July 28, 2010

Despite recessionary pressures and competition from alternate entertainment forms US subscription television service operators are still doing surprisingly well, with established operators all posting revenue and net subscriber gains in the first quarter of 2010. Satellite and telco operators continue to steal away video subscribers from cable operators while MSOs make up for their losses by adding voice and data "triple-play" subscribers.

Tables and charts included:

• TV households, Q1 2010 vs. 2014, percent share by service type
• Carriage fee increases, 2001-2009, percent growth
• Multichannel subscribers and ARPU, 2009 and 2010, 000s of subscribers and dollars per subscriber

Pages: 9

Tables & charts: 3

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