The latest data dump from the IDC (International Data Corporation) forecasts the highest recorded spend on pay TV and telecommunications services in the past 12 years. However, the IDC’s projection—growing 2.4% to €1.46 billion ($1.53 billion) in 2024—is scarcely scraping past the rate of global inflation in most regions, let alone marking a champagne-popping uplift in consumer spend across global pay TV services. In real-world terms, this growth is effectively flat and in reality more likely closer to a decline by the time of the year-end forecast. That said, the report does address the issue of hyperinflation in countries such as Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria, and Argentina, where it is not unheard of for ARPU to grow by more than 50%…