This statistic outlines the number of pay television service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by type of transmission. In 2021, Online TV had nearly 19 million subscribers. It was followed by IP TV with over five million subscribers.
Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission
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The source adds the following: "The annual and quarterly data are subject to updates by the operators that supply the information and, therefore, there may be modifications with respect to the published , always prevailing the last data that are shown ". In addition, reports that "the number of pay-TV subscribers does not have to match the annual data, because the number of operators required on a quarterly basis is lower."
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Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. (June 2, 2022). Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission (in 1000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. "Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission (in 1000s)." Chart. June 2, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. (2022). Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission (in 1000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia. "Number of Pay-tv Service Subscribers in Spain in 2021, by Means of Transmission (in 1000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/
Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission (in 1000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/ (last visited April 12, 2025)
Number of pay-TV service subscribers in Spain in 2021, by means of transmission (in 1000s) [Graph], Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia, June 2, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/774493/subscribers-from-the-tv-from-payment-by-medium-from-transmission-spain/
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