Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator Forecasts

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Published in August 2016, this 132-page electronically-delivered report comes in two parts:

 A 90-page PDF giving a global executive summary, operator analysis, country-by-country analysis and forecasts.  An excel workbook giving comparison tables and country-by-country forecasts in detail for 32 operators with 110 platforms across 28 territories for every year from 2010 to 2021.  The excel workbook also contains country-by-country subscriber forecasts for ART, beIN Sports, Canal Plus, DStv, GOtv, OSN, StarTimes and StarSat.

Forecasts (2010-2021) contain the following detail for 28 countries:

By country: TV households Digital cable subs Analog cable subs Pay IPTV subscribers Pay digital satellite TV subs Pay DTT homes Total pay TV subscribers Pay TV revenues

By operator (and by platform by operator): Pay TV subscribers Share of pay TV subscribers by operator Subscription & VOD revenues Share of pay TV revenues by operator ARPU

Countries and operators covered:

Country No of ops Operators Algeria 4 beIN, OSN, ART, Algerie Telecom 5 ZAP TV, DStv, Canal Plus, Angola Telecom, TV Cabo Bahrain 4 beIN, OSN, ART, Batelco Cote d’Ivoire 3 Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes Egypt 4 ART, beIN, OSN, Telecom Egypt Georgia 2 Magtisat, Silknet 3 Canal Plus, DStv, GOtv Israel 2 , Jordan 3 ART, beIN, OSN 5 Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat Kuwait 3 ART, beIN, OSN Lebanon 3 ART, beIN, OSN 3 Zuku, DStv, GOtv Morocco 4 beIN, OSN, ART, Maroc Telecom 2 DStv, GOtv 4 GOtv, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat Oman 4 beIN, OSN, ART, Omantel Qatar 4 beIN, OSN, ART, Ooredoo Rwanda 5 Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, Canal Plus Saudi Arabia 5 ART, beIN, OSN, Invision, eLife Senegal 3 Canal Plus, DStv, Orange 3 DStv, StarSat, GOtv 4 Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat Tunisia 3 beIN, OSN, ART Turkey 5 , D-Smart, Turksat, Turkcell, TTnet UAE 5 eLife, Du, ART, beIN, OSN 5 Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat 5 Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat

Nine operators dominate MEA pay TV

Pay TV subscriptions in the Middle East & Africa region will increase by 67% between 2015 and 2021 – from 32.37 million to 54.09 million.

The top nine pay TV operators [Multichoice (DStv and GOtv), StarTimes/StarSat, Canal Plus, OSN, beIN, DigiTurk, D-Smart, Yes and HOT], accounted for 70% of these subscribers by end-2015, with this proportion falling to 66% by 2021. So nine companies will continue to control more than two-thirds of the region’s pay TV subscribers, according to the Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator Forecasts report.

Top five MEA pay TV operators by subscribers (000) 2015 2021 DStv (pan-Africa) 7,988 DStv (pan-Africa) 10,714 Digiturk (Turkey) 2,870 StarTimes (pan-Africa) 6,466 StarTimes (pan-Africa) 2,751 GOtv (pan-Africa) 6,164 GOtv (pan-Africa) 2,367 Canal Plus (pan-Africa) 3,177 Canal Plus (pan-Africa) 2,073 Digiturk (Turkey) 3,121 Source: Digital TV Research

Satellite TV platform DStv will continue to be the region’s leading pay TV operator by subscribers; adding nearly 3 million to its total between 2015 and 2021. Sister company and DTT platform GOtv will add 3.8 million subs. Its rival StarTimes will increase its active subs base by a similar amount (3.7 million) to push it into second place among the pay TV operators.

Growth in the Middle East and North Africa will be more modest than Sub-Saharan Africa, although beIN will double its subs base between 2015 and 2021.

Subscription and PPV pay TV revenues from the Middle East and Africa will climb from $7.95 billion to $11.47 billion over the same period. Subscription and VOD revenues for the top nine operators accounted for 81% of the 2015 total, but this proportion falling slightly to 78% by 2021.

DStv will remain the wealthiest operator. DStv will also be the biggest winner; increasing its revenues by more than $1 billion between 2015 and 2021. Canal Plus will follow with an extra $369 million. GOtv’s, beIN’s and StarTimes’ revenues will all at least double over the same period.

For more information on the Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator Forecasts report, please contact: Simon Murray, [email protected], Tel: +44 20 8248 5051

Digital TV Research publication schedule for 2016 Title Publication Price Date 1 Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa Forecasts January £900/$1350/€1125 2 Digital TV Middle East & North Africa January £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 3 Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts March £900/$1350/€1125 4 Digital TV Latin America Forecasts March £900/$1350/€1125 5 Digital TV North America Forecasts March £500/$750/€625 6 Digital TV Eastern Europe Forecasts April £900/$1350/€1125 7 Digital TV Western Europe Forecasts April £900/$1350/€1125 8 Digital TV World Household Forecasts April £1300/$1950/€1625 9 Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts May £1300/$1950/€1625 10 Digital TV World Databook May £800/$1200/€1000 11 Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts May £900/$1350/€1125 12 Asia Pacific OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £900/$1350/€1125 13 Latin America OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £900/$1350/€1125 14 North America OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £500/$750/€625 15 Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £900/$1350/€1125 16 Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £900/$1350/€1125 17 Global OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £1500/$2250/€1875 18 Asia Pacific Pay TV Operator Forecasts August £900/$1350/€1125 19 Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator August £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 20 Latin America Pay TV Operator Forecasts August £900/$1350/€1125 21 North America Pay TV Operator Forecasts September £500/$750/€625 22 Eastern Europe Pay TV Operator September £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 23 Western Europe Pay TV Operator September £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 24 Global Pay TV Operator Forecasts October £1500/$2250/€1875 25 Middle East & Africa SVOD Forecasts October £900/$1350/€1125 26 Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts October £900/$1350/€1125 27 Latin America SVOD Forecasts November £900/$1350/€1125 28 North America SVOD Forecasts November £500/$750/€625 29 Eastern Europe SVOD Forecasts November £900/$1350/€1125 30 Western Europe SVOD Forecasts December £900/$1350/€1125 31 Global SVOD Forecasts December £1500/$2250/€1875

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