Cable TV and IPTV subscriptions
These statistics include cable television subscriptions and IPTV subscriptions using fixed broadband connections offered by telecommunications operators in Finland. The data is updated once a year. The statistics are produced by the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom.
Changes made to the statistics
Starting with the 2025 statistics, the number of cable TV and IPTV subscriptions will be compiled only once a year.
The increase in the number of IPTV subscriptions in 2020 is explained by technical changes that brought more existing subscriptions within the definition of IPTV
Definitions
Cable TV subscriptions indicate the number of telecommunications operators' customers with a cable television subscription. The figures include those end customers who can receive television broadcasts via a cable television subscription. However, not all of the households have a TV receiver.
IPTV subscriptions indicate the number of subscriptions that enable the reception of at least one free-to-air channel. IPTV services allow TV broadcasts to be viewed over a broadband connection. An IPTV subscription requires a sufficiently fast broadband subscription.
Households hold the majority of active cable TV and IPTV subscriptions. However, the statistics also include subscriptions acquired by businesses.
Because watching and listening to free-to-air terrestrial TV and radio broadcasts does not require a subscription, they have not been included in the statistics. Watching TV programmes with an internet browser installed on a computer or mobile device is also excluded from the statistics.
Definitions of communications service statistics (pdf, 1.08 MB)