11th World Telecommunication/ICT
Indicators Symposium (WTIS-13)
Mexico City, México, 4-6 December 2013
Contribution to WTIS-13
Document C/10-E
5 December 2013
English
SOURCE:
ITU
TITLE:
TV broadcasting indicators
Committed to Connecting the World
11th World Telecommunication/ICT
Indicators Symposium (WTIS)
Mexico City, 4-6 December 2013
TV broadcasting indicators
Ivan Vallejo
Market analyst, ICT Data and Statistics Division
International Telecommunication Union
International
Telecommunication
Union
Committed to Connecting the World
TV broadcasting
International Standard Industrial Classification
of All Economic Activities (Rev 4) includes under
telecommunications the “transmission of
television signals”
Since 1960, ITU collects data to measure TV
uptake
WSIS, Target 8: “Ensure that all of the world’s
population has access to television and radio
services”
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Background – recent ITU work
WTIM 2012 held in Bangkok in September 2012
o Session on digital broadcasting
o EGTI mandated to define indicators for new
TV services, such as IPTV
EGTI reviewed ITU indicators on TV
broadcasting in 2013
MIS 2013, launched in October 2013
Ch. 5: Digital Broadcasting Trends
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MIS 2013 – Findings digital broadcasting
1. Globally, almost 80% of households with a TV
2. Digital transition passed the halfway mark
Households with digital TV
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MIS 2013 – Findings digital broadcasting
3. Increasing cross-platform competition
Households with TV by platform
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MIS 2013 – Findings digital broadcasting
4. Growth of pay TV
Households with pay TV
Pay TV subscriptions
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ITU data on TV broadcasting
TV broadcasting
Content
Networks and devices
Administrative
records
√
Survey data
Censuses
Household surveys
Data from operators
Regulators, ministries
National statistical offices
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ITU indicators on broadcasting
% HH with a TV
√hh
% HH with a radio
TV platform
TV subscriptions √adm,hh
Cable
- Analogue
- Digital
Satellite pay TV
IPTV
Pay DTT
TV without
subscription
√hh
~
est.
Free-to-air (FTA)
analogue terrestrial TV
√adm
FTA digital terrestrial
(DTT)
FTA satellite
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ITU indicators on TV broadcasting
EGTI proposed changes to administrative
indicators on TV broadcasting:
We are
referring
to pay TV
TV platform
TV subscriptions
IPTV
Cable TV
Satellite TV
Other
Pay DTT
MMDS
…
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ITU indicators on TV broadcasting
Not covered by the proposed administrative
indicators:
Free-to-air TV √household surveys
TV coverage
Over-the-top (OTT) Internet TV and
video, e.g. YouTube or Netflix
Mobile TV
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