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Telco, Internet TV Fragment Divided At Line TV Marketplace Share, Says ABI Research

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May 24, 2011 3:02 PM

New marketplace information from ABI Research reveals North American and Western European line TV operators faced subscriber losses final year consequent from the accessibility of Telco TV and online television.

The data, presented in " Pay-TV Subscriber Market Data ," uncover that whilst line TV still garners the paramount marketplace share worldwide, its relations share of pay TV subscriptions declined from 72 percent in 2009 to 69 percent final year.

Emerging markets in Latin America and elsewhere, however, go on to grow. In Brazil where there is paltry line TV availability, a new outline from the national telecom regulator aims to expostulate line TV invasion to 10 percent this year, ABI Research said. Currently, of Brazil's 59 million households, 17 percent register to a few pay-TV service.

The switch off of analog radio service around the world moreover is having an impact. According to ABI Research researcher Khin Sandi Lynn, the accessibility of new digital TV platforms will give viewers more radio observation choices and repercussions the pay-TV market.

"Digital terrestrial TV (DTT) channels and high-definition (HDTV) channels are attainment recognition in pay-TV markets," Lynn said. "ABI Research expects that there will be more than 230 million high-definition TV subscriptions opposite not similar platforms at the finish of 2011."

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