Chile Media Landscape

The Chile Media Landscape Report provides an overview of the television and telecommunications market in relation to sports broadcasting in Chile today, with top-level data and detailed forecasts of key indicators up to 2027. The report analyses the television, SVOD, mobile handset and residential fixed-line broadband sectors, as well as a review of major sports media rights.

Key Highlights

IPTV subscriptions will grow at a robust CAGR of 8.4% over the forecast period, from 1.0 million in 2022 to 1.6 million in 2027, supported by wider availability of fiber infrastructure and growing demand for multiplay service bundles.

SVOD growth in the market is supported by the ongoing fixed broadband network expansion by telecommunication operators, leading to increased broadband adoption.

4G accounted for 73.2% of total mobile subscriptions in 2022 and will remain the main mobile technology over the forecast period. However, 4G market share will decline to 55.6% in 2027, as 5G service adoption increases.

Fiber was the leading residential broadband technology in 2022, with a 63.1% share of the total fixed broadband connections in the country. The publisher expects fiber-optic fixed broadband service subscription share to increase to 80.2% in 2027, as the government and operators continue to invest in FTTX infrastructure.

Scope

• By the end of 2022, 3.3 million subscribers used pay-TV services in Chile, a fall of 142,000 from 2021. Cable TV was the primary technology to deliver pay-TV services in 2022.
• Chile’s pay-TV market is dominated by three operators -VTR, Telefonica's Movistar and DirecTV -which held a combined 68.9% share of the total pay-TV subscriptions in 2022.
• Chile had an estimated 2.9 million subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) accounts at the end of 2022, an increase of 269,000 or 10.3% from 2021.
• Total mobile subscriptions in Chile reached 31.4 million in 2022. Over the next five years, total mobile subscriptions will grow at a CAGR of 1.8% with mobile network operators (MNOs) adding a combined 2.8 million subscriptions and bringing the country’s total mobile subscriptions to 34.3 million in 2027.
• Total fixed broadband lines in Chile will increase from 4.4 million in 2022 to 5.6 million by the end of 2027, supported by growth in fiber to the X (FTTX) access on the back of ongoing fiber network expansion by the government and operators.

Reasons to Buy

• This Sports Broadcasting Media Report offers a thorough, forward-looking analysis of Chile television and telecommunications markets, and service providers in a concise format to help executives build proactive and profitable growth strategies.
• Accompanying the Forecast products, the report examines the assumptions and drivers behind ongoing and upcoming trends in the Chilean pay-TV, mobile handset and residential fixed broadband markets, including the evolution of service provider market shares.
• With 22 charts and tables, the report is designed for an executive-level audience, boasting presentation quality.