APAC Pay-TV Retains Robust Future

The Asia-Pacific pay-TV industry will grow at a 6.6% average annual rate from 2014 to 2019, according to a new report, Asia Pacific Pay-TV & Broadband Markets, published today by industry analysts Media Partners Asia (MPA).

MPA projects industry sales to climb from US$52 billion in 2014 to ~US$72 billion by 2019, and to ~US$84 billion by 2023.

Despite robust growth, the region’s pay-TV industry is under pressure however, as the pace of both subscriber and revenue growth decelerates.

In Southeast Asia, a slowdown in Indonesia and Thailand as well as late-cycle maturity in Singapore will apply the brakes to regional momentum, partially offset by significant expansion in the Philippines and decent gains in Malaysia.http://mediabusinessasia.com/article.php?id=790