rura data: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) rw.rura.pay-tv.quarterly quarterly

Pay TV Subscribers.

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Quarterly Pay TV subscribers for Rwanda from Table 37 (Section 6) of the RURA ICT Sector Statistics Report, split into registered and active subscribers per operator: Canal+ Rwanda, Star Africa Media (StarTimes), Azam Media, and Tele 10. The striking pattern is the gap between the two: only about a quarter of registered Pay TV subscriptions are actually active in any given quarter, as households register decoders but let subscriptions lapse. Canal+ dominates the active base with roughly four-fifths of paying viewers, while Star Africa carries the largest registered book. Table 37 is a snapshot dated "as of {Month} {Year}", so each quarterly report contributes one period and the series is assembled from the run of reports, preferring the most recent report for any restated quarter. RURA compiles the figures from licensed Pay TV operators.

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Most Rwandans who sign up for Pay TV do not keep paying: only about one in four registered subscriptions was active in early 2026 (151,301 of 573,215), and Canal+ alone held four-fifths of that active base.

Pay TV subscribers by operator, registered vs active · quarterly, Dec 2020 to Mar 2026

SOURCE: Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) · via Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority · Pay TV Subscribers · Updated 2026-07-05
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imibare contributors. (2026). Pay TV Subscribers [Data set]. imibare. v2026-07-05. https://imibare.org/datasets/rw.rura.pay-tv.quarterly