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Companies providing paid broadcasting services (cable TV and IP TV) recorded a slight growth of income gained in the first quarter of 2017, as reported by the National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI).
Thus, in the first six months this year the amount of sales of paid TV services grew by 4.6% as compared to the same period last year, totaling MDL 79 million, while the total number of subscribers decreased by 3.1% compared to the end of 2016 to make 262,000 persons.
Higher profits from TV services were determined by a boost in sales achieved by suppliers operating IP TV networks. These went up by 16.9% as against 2016, totaling MDL 36 million. At the same time, sales made by cable TV network suppliers decreased by 3.5% to make over MDL 43 million.
The smaller total number of subscribers was caused by a lessening of the cable network suppliers’ customer base by 5.9%, which totaled 180,600 persons. At the same time, the IP TV networks customer base went up by 3.7% to reach a number of 81,000 subscribers.
According to ANRCETI statistics, at the end of the year’s first quarter major providers of paid TV services held the following market shares depending on their turnover: Moldtelecom – 32%, Sun Communications – 24.2% and TV BOX – 13.1%. The combined market share of other TV service providers made up 30.7%.
