Infonetics UpdatesLong-Term Pay-TVMarket Forecast

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Market research firm Infonetics Research
released excerpts from its latest Pay TV
Services and Subscribers report, which
forecasts and analyzes the cable TV, satellite
TV, and telco internet protocol television
(IPTV) services markets.
PAY-TV ANALYST NOTE
“As a result of increasing competition from
OTT (over-the-top) players and the service
providers themselves using broadband video
as a lower-priced offering, we believe
overall video services ARPU and revenue
growth will be constrained and,
accordingly, have reduced our 2017 pay-TV
revenue forecast by 35% globally, from
$401 billion to just under $260 billion,”
advises Jeff Heynen, principal analyst for
broadband access and pay TV at Infonetics
Research.
PAY-TV MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
The global pay-TV market (cable and
satellite TV, telco IPTV) totaled $221 billion
in 2013, a 5% gain from a year ago
Growth resulted from pay-TV providers in
mature markets increasing average revenue
per user (ARPU) among slow-growing/
declining subscriber bases, and from
operators in emerging markets continuing
to see significant subscriber growth
Pay-TV subscribers grew 5% in the second
half of 2013 (2H13), to 756 million
subscribers, with the strongest growth
coming from the telco IPTV segment
DirecTV is the global market leader for pay-
TV service revenue; The satellite TV
provider has one of the highest ARPUs in
the industry, which is helping it offset a
slowdown in net
new subscribers
PAY TV SUBSCRIBER DATABASE
See Infonetics’ companion Pay TV
Subscriber Database and Video
Equipment Tracker, published in May
2014, for additional data and demographics
on the digital and analog cable pay TV,
satellite pay TV, and telco IPTV subscribers
of more than 150 providers around the
world.
ABOUT INFONETICS’ VIDEO SERVICES
REPORT
Infonetics’ biannual pay-TV services and
subscribers report provides worldwide and
regional market share, market size,
forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends
for telco IPTV, analog and digital cable
video, and satellite video service revenue,
ARPU, and subscribers. Pay-TV providers
tracked: América Móvil, AT&T, Beijing
Gehua, Bell Canada, BSkyB, Cablevision,
CanalSat, Charter, China Telecom,
Comcast, Cox, DirecTV, DISH Network,
J:COM, Jiangsu Cable, Kabel Deutschland
(Vodafone), Orange, Shaw, Sky Italia, Tata
Sky, Time Warner Cable, UPC Broadband,
Verizon, Virgin Media, and many others.
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