The number of subscribers receiving paid digital TV services in Moldova rose by 3.8% in 2015 to 138,100, according to data published by the regulator ANRCETI.
As a result, they accounted for over half of the total number of subscribers opting for pay-TV. The latter total, which stood at 274,900 as of the end of 2015, was 0.3% higher than a year earlier.
Of the 274,900, 75% opted for cable and the remaining 25% IPTV. More than half of all subscribers received digital TV via cable, with the rest IPTV.
The number of IPTV subscribers rise by 9.8% to 68,800, while revenues increased by 5% to over MDL58.1 million (€2.6 million). At the same time, the cable subscriber total fell by 1.5% to 206,100, with revenues falling by 9% to MDL97.5 million. ARPU for pay-TV services rose by 0.9% to MDL48.2.
Moldtelecom was the leading provider of pay-TV services with a market share of 28.9%. It was followed by Sun Communications (28%), TV Box (8.1%) and AMT (3.7%), with the remaining 79 providers having a combined share of around 31.3%.
