In this Research Article
Without the competition from satellite that exists elsewhere, cable has built a strong position in China and now has 142m subscribers, of which 26m are digital households. Despite the size of the overall cable market in China, the cable industry is highly fragmented. In 2001, large networks with 200,000 or more households accounted for less than 10 per cent of Chinese cable networks. Today, more than 50 per cent of networks have fewer than 20,000 households.
Tables included
China cable overview 1997-2007
China: cable penetration 1997-2007
China: total cable revenue growth 2000-2007
Top 20 networks' monthly prices - analogue v digital
China: scale of cable network capacity by number of households
China: cable revenue split 2007
Cable industry value chain
SARFT plan for broadcasting development in China
China: national free-to-air channels
Foreign satellite channels landed in China
SARFT timetable for digitisation
Cities with full digital migration
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