{"id":12378,"date":"2023-03-13T10:10:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/western-european-pay-tv-revenues-forecast-5-billion-decline\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T11:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T15:36:44","slug":"western-european-pay-tv-revenues-forecast-for-5-billion-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2023\/03\/13\/western-european-pay-tv-revenues-forecast-for-5-billion-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Western European Pay-TV Revenues Forecast for $5 Billion Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"
Digital TV Research is projecting that Western European pay-TV revenues will decline by nearly $5 billion between 2022 and 2028 to $22 billion, down by 18 percent.<\/p>\n
The pay-TV subscriber count is forecast to drop by 7 percent, so revenues will fall faster, revealing lower TV ARPUs and less emphasis on TV from the operators.<\/p>\n
Pay-TV revenues are expected to slip in every country in the region, except Malta, between 2022 and 2028. The U.K. and France will each decline by $1 billion, according to the firm.<\/p>\n
Simon Murray, principal analyst at Digital TV Research, said: \u201cIPTV revenues overtook digital cable in 2022. IPTV will surpass satellite TV in 2025 to become the most lucrative platform.\u201d<\/p>\n
Satellite TV will lose $3 billion between 2022 and 2028, as satellite TV subscribers are converting to platforms that offer broadband connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Digital TV Research is projecting that Western European pay-TV revenues will decline by nearly $5 billion between 2022 and 2028 to $22 billion, down by 18 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":12379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,69],"tags":[667],"class_list":["post-12378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-analysis","category-top-stories","tag-digital-tv-research"],"yoast_head":"\n