Thursday, May 23, 2019

Western Europe Telco Subscription TV Share Will Reach 56% in 2024

Telcos will account for 56 percent of Western Europe’s linear subscription TV subscribers by 2024, according to Digital TV Research.

Digital TV Research predicts that cable TV will have 40.28 million subscribers by 2024; IPTV 38.72 million; and pay satellite TV 20.33 million subs. IPTV is the only one of these expected to make gains over the forecast period.

Half of the 18 countries covered by the report are tipped to lose subscription TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 with Italy and the UK to see the biggest declines, losing 728,000 and 621,000 subscribers respectively.

By 2024, Germany is expected to account for 25 percent of Western Europe’s subscription TV subscribers, the UK for 15 percent and France for 14 percent.

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