Pay TV in Western Europe: market sizings and forecasts 2005-2013

Executive summary

Introduction and scope

• This report provides pay-TV forecasts for seven individual country markets, the Nordic region and Western Europe as a whole
• The data annex provides the following measures
• Forecast definitions

Synopsis of market trends across Western Europe

• IPTV and DTT services will drive the growth of subscriptions in Western Europe
• PPV/VoD services will account for 10% of pay-TV spend in 2013
• The greatest increases in pay-TV take-up will be in markets where CATV penetration is low
• France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, the Nordic region, Spain and the United Kingdom

Forecast assumptions

• Figure 1: Pay-TV households in Western Europe, 2005- 2013
• Figure 2: Pay-TV spend in Western Europe, 2005- 2013
• Figure 4: Countries included in this report
• Figure 5: Definition of forecast terms
• Figure 6: Pay-TV households by service platform in Western Europe
• Figure 7: Pay-TV spend in Western Europe by subscription type
• Figure 8: Pay-TV household penetration versus pay-TV ASPS, 2007- 2013
• Figure 9: Pay-TV households by service platform in France, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 10: Pay-TV households by service platform in Germany, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 11: Pay-TV households by service platform in Ireland, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 12: Pay-TV households by service platform in Italy, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 13: Pay-TV households by service platform in the Netherlands, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 14: Pay-TV households by service platform in the Nordic region, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 15: Pay-TV households by service platform in Spain, 2007 and 2013
• Figure 16: Pay-TV households by service platform in the UK, 2007 and 2013
• Table 1a- f: Pay-TV forecast assumptions