Satellite adds another 700,000 subscribers in Brazil in Q2 2012
Monday, July 23rd, 2012According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended June 2012 at 14.535 million, with more than 3.4 million new subscribers being added over the preceding twelve months – an annual growth rate of 30.9%. In the second quarter 860 thousand new subscribers were added, with satellite taking the lion’s share with 710 thousand net additions.
New subscribers Growth absolute Percentage growth Total (January Annual in the month in the month Year subscriptions to December) Growth (%) of June of June (%) ---- ------------- --------------- ---------- --------------- ----------------- 2007 5,348,571 765,446 16,70 74,028 1.51% 2008 6,320,852 972,281 18,18 92,127 1.61% 2009 7,473,476 1,152,624 18,24 77,970 1.16% 2010 9,768,993 2,295,517 30,72 217,299 2.65% 2011 12,744,025 2,975,032 30,45 234,592 2.16% 2012 14,535,183 - - 239,618 1.68%
Pay TV subscribers by technology:
2011 2012 Change ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 2Q 2012 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q v, 1Q 2012 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- MMDS 293,376 275,587 258,180 240,562 217,729 189,658 -28,071 Cable 5,101,515 5,212,528 5,360,286 5,518,127 5,714,957 5,893,447 178,490 DTH 5,023,395 5,619,386 6,269,634 6,984,810 7,738,880 8,448,529 709,649 Others 543 518 527 526 3,841 3,549 -292 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 10,418,829 11,108,019 11,888,627 12,744,025 13,675,407 14,535,183 859,776
Pay TV subscribers by operator:
2012 End June ---------- NET/Embratel 7,824,438 SKY/DIRECTV 4,475,837 Telefônica/Abril 659,428 Oi 486,539 GVT 219,896 Algar Telecom 104,937 ViaCabo 101,067 Others 663,041 ---------- Total 14,535,183
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