Despite the slowdown in economic growth in Latin America, the number of digital television subscriptions will double by 2020 and reach 152 million homes with the service, a penetration of 93.2 percent, detailed consultancy Digital TV Research.
According to the report, Brazil, Mexico and Argentina were added together 28, 11 and five million households respectively. In terms of pay TV will record in 2020 revenues 8,600, 5,600 and 2,300 million, 71 percent of the regional total, which increased by 2,600 million.
The digital terrestrial television outstrip Satellite main platform in 2016. The number of homes with Freeview will increase from 4.2 billion at the end of 2010 to 68,000,000 in 2020, a penetration rate of 41.9 percent. Meanwhile, DTH add another 10 million between 2014 and 2020, when this technology will reach a quarter of households with television.
Around 18.2 million digital cable subscribers will be added between 2014 and 2020; reaching a fifth of households with television. On the contrary, customers will analog cable 18 million 4.3 million only. IPTV, meanwhile, will grow from 1.3 million in 2014 to 6,800,000 in 2020.
The DTH platform will remain the largest pay television, with revenues of 16,700 million in 2020 , while cable will provide 5,900 million dollars. S and estimated revenues from digital cable and IPTV surpass those of analog cable in 2014 and 2020, respectively.
In 2014, Puerto Rico became the first country to complete the blackout analog in the region, achieving only equate Panama and Uruguay in the next five years.
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