The pay-TV channels in Europe fell by 5.8% from … – RTVE

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Crisis has affected pay-TV in Europe, and the number of operators has been reduced by 5.8% in the last five years, from 8,381 traders had in 2009-7898 in 2013, according to the latest yearbook European Audiovisual Observatory made public Wednesday.

reduction has particularly affected the cable business, which has lost more than 500 channels (7.551 emit frequencies currently compared to 8,079 five years ago), and mobile television (53 vs. 77).

On the contrary, gained the number of satellite platforms (from 73 to 80), the pay DTT channels (25 to 33) and the operator of Internet television (from 127-181).

According to the study of the observatory, the global weight of the 50 major industry groups European audiovisual (including TV, movies, music and video games) has fallen in the last five years five points, from 17.1% in 2009 to 12.5% ​​in 2013. contrast, the share of majors United States increased from 57.7% to 66.4%.

As for television, public income groups fell EU 33,400 million in 2009 to 32,600 million in 2012. The proportion of these revenues was 76.2% public contribution, 21.4% commercial sources (advertising, pay-TV fees, sale of rights and products, etc. ) and 2.4% of other income.

The turnover of the 19 largest European private TV groups rose 1% in 2013 . Pay TV gained 1.5% and commercial free TV remained virtually stable (-0.1%).

Analysis of fiction programming (films, TV movies, series, animation ) in 35 television channels in the United States in 2012 shows that the time proportion of European fiction was only 8.2% , including 7% for fiction productions or co-productions financed between European producers and producers from around the world (mainly U.S.).

In comparison, the proportion of American fiction on European television exceeds 52% . The yearbook also shows that 59.5% of services available video on demand in the countries of the European Union by U.S. groups are controlled.