- Media & Advertising›
- Radio, TV & Film›
Global pay TV market 2015, by provider
Premium statistics
Industry-specific and extensively researched technical data (partially from exclusive partnerships).
A paid subscription is required for full access.
Global pay TV market 2015, by provider
Distribution of pay TV market worldwide in 2nd quarter 2015, by provider
The graph shows the distribution of pay TV market worldwide during the second quarter of 2015, by provider. Comcast held 18 percent of the global market in that quarter.
Pay TV market share worldwide– additional information
Despite the rise of cord-cutting and streaming services worldwide, the number of pay TV subscribers in the world is forecast to grow from 907 million in 2015 to just over one billion by 2021. In line with this growth in number of subscribers, the global pay TV revenue is projected to increase from 257 billion U.S. dollars in 2014 to 307.5 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. North America, led by the U.S., is the most profitable pay TV market as of 2015. The region is forecast to maintain its global leadership despite an expected small decline in revenue between 2015 and 2021. Revenue of the pay TV is forecast to grow in emerging markets such as Asia Pacific and Latin America in the same time frame. The revenue of pay TV in Asia Pacific, for example, is projected to increase from about 24 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 to 40 billion U.S. dollars by 2021.
As of the second quarter of 2015, two American providers were leaders in the global pay TV market. The Philadelphia-based Comcast and the California-based DirecTV, recently acquired by telecom giant AT&T, each held 18 percent of the share. Liberty Global, which has media billionaire and executive John Malone as chairman, and News Corp and 21st Century Fox, media conglomeration owned by Rupert Murdoch and his family, are also leading pay TV providers worldwide. In the U.S., Comcast is still the main pay TV provider, with 22.35 million pay TV subscribers as of the last quarter of 2015, and an estimate of 22 percent of the market share during the same year.
Distribution of pay TV market worldwide in 2nd quarter 2015, by provider
| Share | |
|---|---|
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| Share | |
|---|---|
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
| - | - |
Exclusive Premium statistic
You need a Premium Account for unlimited access.
Full access to 1.5m statistics
Incl. source references
Available to download in PNG, PDF, XLS format
Premium Account
only $49 / month
*
Exclusive content
Exclusive Premium statistic
You need a Premium Account for unlimited access.
Full access to 1.5m statistics
Incl. source references
Available to download in PNG, PDF, XLS format
Premium Account
only $49 / month
*
© Statista 2019
About this statistic
Show source
Download
Settings
Share
Chart type
Datalabels
Share on Social Media
Download started
Please be patient - this may take a moment
Please be patient - this may take a moment
Description
Source
More information
The graph shows the distribution of pay TV market worldwide during the second quarter of 2015, by provider. Comcast held 18 percent of the global market in that quarter.
Pay TV market share worldwide– additional information
Despite the rise of cord-cutting and streaming services worldwide, the number of pay TV subscribers in the world is forecast to grow from 907 million in 2015 to just over one billion by 2021. In line with this growth in number of subscribers, the global pay TV revenue is projected to increase from 257 billion U.S. dollars in 2014 to 307.5 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. North America, led by the U.S., is the most profitable pay TV market as of 2015. The region is forecast to maintain its global leadership despite an expected small decline in revenue between 2015 and 2021. Revenue of the pay TV is forecast to grow in emerging markets such as Asia Pacific and Latin America in the same time frame. The revenue of pay TV in Asia Pacific, for example, is projected to increase from about 24 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 to 40 billion U.S. dollars by 2021.
As of the second quarter of 2015, two American providers were leaders in the global pay TV market. The Philadelphia-based Comcast and the California-based DirecTV, recently acquired by telecom giant AT&T, each held 18 percent of the share. Liberty Global, which has media billionaire and executive John Malone as chairman, and News Corp and 21st Century Fox, media conglomeration owned by Rupert Murdoch and his family, are also leading pay TV providers worldwide. In the U.S., Comcast is still the main pay TV provider, with 22.35 million pay TV subscribers as of the last quarter of 2015, and an estimate of 22 percent of the market share during the same year.
Show morePay TV market share worldwide– additional information
Despite the rise of cord-cutting and streaming services worldwide, the number of pay TV subscribers in the world is forecast to grow from 907 million in 2015 to just over one billion by 2021. In line with this growth in number of subscribers, the global pay TV revenue is projected to increase from 257 billion U.S. dollars in 2014 to 307.5 billion U.S. dollars by 2020. North America, led by the U.S., is the most profitable pay TV market as of 2015. The region is forecast to maintain its global leadership despite an expected small decline in revenue between 2015 and 2021. Revenue of the pay TV is forecast to grow in emerging markets such as Asia Pacific and Latin America in the same time frame. The revenue of pay TV in Asia Pacific, for example, is projected to increase from about 24 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 to 40 billion U.S. dollars by 2021.
As of the second quarter of 2015, two American providers were leaders in the global pay TV market. The Philadelphia-based Comcast and the California-based DirecTV, recently acquired by telecom giant AT&T, each held 18 percent of the share. Liberty Global, which has media billionaire and executive John Malone as chairman, and News Corp and 21st Century Fox, media conglomeration owned by Rupert Murdoch and his family, are also leading pay TV providers worldwide. In the U.S., Comcast is still the main pay TV provider, with 22.35 million pay TV subscribers as of the last quarter of 2015, and an estimate of 22 percent of the market share during the same year.
- Show sources information
- Show publisher information
- Release date
- November 2015
- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- Q2 2015
Source
- Show sources information
- Show publisher information
- Release date
- November 2015
More information
- Region
- Worldwide
- Survey time period
- Q2 2015
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $588 / Year
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account!
Premium Account
Your perfect start with Statista
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$49 / Month *
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* All products require an annual contract.
Prices do not include sales tax.
Prices do not include sales tax.
Leading companies trust Statista:
Related Studies: Available to Download in PDF or PPTX Format
All Information
in one Presentation
Pay TV worldwide
- 126 page/s
- English
- pptx
- Detailed references
Everything On "Pay TV worldwide" in One Document: Edited and Divided into Handy Chapters. Including Detailed References.
I think of Statista as Google for researchers. Statista provides you with the information you search for right away.Dr. Horst Stipp
EVP, Research & Innovation, Advertising Research Foundation
Statistics on "Pay TV worldwide"
- Global overview
The most important statistics
- Global pay TV revenue from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)Global pay TV revenue 2010-2023
- Global pay TV revenue from 2010 to 2022, by platform (in billion U.S. dollars)Global pay TV revenue 2010-2022, by platform
- Number of pay TV subscribers worldwide in 2010, 2016 and 2022, by region (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers worldwide 2010-2022, by region
- Number of pay TV subscribers worldwide from 2nd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2017, by technology (in millions)Pay TV subscribers worldwide 2017, by technology
- Pay TV subscriber additions worldwide from 1st quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2018, by region (in millions)Pay TV subscriber additions worldwide 2018, by region
- Pay TV penetration rate in select countries worldwide in 1st quarter 2018Pay TV penetration rate 2018, by country
- Share of TV consumers who plan to change spending on linear pay TV worldwide as of October 2017Consumers who plan to change linear TV spending worldwide 2017
- Leading providers
The most important statistics
- Distribution of pay TV market worldwide in 2nd quarter 2015, by providerGlobal pay TV market 2015, by provider
- Revenue generated by Liberty Global plc from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Liberty Global plc revenue 2012-2018
- Comcast Corporation's revenue from 2006 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)Comcast Corporation's revenue 2006-2018
- Number of HBO subscribers worldwide from 2010 to 2017 (in millions)Number of HBO subscribers worldwide 2010-2017
- Revenue of Sky in the fiscal years 2007 to 2018 (in billion GBP)Sky's annual revenue 2007-2018
- Telefónica's revenue worldwide from 2006 to 2018 (in billion euros)Telefónica's global revenue 2006-2018
- Revenue of Canal+ Group from 2015 to 2017, by segment (in million euros)Revenue of Canal+ Group 2015-2017, by segment
- North America
The most important statistics
- Pay TV revenue in North America from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)Pay TV revenue in North America 2010-2023
- Pay TV penetration rate in the United States from 2010 to 2018Pay TV penetration in the U.S. 2010-2018
- Number of non-pay TV viewers in the United States from 2016 to 2021, by type (in millions)Number of non-pay TV viewers in the U.S. 2016-2021, by type
- Share of consumers with active premium TV channel subscriptions in the United States as of February 2017, by age groupConsumers with Premium TV channel subscriptions in the U.S. 2017, by age group
- Television subscription revenue in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)TV subscription revenue in the U.S. 2011-2020
- Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2018 (in millions)Pay TV providers with largest number of subscribers in the U.S. 2018
- Number and share of TV households without a traditional TV subscription in the United States from 2014 to 2018Number and share of cord-cutters/nevers in the U.S. 2014-2018
- Pay TV operating revenue in Canada from 2009 to 2017 (in million Canadian dollars)Pay TV revenue in Canada 2009-2017
- Latin America
The most important statistics
- Pay TV revenue in Latin America from 2006 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)Latin America: pay TV revenue 2006-2024
- Leading pay TV countries in Latin America in 2024, based on revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)Latin America: leading pay TV countries 2024, based on revenue
- Distribution of pay TV market in Latin America in 2nd quarter 2018, by providerLatin America: pay TV market 2018, by provider
- Pay TV penetration rate in Latin America from 2010 to 2019Latin America: Pay TV penetration 2010-2019
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Latin America from 2017 to 2023, by country (in millions)Latin America: number of pay TV subscribers 2017-2023, by country
- Pay TV piracy rate and share of under-reported pay TV users in selected countries in Latin America as of February 2017Latin America: pay TV piracy 2017, by country
- Pay TV revenue per subscriber (ARPU) in Latin America in 1st quarter 2018, by provider (in U.S. dollars)Latin America: pay TV ARPU 2018, by provider
- Number of households illegally accessing pay TV in Latin America from 2016 to 2022 (in thousands)Latin America: number of illegal pay TV households 2016-2022
- Europe
The most important statistics
- Number of pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe from 2016 to 2022, by platform (in millions)Number of pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe 2016-2022, by platform
- Pay TV revenue in Western Europe in 2017, 2018 and 2023, by platform (in million U.S. dollars)Pay TV revenue in Western Europe 2017-2023, by platform
- Number of pay TV households in Eastern Europe from 2010 to 2023, by platform (in 1,000)Pay TV households in Eastern Europe 2010-2023, by platform
- Countries with the highest pay TV revenue in Europe in 2017 and 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)Pay TV revenue in Europe 2017-2023, by country
- Consolidated operating revenues of the highest earning European television groups in 2017 (in million euros)Revenues of the leading European television groups 2017
- European pay TV operators with the largest number of subscribers in 2023 (in millions)*Leading European pay TV operators ranked by number of subscribers 2023
- Asia
The most important statistics
- Pay TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region in 2016, 2021 and 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)Asia Pacific: pay TV revenues 2016-2025
- Number of pay TV subscribers in the Asia Pacific region from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in Asia-Pacific 2010-2023
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Indonesia from 2016 to 2022 (in millions)Pay TV subscribers in Indonesia 2016-2022
- Number of pay TV subscribers in India from 2016 to 2022 (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in India 2016-2022
- Number of pay TV subscribers in China from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in China 2010-2023
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Vietnam from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in Vietnam 2010-2023
- Paid cable and satellite TV penetration rate in India from FY 2018 to FY 2023Pay TV penetration rate in India 2018-2023
- Pay TV advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region in 2016 and 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)Pay TV ad spend in Asia Pacific 2016-2021
- Africa & the Middle East
The most important statistics
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Africa in 2016 and 2021 (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in Africa 2016-2021
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, by platform (in millions)Number of pay TV subscribers in Africa 2017, by platform
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2016 to 2024, by provider (in thousands)Pay TV subscriber growth in Sub-Saharan Africa 2016-2024
- Number of pay satellite TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions)Number of DTH subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa 2010-2021
- Number of pay TV households in South Africa from 2012 to 2021 (in millions)Number of pay TV households in South Africa 2012-2021
- Distribution of pay TV subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa regions in 2016, by operatorPay TV subscriber distribution in MENA region in 2016, by provider
- Share of pay TV subscribers in Africa in 2nd quarter 2017, by platform Share of pay TV subscribers in Africa Q2 2017, by platform
- Share of households legitimately paying for TV signals in the Middle East and North Africa from 2011 to 2021Share of households legitimately paying for TV signals in MENA 2011-2021
Discover Statista
Need help with using Statista for your research?
Tutorials and first steps
Further Content: Statistics, Studies, and Topic Pages
Statistics
- Leading pay TV providers in Russia 2014, by market share
- Time Warner Cable - pay TV market share from 2008 to 2022
- Share of North American pay TV subscribers who were online video consumers 2015
- Liberty Global plc ARPU 2012-2016
- Liberty Global operating income 2013-2018
- Liberty Global subscription revenue 2016-2017
- Liberty Global subscription revenue worldwide 2017, by segment
- Liberty Global net earnings 2015-2017
- Leading European pay TV operators in 2012, by revenue
- Leading European pay TV operators in 2018, by revenue
- Colombia: pay TV revenue 2017, by provider
- Uruguay: number of pay TV subscribers 2016
- Colombia: number of pay TV subscribers 2017, by provider
- Leading pay TV providers worldwide 2020, by subscribers
- Leading pay TV providers worldwide 2014, by subscribers
- Central America pay TV market 2015, by country
- Share of scripted TV series in the U.S. 2018, by service provider
- Uruguay: pay TV subscribers 2017, by technology
- Impact of adaption measures on climate change according to AMS members 2016
- Leading MOCVD manufacturers - global market share 2007-2011
Studies
- Pay TV in Chile
- Pay TV in Brazil
- Pay TV in Argentina
- Pay TV worldwide
- Pay TV in the U.S.
- Pay TV in Latin America
- Pay TV in Mexico
- Pay TV in the United Kingdom (UK)
- Pay TV in Europe
- Cord-cutting in the U.S.
- HBO
- Television industry in the United Kingdom (UK)
- Television industry in Italy
- Television in Canada
- Vivendi
Statistics on "Pay TV worldwide"
- Global pay TV revenue from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Global pay TV revenue from 2010 to 2022, by platform (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of pay TV subscribers worldwide in 2010, 2016 and 2022, by region (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers worldwide from 2nd quarter 2016 to 2nd quarter 2017, by technology (in millions)
- Pay TV subscriber additions worldwide from 1st quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2018, by region (in millions)
- Pay TV penetration rate in select countries worldwide in 1st quarter 2018
- Share of TV consumers who plan to change spending on linear pay TV worldwide as of October 2017
- Distribution of pay TV market worldwide in 2nd quarter 2015, by provider
- Revenue generated by Liberty Global plc from 2012 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Comcast Corporation's revenue from 2006 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of HBO subscribers worldwide from 2010 to 2017 (in millions)
- Revenue of Sky in the fiscal years 2007 to 2018 (in billion GBP)
- Telefónica's revenue worldwide from 2006 to 2018 (in billion euros)
- Revenue of Canal+ Group from 2015 to 2017, by segment (in million euros)
- Pay TV revenue in North America from 2010 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Pay TV penetration rate in the United States from 2010 to 2018
- Number of non-pay TV viewers in the United States from 2016 to 2021, by type (in millions)
- Share of consumers with active premium TV channel subscriptions in the United States as of February 2017, by age group
- Television subscription revenue in the United States from 2011 to 2020 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Pay TV providers ranked by the number of subscribers in the United States as of December 2018 (in millions)
- Number and share of TV households without a traditional TV subscription in the United States from 2014 to 2018
- Pay TV operating revenue in Canada from 2009 to 2017 (in million Canadian dollars)
- Number of households in Canada that cut their TV subscription from 2012 to 2018 (in thousands)
- Pay TV revenue in Latin America from 2006 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading pay TV countries in Latin America in 2024, based on revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Distribution of pay TV market in Latin America in 2nd quarter 2018, by provider
- Pay TV penetration rate in Latin America from 2010 to 2019
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Latin America from 2017 to 2023, by country (in millions)
- Pay TV piracy rate and share of under-reported pay TV users in selected countries in Latin America as of February 2017
- Pay TV revenue per subscriber (ARPU) in Latin America in 1st quarter 2018, by provider (in U.S. dollars)
- Number of households illegally accessing pay TV in Latin America from 2016 to 2022 (in thousands)
- Number of pay TV subscriptions in Western Europe from 2016 to 2022, by platform (in millions)
- Pay TV revenue in Western Europe in 2017, 2018 and 2023, by platform (in million U.S. dollars)
- Number of pay TV households in Eastern Europe from 2010 to 2023, by platform (in 1,000)
- Countries with the highest pay TV revenue in Europe in 2017 and 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Consolidated operating revenues of the highest earning European television groups in 2017 (in million euros)
- European pay TV operators with the largest number of subscribers in 2023 (in millions)*
- Pay TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region in 2016, 2021 and 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in the Asia Pacific region from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Indonesia from 2016 to 2022 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in India from 2016 to 2022 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in China from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Vietnam from 2010 to 2023 (in millions)
- Paid cable and satellite TV penetration rate in India from FY 2018 to FY 2023
- Pay TV advertising spending in the Asia Pacific region in 2016 and 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Africa in 2016 and 2021 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2017, by platform (in millions)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2016 to 2024, by provider (in thousands)
- Number of pay satellite TV households in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2010 to 2021 (in millions)
- Number of pay TV households in South Africa from 2012 to 2021 (in millions)
- Distribution of pay TV subscribers in the Middle East and North Africa regions in 2016, by operator
- Share of pay TV subscribers in Africa in 2nd quarter 2017, by platform
- Share of households legitimately paying for TV signals in the Middle East and North Africa from 2011 to 2021
- Pay TV revenue in Africa from 2016 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Pay TV revenue in the Middle East and North Africa from 2010 to 2022, by platform (in million U.S. dollars)
- Pay TV revenue in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2017 to 2024 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading pay TV providers in Russia in 1st half 2014, by market share
- Time Warner Cable's pay TV market share in the United States from 2008 to 2022
- Share of pay TV subscribers who were pay-per-rental video consumers in North American in 3rd quarter 2015, by provider
- Average revenue per user (ARPU) generated by Liberty Global plc in the 4th quarters of 2012 to 2016 (in U.S. dollars)
- Operating income of Liberty Global plc from 2013 to 2018 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Subscription revenue of Liberty Global plc in 2016 and 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Subscription revenue of Liberty Global plc in 2017, by segment (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Net income of Liberty Global plc from 2015 to 2017 (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading European pay TV operators in 2012, by subscription and VoD revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Leading European pay TV operators in 2018, by subscription and VoD revenue (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Pay TV revenue in Colombia in 2017, by provider (in billion Colombian pesos)
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Uruguay from December 2011 to December 2016
- Number of pay TV subscribers in Colombia in 2017, by provider (in 1,000s)
- Leading pay TV providers worldwide in 2020, by number of subscribers (in millions)
- Leading pay TV providers worldwide in 2014, by number of subscribers (in millions)
- Distribution of pay TV market in Central America as of December 2015, by country
- Share of original scripted TV series in the United States in 2018, by distribution channel
- Distribution of pay TV subscribers in Uruguay as of December 2017, by technology
- Perception of extent of protection from climate change adaption measures according to AMS members worldwide as of January 2016*
- The leading MOCVD manufacturers from 2007 to 2011, based on market share
Statista Accounts:
Access All Statistics. Starting from $588 / Year
Related topics
About Statista
Statista offers dossiers and reports on over 170 industries. With Statista you are always able to make informed decisions and boost your work efficiency.
Internet & Telecommunications
- Social Media
- E-Commerce
- Online Video & Entertainment
- Advertising & Marketing
Consumer Goods & FMCG
- Alcoholic Beverages
- Cleaning Products
- Cosmetics & Personal Care
- Food & Nutrition
Retail & Trade
- Health & Hygiene
- International Trade
- Shopping Behavior
- Sports & Leisure
Travel, Tourism & Hospitality
- Business Travel
- Leisure Travel
- Accomodation
- Restaurants
Society
- Demographics
- Economy
- Education & Science
- Politics & Government
Transportation & Logistics
- Aviation
- Rail Transport
- Vehicles & Road Traffic
- Water Transport
Save statistic in .XLS format
You can only download this statistic as a Premium user.
Save statistic in .PNG format
You can only download this statistic as a Premium user.
Save statistic in .PDF format
You can only download this statistic as a Premium user.
Show source references
As a Premium user you get access to the detailed source references and background information about this statistic.
Show details about this statistic
As a Premium user you get access to background information and details about the release of this statistic.
Bookmark statistics
As soon as this statistic is updated, you will immediately be notified via e-mail.
Change statistics options
You need at least a Premium Account to use this feature.
Exclusive Corporate feature
This feature is limited to our corporate solutions.
Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data.
Corporate Account
We use cookies to personalize contents and ads, offer social media features, and analyze access to our website. In your browser settings you can configure or disable this, respectively, and can delete any already placed cookies. For details, please see your browser’s Help section (by pressing F1). Please see our privacy statement for details about how we use data.