491,000 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2010

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 December 2010.

The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 491,000, up from 448,000 at the end of December 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  433  435  438  441  439  448

                                                      2010
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Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---  ---
449  448  454  455  460  470  472  477  478  484  485  491

Pay TV Market Shares (2010):

                                         End-Dec.
                                         --------
Cablevisión (Bersabel S.A.)                   10%
Nuevo Siglo (Riselco S.A.)                    10%
TCC (Tractoral S.A.)                          10%
Montecable (Monte Cablevideo S.A.)             9%
DIRECTV (Directv de Uruguay LTDA)              7%
Punta Cable (Consorcio San Fernando)           5%
Multiseñal (Multicanal S.A.)                   3%
Cable Plus (Cable Plus S.A.)                   3%
Cablevisión (Audomar S.A.)                     3%
Cablevisión (Space Energy Tech S.A.)           3%
Cablevisión (Visión Satelital S.A.)            2%
  Others                                      35%

More: Datos estadísticos a Diciembre de 2010