Providing in-depth intelligence on the broadcast industry within the Middle East and Africa regions.
Middle East & Africa TV (5th edition), guides you through the socio-political climate of 16 of the key territories in the region highlighting new opportunities and potential pitfalls to enable you to make the right investment choices. It includes important illustrative statistics and reliable forecasts to 2013.
Major industry questions answered in this report include:
- What pay TV platforms are succeeding in the Middle East & Africa?
- Who are the key players and what are their strategies for success?
- Could the cable operators provide a challenge to satellite’s dominance?
- Is IPTV best positioned to challenge the incumbent pay TV players?
- Will free-to-air multichannel homes start to convert to paid services?
Use Middle East & Africa (5th edition) and benefit from:
- Forecasts to 2013 - track trends and pinpoint opportunities with fully updated forecasts, including satellite TV homes, MMDS/Cable TV households, multichannel TV homes, advertising revenues and pay TV penetration (this year expanded to include forecasts for South Africa and Nigeria)
- Market Movements - new quick guides to the key developments in each country
- Data and statistics - the report tracks viewing and programming trends, while also providing extensive data on advertising expenditure and revenue generation
- Country-by-country coverage - analysis of the 16 key MENA territories, plus more than 20 African countries, enabling you to track the regions you’re already in and assess which new ones will provide you with new investment opportunities
- Vital intelligence on government legislation and regulation and other important local knowledge to allow you to maximise your investment and make informed business decisions.
Essential reading for:
- TV Companies: Discover the strategies your competitors are using and find out how more liberal markets are changing the face of broadcasting in the Middle East and Africa.
- Investment Banks: Gain valuable insights into which countries will enable you to maximise your investment opportunities and how liberalisation could now be allowing entry into previously inaccessible markets.
- Analysts, legal and financial: Use our forecasts, historic data and independent analysis to build your knowledge of the sector and identify where your own expert knowledge may be required.
- Broadcast Technology companies: With TV in the Middle East and Africa increasing in sophistication, identify which technological developments are likely to have a profitable impact on your business.
Countries covered:
- Algeria
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Egypt
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- South Africa
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Company profiles
- Sub-Saharan Africa (20 countries)
- Plus - pay TV subscribers broken down by country
Multichannel TV penetration in MENA set to top 70% by 2013
“At end-2013, the Middle East and North Africa region will have approaching 50 million multichannel TV homes, meaning more than 70% of households will have cable/satellite television. Sub-Saharan Africa’s 800 million TV households also offer plenty of untapped potential.”
Source: Informa Telecoms & Media