Sri Lanka’s IPTV, good showcase for SAARC (Netgem) !!!

(05 Oct 2015)

Sri Lanka’s IPTV subscriber base

contributes to nearly 48 per cent 

of the overall SAARC* IPTV subscribers, 

followed by Pakistan and India with about 33 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.

(SAARC map)

"(...) IPTV is still evolving and is not widely accepted as a pay-TV model by SAARC countries. The total active IPTV subscriber base in SAARC (adding these three countries) will be around 270,000+.

(At the end of 2014,  Peo TV from Sri Lanka, had 124,000 subscribers)

Sri Lanka’s IPTV subscriber base contributes to nearly 48 per cent of the overall SAARC IPTV subscribers, followed by Pakistan and India with about 33 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.

Sri Lanka and Pakistan are showing high interest in pushing IPTV. On the other hand, Nepal’s internet service providers are planning to launch commercial IPTV services by the end of 2015. (...)

Source:
http://www.indiantelevision.com/technology/hardware/uplinking-and-downlinking/india-early-adapter-of-new-technology-but-not-iptv-dataxis-151005

 

(SAARC countries map)

*(SAARC) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation  (Population 2015 estimate, 1,713 millions)

More:
http://peotv.blogspot.pt/2015/04/peo-tv-software-upgrade-etc.html

Peo TV user guide - English (netgem stb / iptv solution)

http://www.statista.com/statistics/287379/sri-lanka-pay-tv-penetration-rate/