Subscription rate of pay televisions in South Korea 2024, by type

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 14, 2025

According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2024, around 61 percent of households stated that they paid for IPTV. Cable TV subscriptions have been decreasing every year, having fallen to 37 percent. Satellite TV, on the other hand, was only paid for by a small share of households.

Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of August 2024, by type

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Statistic: Share of households subscribing to pay television in South Korea as of August 2024, by type

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Release date

December 2024

Region

South Korea

Survey time period

May 27 to August 23, 2024

Number of respondents

4,006 households

Age group

6 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

Multiple types of subscriptions per household were accepted. 

Pay television subscribing households include those who use not only televisions but also other devices such as personal computers.

Since 2011, KISDI has tracked the cross-media usage of about 5,000 households and the members by means of household visits, interviews and self-reported written media diary on the media use patterns across 17 cities and provinces in South Korea.

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