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On demand TV: $6bn by 2018

August 14, 2013

Based on forecasts for 97 countries, on-demand TV revenues from movies and TV programs (and excluding revenues from other sources such as sports and adult and also excluding SVOD packages and online TV & video (OTT)) will reach $6.0 billion in 2018, up by 44 per cent from $4.2 billion in 2012.

On-demand TV generated just 2.3 per cent of the $184 billion total pay TV revenues in 2012. However, the on-demand proportion will grow to 2.9 per cent of the $203 billion total in 2018. Growth in on-demand TV revenues in some mature markets will not be enough to compensate for falling subscription revenues.

The US accounted for 37 per cent of global on-demand TV revenues in 2012, but this proportion will fall to 30 per cent by 2018 – despite its revenues climbing by 16 per cent.

Simon Murray, report author, said: “The US is undoubtedly the most sophisticated on-demand TV market, with a long-standing consumer acceptance of the concept. Furthermore, the US has the highest rates of cinema attendance per capita in the world by some distance, which reveals a love of movie-watching.”

He continued: “However, on-demand TV is growing fast outside the US. For instance, China will more than double its revenues between 2012 and 2018. Indian revenues will almost triple over the same period.”

North America and Western Europe together accounted for 73 per cent of global on-demand TV revenues in 2012. Despite revenues growing by 20 per cent, these two regions combined will take only 61 per cent of the global total by 2018.

Revenues in Asia Pacific (up by 113 per cent), Eastern Europe (up by 89 per cent) and Latin America (up by 129 per cent) will rocket between 2012 and 2018. On-demand TV revenues in the Asia Pacific region will more than double between 2012 and 2018 to $1,457 million. Asia Pacific’s proportion of on-demand TV revenues will grow from 16 per cent in 2012 to 24 per cent in 2018.

Digital cable on-demand TV revenues are forecast to increase by $1 billion between 2012 and 2018 to reach $2.77 billion. IPTV on-demand TV revenues will nearly double over the same period to $1.00 billion by 2018. Satellite on-demand TV revenues will also rise, but only by 22 per cent over the same period to reach $1.79 billion – or nearly $1 billion lower than digital cable. Most of the digital terrestrial TV on-demand revenues will be confined to Western Europe, principally Italy.

 

 

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