As of September 2021, around 10.3 million households in Canada subscribed to pay TV, down from nearly 10.5 million recorded in the previous year. Cable was the most common platform type to access pay TV. However, while the number of subscribers to cable an satellite TV recently declined, telecommunications and IPTV subscription households grew from 2020 to 2021.
Number of pay TV subscribers in Canada in 2020 and 2021, by platform type
(in 1,000s)
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Thinktv. (January 31, 2022). Number of pay TV subscribers in Canada in 2020 and 2021, by platform type (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 26, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/507072/number-pay-tv-subscribers-canada/
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Thinktv. (2022). Number of pay TV subscribers in Canada in 2020 and 2021, by platform type (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 26, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/507072/number-pay-tv-subscribers-canada/
Thinktv. "Number of Pay Tv Subscribers in Canada in 2020 and 2021, by Platform Type (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/507072/number-pay-tv-subscribers-canada/
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