• Cable TV: number of households in Germany 2020

This data illustrates the development of the number of households with cable TV reception in Germany from 2008 to 2020. In 2020, the number of households with cable TV access amounted to 16.8 million, a decrease compared to the previous year at 17.22 million.

Number of households with cable TV access in Germany from 2008 to 2020 (in millions)

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2008 to 2020

Special properties

Private households

Supplementary notes

* Decrease first and foremost due to a changed projection base. The source adds the following: "The results of the 2011 census showed slight structural differences in the earlier extrapolation in reference to regional distribution, age and gender of the total population and the German population. (...) The number of households therefore decreased proportionately by 1.7 percent or 0.7 million."

Several reception routes are possible per household.
The source includes the following explanation: "As the record of the reception perspective in households with a TV is at the forefront of this survey, TV devices connected to a satellite master antenna system (SMATV) which require no separate receiver are counted as cable reception. TV devices with their own satellite receiver are counted as satellite reception. [...] Households with more than one transmission route for a TV signal were counted multiple times. The sum of all reception routes is more than 100 percent."