The pay TV service providers last year had 273,000 subscribers, a decrease of 4.7% on a year before. Sales on this market segment fell by 3.8% to 162 million lei, IPN reports.

According to the ICT regulatory ANRCETI, the number of subscribers to the cable network declined, while the clientele of the IP TV operators increased. However, those with cable TV are thrice higher in number than those connected to IP TV.

The data furnished by 89 TV service providers show that 60.8% of the subscribers last year received the TV signal in analogical format, while 39.2% in digital format.

The market shares of the largest pay TV service providers changed slightly. During a year, the market share of SA Moldtelecom rose slightly to 26.3%, while of SRL Sun Communications diminished slightly to 28.5%.