IPTV remains in a nascent state in the Arab World Eight service providers in seven countries in the Arab World offered commercial IPTV services in January 2010, up from four service providers in three countries offering IPTV in August 2007. As broadband adoption increases in the region, several operators in the Arab World have plans to implement IPTV in the near future. IPTV is in its initial stage of penetration in the Arab World, and is still developing. Eight service providers in seven countries in the MENA region offer commercial IPTV services. These countries are: Algeria, Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar and UAE. Reportedly, there are ongoing or planned projects by service providers and/or governments in eight other countries, with the aim to upgrade the countries’ legacy networks and install fiber optics to facilitate offering services including IPTV, in the near future. These countries are: Egypt, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Tunisia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. A new report, “An Overview of IPTV in the Arab World” was released to the Arab Advisors Group’s Media Strategic Research Service subscribers on February 21, 2010. This report can be purchased from the Arab Advisors Group for only US$ 950. The 73-page report, which contains 38 detailed exhibits, provides an overview of IPTV in the Arab World. The report includes details of IPTV services that the operators in the above-mentioned countries offer; furthermore, the report highlights fiber optics projects in the region which will launch in the near future.

1. An Overview of IPTV in the Arab
World
Arab Advisors Group
Media Strategic Research Service
February 2010
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3. Table of Contents
Section I: Executive Summary..................................................................... 1
Section II: An overview of IPTV .................................................................. 5
Definition ............................................................................................ 5
Video on Demand (VoD) ...................................................................... 5
Triple Play ........................................................................................... 5
Advantages of Triple Play .................................................................... 6
Section III: IPTV in the Arab World............................................................. 7
Algeria................................................................................................. 8
Bahrain................................................................................................ 9
Egypt ................................................................................................. 11
Jordan ............................................................................................... 13
Kuwait............................................................................................... 14
Lebanon ............................................................................................ 15
Libya ................................................................................................. 16
Mauritania ......................................................................................... 17
Morocco............................................................................................. 18
Oman ................................................................................................ 19
Qatar ................................................................................................. 21
Saudi Arabia ...................................................................................... 22
Tunisia .............................................................................................. 25
United Arab Emirates......................................................................... 26
Yemen ............................................................................................... 32
Appendix................................................................................................... 33
IPTV packages’ channels – Algeria..................................................... 33
IPTV packages’ channels – Bahrain.................................................... 34

4. IPTV packages’ channels – Jordan ..................................................... 35
IPTV packages’ channels – Jordan ..................................................... 36
IPTV packages’ channels – Morocco................................................... 37
IPTV packages’ channels – Qatar ....................................................... 39
IPTV packages’ channels – UAE ......................................................... 42

5. List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: An overview of IPTV in the Arab World ....................................... 2
Exhibit 2: Summary of IPTV providers and channels................................... 3
Exhibit 3: ISPs (with VoIP licenses) in Algeria by January 2010 .................. 8
Exhibit 4: EEPAD’s IPTV packages’ fees....................................................... 8
Exhibit 5: EEPAD IPTV packages’ fees ......................................................... 8
Exhibit 6: Nuetel IPTV packages’ fees ......................................................... 9
Exhibit 7: Nuetel IPTV packages’ fees ......................................................... 9
Exhibit 8: Orange IPTV connection and package’s fees .............................. 13
Exhibit 9: Orange ADSL fees (January 2010) ............................................. 13
Exhibit 10: FTTH project progress in Kuwait by the end of 2009 ................ 14
Exhibit 11: Maroc Telecom’s IPTV connection fees .................................... 18
Exhibit 12: Maroc Telecom’s IPTV packages’ fees ...................................... 18
Exhibit 13: Qtel’s IPTV connection fees ..................................................... 21
Exhibit 14: Qtel’s IPTV packages’ fees....................................................... 21
Exhibit 15: Service providers in Saudi that hold licenses allowing them to
offer IPTV ........................................................................................... 22
Exhibit 16: Etisalat IPTV connection fees .................................................. 26
Exhibit 17: E-Vision’s IPTV packages’ details............................................. 27
Exhibit 18: A La Carte channels’ rates ....................................................... 28
Exhibit 19: du’s IPTV fees ......................................................................... 30
Exhibit 20: du’s Video on Demand (VoD) fees............................................ 30
Exhibit 21: du’s IPTV packages and rates .................................................. 31
Exhibit A1: EEPAD’s IPTV channels for Assilabox....................................... 33
Exhibit A2: Nuetel’s IPTV channels............................................................ 34

6. Exhibit A3: Orange’s IPTV channels........................................................... 36
Exhibit A4: Maroc Telecom’s packages’ channels ....................................... 37
Exhibit A5: Qtel’s IPTV packages’ channels ............................................... 39
Exhibit A6: Qtel’s IPTV channels for Movies Asia, Movies Arabia, Movies
Global and Al Jazeera Plus .................................................................. 40
Exhibit A7: Qtel’s IPTV channels for the Pehla packages ........................... 41
Exhibit A8: E-Vision’s IPTV channels for E-Vision and Showtime packages 42
Exhibit A9: E-Vision’s IPTV channels for the e-Pehla packages .................. 46
Exhibit A10: E-Vision’s IPTV channels for e-Firstnet, ART Cable and TFC
Cable packages ................................................................................... 49
Exhibit A11: E-Vision’s IPTV channels for the Pinoy West, Platinum Extra,
and the Pinoy Plus packages. .............................................................. 52
Exhibit A12: E-Vision’s radio channels included in the IPTV package ......... 56
Exhibit A13: du’s IPTV channels for Basic and Family and Entertainment
packages ............................................................................................ 57
Exhibit A14: du’s IPTV channels for Orbit packages................................... 61
Exhibit A15: du’s IPTV channels for Showtime packages ........................... 63
Exhibit A16: du’s IPTV channels for Firstnet and Pehla packages .............. 65
Exhibit A17: du’s IPTV channels for ART packages .................................... 67