Payed television has lost subscribers for the first time since 2006. In the first quarter of this year, a break of 2,000 subscribers were recorded when compared to the end of 2024.
Do people no longer come television? Are you more impoverished and the TV is no longer a priority? Or do you get other solutions? This year, for the first time since 2006, the pay television lost subscribers.
According to the National Communications Authority, the end of March existed in Portugal 4.7 million subscribers of the TV service by subscription.
On the one hand, they are 53,000 more than in the same year’s quarter; But, on the other hand, there are 2,000 less than in the previous quarter (less 0.1%). That is, the 1st quarter of 2025 marks a historical moment in the market: The increasing trend of the number of TV subscribers was reversed since 2006.
As details the (cm), the residential segmentin the last quarter of the year, it registered 4.1 million subscribers-39 thousand (+1.0%) than in the homologous quarter, and less 4,000 (-0.1%) than in the previous quarter. Represents 88.5% of the total of subscribers, reaching 92% of families.
In the non -residential segment the number of subscribers totaled 535 thousand, representing 11.5% of the total subscribers.
A opticalwith about 3.1 million subscribers, represented, in the first three months of this year, more than two thirds (67,4%) of the total subscribers, followed by TV per end (25%)a Satellite TV (92.4%) – DHT (6,3%) eo adsl (1,3%).
MEO has more subscribers
According to the ANACOM report relating to the period between January and March, the MEO Being the operator again with the most customers: registered 41,9%.
Follow NOS (35,9%)a Vodafone (19,4%) Ea.
A Meo and Vodafone were the operators that most subscribers captured In the face of the same quarter, with the quotas increasing 0.3 and 0.2 percentage points (PP), respectively. On the other hand, the Quota da (-0,4 p.p.).
