Digital TV Middle East & North Africa

The social and political turmoil that has rocked the Middle East and North Africa region has resulted in liberalization measures, which will open up the pay TV sector. Digital TV penetration for the 16 countries covered in the Digital TV Middle East & North Africa report is already approaching 70% of television households.

Digital TV Research forecasts that digital penetration will reach 85% of TV households by 2017. Ten countries will achieve 100% penetration [and Israel will be the first to reach it – this year] by 2017. Penetration in Egypt, the largest Arab-speaking market, will be low at 58%. However, Egypt will boast 11.98 million digital TV homes by 2017; putting it into second-place behind Turkey [18.89 million].

Published in March 2012, this electronically-delivered report comes in two parts:

• A PDF file providing succinct analysis in the Executive Summary and a digital TV briefing for 19 countries.
• An excel workbook providing detailed forecasts from 2007 to 2017 for 16 countries as well as handy comparative tables for the region.

Please Note: this is delivered as a Zip file.