IPTV growing fastest in Portugal
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009According to Portugal’s Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações (ANACOM), at the end of June 2009 the total number of subscribers to pay TV in the country reached 2.372 million, 47 thousand more than in the previous quarter and up 232 thousand from the same quarter of 2008.
In the second quarter subscribers to digital cable increased by 53 thousand (analogue down around 60 thousand), DTH went up 13 thousand and IPTV grew by 40 thousand. Zon Multimedia and Cabovisão continued to lose market share to Portugal Telecom (PTC).
Cable television
Cable television service subscribers (thousands):
1Q09 2Q09 -------------- -------------- Quarterly Annual 2Q08 Total digital Total digital variation variation ----- ----- ------- ----- ------- --------- --------- Total 1,495 1,459 619 1,452 672 -0.4% -2.9%
Satellite television (DTH)
Subscribers to satellite television distribution service (DTH) (thousands):
Quarterly Annual 2Q08 1Q09 2Q09 variation variation ---- ---- ---- --------- --------- Total 525 584 597 2.2% 13.7%
Other platforms (IPTV or similar)
Subscribers to pay TV – other platforms (thousands):
Quarterly Annual 2Q08 1Q09 2Q09 Variation variation ---- ---- ---- --------- --------- Total 119 282 322 14.3% 170%
All platforms
Subscription television service subscribers – all technologies (thousands):
Quarterly Annual 2Q08 1Q09 2Q09 change change ----- ----- ----- --------- ------ 2,140 2,325 2,372 2.0% 10.9%
Shares of subscription TV service subscribers (as percentage):
2Q08 3Q08 4Q08 1Q09 2Q09 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Grupo ZON/TV Cabo 74.3% 71.2% 72.3% 70.1% 68.4% PTC 5.4% 9.6% 13.6% 16.5% 18.7% Cabovisão 14.0% 13.3% 12.4% 11.7% 11.1% TVTEL 3.4% 3.1% - - - AR Telecom 0.9% 0.9% 1.0% 1.0% 1.0% Alternative providers 2.0% 1.9% 0.7% 0.7% 0.8%
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