Global TV Revenues Grow to $265 Billion in 2018

Middlesex, UK, Oct. 21, 2018 — Global  revenues  from  traditional  pay  TV  and  OTT  TV  episodes  and  movies  will reach US$ 265 billion in 2018; up from US$ 254 billion in 2017 and US$ 234 billion in 2015.

Simon Murray, Principal Analyst at Digital TV Research, said: “This growth comes despite pay TV revenues falling by US$ 4.4 billion in 2018. OTT TV episode and movie revenues, including AVOD, will climb by US$ 15.4 billion in 2018. So, OTT’s share of the total will double from 13% in 2015 to 26% in 2018.”

Despite pay TV revenues falling according to the TV Databook report, the number of subscribers continues to rise – reaching 1,032 million by end-2018, up from 922 million in 2015.

The total number of TV subscriptions will reach 1.51 billion by end-2018; up by 38% from 1.09 billion in 2015. SVOD subscriptions will climb by 304 million over the same period to reach 474 million. Therefore, SVOD’s share of the total will double from 16% in 2015 to 31% in 2018.