In Libya, the TV market is marked by a strong penetration of TV sets among households, a number that has been standing above 95% for more than 20 years. Pay TV households remain marginal in a market characterized by the lack of infrastructures and dominance of piracy. Close to 90% of TV households only receive free-to-air (FTA) channels through satellite (DTH). The pay TV leaders are the same as in the rest of Middle East North Africa (MENA), beIN and OSN, accounting for 98% of pay TV subscribers in 2019.
This report provides comprehensive data sets related to the market structure, evolution of subscribers and revenues, leading companies and trends observed in the country. The expected progress of the TV industry is also analysed in details, based on tangible subscribers and revenue forecasts. In addition to detailed figures and graphs on the television sector in Libya, it features comparison with the top countries in Africa.
Data and analysis provided in the report include:
- Subscribers, revenues, ARPU
- DTH, DTT, IPTV, Cable, MMDS, OTT Pay TV, AppTV
- Quarterly market shares history
- 5-year forecasts
- Geographical comparisons
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Television
Libya
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KPI
- DTH pay TV subscribers
- DTH pay TV revenues
- DTH pay TV ARPU
- Digital DTH FTA bouquet users
- Premium package DTH subscribers
- Digital DTH FTA TV households
- Analogue DTH FTA TV households
- DTH share of TV households
- Pay TV subscribers receiving 4K
- Share of FTA households receiving analogue
- Pay TV subscribers receiving analogue
- Pay TV subscribers receiving SD
- Pay TV subscribers receiving HD
- Share of pay TV subscribers receiving analogue
- Share of pay TV subscribers receiving SD
- Share of pay TV subscribers receiving HD
- Share of pay TV subscribers receiving 4K
- FTA households receiving analogue
- FTA households receiving SD
- FTA households receiving HD
- FTA households receiving 4K
- Share of FTA households receiving SD
- Share of FTA households receiving HD
- Share of FTA households receiving 4K
Quarterly data
Overview
- Different accesses: direct cable TV, direct digital cable TV, indirect cable TV, DTH, IPTV, DTT, MMDS, OTT pay TV, AppTV
- Pay TV subscribers market share by access
- Pay TV revenues market share by access
- Pay TV subscribers market share by operator
- Pay TV revenues market share by operator
- Pay TV ARPU ranking
Pay TV history
- Pay TV subscribers history by access and operator from 2014 Q1
- Pay TV revenues history by access and operator from 2014 Q1
- ARPU history by access and operator from 2014 Q1
Market shares
- Subscribers’ market share history by access and operator
- Revenues market share history by access and operator

Data sources and collection
99% of our statistics represent original content
All our statistics are carefully collected, analysed, checked by our experienced analysts and are not acquired from third parties.
The main data sources feeding into our statistics database are the regular financial communications of the players of the industry, the statistical offices (regulators, ministries) and a range of international institutions.
In addition, we regularly interview industry players to gather additional information and back up our estimation when public data are not available.

Data standardisation
For 15 years, data are collected and translated into a consistent market segmentation of the TV, Telecom & Entertainment industry in order to ensure meaningful and efficient comparability of market data and forecasts across all markets and countries.
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Standard price: $490
Television
Libya
Access after purchase:
- Online (powered by our BI platform) to visualize and filter data through dashboards
Extract any set of data & graphs:
TV distribution – Libya
$490.00