Pay TV subscriber growth slows in Russia in 2Q 2019

According to figures collected by TelecomDaily, the number of pay TV subscribers added in Russia in the second quarter of 2019 was 80,000, down from nearly double that at 150,000 in the first quarter of the year. At the end of the quarter there were 43.605 million subscriptions in the country.

                  2Q 2019     1Q 2019  Change  Q2 Share
               ----------  ----------  ------  --------
Tricolor TV    12,232,000  12,228,000   4,000       28%
Rostelecom     10,280,000  10,280,000       0       24%
ER-Telecom      3,740,000   3,740,000       0        9%
MTS             3,700,000   3,634,000  66,000        8%
Orion Express   3,092,400   3,092,500    -100        7%
Others         10,560,600  10,550,500  10,100       24%
               ----------  ----------  ------  --------
Total          43,605,000  43,525,000  80,000      100%