536,812 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay at end-2011
Saturday, April 14th, 2012The Uruguayan communications regulator Unidad Reguladora de Servicios de Comunicaciones (URSEC) has released a survey of the telecommunications market in Uruguay up to the end of December 2011.
The number of Pay TV subscribers at year-end was 536,812, up from 491,000 at the end of December 2010.
Pay TV Market Shares:
End-2011 End-2010 ------------------ -------- Subscribers Share Share ----------- ----- -------- Cablevisión (Bersabel S.A.) 58,224 11% 10% DIRECTV (Directv de Uruguay LTDA) 52,670 10% 7% Nuevo Siglo (Riselco S.A.) 48,940 9% 10% Montecable (Monte Cablevideo S.A.) 48,680 9% 9% TCC (Tractoral S.A.) 48,538 9% 10% Punta Cable (Consorcio San Fernando) 27,445 5% 5% Multiseñal (Multicanal S.A.) 17,828 3% 3% Cable Plus (Cable Plus S.A.) 15,529 3% 3% Cablevisión (Space Energy Tech S.A.) 15,243 3% 3% Cablevisión (Audomar S.A.) 13,608 3% 3% Others 190,107 35% 37%
Pay TV evolution:
End-2005 End-2006 End-2007 End-2008 End-2009 End-2010 End-2011 -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- -------- Subscribers 335,739 365,956 392,689 417,206 448,204 491,000 536,812 Penetration 24.8% 27.8% 29.4% 31.1% 33.3% 36.4% 39.6%
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