Mexico Sports Broadcasting Media (Television and Telecommunications) Market Landscape
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The Mexico Media Landscape Report provides an overview of the television and telecommunications market in relation to sports broadcasting in Mexico today, with top-level data and detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2028. The report analyses the television, SVOD, mobile handset and residential fixed-line broadband sectors, as well as a review of major sports media rights.
Scope
By the end of 2023, there were an estimated 16.6 million pay-TV accounts in Mexico, a decrease of 625,000 from 2022. DTH was the leading pay-TV platform in 2023 with 6.2 million subscriptions
Spanish soccer’s LaLiga signed an eight-year extension with Sky, the DTH pay-TV unit of Grupo Televisa. The long-term agreement, which covers Mexico and Central America, is understood to be worth a total of around $556.3 million.
Mexico had an estimated 21.3 million subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) accounts at the end of 2023, an increase of 2.6 million or 13.8% from 2022. Over the forecast period, SVOD subscriptions will increase significantly to 30.9 million in 2028.
Total mobile subscriptions in Mexico reached 147.7 million in 2023. Over the next five years, total mobile subscriptions will grow at a CAGR of 4.9% with mobile operators adding a combined 21.8 million subscriptions and bringing the country’s total mobile subscriptions to 169.5 million in 2028.
Total fixed broadband lines will increase from 26.7 million in 2023 to 31.4 million by 2028, supported by steady growth in cable internet and fixed wireless access (FWA) lines and strong growth in fibre-to-the-home/building (FTTH/B) subscriptions, on the back of fiber broadband network coverage expansion initiatives.
Key Highlights
Cable TV overtook direct-to-home (DTH) satellite TV in 2022 to become the main pay-TV platform, with 8.1 million subscriptions, and will continue to grow over the forecast period, reaching 8.9 million in 2027.
Increased broadband adoption, both fixed and mobile, and the development of partnerships with telcos and traditional pay-TV players, will help to drive continued growth in the market.
4G is the leading mobile technology accounting for 74.2% of the total mobile subscriptions in 2022, and will remain the main mobile technology over the 2022-27 forecast period.
Fiber overtook cable during 2022 to become the main fixed broadband technology, holding a 37.0% subscription share by the end of the year.
Reasons to Buy
This Sports Broadcasting Media Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of the Mexican television and telecommunications markets, and service providers in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
Accompanying GlobalData’s Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in the Mexico’s pay-TV, SVOD, mobile handset and residential fixed broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.
With 23 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.
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