IPTV remains in a nascent state in the Arab World

February 25th, 2010

Eight service providers in seven countries in the Arab World offered commercial IPTV services in January 2010, up from four service providers in three countries offering IPTV in August 2007. As broadband adoption increases in the region,  several operatorsin the Arab World have plans to implement IPTV in the near future.

 

IPTV is in its initial stage of penetration in the Arab World, and is still developing. Eight service providers in seven countries in the MENA region offer commercial IPTV services.These countries are: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon,Morocco, Qatar and UAE. Reportedly, there are ongoing or planned projects by service providers and/or governments in eight other countries, with the aim to upgrade the countries’ legacy networks and install fiber optics to facilitate offering services including IPTV, in the near future. These countries are: Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman,Tunisia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

 

A new report, “An Overview of IPTV in the Arab World” was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s Media Strategic Research Service subscribers on February 21, 2010. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 950. The 73-page report, which contains 38 detailed exhibits, provides an overview of IPTV in the Arab World. The report includes details of IPTV services that the operators in the above-mentioned countries offer; furthermore, the report highlights fiber optics projects in the region which will launch in the near future. Please contact the Arab Advisors Group to get a copy of the report’s Table of Contents.

 

Any investment in this report will count towards an annual Strategic Research Service subscription, should the service be acquired within three months frompurchasing the report. Any investment in the report can also count towards attending Arab Advisors' 7th annual Media and Telecoms Convergence Conferenceon June 7 & 8, 2010 at the Four Seasons hotel in Amman. More information on the conference can be viewed on http://www.arabadvisors.com/Convergence/schedule.htm

 

“Internet Protocol TV also called TV over IP (IPTV); delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VoD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet.,” Ms. Majd Al Amarin, Arab Advisors Research Analyst wrote in the report. “The IP-based platform offers significant advantages such as: Video on Demand (VoD), the advantage of triple play, the automatic archiving of the Video broadcast in Real Media format, making the TV viewing experience more interactive and personalized. It also allows the operator to report statistics of viewed programs, channels and adverts.” Ms. Al Amarin added.

 

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