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Pay TV lost almost 200,000 subscribers in March

Last March, the pay TV market had the worst performance in recent times with a drop of 198,500 subscribers, which brought the total down to 14.3 million customers, according to data from the Anatel (National Telecommunications Agency).

The biggest losses were recorded by Sky, with 107,000 fewer subscribers and ended March with a total of 4.28 million customers. Claro registered a drop of 81,700 subscribers and ended that month with 6.76 million clients. Vivo had a loss of 10,000 customers and ended March with 1.22 million, while Oi was the only one that had positive results with an increase of 10,000 customers and reached a total of 1.72 million subscribers.

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