Colombia ends 2009 with 3.2 million pay TV subscribers

Friday, January 29th, 2010
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Colombia’s Comisión Nacional de Televisión (CNTV) has published pay TV subscriber figures for the country for 2009. In the fourth quarter both UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones and DIRECTV Colombia increased their market share.

Pay TV subscribers in Colombia:

                                              September 2009         December 2009
                                        --------------------  --------------------
    Operator                            Subscribers    Share  Subscribers    Share
                                        -----------  -------  -----------  -------
1   Telmex Hogar                          1,704,886   54.64%    1,693,714   52.89%
2   UNE-EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A.         739,260   23.69%      802,408   25.06%
3   DIRECTV Colombia (DTH)                  214,830    6.89%      248,080    7.75%
4   Cable Unión de occidente S.A.           149,033    4.78%      151,141    4.72%
5   Colombia Telecomunicaciones (DTH)       132,808    4.26%      123,957    3.87%
6   Cable Bello Televisión Ltda.             39,241    1.26%       36,318    1.13%
7   Cablevista S.A.                          24,992    0.80%       28,321    0.88%
8   HV Televisión Ltda.                      18,493    0.59%       18,833    0.59%
9   Supercable Telecomunicaciones S.A.       19,558    0.63%       17,581    0.55%
10  Codisert Ltda.                            8,881    0.28%        9,836    0.31%
    Others                                   68,001    2.18%       72.154    2.25%
                                        -----------  -------  -----------  -------
      TOTAL                               3,119,983  100.00%    3,202,343  100.00%

More: CNTV Statistics