Image: Global pay TV subscribers by country - China, India, USA, Russia, Germany, Others - 2010, 2018, 2019, 2024

Source: Digital TV Research Limited

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"Digital TV Research forecasts 81 million additional pay TV subscribers between 2018 and 2024 - up by 8%. This will take the global total to 1.10 billion. Based on forecasts for 138 countries, the number of pay TV subs passed 1 billion in 2018."