DTH satellite continues to be the most-used TV reception infrastructure in Germany.
The total number of TV households decreased to 36.30 million in 2022 (2021: 37.22 million). DTH satellite TV reaches a market share of 45.0% with 16.34 million TV households (2020: 17.00 million or 45.7%). Cable TV serves 15.21 million TV households and achieves a market share of 41.9% (2021: 15.58 million or 41.9%).
IPTV rises to 3.61 million TV households, which corresponds to a market share of 9.9% (2021: 3.31 million or 8.9%). The number of DTT households amounts to 1.14 million, resulting in a market share of 3.1% (2021: 1.33 million or 3.6%).
These are the core results of the Astra TV Monitor 2022, which market research institute Kantar compiles annually on behalf of satellite operator Astra. They are based on 36.30 million TV households in Germany. The survey of a total of 6,000 households throughout Germany took place at the end of 2022. The figures refer to the main TV reception device of each household.
The number of HD households in Germany in 2022 amounted to 33.43 million (2021: 33.76 million). This means that 92% of all TV households in Germany received TV channels in HD quality. DTH satellite TV is the leading distribution infrastructure for HD channels, reaching 15.24 million households, followed by cable with 13.45 million, IPTV (3.6 million) and DTT (1.14 million).
The HD gap is still considerable: 2.87 million TV households still receive TV channels solely in SD resolution, including 1.10 million DTH satellite households.
