Rostelecom was the only pay-TV operator in Russia to see its subscriber base significantly grow in the first quarter of this year.
According to TelecomDaily, quoting the findings of the IAA TelecomDaily report, the total number of pay-TV subscribers in the country at the end of March stood at 42,700,000, or only 141,000 more than three months earlier.
Rostelecom, which was the second largest provider of services after Tricolor TV, gained 140,000 new customers and accounted for 65% of new connections in the quarter.
All told, the top five operators, which also included ER Telecom, Orion and MTS, secured 85% of new connections.
Moreover, fixed-line services accounted for over 80% of new connections in Q1, with DTH claiming the remainder.
