Pay TV subscribers pass 40 million in Russia
Friday, July 15th, 2016
According to a report from IAA TelecomDaily, the number of pay TV subscribers in Russia passed the 40 million mark in the second quarter of 2016. Subscribers have increased by 740 thousand in the first half of the year.
One of the main trends of recent months is a slow down in the rate of subscriber growth for the satellite segment. Despite this, Tricolor TV added 40,000 in the second quarter and Orion Express added 38,000 to end with 11.91 million and 2.877 million subscribers respectively.
Russia total Pay TV subscribers (thousands)
2014 2015 2016 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ -------------- Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ 35,400 36,300 36,900 37,600 38,000 38,700 39,100 39,620 39,970 40,360
Pay TV subscribers – Top 5 operators (thousands)
2Q 2016 1Q 2016 End-2015 ---------- ---------- ---------- Tricolor TV 11,910,000 11,870,000 11,800,000 Rostelecom 9,020,000 8,790,000 8,600,000 Orion Express 2,877,000 2,839,000 2,800,000 MTS 2,765,000 2,755,000 2,745,000 ER-Telecom 2,730,000 2,710,000 2,685,000
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