Thread: VOD Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Old 20-01-2019, 10:45   #511
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Re: Linear is old tech - on demand is the future
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Originally Posted by jfman View Post
That's right, my earlier link was about the US, and where they go, we will follow. I have never said we will see a mass reduction in pay tv channels this year, mine was a longer term prediction. However, we will be seeing the first signs of this future trend in the short to medium term, I believe.

Relevant paragraphs in that link were:


Main insights unveiled in the Yearbook which surveyed 41 countries were that the total number of households subscribing to pay-TV continues to increase with IPTV’s share of pay-TV subscribers up to 25%, yet with cable stagnating over the last five years, and satellite growth grinding to a halt.

Pay on-demand revenues in the region in the 2018 period grew on average by 45% per year between 2013 and 2017 and main was driver for growth was subscription VOD, with a 74% average annual growth rate. Subscription video-on-demand accounted for nearly three-quarters (72%) of revenues while transactional VOD retail was found to be growing faster than rental and accounts now for 42% of TVOD revenues.
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