Moldova pay TV subscribers down 6,462 in 1Q 2015
Wednesday, June 10th, 2015CHIȘINĂU — Moldova’s National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) has published pay TV statistics for the first quarter of 2015. The total number of subscribers at the end of the period was 267,577, 6,462 down from the end of 2014, and down 15,734 year-on-year.
Three quarters of subscriptions are via cable, with IPTV making up almost all of the rest. A majority of cable subscribers have an analogue connection, so for digital television, the split between cable and IPTV is nearly even.
SUN COMMUNICATIONS continues to lead the market, in terms of subscribers, with a share of 38% – slightly up in the quarter. Moldtelecom is second with a 20.9% share.
Number of subscribers
2014 2015 ---------------------------------- ------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total 283,311 285,997 282,131 274,039 267,577
Market share by operator
2014 2015 ---------------------------------- ------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- SUN COMMUNICATIONS 36.8% 35.9% 36.4% 37.5% 38.0% Moldtelecom 18.3% 18.3% 18.9% 19.9% 20.9% A.M.T. 6.7% 6.3% 5.7% 5.8% 5.0% Focus Sat 2.6% 2.6% 2.5% - - Others 35.7% 36.9% 36.4% 36.9% 36.2%
Share by technology
Q1 2015 ------- Cable TV 75.4% IPTV 24.4% MMDS 0.2% analogue 59% digital 41% - Cable TV 51.87% - IPTV 47.73% - MMDS 0.40%
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