473,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-June 2010

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
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The Uruguayan communications regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC) has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of June 2010.

The number of Pay TV subscribers at mid-year was 473,000 up from 439,000 at the end of June 2009.

Pay TV Subscribers (thousands):

                                                      2009
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Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
421  431  423  427  431  439  432  435  437  441  438  448

                                                      2010
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Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
450  454  456  460  461  473

Pay TV Market Shares:

BERSABEL S.A.                    11%
RISELCO S.A.                     10%
TRACTORAL S.A                    10%
MONTE CABLEVIDEO S.A.             9%
DIRECTV DE URUGUAY LTDA.          5%
MULTICANAL S.A.                   3%
CABLE PLUS S.A                    3%
AUDOMAR S.A.                      3%
CABLEVISION PAN DE AZUCAR LTDA.   3%
  Others                         44%