Pay-TV subscriptions increased by 16 million to 1,028 million in 138 countries in 2019.
According to Digital TV Research, the growth was seen in emerging markets. Commenting on the findings of its latest report, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “IPTV is the pay-TV winner. IPTV added 49 million subscribers in 2019 to take its total to 307 million. Pay satellite TV fell by 6 million subscribers in 2019. Digital cable TV lost 1 million subs, and analogue cable TV shed 25 million subs”.
Excluding analogue cable TV, digital pay-TV growth impressive, rocketing from 380 million subscribers in 2010 to 991 million at end-2019.
For more information on the Pay TV Databook, please contact: Simon Murray, simon@digitaltvresearch.com, Tel: +44 20 8248 5051
