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Satellite TV in the Arab World
2011
Arab Advisors Group
Media Strategic Research Service
June 2011
Analysts: Dima Abu Rub
Mohammed Al Shawwa
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Table of Contents
Section I: Introduction ....................................................................................... 1
Section II: Analysis of FTA Satellite Channels in the Arab World........................4
Types of FTA Satellite Channels ...........................................................................5
Locations of FTA Satellite Channels’ Headquarters ................................................ 10
FTA Satellite Channels’ Ownership ..................................................................... 15
FTA Satellite Channels’ Carriers ......................................................................... 21
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List of Exhibits
Exhibit 1: FTA Satellite Channels Growth between January 2004 and April 2011
.................................................................................................................... 1
Exhibit 2: Fully launched and operational FTA Satellite Channels in October
2006, August 2007, March 2009, April 2010 and April 2011 ........................ 2
Exhibit 3: FTA Satellite Channels Listing and Details .......................................... 4
Exhibit 4: FTA Satellite Channels’ Program Types (April 2011) .......................... 5
Exhibit 5: FTA Satellite Channels’ Program Types without the Test Transmission
Channels (April 2011) .................................................................................. 6
Exhibit 6: FTA Satellite Channels’ Broadcasting Languages (April 2011) ........... 7
Exhibit 7: FTA Satellite Channels’ Broadcasting Languages without the Test
Transmission Channels (April 2011) ............................................................ 8
Exhibit 8: FTA Satellite Channels’ Type by Broadcasting Languages (April 2011)
.................................................................................................................... 9
Exhibit 9: FTA Satellite Channels’ Main Headquarters (April 2011) .................. 11
Exhibit 10: Top Five Countries with the Highest Number of FTA Satellite Channel
Headquarters (April 2011) ......................................................................... 12
Exhibit 11: Channel Types by Country of Channel’s Headquarters (April 2011) 13
Exhibit 12: Distribution of FTA Satellite Channels According to Region of
Headquarters (April 2011) ......................................................................... 14
Exhibit 13: FTA Satellite Channels’ Ownership (April 2011) ............................. 15
Exhibit 14: FTA Satellite Channels’ Ownership without the Test Transmission
Channels (April 2011) ................................................................................ 16
Exhibit 15: FTA Satellite Channels Countries of Headquarters by Ownership
(April 2011) ............................................................................................... 17
Exhibit 16: FTA Satellite Channels Language by Ownership (April 2011) ......... 19
Exhibit 17: Types of FTA Satellite Channels by their Ownership (April 2011) ... 20
Exhibit 18: Number of FTA Satellite Channels in Each Satellite (April 2011) .... 21
Exhibit 19: Number of FTA Satellite Channels between April 2010 and April
2011 .......................................................................................................... 22
Exhibit 20: Distribution of the FTA Satellite Channels According to their
Presence on Each Satellite Carrier/s (April 2011)...................................... 22
Exhibit 21: Satellite Carrier by FTA Satellite Channels’ Ownership (April 2011)
.................................................................................................................. 24
Exhibit 22: Satellite Carrier by FTA Satellite Channels’ Ownership without the
test transmission channels (April 2011) .................................................... 25
Exhibit 23: Satellite Carrier by FTA Satellite Channels’ Broadcasting Language
without the test transmission channels (April 2011) ................................. 25
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Exhibit 24: FTA Satellite Channels Listing and Details (Sorted by channel name)
.................................................................................................................. 26
Exhibit 25: FTA Satellite Channels Listing and Details (Sorted by channels’ type)
.................................................................................................................. 42
Exhibit 26: FTA Satellite Channels Listing and Details (Sorted by channel's
country of Headquarters) ........................................................................... 58
Exhibit 27: Channels broadcast on Arabsat’s Maghreb beam............................ 74
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