Never mind cord-cutting: the next five years look very healthy for the global pay-TV industry, with half the world’s homes to have such a service by 2017 says ABI Research. The analyst’s latest investigation into the pay-TV arena found that the worldwide pay-TV market shot past the 900 million subscriber mark at the end of the first quarter of 2015, representing 48% penetration, on track for over a billion subscribers by 2017. ABI projects that growth is set to continue steadily over the next five years, mainly boosted by emerging markets. “Worldwide pay-TV market is expected to reach 1.1 billion subscribers, generating US$307.5 billion in service revenue by 2020,” said industry analyst Khin Sandi Lynn. “The Asia-Pacific pay-TV market is likely to grow faster than most other regions in the years to come. ABI Research forecasts that pay-TV market in Asia-Pacific is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5%, generating US$79.4 billion in 2020.”
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