Mexico - Convergence and Digital TV Broadcasting - Overview and Statistics

Synopsis

Archived report – this report was archived 27 June 2011 and has not been updated. In Mexico the main cable TV providers, Megacable, Cablemás and Cablevisión, had been incentivising the purchase of triple play bundles of cable TV, broadband and telephony, with great success. In early 2010 quadruple play appeared imminent as broadcasting giant Televisa received regulatory approval to acquire a stake in the mobile operator Nextel de Mexico. The acquisition was set to bring a much-needed source of competition against the dominant fixed line, broadband and mobile operators Telmex and Telcel. In the satellite TV market, Dish Mexico had early success with rapid subscriber growth. Axtel had also received regulatory approval to launch satellite TV and plans to begin offering triple-play services in 2010. This report provided an overview of Mexico’s digital TV broadcasting sector and its convergence with the broader telecommunications market.

1. Synopsis
2. Overview of media convergence
3. Triple play regulation issues
4. Digital TV broadcasting
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Cable TV (CATV)
  - 4.2.1 Megacable
  - 4.2.2 Cablemás
  - 4.2.3 Cablevisión
- 4.3 Direct-to-Home (DTH) Satellite TV
  - 4.3.1 Sky Mexico
  - 4.3.2 Dish Mexico
- 4.4 Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Systems (MMDS)
  - 4.4.1 MVS Multivisión
- 4.5 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)
5. Related reports

Table 1 – Pay TV subscribers by technology, annual change and penetration rate – 1998 - 2010
Table 2 – Megacable pay TV subscribers and annual change – 2001 - 2009
Table 3 – Megacable video and telephone ARPU – 2007 - 2009
Table 4 – Cablemás CATV subscribers and annual change – 2002 - 2009
Table 5 – Cablemás CATV and VoIP ARPUs and churn rates – 2006 - 2009
Table 6 – Cablevisión pay TV subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2009
Table 7 – Sky DTH subscribers and annual change – 2000 - 2009