EU funded Programme STATISCAL DATA COLLECTION PROJECT ON FILM AND AUDIOVISUAL MARKETS IN 9 MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES Country Profile: 5. Palestine EUROMED AUDIOVISUAL III / CDSU in collaboration with the EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL OBSERVATORY Dr. Sahar Ali, Media Expert, CDSU Euromed Audiovisual III Under the supervision of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory (Council of Europe) Tunis, November 10, 2013 Responsibility Disclaimer “The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of Euromed Audiovisual III programme and can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union, or of the European Audiovisual Observatory or of the Council of Europe of which it is part.” The report is available on the programme website: www.euromedaudiovisual.net Film and audiovisual data collection project NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL LANDSCAPES IN NINE PARTNER COUNTRIES PALESTINE 1. BASIC DATA ..................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Benchmarks ............................................................................................................................7 1.3 Domestic policy ........................................................................................................................8 1.4 Membership of Palestine and its public audioviusal institutions in international organisations operating in the audiovisual sector ..................................................................................................9 1.5 Closer links with European institutions .................................................................................... 10 1.5.1 European Union ....................................................................................................................... 10 1.5.2 Council of Europe ..................................................................................................................... 16 2. TELECOMMUNICATION INFRATSRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT ................................................ 18 2.1 Ministry of Telecommunications and Inforamtion Technology (MTIT) ....................................... 19 2.2 Data about the telecommunicationsmarket ................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 3. TV REGULATORY FRAMEWORK ............................................................................................. 26 3.1 Ministry of Information ............................................................................................................. 26 3.2 Decree of July, 6th, 1993 ........................................................................................................ 27 3.3 Pressidential decree n˚2 of March, 9th, 2010 ........................................................................... 27 3.4 Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation ..................................................................................... 28 4. DISTRIBUTION MODALITES OF AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES .................................................... 29 4.1 Number of households and TV-connected households ........................................................... 29 4.2 Land-line broadcasting ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.2.1 Land-line analog TV ................................................................................................................ 29 4.2.2 Lnad-line digital TV (LDT) ......................................................................................................... 29 4.3 cable TV ................................................................................................................................ 31 4.4 Satellite TV ............................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. 4.5 Internet TV ............................................................................................................................. 31 4.5.1 Smartphone and tablet applications ......................................................................................... 32 4.5.2 Palestinian channel on IPTV operators .................................................................................... 32 5. OVERVIEW OF PALESTINIAN MEDIA ..................................................................................... 33 5.1 Printed press ........................................................................................................................ 34 6. PALESTINIENAUDIOVISUAL LANDSCAPE .............................................................................. 36 6.1 PBC public bid ....................................................................................................................... 36 6.1.1 Palestine TV and Palestinian Satellite Channel ....................................................................... 36 6.2 Presentation of the main private TV channels ........................................................................ 39 6.2.1 Wattan TV .............................................................................................................................. 39 6.2.2 Al-Quds Educational Television (AQTV) ................................................................................. 40 6.2.3 Al-Aksa TV ............................................................................................................................. 41 6.2.4 Al-Quds TV ............................................................................................................................ 46 6.2.5 Al Falastiniah.......................................................................................................................... 47 6.2.6 Ma’an-Mix Satellite channel .................................................................................................... 48 6.2.7 Falasten Al Youm (Palestine Today) ....................................................................................... 49 6.2.8 AlKitab TV .............................................................................................................................. 49 6.2.9 Hona Al-Quds (This is Jerusalem) .......................................................................................... 50 6.2.10 Nablus TV .............................................................................................................................. 51 6.2.11 AlFajr TV ................................................................................................................................ 52 6.2.12 List of local channels in Palestine ........................................................................................... 13 6.2.13 List of Palestinian satellite channels........................................................................................ 53 7. TV CHANNELS AUDIENCE MEAUREMENT ............................................................................... 54 8. ADS MARKET ............................................................................................................................ 56 Euromed Audiovisual III 3 Film and audiovisual data collection project 8.1 TV Ads market ..................................................................................................................... 56 8.2 Radio Ads ............................................................................................................................ 57 8.3 Printed press ......................................................................................................................... 58 8.4 Digital Ads ............................................................................................................................ 58 8.5 Cinema Ads and from outside ............................................................................................... 58 9. REQUEST AUDIOVISUAL SERVICES AND VIDEO-SHARING SITES ....................................... 58 9.1 On-line audiovisual request services ......................................................................................... 58 9.2 Video-sharing sites ................................................................................................................. 59 9.3 Palestinian broadcasters brand channels on video-sharing channels ...................................... 59 9.4 On-line video audience sites in Palestine ................................................................................. 61 9.5 Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn ............................................................................................. 63 9.5.1 Facebook ................................................................................................................................. 63 9.5.2 Twitter 66 6.5.3 LinkedIn 69 10. MOVIE MARKET ....................................................................................................................... 71 10.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................. 71 10.2 Ministry of Culture ................................................................................................................ 75 10.3 Palestinian Cultural Fund (PCF) ..........................................................................................