Patrick Drahi’s Altice has become one of a handful of companies that between them control close to 50% of the global pay-TV market, according to Ampere Analysis.
Analyst Daniel Gadher says that through a series of acquisitions Altice has risen to take 3.1% of global pay-TV revenue.
In recent months Broadband TV News has reported on Altice’s investment in US cable operator Cablevision, Portugal Telecom, and the merger of SFR into Numericable.
AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV has given the US telco the greatest proportion of global pay-TV revenues at 18%, overtaking Comcast on 9.3% as the US leader.
In second place at 9.5% of global pay-TV revenue are the entities controlled directly or indirectly by John Malone. This includes Liberty Global assets and potential addition of Charter, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, assuming the forthcoming merger goes ahead.
Fellow veteran Rupert Murdoch can count on his 7% through companies including Sky Europe as well as assets in Australia and India.
