Looking at platforms, Digital TV Research calculated that about 62% of the region’s TV households will receive free-to-air satellite TV signals by 2028. FTA satellite penetration is highest in the Arabic-speaking countries. Another fifth of the region’s TV households will take FTA DTT. IPTV subscribers overtook pay satellite TV in 2022.
In absolute terms, the regional IOPTV market is set to have 7.691 million subs by 2028, compared with 5.972 million…