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OSN to launch new flexible package and cut expensive sports programmingFebruary 22, 2019OSN, the Dubai-based pay TV operator, has officially launched a new TV service in Saudi Arabia and a number of Gulf countries. The new service, called El Farq, which means “The Difference” in Arabic, is a flexible entertainment package that does not tie up the subscriber with a long-term contract. El Farq offers monthly renewal options, precisely like the main OTT subscription services all around the globe. OSN claims El Farq will provide its subscribers in Saudi Arabia with value for money for several main reasons. First, because of its content offering which includes all six premium OSN film channels, out of a total of 56 channels for the whole package. Second because the price of 159 Saudi riyals ($43) per month is the cheapest price ever offered for an OSN high-tier package. Finally, OSN claims El Farq provides the subscriber with the option of a simple online purchase process and guarantees the latest children’s, lifestyle, movies and TV series programming for the whole family. Separately, OSN is shutting off most of its sports channels in an effort to better control programming costs. The operator will retain only the its cricket-programming channels OSN Sports Cricket HD and its bouquet of TEN Sports channels. OSN plans to replace this content with additional lifestyle content tailored for a female audience.Subscribers Only
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Turkish OTT subscriptions go bundled amid economic turmoilSeptember 05, 2018Turkey's current economic downturn has drawn the vast majority of paid online video consumers to cheap OTT subscription packages provided by the main local operators, leaving international and more expensive providers such as Netflix unable to readily expand their operations.Subscribers Only
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Dogan Holding to sell all its media properties to Demiroren HoldingMarch 27, 2018Dogan Holding, the largest media group in Turkey, has confirmed that it is in talks to sell all of its media assets, including the Dogan TV channel and pay TV platform D Smart, to Demiroren Holding. Dogan said the value of its shareholdings is $890 million while the enterprise value is $1.1 billion.. In 2011, Demiroren acquired the newspapers Milliyet and Zaman from Dogan. The buyer is active in various business verticals such as distribution and retail sale of LPG, petroleum, mining, construction, real-estate development and metal products.
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Digiturk acquires UEFA Champions League rights to strengthen sports portfolioDecember 10, 2017Turkish satellite pay TV operator Digiturk, owned by BeIn Media Group, has acquired the UEFA Champions League rights for the period 2018 - 2021. Separately, UEFA Europa League rights have been acquired by Turkish sports rights agency Saran Media. Financial details for both the UEFA Champions and Europa League competitions were undisclosed.
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Star India acquires Indian Premier League rightsSeptember 04, 2017Star India, the 21st Century Fox-owned broadcaster, has won the auction for rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the five-year period 2018 to 2022. Star India paid $2.56 billion for all seven categories of rights, including TV and online rights in India and five packages covering the rest of the world. Sony Pictures Networks India, the previous owner of rights to the one-day cricket league, paid $1.63 billion in 2009 for the nine-year period from 2009 to 2017.Subscribers Only
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The outlook for digital terrestrial television in TurkeyJuly 04, 2017Turkey remains the only European country who has not officially launched a DTT service following Moldova’s launch of its first DTT service in November 2016. Turkey’s DTT delay puts the whole digital transition process in jeopardy, as the country is at risk of missing the final internationally-agreed deadline for switching-off its analogue TV signals, which is 17 June 2020. Missing the deadline may have serious implications for the whole TV industry in Turkey.Subscribers Only
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MBC expands pay channels business with telco partnerships in UAE and QatarApril 25, 2017MBC, the largest commercial broadcaster in the MENA region, has secured new carriage deals for its 17 HD channels, most recently partnering with UAE telco Etisalat to give the operator exclusive distribution rights in the country. Etisalat will carry the channels on its E-Vision IPTV platform, and any other operators wishing to offer them must negotiate deals with the telco.Subscribers Only
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MENA Pay TV Market Growth & Challenges - February 2017February 22, 2017The Pay TV Market in the MENA region in 2016, accompanied with historical references and forecasting up to 2020.Subscribers Only
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Turkey pay TV market monitorNovember 29, 2016Concise and detailed analysis of the Pay TV Market landscape in Turkey in 2015 with forecasts up to 2020. Provision of thorough and up to date data on platforms and operators accompanied with detailed figures on subscribers, revenues and ARPUs. Brief description of Turkey's OTT Market.Subscribers Only
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Digitürk reinforces its leadership of Turkey’s pay TV market with Super Lig rights renewalNovember 22, 2016Satellite pay TV operator Digitürk has renewed its agreement for media rights to the two major football leagues in Turkey, paying a fee of $2.5 billion over five years. Digitürk has held the rights to the Super Lig since 2000. The new contract starts with the 2017-18 season and ends in 2021-22. Digitürk will agreed to pay $500 million annually for this five-year period, an 11% increase on the current contract.Subscribers Only
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BeIn Media continues its push into entertainment with Warner Bros dealOctober 20, 2016Continuing its move into non-sports programming, BeIn Media Group has agreed a multi-year deal with Warner Bros. International Television. According to the deal, the Qatar-based group will immediately be able to offer its subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) access to TV series including Arrow, Gotham and The Originals and will also have second window pay TV rights for Warner Bros movies for the region. However, from 1 January 2019 BeIn Media will have first window pay TV rights for all Warner Bros content. BMG will also have catch-up TV rights for Warner Bros content as well as access to the US company’s library content.Subscribers Only
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Turkcell moves further into pay TV with Premier League rights dealSeptember 09, 2016Turkcell, the Turkish mobile telecoms operator, has acquired the exclusive media rights for the English Premier League in Turkey for the period 2016 to 2019. Turkcell - the largest mobile operator in Turkey - became the sole broadcaster for the rights following a sublicensing agreement with Saran Media Agency which acquired the rights in January. Having seen strong growth in its TV services, Turkcell is now expected to bid for the rights to the Süper Lig, Turkey's domestic football league.Subscribers Only
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BeIn Media expands non-sports business with Miramax acquisitionMarch 03, 2016The Qatari-based BeIn Media Group (BMG) has acquired US studio Miramax. The previous shareholder of Miramax was the holding company Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture controlled by the US investment fund Colony Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority, one of the Gulf Emirate’s sovereign funds. Filmyard Holdings acquired Miramax in December 2010 for $663 million from Walt Disney.Subscribers Only
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My-HD Media revamps its business strategy with launch of My-Asia and Maghreb packagesDecember 17, 2015My-HD Media, the Dubai-based pay TV satellite operator, is to start 2016 with the launch of two new packages. In a press conference in Dubai, Mr Samir Safer, My-HD Media’s CEO, announced that the company will launch the My-Asia package by mid-January 2016. The new package will be simultaneously launched in 22 MENA countries. Furthermore, My-HD Media will launch another package, the Maghreb package, later in the year, to be made available in four North African countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia).Subscribers Only
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BeIn Media enters MENA entertainment content marketNovember 06, 2015Qatar-based media company, BeIn Media Group, announced that it is entering the movies and entertainment content market in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The announcement, which came on October 31st, marked the 12th anniversary of the BeIn Media Group. Explaining the company’s decision, CEO Nasser Al Khelaifi stated: “Our consumer research in the MENA region indicated for quite some time that families expect a leading entertainment provider like BeIn to offer a complete range of TV entertainment channels. Furthermore, we identified a sweet-spot in terms of pricing of pay TV in the region that has traditionally been over-priced”.Subscribers Only
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OSN prepares its defences with HBO channel and EST storeOctober 23, 2015HBO is to launch programming day and date with the US on a dedicated channel launching in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The channel, launching in 2016, is a joint venture with the pan-Arabic pay TV operator OSN. The Dubai-based operator will enrich the content offer of its On Demand service with more than 2,000 hours of HBO programming, including a thousand hours of complete box sets of HBO TV series.Subscribers Only
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BeIn Media completes the acquisition of Turkish pay TV operator DigiturkJuly 15, 2015Digiturk, the Turkish satellite pay TV operator, has been acquired by BeIn Media Group. An official statement, earlier this week, by the CEO of the Qatar-based group, Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi, revealed that the deal (rumoured since December) has been completed. There was no official disclosure of the amount of money that BeIn Media agreed to pay, however press reports made reference to an amount close to $1.5 billion. According to the reports, BeIn Media Group will fully control the Turkish pay TV operator, having purchased both the 53% stake of the Cukurova Group as well as the remaining 47% stake owned by the US-based fund Providence Equity.Subscribers Only
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Qatari media entrepreneur acquires largest Turkish pay TV operatorDecember 22, 2014Turkish media reports disclose that the satellite pay TV operator Digiturk has been acquired by Sheikh Nasser Al-Khelaifi of Qatar. The reports indicate that the Sheikh has agreed to pay $820 million for the acquisition of 53% of Digiturk.Subscribers Only
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Multichoice pre-empts competition in the emerging South African OTT marketNovember 21, 2014Multichoice, the largest pay TV operator in South Africa (its home market) and in Sub-Saharan Africa, is bringing to the market a bunch of new online services and enhanced functionalities for its DStv Explora set-top box. Subscribers to the top-tier DStv Premium package will have the option to buy a DStv WiFi connector for a price of 399 Rand ($36). Using the WiFi connector the subscribers can connect their DStv Explora set-top box to the internet and set decoder recordings remotely at any time though their smart-phones, tablets and PCs.Subscribers Only
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Oflaz launches low-cost channel package in TurkeyOctober 16, 2014Filbox TV is the name of a new low-cost pay satellite service launched in Turkey this month. The service, operated by Oflaz Media Group, transmits from the Turksat 4A satellite, which is accessible with a 40cm satellite dish. Filbox does not require a set-top box - just the purchase of the operator’s CAM module. The module can then be used in existing DVB-S2 set-top boxes or TV sets with an integrated Common Interface (CI) slot.Subscribers Only
