Asia’s top operators to gain pay TV market share

Pay TV subscriptions for the top 65 operators across 17 countries covered in the Asia Pacific Pay TV Operator Forecasts report will increase by nearly 100 million from a collective 438 million in 2015 to 536 million by 2021.

Top five Asia Pacific pay TV operators by subscribers (000) Operator 2015 Operator Country 2021 China Radio & TV 239,000 China Radio & TV China 250,719 China Telecom 22,948 China Telecom China 39,217 BesTV (China) 13,769 BesTV (China) China 23,530 Den Networks (India) 13,000 Hathway (India) India 19,296 Dish TV (India) 12,605 Den Networks (India) India 17,394 Source: Digital TV Research. Note: paying subscribers only

Covering 87 platforms, these operators will climb from 81% of Asia Pacific pay TV subscribers in 2015 to 83% by 2021. The top 10 operators will continue to account for two-thirds of subscribers over the next five years. Seven operators had more than 10 million subscribers by end-2015 - and this number will climb to 12 operators by 2021. China and India dominate the operator rankings by subscribers.

At the other end of the scale, 10 operators will experience subscriber decreases between 2015 and 2021.

Subscription and PPV revenues for the 65 operators will climb by nearly $6 billion between 2015 and 2021 to $31 billion. These operators will maintain their three- quarters share of Asia Pacific pay TV revenues for the next five years. However, the proportion for the top 10 operators will fall from 54% in 2015 to 49% in 2021.

The dominance of China and India is diminished when the operators are ranked in revenue terms [subscriptions and PPV only]. Two operators (both from China) will add more than $500 million in revenues. However, 16 operators will lose revenues, with Foxtel (down by $147 million) declining by the most.

For more information on the Asia Pacific Pay TV Operator Forecasts report, please contact: Simon Murray, [email protected], Tel: +44 20 8248 5051

Asia Pacific Pay TV Operator Forecasts

Table of Contents

Published in August 2016, this 112-page electronically-delivered report comes in two parts:

 An 84-page PDF giving a global executive summary, operator analysis, country-by-country analysis and forecasts.  An excel workbook giving comparison tables and country-by-country forecasts in detail for 65 operators with 87 platforms across 17 territories for every year from 2010 to 2021.

Forecasts (2010-2021) contain the following detail for 17 countries:

By country: TV households Digital cable subs Analog cable subs Pay IPTV subscribers Pay digital satellite TV subs Pay DTT homes Total pay TV subscribers Pay TV revenues

By operator (and by platform by operator): Pay TV subscribers Share of pay TV subscribers by operator Subscription & VOD revenues Share of pay TV revenues by operator ARPU

Countries and operators covered:

Country No of ops Operators Australia 1 Foxtel China 4 China Radio & TV Network; China Telecom; BesTV; China Unicom Hong Kong 2 Now TV; i-cable India 11 Dish TV; Hathway; Siti; Tata Sky; Videocon d2h; In Digital; Airtel Digital; Sun Direct; Den Networks; Reliance; MTNL Indonesia 10 Indovision; Transvision; Top TV; Okevision; Linknet; Orange TV; Big TV; K Vision; Telkom; NexMedia Japan 3 NTT; J:Com; SkyPerfecTV Malaysia 2 Astro; TM Nepal 1 Dish Media New Zealand 2 Sky; Vodafone Pakistan 1 PTCL Philippines 2 Cignal; SkyCable Singapore 2 StarHub; Mio S Korea 8 KT Olleh/Skylife; CJ Hellovision; B TV; LG U+; T Broad; D’Live; CMB; Hyundai HCN Sri Lanka 2 Dialog; Peo Taiwan 4 CHT; Taiwan Broadband; TWM; CNS Thailand 2 TOT; Truevisions Vietnam 8 SCTV; VTVCab; VNPT; K+; HTV-TMS; Viettel; AVG; FPT

Digital TV Research publication schedule for 2016 Title Publication Price Date 1 Digital TV Sub-Saharan Africa Forecasts January £900/$1350/€1125 2 Digital TV Middle East & North Africa January £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 3 Digital TV Asia Pacific Forecasts March £900/$1350/€1125 4 Digital TV Latin America Forecasts March £900/$1350/€1125 5 Digital TV North America Forecasts March £500/$750/€625 6 Digital TV Eastern Europe Forecasts April £900/$1350/€1125 7 Digital TV Western Europe Forecasts April £900/$1350/€1125 8 Digital TV World Household Forecasts April £1300/$1950/€1625 9 Digital TV World Revenue Forecasts May £1300/$1950/€1625 10 Digital TV World Databook May £800/$1200/€1000 11 Middle East & Africa OTT TV & Video Forecasts May £900/$1350/€1125 12 Asia Pacific OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £900/$1350/€1125 13 Latin America OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £900/$1350/€1125 14 North America OTT TV & Video Forecasts June £500/$750/€625 15 Eastern Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £900/$1350/€1125 16 Western Europe OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £900/$1350/€1125 17 Global OTT TV & Video Forecasts July £1500/$2250/€1875 18 Asia Pacific Pay TV Operator Forecasts August £900/$1350/€1125 19 Middle East & Africa Pay TV Operator August £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 20 Latin America Pay TV Operator Forecasts August £900/$1350/€1125 21 North America Pay TV Operator Forecasts September £500/$750/€625 22 Eastern Europe Pay TV Operator September £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 23 Western Europe Pay TV Operator September £900/$1350/€1125 Forecasts 24 Global Pay TV Operator Forecasts October £1500/$2250/€1875 25 Middle East & Africa SVOD Forecasts October £900/$1350/€1125 26 Asia Pacific SVOD Forecasts October £900/$1350/€1125 27 Latin America SVOD Forecasts November £900/$1350/€1125 28 North America SVOD Forecasts November £500/$750/€625 29 Eastern Europe SVOD Forecasts November £900/$1350/€1125 30 Western Europe SVOD Forecasts December £900/$1350/€1125 31 Global SVOD Forecasts December £1500/$2250/€1875

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