(Telecompaper) Digital TV grows to 90% of all Dutch TV connections
Digital television increased to 90 percent of all TV connections in the Netherlands at the end of the second quarter of 2016, according to Telecompaper's latest quarterly report on the Dutch television market. Despite growing digital penetration, there were fewer TV connections overall, with a quarterly loss of 3,000 for slightly more than 7.8 million connections in total at the end of June. Digital TV grew by 0.2 percent during the quarter, which was not enough to offset the quarterly drop of 2.5 percent in analogue TV connections.
KPN continued to grow its share of the Dutch TV market, at the expense of cable operator Ziggo. KPN added 0.3 percentage points in Q2 2016 to take 29.6 percent of subscribers, while Ziggo lost 0.3 percent points for a share of 51.4 percent.