Pay-TV homes in the MENA region will double between 2010 and 2020, to 21.3 million, according to Digital TV Research. 18% of households in MENA legitimately paid for TV signals last year, set to climb to 24% by 2020. Penetration will be 72% and 71% in Qatar and Israel, respectively, but below 10% in Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia. Satellite will dominate, with subscribers roughly doubling to 10.32 million, and IPTV will triple to 6.16 million.
