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PUBLISHER: Digital TV Research | PRODUCT CODE: 1466825
PUBLISHER: Digital TV Research | PRODUCT CODE: 1466825
Global Pay TV Forecasts
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Global pay TV revenues for 138 countries peaked in 2016 at $199 billion. Revenues will fall to $118 billion in 2029, down from $141 billion in 2023 - despite the number of pay TV subscribers increasing slightly.
Satellite TV revenues will drop by $11 billion to $38 billion, with digital cable also down by $11 billion to $50 billion. Analog cable will lose a further $1 billion. IPTV will be flat at $28 billion.
Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: "The US will provide the most dramatic fall - by $15 billion from the global decline of $23 billion. US pay TV revenues will drop to $44 billion in 2029 - down by 25%, with subscriber numbers down by 16%. The US will still account for 36% of global revenues by 2029, down from 41% in 2023."
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Published in April 2024, the "Global Pay TV Forecasts" report covers 138 countries in 220 pages in two parts:
- A 52-page PDF giving a global Executive Summary, comparison tables and rankings. Profiles for the top 10 countries (Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, UK and USA)
- An excel workbook giving comparison tables and country-by-country forecasts from 2015 to 2029 in detail for 489 pay TV operators.
Africa: Forecasts for the following 35 countries and 129 platforms:
| Country | No of ops | Platforms |
| Angola | 5 | ZAP TV, DStv, StarSat, Angola Telecom, TV Cabo |
| Benin | 4 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| Botswana | 3 | DStv; StarSat |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat |
| Burundi | 4 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| Cameroon | 4 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| CAR | 3 | Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| Chad | 3 | Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| DR Congo | 5 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes; Easy TV |
| Rep Congo | 5 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes; Easy TV |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 5 | Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat; Easy TV |
| Eq. Guinea | 2 | Canal Plus, DStv |
| Ethiopia | 3 | DStv; StarSat; Canal Plus |
| Gabon | 4 | Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat |
| Gambia | 2 | Canal Plus, DStv |
| Ghana | 4 | Canal Plus, DStv, GOtv; StarSat |
| Guinea | 5 | Canal Plus, DStv, StarTimes; StarSat; Easy TV |
| Kenya | 6 | Zuku cable, Zuku satellite, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat |
| Liberia | 2 | DStv; StarSat |
| Madagascar | 4 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| Malawi | 4 | Zuku, DStv, GOtv; StarSat |
| Mali | 2 | Canal Plus; StarSat |
| Mozambique | 6 | ZAP TV, DStv, StarSat, StarTimes; GOtv, TV Cabo |
| Namibia | 3 | DStv, GOtv; StarSat |
| Niger | 3 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat |
| Nigeria | 5 | GOtv, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; Canal Plus |
| Rwanda | 5 | DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; GOtv, Canal Plus |
| Senegal | 4 | Canal Plus, DStv, Orange; StarSat |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | DStv; Canal Plus; StarSat; StarTimes |
| South Africa | 3 | DStv, StarSat, GOtv |
| Tanzania | 5 | Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, StarSat; Azam TV |
| Togo | 3 | Canal Plus, DStv, StarSat |
| Uganda | 5 | Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat |
| Zambia | 5 | Zuku, DStv, StarTimes, GOtv, StarSat |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | DStv, StarSat |
Asia Pacific: Forecasts for the following 22 countries and 69 platforms:
| Country | No of ops | Platform forecasts |
| Australia | 1 | Foxtel |
| Bangladesh | 1 | Akash |
| Cambodia | 3 | CDN; One TV; Sky One |
| China | 4 | China Radio & TV; China Telecom; BesTV; China Unicom |
| Hong Kong | 2 | i-cable; Now TV |
| India | 9 | Hathway; GTPL; Siti; DEN; Dish TV; Tata Sky; Airtel; Sun Direct; MTNL |
| Indonesia | 7 | Linknet; Transvision; Indovision; Top TV; Okevision; MNC Play; Telkom |
| Japan | 3 | SkyPerfecTV; J:Com; NTT |
| Laos | ||
| Malaysia | 2 | Astro; TM |
| Mongolia | 2 | Univision; DDish |
| Myanmar | 2 | SkyNet; 4TV/MRTV (Forever) |
| Nepal | 1 | Dish Media |
| New Zealand | 1 | Sky; Vodafone |
| Pakistan | 1 | PTCL |
| Philippines | 2 | Sky Cable/Sky Direct; Cignal |
| Singapore | 2 | StarHub; SingTel TV |
| S Korea | 9 | LG Hellovision; T Broad; D'Live; CMB; Hyundai HCN; KT Olleh; Skylife; B TV; LG U+ |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | Dialog; Peo |
| Taiwan | 4 | Taiwan Broadband; TWM; CNS; CHT |
| Thailand | 3 | Truevisions; TOT; AIS |
| Vietnam | 8 | SCTV; VTVCab; HTV-CMS; VNPT; Viettel; FPT; K+; Viva TV |
North America: Forecasts for the following:
| Country | No of ops | Platform forecasts |
| Canada | 8 | Rogers; Videotron; Cogeco; Shaw Communications; Shaw Direct; Bell TV; Telus; Max TV |
| USA | 8 | Comcast; Charter; Cox; Altice; U-Verse; DirecTV; Fios TV; DISH Network |
Latin America: Forecasts for the following 19 countries and 68 operators:
| Country | No of ops | Platform forecasts |
| Argentina | 5 | Flow; Supercanal; DirecTV; Telefonica; Claro |
| Bolivia | 2 | Tigo; Entel |
| Brazil | 3 | Claro; Telefonica/Vivo; Sky |
| Chile | 6 | VTR; Telefonica; Claro; DirecTV; Entel; Telsur |
| Colombia | 5 | Claro; UNE; ETB; DirecTV; Movistar |
| Costa Rica | 5 | Tigo; Cabletica; Claro; Sky; Telecable |
| Dominican Rep | 3 | Altice/Tricom; Claro; Sky |
| Ecuador | 4 | DirecTV; CNT; Claro; TV Cable |
| El Salvador | 3 | Claro; Tigo; Sky |
| Guatemala | 3 | Claro; Tigo; Sky |
| Honduras | 3 | Claro; Tigo; Sky |
| Mexico | 5 | Megacable; Televisa cable; Sky; Dish; TotalPlay |
| Nicaragua | 3 | Claro; Sky; Tigo |
| Panama | 4 | Claro; Sky; Cable & Wireless; Tigo |
| Paraguay | 2 | Tigo; Claro |
| Peru | 3 | Telefonica; Claro; DirecTV |
| Puerto Rico | 4 | Liberty; Claro; DirecTV; Dish |
| Uruguay | 2 | Cablevision; DirecTV |
| Venezuela | 3 | Intercable; Movistar; CANTV |
MENA: Forecasts for the following 20 countries and 49 platforms:
| Country | No of ops | Platform forecasts |
| Algeria | 3 | beIN; OSN; Algerie Telecom |
| Armenia | 0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | |
| Bahrain | 3 | beIN; OSN; Batelco |
| Egypt | 3 | beIN; OSN; Telecom Egypt |
| Georgia | 2 | Magtisat; Sliknet |
| Israel | 2 | HOT; Yes |
| Jordan | 3 | beIN; OSN; Orange |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | Alma; KT |
| Kuwait | 2 | beIN; OSN |
| Lebanon | 2 | beIN; OSN |
| Morocco | 3 | beIN; OSN; Maroc Telecom |
| Oman | 3 | beIN; OSN; Omantel |
| Qatar | 3 | beIN; OSN; Ooredoo |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | beIN; OSN; Jawwy IPTV; Mobily |
| Syria | 1 | beIN |
| Tunisia | 2 | beIN; OSN |
| Turkey | 5 | Turksat; Turkcell; TTNet; Digiturk; D-Smart |
| UAE | 4 | beIN; OSN; Du; eLife |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | Uztelecom; Uzdigital |
Eastern Europe: Forecasts for the following 22 countries and 83 operators:
| Country | No of ops | Operators |
| Albania | 3 | Digitalb; Tring; Albtelecom |
| Belarus | 3 | MTIS, Zala, A1 |
| Bosnia | 3 | Telemach, M:Tel; Total TV |
| Bulgaria | 3 | Bulsatcom, Vivacom, A1 |
| Croatia | 3 | Max TV/T-HT, Evo, A1 |
| Cyprus | 3 | Cytavision; Cablenet; Primetel |
| Czech Rep | 5 | Vodafone, O2, Telly, Skylink; T-Mobile |
| Estonia | 3 | Elisa; Telia; Home 3 |
| Greece | 3 | Nova, Cosmote; Vodafone |
| Hungary | 5 | T-Home, Digi TV, Vodafone, MinDig, Direct One |
| Latvia | 3 | Baltcom, Tet; Home 3 |
| Lithuania | 3 | TEO, Cgates, Home 3 |
| Macedonia | 3 | A1; Max TV; Total TV |
| Moldova | 3 | Sun; Moldtelecom; TV Box |
| Montenegro | 3 | Total TV; CT; Telemach |
| Poland | 8 | UPC, Vectra, TP/Orange, Polsat, Canal Plus, Netia |
| Romania | 5 | Digi TV, Vodafone, Telekom Romania, Orange TV, Focussat |
| Russia | 8 | Akado, ER Telecom, MTS, Rostelecom, Beeline/Veon, NTV Plus, Tricolor, Orion |
| Serbia | 2 | SBB, Telekom Srbija |
| Slovakia | 4 | UPC, Skylink, Slovak Telekom; Orange TV |
| Slovenia | 5 | Telemach, Neo TV, Total TV, T-2, A1 |
| Ukraine | 4 | Volia; Triolan; Kyivstar; Viasat |
Western Europe: Forecasts for the following 18 countries and 75 operators:
| Country | No of ops | Operators |
| Austria | 5 | Telekom Austria; Magenta; Sky; Liwest; HD Austria |
| Belgium | 5 | Proximus; Telenet; VOO; Telesat/TV Vlaanderen; Orange |
| Denmark | 6 | Allente; You See; Stofa; Boxer; TDC; Telia |
| Finland | 4 | Elisa; Telia; DNA; Allente; Digita |
| France | 6 | Orange; SFR; CanalSat; Free; Bouygues; TNT |
| Germany | 6 | Vodafone; DT/T-Home; Sky; Telecolumbus; HD+; Freenet |
| Iceland | 2 | Vodafone, Siminn Vodafone, Siminn |
| Ireland | 3 | Virgin; Sky; eir |
| Italy | 3 | Sky; Telecom Italia; Vodafone |
| Luxembourg | 2 | Tele des P&T; Eltrona |
| Malta | 2 | Melita; Go |
| Netherlands | 5 | Ziggo; Canal Digitaal; Tele 2; KPN/Digitenne |
| Norway | 5 | Allente; Riks TV; Telenor; Telia; Altibox |
| Portugal | 4 | Meo/PT; NOS; Nowo; Vodafone |
| Spain | 4 | Vodafone; Telefonica/Movistar; Euskaltel; Orange |
| Sweden | 5 | Allente; Tele 2; Telia; Boxer; Telenor Allente; Tele 2; Telia; Boxer; Telenor |
| Switzerland | 3 | Swisscom; UPC; Sunrise |
| UK | 4 | Sky; Virgin; BT; TalkTalk |
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