Pay TV subscriptions in Brazil down 162,000 in 1Q 2016
Friday, May 20th, 2016According to Brazil’s Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel), the country’s pay TV subscriber base ended March 2016 at 18.95 million, with 162 thousand subscribers being lost in the quarter to leave the total 813 thousand down on one year before.
In the quarter, satellite lost 209 thousand subscribers, to finish with 1.1 million fewer than at the end of March 2015. This was somewhat compensated by growth in cable which added 228 thousand subscribers and FTTH which added 68 thousand subscribers over the year.
Pay TV subscribers by technology
1Q 2015 2Q 2015 3Q 2015 4Q 2015 1Q 2016 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- DTH 12,009,855 11,802,679 11,588,145 11,113,160 10,904,369 Cable 7,629,671 7,698,786 7,760,025 7,817,218 7,857,207 FTTH 111,202 129,635 153,320 170,763 179,049 MMDS 11,291 11,034 10,854 9,479 8,814 Others 3,253 3,253 3,253 3,253 2,917 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 19,765,272 19,645,387 19,515,597 19,113,873 18,952,356
Pay TV subscribers by operator
Company 1Q 2015 2Q 2015 3Q 2015 4Q 2015 1Q 2016 ----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Telecom Americas 10,266,150 10,158,522 10,133,097 9,897,528 9,849,554 SKY/AT&T 5,684,252 5,654,592 5,537,956 5,443,885 5,342,404 Telefônica 1,719,494 1,795,688 1,836,994 1,780,539 1,780,140 Oi 1,232,185 1,183,966 1,170,538 1,168,667 1,180,531 Blue 159,743 159,146 156,307 152,328 144,607 NossaTV 129,522 128,755 130,443 129,770 128,764 Algar (CTBC Telecom) 117,760 113,218 108,721 106,572 103,749 Cabo 48,378 48,972 50,321 49,627 50,494 Prefeitura de Londrina/Copel 2,785 2,631 - - - Others 405,003 399,897 391,220 384,957 372,113 ----------------------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- TOTAL 19,765,272 19,645,387 19,515,597 19,113,873 18,952,356
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