DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "The Pay TV and OTT Video in the Middle East and North Africa: Trends and Forecasts 2018-2023" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
This forecast unites our traditional pay-TV and OTT video forecasts for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) into a single forecast because these services cannot be viewed in isolation.
Retail revenue growth in the pay-TV market in MENA conceals longer-term issues with average spend, piracy and the use of OTT video services.
This report provides:
- forecasts for the number of pay-TV households and services, premium OTT video users, their retail revenue (spend) and average spend per user (ASPU)
- forecasts split by pay-TV platform: cable (analogue and digital), IPTV, pay DTT, satellite and operator OTT; operator OTT and third-party OTT are split by category of OTT video service - linear channels, linear events, TVoD (rental), TVoD (ownership) and SVoD
- forecasts for 16 individual countries and MENA as a whole
Key performance indicators:
- Pay-TV households and connections
- OTT video users
- Retail revenue (spend)
- ASPU
Pay TV is split by the following access technologies:
- cable (analogue and digital, CATV)
- IPTV
- pay digital terrestrial TV (DTT)
- satellite (DTH)
- operator OTT
- third-party (non-operator) OTT
OTT video is split as follows:
- linear - channels (paid-for and free)
- linear - events
- TVoD - (rental and ownership)
- SVoD (paid-for and free)
Select Findings
- Retail revenue growth in the pay-TV market in MENA conceals longer-term issues with average spend, piracy and the use of OTT video services
- Satellite revenue growth has stalled but IPTV continues to gain subscribers and value; the OTT opportunity (as well as satellite) is stymied by piracy
- OTT video use will continue to grow from a relatively limited base: spend will double between 2018 and 2023 and linear services will take a growing share
- The IPTV share of pay-TV users will grow from 33% in 2018 to 43% by 2023
- OTT is not just about VoD; OTT linear services, especially those from operators, are a growing part of the market
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