SVOD subscriptions to hit 1.5bn by 2026: Digital TV Research
SVOD subscriptions in India are expected to almost triple between 2020 and 2026 to 155m, representing 10% of the world’s total.
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SVOD subscriptions in India are expected to almost triple between 2020 and 2026 to 155m, representing 10% of the world’s total.
Online TV platforms will add 63m subscribers between 2020 and 2026 to take its total to 378m.
SVOD revenues are reportedly set to climb by $59bn between 2020 and 2026 to $126bn, with SVOD's total share decreasing slightly from 62% in 2020 to 60% in 2026.
Online SVOD consumer spending revenue is forecast to grow at 15% CAGR over 2020-25 to reach $31.6bn by 2025, representing 40% market share.
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The total Asia Pacific (APAC) pay-TV subscriber base grew 3% in 2020 to reach 668m, representing 62% penetration of total TV homes, adjusted for multiple subscriptions in a home.
Online video subscriptions revenue grew by 142% in India in 2020, with SVOD revenues rising from $265m in 2019 to $639m at the end of 2020.
The number of TV homes receiving HD content from 19.2 degrees East also continued to increase to 84%, representing an increase of almost 30% over the past five years.
Revenues for both AVOD and SVOD in APAC will double between 2020 and 2026 to $22bn and $28bn respectively.
The report stated that the growth in digital entertainment helped to offset partially the decrease in the global box office caused by theatre closures during the pandemic.
According to the report by Digital TV Research, India will add 21m and together with China, will have nearly 500m subscribers.
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The study also forecasts an increase of nine million subscribers in South Africa, with Nigeria closing in on 11m subscribers in total.
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Globally, revenue in the home entertainment segment is projected to reach $12.2bn this year, with an expected annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.1% between 2020-2025.
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South Africa (3.24mn by 2025) will remain the subscription leader, with Nigeria (2.14mn) in second place.
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SVOD revenues will exceed $1bn in 16 countries by 2025, which is double from eight countries in 2019.
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From the $16bn additional OTT revenues in 2019, SVOD contributed $12bn.
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By 2025, 291m SVOD subscriptions will come directly to SVOD platforms via mobile apps.
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People aged between 25 and 54 spend nearly eight hours listening each week, according to the report.
The decline comes despite the number of global pay-TV subscribers rising by 35m between 2019 and 2025.
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Service providers are continuing to charge end users the regional sports network fees, even though live sporting events have been cancelled.
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While a boom in media rights for eSports was expected, the coronavirus outbreak may see the value of these rights jump significantly, the analyst said.
China and India together will account for 80% of the region’s 676m pay-TV subscribers by 2025.
The US was followed by China (17%), Germany (4%), and the United Kingdom (4%) for the same time period, according to the research.
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The ongoing shift to OTT is creating value for companies throughout the video value chain, including pay-TV operators, the report said.
This, according to the latest report, will be $2.1bn more or triple the total revenue in 2019.
The revenue derived from SVOD in the African market is expected to increase by six times the current value by 2025, according to Digital TV Research.
African pay-TV subscriber numbers are set to climb by 54% between 2019 and 2025 to 47.26m, according to Digital TV Research.
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