Monday, September 05, 2005

India/Pay TV-markets


IndianTelevision.com: India fastest growing pay TV market: Fusion Consulting

"Asia Pacific's pay revenues stood at $25 billion in 2004 with heavyweights Japan, India and China accounting for 65 per cent of the total earnings in the region, according to Fusion Consulting estimates."

"The pay television subscribers numbered 205 million, 85 per cent of whom came from these three countries. Korea accounts for a further five per cent. "Over 90 per cent of the pay TV subscriber market resides in just four countries - Japan, Korea, China and India. But each of them are at a different stage of development," says Fusion Consulting, Singapore head of the media industry practice Peter Read."

"India is the fastest growing and the “most exciting” market in the region, easily outpacing that in China and Japan. Projecting a compound annual growth rate of close to 10 per cent, Fusion Consulting expects India’s pay TV subscriber households to approach 70 million by 2010, up from 50 million at the end of 2004. "The market continues to attract operators, programmers and distributors, despite chaotic infrastructure and confusing regulations," says Read."

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