Venezuela - Broadband and Broadcasting Market - Overview, Statistics and Forecasts

Synopsis

Fixed broadband penetration in Venezuela is below average for Latin America, lagging behind most of the region’s major markets. State-owned incumbent CANTV has a monopoly in the provision of ADSL, with which it dominates the broadband sector. The only competition comes from cable modems, wireless broadband, and satellite. As a result, broadband in Venezuela is slower and more expensive than in other Latin American countries. In fact, Venezuela’s mean download speed is the 11th slowest in the world, and the second slowest in Latin America after Bolivia. Pay TV penetration is relatively high for Latin America. The market leader is satellite TV operator DirecTV, closely followed by cable TV/triple play provider Inter. For digital terrestrial television, Venezuela has adopted the ISDB-Tb standard, and the first transmissions are expected to take place in five Venezuelan cities during 2011. This report provides an overview of Venezuela’s internet, broadband, and pay TV markets, accompanied by relevant statistics, analyses, and broadband scenario forecasts for the years 2010, 2015 and 2020.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Fixed broadband access market
  • 2.1 Overview
    • 2.1.1 Broadband statistics
    • 2.1.2 Broadband market analysis
    • 2.1.3 Major ISPs
  • 2.2 Cable modems
  • 2.3 Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL)
  • 2.4 Fibre-to-the-Home (FttH) services
  • 2.5 WiMAX
  • 2.6 Media convergence
    • 2.6.1 Triple play
    • 2.6.2 Broadband TV (IPTV)
• 3. Broadcasting
  • 3.1 Pay TV overview
    • 3.1.1 Pay TV statistics
  • 3.2 Cable TV
    • 3.2.1 Inter
    • 3.2.2 NetUno
    • 3.2.3 SuperCable
  • 3.3 Satellite-based digital pay TV developments
  • 3.4 Digital terrestrial TV
• 4. Forecasts – fixed broadband market – 2010; 2015; 2020
  • 4.1 Scenario 1 – higher broadband growth
  • 4.2 Scenario 2 – lower broadband growth
  • 4.3 Notes on scenario forecasts
• 5. Related reports

• Table 1 – Internet users and user penetration rate – 1997 - 2011
• Table 2 – Fixed broadband subscribers and penetration rates – 2000 - 2011
• Table 3 – Broadband market share by technology – 2001 - 2011
• Table 4 – CANTV – ADSL subscribers – 2000 - 2011
• Table 5 – Pay TV subscribers and penetration rates – 1997 - 2011
• Table 6 – Major pay TV providers – market share – 2010
• Table 7 – Forecast broadband subscribers – higher growth scenario – 2010; 2015; 2020
• Table 8 – Forecast broadband subscribers – lower growth scenario – 2010; 2015; 2020

• Chart 1 – Broadband technologies at a glance – 2001 - 2011
• Chart 2 – Major pay TV market share at a glance – 2010