Hungary adds 26,000 digital pay TV subscribers in 3Q 2014
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
According to the latest Flash Report released by Hungary’s Office of the National Media and Infocommunications Authority (Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság – NMHH), in September 2014, the number of households with digital television subscriptions in the network of Hungary’s largest broadcasters was 2,118,076, up from 2,008,513 in September 2013, up 25,650 from the 2,092,426 at the end of June 2014.
Satellite subscribers accounted for 901,643 of the digital total with cable and IPTV accounting for 1,096,073, and Antenna Hungária’s MinDig TV Extra DTT service making up the remaining 120,360.
The flash report is based on data provided on a voluntary basis by Hungary’s largest broadcasters and covers approximately 89 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., UPC DTH S.à.r.l. and Antenna Hungária Zrt.
Pay TV subscribers (10 major operators)
2013 ------------------------------------------ March June September December --------- --------- --------- --------- Cable TV, IPTV 1,927,277 1,939,919 1,965,460 1,988,170 Digital 891,314 927,889 965,473 1,004,637 DTH, MMDS 915,895 921,401 924,735 920,945 DTT 87,991 100,555 118,305 123,229 --------- --------- --------- --------- Total 2,931,163 2,961,875 3,008,500 3,032,344 Digital 1,895,200 1,949,845 2,008,513 2,048,811 Estimate for all operators 3,302,000 3,331,000 3,378,000 3,402,000 2014 ------------------------------- March June September --------- --------- --------- Cable TV, IPTV 2,019,406 2,036,164 2,051,111 Digital 1,039,974 1,066,281 1,096,073 DTH, MMDS 917,103 902,758 901,643 DTT 123,057 123,387 120,360 --------- --------- --------- Total 3,059,565 3,062,309 3,073,114 Digital 2,080,133 2,092,426 2,118,076 Estimate for all operators 3,432,000 3,453,000 3,464,000
Market shares (relative to the estimated total for all operators)
2012 2013 2014 ------------ ------------ ------------ June Dec. June Dec. June Sep. ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- UPC (wired, satellite) 26.8% 26.7% 26.4% 26.4% 26.2% 26.2% T-Home (wired, satellite) 22.8% 22.9% 23.5% 23.7% 24.2% 24.2% DIGI (wired, satellite) 23.2% 23.2% 23.0% 22.5% 22.9% 22.9% Invitel (wired) 3.2% 3.3% 3.5% 3.7% 3.9% 4.0% MinDig TV Extra (DTT) 2.0% 2.5% 3.0% 3.6% 3.6% 3.5% Tarr (wired) 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% 2.9% 2.9% 2.9% PR-TELEKOM (wired) 2.7% 2.6% 2.5% 2.4% 2.4% 2.3% ViDaNet (wired) 2.6% 2.5% 2.2% 2.1% 2.1% 2.1% Hello HD (wired, MMDS) 1.3% 1.3% 1.2% 1.1% - - PARISAT (wired) 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% Other service providers 11.5% 11.4% 11.1% 10.9% 11.3% 11.3%
Average number of set-top-boxes installed at subscriber termination points
2013 2014 2014 2014 Dec. Mar. June Sep. ---- ---- ---- ---- All 1.40 1.45 1.46 1.49 CATV, IPTV 1.19 1.20 1.20 1.24 DTH, HDig 1.64 1.74 1.78 1.79
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