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28 Mar 2023

Western European pay-TV now primarily OTT

Highlighting the continuous progression of over-the-top (OTT) services and its adoption by telcos, at the end of the third quarter 2022, OTT pay-TV and IPTV offers had crossed the 50% penetration mark of pay-TV subscriptions in Western Europe says Dataxis research. Furthermore, the study found that direct-to-consumer OTT now accounts for close to 60% of paying video in Western Europe as traditional premium satellite providers intensify their shift towards OTT. Dataxis noted that overall, historical pay-TV operators are increasingly turning away from traditional pay-TV offers to IP-based TV distribution. It calculates that in two years, the number of subscriptions to either IPTV or OTT has grown by almost 18% in Western Europe, while the other accesses have declined by 7.5%. [...]
21 Mar 2023

Big fall in Western European pay-TV revenues

Western European pay-TV revenues are forecast to decline by nearly $5 billion, or 18%, between 2022 and 2028. As a result, according to the latest report by Digital TV Research, they will total $22 billion in five years’ time. It adds that the pay-TV subscriber count will drop by 7%, so revenues will fall faster – revealing lower TV ARPUs and less emphasis on TV from the operators. The reports also says that pay-TV revenues will fall in every country in the region except Malta between 2022 and 2028. The UK and France, for instance, will each decline by $1 billion. Commenting on the findings of the report, Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “IPTV revenues overtook [...]