The total number of worldwide pay TV accounts will surpass the 1 billion mark in 2014.
The market share of pay-TV is declining, with cable accounting for 58% of the total accounts in 2014, down from 66% in 2011, according to Pyramid Research’s bi-annual Media Forecast released recently.
By end-2014, IPTV subscriptions will exceed 100 million, and IPTV over fibre networks is expected to contribute a larger share of the total IPTV subscriptions in 2017.