This essential guide to the future of pay TV provides an in depth analysis of the pay TV markets in all Western and key Eastern European markets.
The report includes market forecasts by delivery platform - including IPTV - and detailed analysis of the conversion of subscribers from analogue to digital services.The second edition of European Digital Pay TV Platforms comprises historical and forecast data from 1998 to 2008 for all the key elements of the pay TV markets in 21 Western and Eastern European markets.Growth in Europe's pay TV sector is now back on track and the past year has seen a rapid acceleration in the number of net pay TV additions.
By the end of 2003 there were 82.4m pay TV households in Europe and this number will rise by 13% to 94.4m in 2008.
The proliferation of cheaper set top boxes and renewed investment from cable operators is driving the migration from analogue to digital subscriptions.
At the end of 2003, just under one third of pay TV households were digital - by 2008 58% will be.Francois Godard, the author of the report states: ``This is an industry on a stronger financial footing than it was only a couple of years ago.
We believe that the growth perspectives are positive and more sustainable than they were during the boom years of the late 1990s and that the fast migration from analogue to digital will be the driving factor.`` * Historical data from 1998 to 2003 * Forecast data from 2004 to 2008 * Coverage of 17 Western and 4 Eastern European countries * Analysis of cable, DTH, terrestrial and IPTV platforms * Breakdown of analogue and digital pay TV homes * Pay TV market overviews for each country * Profiles of key players in each market List of countries * Austria * Belgium * Czech Rep * Denmark * Finland * France * Germany * Greece * Hungary * Italy * Luxembourg * Netherlands * Norway * Poland * Portugal * Rep of Ireland * Scandinavia * Spain * Sweden * Switzerland * UK