Colombia. According to the analysis of the data provided by the operators, carried out by the CRC, in Colombia there are 6.4 million connections to the closed television service, of which 6.3 million (98.5%) correspond to subscription television and 97.9 thousand connections (0.5%) to community television.
According to the published report, at the end of the first half of 2023, the penetration rate in the subscription TV service was 35.4 per 100 households, which represents a decrease of 1.2% compared to the same period of the previous year. As for the community television service, the penetration rate for the same period was 5.5 per 1000 households, 0.04% higher than that recorded in June 2022.
During the first half of 2023, subscription television service revenues reached $1.7 trillion pesos, while revenues associated with community television service were $14.7 billion pesos, evidencing an increase of 0.3% and 6.1%, respectively, compared to the first half of 2022.
The most used technology for access to the subscription TV service was HFC Digital, with 3.81 million subscribers (60.46% of total connections), followed by IPTV technology, with 1.2 million subscribers (19.48%) and satellite technology with 1.03 million subscribers (16.28%).
In terms of service coverage at the regional level, at the end of the first half of 2023, subscription TV operators had a presence in 1,116 municipalities in the country while community television operators were present in 116 municipalities. In terms of subscription television, Bogotá D.C., Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, Cundinamarca and Santander account for 65.2% of subscribers. Likewise, the five departments with the most associates of community television are Antioquia (36.7%), Caldas (9.7%), Cundinamarca (9.7%), Boyacá (8.6%) and Santander (8.4%).
In the subscription television service, the operator CLARO registers the highest share with 47.9% of subscribers, followed by UNE-EPM with 21.5%, MOVISTAR with 12.3% and DIRECTV with 10.1%.
"The published report contains analyses that provide detailed information on the behavior of subscription and community television services, which serves as a reference input for future decision-making for the benefit of users in the country. From the CRC we continue to work to make relevant and up-to-date data on the behavior of communications services in the country available to our value groups." Nicolás Silva Cortés, Commissioner and Executive Director of the CRC, concluded.
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