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IPTV in the Arab World 2014 Arab Advisors Group Media Strategic Research Service January 2014 Analyst: Rawan Awwad This report has been delivered to AUS – UAE to be used exclusively by its students IPTV in the Arab World 2014 Copyright notice: Copyright 2014 by Arab Advisors Group. All rights reserved. No material contained in this report may be reproduced in whole or in part without the prior written permission of the publisher. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, selling, distribution or in any way transfer of any direct or indirect information from this report which is the property of Arab Advisors Group, removing, erasing or hiding from view any copyright, trademark, confidentiality notice, mark or legend appearing on Arab Advisors Group products or any form of output is strictly prohibited, and will be under legal responsibility. 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Send feedback emails to: [email protected] © 2014 Arab Advisors Group Reproduction Prohibited IPTV in the Arab World 2014 Table of Contents Section I: Introduction ....................................................................................... 1 An overview of IPTV ........................................................................................... 3 Definition ............................................................................................................. 3 Video on Demand (VoD)......................................................................................... 3 Triple Play ............................................................................................................ 3 Advantages of Triple Play ....................................................................................... 4 Section II: IPTV in the Arab World ..................................................................... 5 Algeria ................................................................................................................. 6 Bahrain ................................................................................................................ 7 Egypt ................................................................................................................. 11 Iraq ................................................................................................................... 12 Jordan ............................................................................................................... 13 Kuwait ............................................................................................................... 14 Lebanon ............................................................................................................. 15 Libya ................................................................................................................. 16 Mauritania .......................................................................................................... 17 Morocco ............................................................................................................. 18 Oman ................................................................................................................ 20 Qatar ................................................................................................................. 21 Saudi Arabia ....................................................................................................... 25 Tunisia ............................................................................................................... 29 UAE ................................................................................................................... 31 Section III: Appendices.................................................................................... 37 Appendix A - IPTV packages’ lists of channels ......................................................... 37 Appendix B – Exchange Rates ............................................................................. 104 © 2014 Arab Advisors Group Reproduction Prohibited IPTV in the Arab World 2014 List of Exhibits Exhibit 1: An overview of IPTV in the Arab World .............................................. 2 Exhibit 2: Batelco’s BlackBox packages’ fees ..................................................... 7 Exhibit 3: Nue-TV’s connection fees ................................................................... 8 Exhibit 4: Nue-TV’s packages’ fees ..................................................................... 8 Exhibit 5: Atyaf’s connection fees ...................................................................... 9 Exhibit 6: Atyaf’s Added features’ fees ............................................................... 9 Exhibit 7: Atyaf’s packages’ fees ........................................................................ 9 Exhibit 8: Orange “Internet On TV” connection and package’s fees ................. 13 Exhibit 9: Orange ADSL and Fixed line services’ fees ....................................... 13 Exhibit 10: Solidere’s IPTV connection fees ..................................................... 15 Exhibit 11: Solidere’s IPTV equipment fees ...................................................... 15 Exhibit 12: Maroc Telecom’s TV over ADSL connection fees ............................. 18 Exhibit 13: Maroc Telecom’s TV over ADSL bouquets’ fees ............................... 18 Exhibit 14: Marco Telecom’s MT Box’s subscription fee .................................... 19 Exhibit 15: Marco Telecom’s MT Box bouquets’ details ..................................... 19 Exhibit 16: MT Box devices’ rates ..................................................................... 19 Exhibit 17: Omantel’s fixed broadband: Home broadband ................................ 20 Exhibit 18: Mozaic TV’s connection fees ........................................................... 21 Exhibit 19: Mozaic TV’s premium packages’ fees .............................................. 22 Exhibit 20: Ooredoo’s “Pay Per View” rates ..................................................... 22 Exhibit 21: Next Generation Mozaic TV’s connection fees by tier ..................... 23 Exhibit 22: Next Generation Mozaic TV’s basic packages’ details ..................... 23 Exhibit 23: Next Generation Mozaic TV’s premium packages’ details ............... 24 Exhibit 24: Next Generation Mozaic TV’s clubs details ...................................... 24 Exhibit 25: Invision bundles’ details ................................................................ 25 Exhibit 26: Invision packages’ details .............................................................. 26 Exhibit 27: eLife postpaid packages ................................................................. 27 Exhibit 28: eLife TV packages ........................................................................... 28 Exhibit 29: eLife A La Carta Channels ............................................................... 28 Exhibit 30: Tunisiana’s fiber optic Internet packages’ details. ......................... 30 Exhibit 31: du TV+ service’s packages ............................................................. 32 Exhibit 32: du’s “Talk, Surf and Watch” packages’ details ................................ 33 Exhibit 33: Etisalat’s eLife TV connection fees ................................................. 34 Exhibit 34: Etisalat’s eLife TV packages’ details ............................................... 34 Exhibit 35: Etisalat’s eLife A La Carte packages ............................................... 35 Exhibit 36: eLife Triple Play bundles’ details .................................................... 36 © 2014 Arab Advisors Group Reproduction Prohibited IPTV in the Arab World 2014 Appendices Appendix A - IPTV packages’ lists of channels ................................................. 37 Exhibit A1: Batelco’s BlackBox Pay-TV packages’ channels .............................. 37 Exhibit A2: Nue-tel’s FTA channels ................................................................... 39 Exhibit A3: Nue-tel’s channels dor Abu Dhabi’s package .................................. 41 Exhibit A4: Nue-tel’s IPTV OSN Premier and Entertainment channels .............. 42 Exhibit A5: Nue-tel’s IPTV OSN Premier and Entertainment channels .............. 44 Exhibit A6: Atyaf’s OSN Pay-TV packages’ channels ......................................... 45 Exhibit A7: Solidere’s IPTV channels ................................................................ 47 Exhibit A8: Maroc Telecom’s packages’ channels ............................................. 48 Exhibit A9: Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV’s basic packages’ channels ........................... 50 Exhibit A10: Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV’s premium packages’ channels ................... 51 Exhibit A11: Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV channels for OSN packages ......................... 52 Exhibit A12: Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV channels for TFC and sports packages ........ 53 Exhibit A13: Ooredoo’s Mozaic TV channels for Pehla packages ....................... 54 Exhibit A14: Ooredoo’s New Generation Mozaic TV channels