IPTV will cause cable’s market share to dip to 65.4% in 2013 from 66.2% in 2012

IPTV will cause cable’s market share to decline to 65.4 percent in 2013 from 66.2 percent in 2012.

However, the cable TV market will remain strong in Asia Pacific, especially due to the growth in China and India.

Cable TV will maintain the largest market share of the overall pay-TV market in 2013.

Pay-TV market added around 47 million subscribers in 2012 reaching 864 million subscribers.

ABI Research expects that the pay-TV market will continue to grow in 2013 to reach 907 million subscribers.

Jake Saunders, VP and practice director of core forecasting, said: “The growth in satellite, cable, and IPTV markets was strong, although digital terrestrial TV growth was flat in 2012.”

In 2013, the worldwide IPTV subscriber base is expected to add over 9 million subscribers to reach 79.3 million. More than half of the net addition will be from Asia-Pacific; China alone is expected to add more than 3 million subscribers. read more http://www.telecomlead.com/news/iptv-will-cause-cables-market-share-to-dip-to-65-4-in-2013-from-66-2-in-2012/