The number of cable subscribers increased 2.7% since the beginning of the year, to 3.67 million, while satellite TV subscriber numbers increased 3%, to 2.21 million, said ANCOM chief Catalin Marinescu at the International Digital Forum 2012.
He added the household penetration rate of audiovisual retransmission services increased to 83.5%, while the penetration rate of cable networks increased 51.8%.
The regulator also said 60% of subscribers were in urban areas and 79% of them were connected to cable networks. In rural areas, 64% of subscribers use DTH technology.
Marinescu said higher subscriber numbers boosted operators’ revenues, which rose slightly, from RON776 million in the first half of 2011 to RON796 million in the first half of this year.