The agreement provides JumpTV the exclusive IPTV rights to stream Arab Telemedia Services’s (ATS) television programming 24 hours after initial broadcast to viewers globally.
With a library of over 4,000 hours, ATS owns one of the largest independent collections of Arabic-language programming in the Middle East. Key titles include Road to Kabul, Scheherazade, Hajjaj and other award-winning television series. This content will also be widely available on official JumpTV distribution partner platforms such as Joost, MSN Arabia, Terra Networks, and Maktoob.
We selected JumpTV as our exclusive IPTV partner due to their unique ability to cross-promote our content with their extensive portfolio of live, Arabic channels. Most importantly, JumpTV has proven an ability to draw viewers on a frequent and recurring basis through the www.jumptv.com site and their network of official distribution partners, said Talal Awamleh, CEO of ATS.
There are over 250 million Arabic-speaking individuals worldwide and 30 million living in OECD countries, where broadband adoption is widespread yet access to Arabic content is limited, added Bassam Hajawi, chairman of JumpTV’s Middle East & North Africa group. Collectively, Arabs are the largest consumers of international cable and satellite channels in the US after Latin Americans, providing JumpTV with a large potential market for ATS content on both a subscription and ad-supported basis.
Content from the ATS library will be available via JumpTV as single programs for a 24-hour rental, monthly packages and as complementary content in bundles with JumpTV’s 50+ live Farsi and Arabic channels.
