Hungary adds 178,000 digital TV subscribers in 2012
Monday, February 18th, 2013According to the latest Flash Report released by Hungary’s Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság – NMHH), in December 2012, the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary’s largest broadcasters was 1,836,428, up from 1,657,977 in December 2011.
Satellite (and Hello Digital MMDS) subscribers accounted for 917,863 of the digital total with cable and IPTV accounting for 835,785, and Antenna Hungária’s MinDig TV Extra DTT service making up the remaining 82,780.
The flash report is based on data provided on a voluntary basis by Hungary’s largest broadcasters and covers approximately 88 percent of the subscription television services market.
The service providers featured in the flash report are Magyar Telekom Nyrt., Invitel Zrt., UPC Magyarország Kft., DIGI Kft., PR-TELEKOM Zrt., Tarr Kft., ViDaNet Zrt., PARISAT Kft., Hello HD Kft., UPC DTH S.Ã .r.l. and Antenna Hungária Zrt.
Pay TV subscribers (major operators):
2011 ------------------------------------------ March June September December --------- --------- --------- --------- Cable TV, IPTV 1,805,240 1,816,993 1,840,157 1,873,614 Digital 588,975 616,760 649,282 689,597 DTH, MMDS 890,545 893,032 905,858 919,613 DTT N/A 31,388 37,787 48,767 --------- --------- --------- --------- Total 2,695,785 2,741,413 2,783,802 2,841,994 Digital 1,479,520 1,541,180 1,592,927 1,657,977 2012 ------------------------------------------ March June September December --------- --------- --------- --------- Cable TV, IPTV 1,863,293 1,860,059 1,884,489 1,907,160 Digital 725,548 758,913 788,678 835,785 DTH, MMDS 923,968 924,361 920,283 917,863 DTT 57,283 65,012 73,185 82,780 --------- --------- --------- --------- Total 2,844,544 2,849,432 2,877,957 2,907,803 Digital 1,706,799 1,748,286 1,782,146 1,836,428 Estimate for all operators 3,222,000 3,221,000 3,251,000 3,281,000
Market shares:
2012 ------------ June Dec. ----- ----- UPC 26.8% 26.7% DIGI 23.2% 23.2% T-Home 22.8% 22.9% Tarr 3.2% 3.1% PR-TELEKOM 2.7% 2.6% Invitel 3.2% 3.3% ViDaNet 2.6% 2.5% Hello HD 1.3% 1.3% MinDig TV Extra 2.0% 2.5% PARISAT 0.6% 0.6% Other service providers 11.5% 11.4%
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