According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2023, around 62 percent of households stated that they paid for IPTV. Cable TV subscriptions have been decreasing every year, having fallen to 39 percent. Satellite TV, on the other hand, was only paid for by a small share of households.
Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type
Multiple types of subscriptions per household were accepted.Â
Pay television subscribing households include those who use not only televisions but also other devices such as personal computers.
Since 2011, KISDI has tracked the cross-media usage of about 5,000 households and the members by means of household visits, interviews and self-reported written media diary on the media use patterns across 17 cities and provinces in South Korea.
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KISDI. (December 1, 2023). Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/
KISDI. "Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type." Chart. December 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/
KISDI. (2023). Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/
KISDI. "Share of Households Subscribing to Pay Television in South Korea as of July 2023, by Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/
KISDI, Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of July 2023, by type [Graph], KISDI, December 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/779364/south-korea-pay-television-subscription-by-type/
