Media > Pay TV subscribers: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Percentage of households subscribing to pay TV service (Data is for 1999).

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	Belgium	118%	1999
2	Norway	102%	1999
3	Switzerland	97%	1999
4	Netherlands	90%	1999
5	United States	77%	1999
6	Canada	74%	1999
7	Denmark	72%	1999
8	Japan	65%	1999
9	Sweden	64%	1999
10	Ireland	60%	1999
11	Germany	55%	1999
	Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile)	51%	1999
12	Finland	49%	1999
13	France	44%	1999
14	Austria	35%	1999
15	United Kingdom	31%	1999
16	Australia	22%	1999
17	New Zealand	19%	1999
18	Italy	11%	1999

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All of the top 2 countries by pay TV subscribers are Christian.
United States ranked first for pay TV subscribers amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 1999.
All of the bottom 18 countries by pay TV subscribers are High income OECD.
All of the top 4 countries by pay TV subscribers are European.
All of the top 3 countries by pay TV subscribers are Cold countries'.
All of the top 2 countries by pay TV subscribers are NATO.
Australia ranked second last for pay TV subscribers amongst English speaking countries in 1999.
Netherlands ranked first for pay TV subscribers amongst Non-religious countries in 1999.
Belgium ranked first for pay TV subscribers amongst European Union in 1999.
Italy ranked last for pay TV subscribers amongst Eurozone in 1999.

How can 118% of Belgium's population subscribe to pa-per view TV? are they so daft they pay twice.

Posted on 25 Mar 2010

tony

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