At the end of June 2017, there were 719,823 pay TV subscribers in Uruguay, which represents a 1.5% decrease compared to the same date of the previous year, according to a report from the Communications Services Regulatory Unit (URSEC). The reduction occurred both in Montevideo (-1.1% compared to the end of 2016) and in the Interior (-1.8%). 39% of the services (280,061) were in the capital of the country and 61% (439,762) in the rest of Uruguay.
DirecTV was the leading operator in the cable and satellite TV market, followed by Cablevisión with 10%, TCC and Nuevo Siglo with 7% and Montecable with 6% (the last three belonging to free-to-air channels: Canal 10, La Tele and Montecarlo respectively).