IPTV subscribers reach 1 million in Russia
Monday, January 11th, 2010According to a pay TV report from ComNews Research, the number of IPTV subscribers in Russia reached 1 million at the end of 2009, up by 70% versus 2008.
The segment with the highest growth in absolute terms was satellite with 2 million subscribers being added in the year. The satellite service ‘Tricolor TV’ alone went from 4.3 million to 6.2 million users.
Subscriber forecast for Russia’s pay-TV market (millions):
2008 2009 2010 ---- ---- ---- Cable TV 13.6 15.4 16.9 Satellite TV 5.7 7.7 10.0 IPTV 0.6 1.0 1.6
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