Latin American Pay TV Subscribers Surpasses 66 million

Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 2, 2015--The latest Dataxis research shows that Latin America reached the 66.08 million Pay TV subscribers by the end of the third quarter of 2014. Thus, the region increased its user base by 1.2% in the quarter.

Brazil is the biggest market in Latin America with 19.4 million Pay TV subs and Mexico is placed second by exceeding the 16 million mark. The seven most important markets of the region (the two previously mentioned plus Argentina, Colombia, Peru, Chile and Venezuela) represent more than 87% of the total number of subscribers.

The leading access technology in Latin America is Satellite TV with 32.6 million customers, while Cable TV is close with 31.6 million. Meanwhile, IPTV users already add up to 895,000, since its base increased by 9.2% during the third quarter.