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Industry Data

Operating Metrics (as of September 2011)

Basic Video Customers 1

58.3 M

Digital Video Customers 1

45.7 M

High Speed Internet Customers (includes commercial) 1

46.4 M

Cable Phone Customers 1

25.0 M

Availability (as of September 2011)

Homes Passed by Cable Video Service 2

129.7 M

Basic Cable Video Penetration of Homes Passed

45.0%

Digital Penetration (% of Basic Video Customers)

78.4%

Homes Passed by Cable High-Speed Internet Service 3

124.8 M

Cable High Speed Internet Availability to U.S. Households (June 2011) 4

93%

Homes Passed by Cable HDTV Service

100+ M

Investments in Infrastructure

Cable Industry Capital Expenditures (year ended Dec. 2011 (est.))

$12.8 B

Cable Industry Capital Expenditures (1996 - 2011 (est.)) 1

$185.9 B

Value

Price Per Viewing Hour (of digital video service) (2009)

33.3ยข

Primetime Emmy Awards Won by Cable (2010)

48%

Other Industry Data

Cable Advertising Revenue (year ended December 2010) 1

$27.2 B

Cable Industry Revenue (year ended December 2010) 1

$93.7 B

Number of Cable Operating Companies (September 2011) 5

1,165

National Cable Programming Networks (2006) 6

565

Number of Cable Headends (September 2011) 5

7,143

Schools Served by Cable in the Classroom (last est. in 2007)

> 80,000

Franchise Fees Paid by Cable Operators (in 2010 - est.)

$2.7 B

Non-Incumbent Cable Multichannel Video Service Customers (June 2011)

42.9 M

Top 25 Multichannel Video Programming Distributors as of Sept. 2011

Top 25 Cable Programming Networks (2010)



1  SNL Kagan
2  SNL Kagan, excludes estimate of overlap coming from cable overbuilders
3  Total housing units passed figures have been adjusted to avoid double counting of estimated housing units passed by both incumbent cable operators and overbuilders.
4  NCTA analysis of SNL Kagan and Census Bureau estimates
5  Nielsen Focus
6  FCC Video Competition Report - most recent data available