Telcos provide one-fifth of pay-TV subscriptions.

A new report finds that operations owned or controlled by telcos accounted for 140 million retail pay-TV customer connections globally at the end of 2014 and this total soared to 177 million during 2015 – equivalent to 19 percent of the total pay-TV subscriber base (up from 14 percent year-on-year).

Telco TV Forecast: 2015–20, the ‘Telco TV’ subscriber base is projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of four percent to 2020 (compared with two percent across the wider pay-TV market), reaching 210.4 million. 

While IPTV will remain the dominant means of delivering Telco TV, traditional cable and satellite platforms will also continue to play a big role, the analysis says.

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Source:tmforum