Swiss cable TV subscribers down 1.8% in 2014

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Thursday, March 5th, 2015 

According to figures from Swisscable, the sectoral association for cable TV companies in Switzerland, the number of cable TV subscribers in the country at the end of December 2014 was 2.6428 million, down 49.6 thousand, or 1.8%, versus the 2.6924 million recorded at the end of December 2013. Cable TV remains the leading distribution technology for TV with a market share of 62%.

Swisscom TV and Sunrise TV are IPTV services

Cable TV subscribers:

31.12.2013  31.12.2014           Change
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 2,692,400   2,642,800  -49,600 (-1.8%)