Digital TV subscription number rises 15,000 in February – NMHH Hungary’s biggest digital television companies had 1.46 million subscribers at the end of February 2011, up 15,000 from a month earlier, the National Media and Telecommunications Authority (NMHH) said on Friday.
The data cover Hungary’s twelve biggest digital television service providers, which control 80-85% of the market.
The number of their digital subscribers with cable or IPTV connections rose by 6,000 to 577,000 during the month. The number with satellite connections climbed 9,000 to 888,000.
Slightly more than 3 million Hungarian households are pay-television subscribers. About 800,000 households watch analogue, digital or satellite television content for which broadcasters do not charge. Subscriptions at the twelve service providers totaled 2.692 million at the end of February.
Taking into account all services, UPC was market leader at the end of February with a market share of 28.9%, slipping 0.1% from a month earlier, while Magyar Telekom’s market share also dropped, decreasing 0.2% to 24.8% and the share of DIGI rose to 26.6% from 26.1%.
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