Governments still dominate terrestrial TV landscape in Arab world

The boom in the supply of free satellite TV channels in the Arab region may have stifled the terrestrial TV landscape. Local terrestrial TV stations are still alive in the region, but regulations and market dynamics have insured that –except in a few countries- the number of terrestrial TV stations did not grow in the past few years.

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There are 98 terrestrial TV stations broadcasting in eighteen different Arab countries. Palestine and Iraq lead in the number of terrestrial TV stations, with the majority being privately owned.