DIRECTV subscribers up 36% in Uruguay at end-1H 2014
Friday, October 17th, 2014The 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 June 2014.
The number of Pay TV subscribers at mid-year was 685,591, up from 620,926 at the end of June 2013, a 10.4% increase. Over the preceding 12 months DIRECTV Uruguay grew by over 36% whilst the remainder of the market only grew by 5.2%.
Pay TV evolution
June 2008 June 2009 June 2010 June 2011 June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Subscribers 398,014 438,729 470,314 526,093 561,268 620,926 685,591 End-2008 End-2009 End-2010 End-2011 End-2012 End-2013 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Subscribers 417,206 448,204 491,000 536,812 592,699 652,006
Pay TV Market Shares
June 2012 June 2013 June 2014 ------------------- ------------------- ------------------- Y-o-Y Subscribers Share Subscribers Share Subscribers Share Growth ----------- ------ ----------- ------ ----------- ------ ------ DIRECTV (Directv de Uruguay LTDA) 62,904 11% 103,911 17% 141,800 21% 36.5% Cablevisión (Bersabel S.A.) 60,101 11% 61,820 10% 64,822 10% 4.9% TCC (Tractoral S.A.) 48,520 9% 50,606 8% 55,300 8% 9.3% Nuevo Siglo (Riselco S.A.) 48,955 9% 49,413 8% 49,454 7% 0.1% Montecable (Monte Cablevideo S.A.) 50,038 9% 47,606 8% 48,647 7% 2.2% Punta Cable (Consorcio San Fernando) 25,263 4% 27,066 4% 27,316 4% 0.9% Multiseñal (Multicanal S.A.) 18,251 3% 18,292 3% 19,265 3% 5.3% Cablevisión (Space Energy Tech S.A.) 16,166 3% 18,029 3% 19,605 3% 8.7% Cable Plus (Cable Plus S.A.) 15,403 3% 16,346 3% 16,378 2% 0.2% Cablevisión (Audomar S.A.) 14,006 2% 14,903 2% 15,670 2% 5.1% Cablevisión (Visión Satelital) 12,228 2% 13,400 2% 9.6% Others 201,661 36% 200,706 32% 213,934 31% 6.6% ----------- ----------- ----------- ------ TOTAL 561,268 620,926 685,591 10.4%
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