[Satellite Today 06-02-09] Pay-TV offerings will continue to see the strongest growth in Asia throughout the next three years, according to a study from U.S. research firm ABI Research issued June 1.
    The quarterly study, “Pay-TV Subscriptions,” said the Asia-Pacific region will continue leading subscription growth, delivering a 37 percent compound annual growth rate over the next three years.
    The study claims that growth in IPTV also will be strong with telco-provided TV growing at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 29 percent over the next three years to 47 million subscribers globally by the end of 2011.
    “By the end of 2008, telco TV usage continued to be concentrated in countries such as France, South Korea and Hong Kong. Massive countries such as China and India are still very much inhibited by the lack of sufficiently broad bandwidth, but they are expected to be high growth markets in the years to come,” ABI Research industry analyst Serene Fong said in a statement.