IP Democracy: Telco TV Tops the Million Sub. Mark

Although the fiber-based initiatives of the top telcos grab all the headlines, the bundled DBS offerings of SBC, Verizon and BellSouth topped the million subscriber mark at the end of Q3 05, according to my analysis published in today’s IP Media Monitor.

At the end of Q3 05, Verizon, SBC and BellSouth counted a collective 1.18 million video customers. BellSouth led the way with 460K video customers, with SBC not far behind with 419K video subscribers. Verizon counted 300K video subscribers by the end of the quarter. While only a fraction of the sixty-five million video customers served by the cable industry, and only a fraction still of the twenty-five or so million subscribers served by EchoStar and DirecTV, the million-level milestone is nonetheless impressive given that at the end of Q4 04 the total video subscribers encompassed by the telcos was half that figure.

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on October 31, 2005 9:17 AM to IP Democracy