South East Asian markets consist mainly of cable and satellite connections. However, Dataxis has noticed an increasing share of IPTV subscribers in Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. With a 6% increase between July and September, the IPTV segment now represents 6.7 million subscribers.
Despite its leading position, Vietnam is not the most dynamic market among South East Asian countries. Its IPTV operators are meeting increasing difficulties to challenge traditional cable and satellite operators, particularly with content acquisition. Most IPTV market growth is coming from Indonesia, where the market leader, Telkom Indonesia, offers IPTV services in a bundle with its internet and telephone products. The company experienced an 8% quarter-on-quarter growth to 1.8 million subscribers, remaining the biggest IPTV provider among South East Asian countries.
Altogether, IPTV represents 19% of the Pay-TV market for this region, which grew by 3% to 35.8 million subscribers in the third quarter of 2017.
