Brazil adds 650,000 DTH subscribers in 3Q 2011

Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
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According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended September 2011 at 11.9 million, up 780,608 in the quarter, with satellite adding 650,000 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
2Q11  11,108,019  2,681,557       31.82
3Q11  11,888,627  2,814,810       31.02

Pay TV subscribers by technology (2011):

            January    February       March       April         May        June
         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Cable     5,004,059   5,060,498   5,101,515   5,125,554   5,171,923   5,212,528
MMDS        303,847     301,624     293,376     285,987     281,219     275,587
DTH       4,615,967   4,813,494   5,023,395   5,245,107   5,419,782   5,619,386
Others          544     533             543         543         503         518
         ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
Total     9,924,417  10,176,149  10,418,829  10,657,191  10,873,427  11,108,019


               July      August   September
         ----------  ----------  ----------
Cable     5,261,313   5,315,439   5,360,286
MMDS        269,518     264,207     258,180
DTH       5,764,164   6,049,935   6,269,634
Others          517         527         527    
         ----------  ----------  ----------
Total    11,295,512  11,630,108  11,888,627