Global Pay-TV Market Sees Growth

The global pay-TV market added 23 million new subscribers in the first two quarters of 2013, with growth in telco and satellite TV yet cable and terrestrial pay-TV services remaining relatively flat.

The pay-TV market is expected to continue to grow in all regions in 2013, with the Asia Pacific being the main contributor of subscriber net additions. North American pay-TV is growing at its slowest rate, since its saturation with more than 80-percent penetration. The growth of the North American pay-TV market will mainly be led by the region's telco TV market.

“ABI Research expects that worldwide pay-TV subscribers will reach 895 million by the end of 2013, to generate service revenue of $245 billion,” commented Jake Saunders, ABI Research's VP and practice director of core forecasting. more http://worldscreen.com/articles/display/2013-9-5-abiresearch-globalpaytv