marca said.
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Last week Monaco issued a warning to the likes of Real and PSG to lay off their starlet.
"Top European clubs made contact with Kylian Mbappe and his entourage without our authorization," Monaco said on their website.
The club said they wanted to remind these clubs that such actions are contrary to French and international regulations.
Mbappe scored six goals in 10 Champions League outings and 15 in the French Ligue 1 as he exploded onto the scene in the second half of last season.
On Monday Monaco lost fullback Benjamin Mendy to Manchester City in a world record 52 million pound ($67 million) deal for a defender.
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