| At the moment there are 44 million homes that are receiving television broadcasts
from HotBird™. Well over 5.5 million are from with the
Russian-speaking world, where statistics are unavailable from some Eastern
European nations, Central Russia, and from Central Asian nations. |
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| Satellite TV market 2004 on Hot Bird™ |
Western Europe |
| Country |
TV-Households |
Cable/Satellite |
Cable |
DTH/SMATV |
| Austria |
3250 |
2179 |
1187 |
1047 |
| Belgium |
4235 |
4001 |
3865 |
198 |
| Denmark |
2391 |
650 |
430 |
230 |
| Finland |
2238 |
697 |
323 |
378 |
| France |
23918 |
6395 |
3567 |
2887 |
| Germany |
36424 |
26366 |
21415 |
6059 |
| Greece |
3601 |
411 |
0 |
411 |
| Ireland |
1338 |
515 |
408 |
132 |
| Italy |
20945 |
4941 |
105 |
4869 |
| Netherlands |
6978 |
6741 |
6523 |
385 |
| Norway |
2031 |
900 |
790 |
130 |
| Portugal |
3562 |
1644 |
1434 |
246 |
| Spain |
14065 |
1706 |
881 |
841 |
| Sweden |
3735 |
2120 |
1680 |
465 |
| Switzerland |
3112 |
2911 |
2537 |
435 |
| U.K. |
24487 |
4883 |
3195 |
1691 |
| Total |
156310 |
67059 |
48340 |
20404 |
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Central/Eastern Europe |
| Country |
TV-Households |
Cable/Satellite |
Cable |
DTH/SMATV |
| Belarus |
3569 |
230 |
130 |
110 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina |
1121 |
402 |
72 |
339 |
| Bulgaria |
2709 |
828 |
747 |
98 |
| Croatia |
1448 |
784 |
244 |
560 |
| Czech Republic |
3903 |
850 |
563 |
314 |
| Hungary |
3747 |
2131 |
1696 |
538 |
| Poland |
13596 |
7571 |
4309 |
3338 |
| Romania |
6551 |
3820 |
3680 |
160 |
| Russia |
51372 |
4711 |
3551 |
1194 |
| Slovakia |
1859 |
671 |
422 |
251 |
| Slovenia |
639 |
460 |
360 |
100 |
| Ukraine |
17655 |
1732 |
1511 |
228 |
| Total |
108169 |
24191 |
17285 |
7230 |
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North Africa / Middle East |
| Country |
TV-Households |
Cable/Satellite |
Cable |
DTH/SMATV |
| Algeria |
4716 |
3374 |
0 |
3374 |
| Egypt |
13311 |
3631 |
5 |
3634 |
| Israel |
1722 |
1137 |
981 |
186 |
| Jordan |
910 |
343 |
0 |
343 |
| Lebanon |
853 |
755 |
2 |
755 |
| Morocco |
4652 |
1707 |
0 |
1707 |
| Saudi Arabia |
3676 |
1592 |
0 |
1592 |
| Syria |
3256 |
1552 |
0 |
1552 |
| Tunisia |
1935 |
593 |
0 |
593 |
| Turkey |
14770 |
4606 |
1284 |
3566 |
| Total |
49801 |
19291 |
2272 |
17302 |
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| World Total |
314 280 |
110 541 |
67 879 |
44 936 |
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Unfortunately, the satellite operator could not provide statistics for the
following countries. However, there are millions receiving the satellite signal
in these locations:
| Afghanistan |
Cyprus |
Iran |
Liechtenstein |
Mauritania |
Turkmenistan+ |
| Albania |
Estonia+ |
Iraq |
Lithuania+ |
Moldova+ |
United Arab Emirates |
| Andorra |
Georgia+ |
Kazakhstan+ |
Luxemburg |
Monaco |
Uzbekistan+ |
| Armenia |
Gibraltar |
Kuwait |
Libya |
Pakistan |
Vatican |
| Azerbaijan+ |
Greenland |
Kyrgyzstan+ |
Macedonia |
Qatar |
West Sahara |
| Bahrain |
Iceland |
Latvia+ |
Malta |
Tajikistan+ |
Yugoslavia* |
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* Countries where some population speaks Russian
+ Countries where most of the population speaks Russian
Cable: Homes receiving satellite TV channels via a cable network
DTH (Direct to Home): Homes receiving satellite TV channels via an individual
satellite dish
SMATV (Satellite Master Antenna Television): Homes receiving satellite
TV channels via a satellite dish shared between more than one home |