Brazil adds 650,000 pay TV subscribers in 1Q 2011
Thursday, April 28th, 2011According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended March 2011 at 10,418,829, up 649,836 in the quarter, with satellite adding nearly 550,000 during the period.
Pay TV subscribers:
Year-on-year Period-end --------------------- Year Total Additions Growth (%) ---- ---------- --------- ---------- 2006 4,583,125 406,767 9.70 2007 5,348,571 765,446 16.70 2008 6,320,852 972,281 18.18 2009 7,473,476 1,152,624 18.24 2010 9,768,993 2,295,517 30.72 1Q11 10,418,829 2,499,449 31.56
Number of subscribers added in 1Q 2011:
Cable 121,361 DTH 547,625 MMDS -19,149 ------- TOTAL 649,836
Pay TV subscribers by operator:
March 2010 March 2011 Additions ---------- ---------- ---------- NET Serviços (MMDS and Cable) 3,767,655 4,327,528 559,873 SKY Brasil (MMDS and DTH) 2,039,756 2,857,639 817,883 Embratel (DTH) 444,417 1,375,557 931,140 Telefônica (MMDS and DTH) 469,068 508,657 39,589 Oi TV (DTH and Cable) 312,254 347,922 35,668 Abril (Cable and wireless) 165,049 162,211 -2,838 ---------- ---------- ---------- Subtotal 7,198,199 9,579,514 2,381,315 Others 721,181 839,315 118,134 ---------- ---------- ---------- TOTAL 7,919,380 10,418,829 2,499,449
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