Internet TV services in the Arab world: the Gulf of first

The Arab Advisors Group released a new report analyzing IPTV in the Arab world by December 2018. It showed that the Gulf States had the largest number of service providers in the region.

This service is in its infancy in most markets of the Arab world and its market continues to grow. Projects are underway or planned by service providers or governments in six Arab countries, with the aim of modernizing traditional country networks and installing optical fiber to facilitate the provision of services, including IPTV, in a close future. These countries are Algeria, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania and Tunisia.

In addition, a number of international and local broadcast networks offer VOD subscriptions to their subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa region. Among them: Netflix, Starz Play, icflix, IFLIX, Telly, WAVO and Istikana. On December 31, 2018, the Arab Advisors Group published a report entitled "Internet TV 2018". It contains 77 pages and 30 detailed tables. It provides a complete analysis of the presence of the service in each of the analyzed countries, the providers of this service and their offers as well as their lists of channels. Free and paid TV provided in these programs. "By December 2018, the number of Internet TV service providers (IPTV) in 11 Arab countries was increasing and the commercial service had the opportunity to attract the younger generation," said Kanafani, chairman of the Arab group Advisors. Wider in Arab countries. "