Report: US Cable TV Operator Survey: Competition Reshapes the Industry TOC

Executive Summary
Overview: The US Cable Industry in 2007
- Cable Industry Statistics
In-Stat' s Cable TV Operator Survey
- Survey Respondents
Cable TV System Overview
- Geographic Location of the Cable Systems
- Designated Market Areas (DMAs)
- Change in Basic Cable Subscribers during the Past 12 Months
- Change in Number of Employees During the Past 12 Months
- Bandwidth on Main Cable TV Trunk
- Headends Connected in Cable System
Video Services
- Total Video Subscribers
- Subscribers with Access to Digital Cable TV
- Subscribers with Digital Cable TV Service
- Video Subscribers with Basic Analog Video Service
- Video Subscribers with Expanded Basic Video Service
- Video Subscribers with Basic Digital Service
- Video Subscribers with Premium Digital Service
- Video Subscribers with Basic HD Service
- Percentage of Video Subscribers with Expanded HD Service
- Video Subscribers with a DVR Package
- Video Subscribers with a DVR/HD Package
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for Digital Video
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Available in 12 Months for Digital Video
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services in 12 Months
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services in 12 Months
High-Speed Data Services
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services in 12 Months
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services
- Number of 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services in 12 Months
- Percentage of Subscribers Using Cable Modem Service
- Percentage of Cable Modem Subscribers That Are Businesses
- Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
- Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
- Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
- Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
Set Top Boxes
- Percentage of Subscribers Using a Cable Set Top Box
- Average Number of Cable Set Top Boxes per Household
- Percentage of Subscribers Using an Analog Set Top Box
- Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box
- Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box with an Integrated Hard Disk Drive
- Deployment of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes
- Number of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes Deployed
- CableCard Devices Deployed in 2007
- Percentage of Subscribers Using a CableCard Device
Advanced Video Services
- Does Your Cable System Offer VOD Service?
- Percentage of Subscribers Using VOD Service
- Average Number of VOD Streams Accessed By Subscribers per Day
- Does Your Cable System Offer High-Definition Video Service?
- Percentage of Subscribers Using High-Definition TV Services
Bundled Cable TV Services
- Revenue Generating Units (RGUs)
- Average Revenue per User (ARPU)
- Percentage of Subscribers in the Major RGU Categories
- Percentage of Subscribers Receiving Digital Cable Video Channels
- Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Modem Service
- Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Telephony Service
- Percentage of Subscribers with Two Bundled Services
- Percentage of Subscribers with Three Bundled Services
Cable System CAPEX and ARPU
- Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
- Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Video Services
- Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Data Services
- Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Voice Services
- Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
- Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Video Services
- Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Data Services
- Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Voice Services
- Change in ARPU in the Past Year
- Amount of ARPU Increase in Past Year
- Amount of ARPU Decrease in Past Year
Miscellaneous
- When Will Premium Content that Requires an Additional Subscription Fee be Offered?
- When Will Your Cable System Deploy Commercial Services for Businesses?
- When Will Your Cable System Deploy Mobile Telephone Service?
- For Cable Systems Planning to Offer Mobile Phone Service, How will it be Offered?
- Is a Telephone Company Offering "Telco TV" Or IPTV Services in Your Service Area?
- Cable Operator Estimate of Telco TV Service Penetration in Their Service Area
- Methodology
- Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

Table 1. The US Cable TV Industry: General Statistics
Table 2. Geographic Location of Cable System
Table 3. Change in Basic Cable Subscribers During the Past 12 Months
Table 4. Change in Number of Employees during the Past 12 Months
Table 5. Bandwidth on Main Cable TV Trunk
Table 6. Number of Headends Connected in Cable System
Table 7. Number of Video Subscribers
Table 8. Percent of Subscribers with Access to Digital Cable TV
Table 9. Percent of Subscribers with Digital Cable TV Service
Table 10. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic Analog Video
Table 11. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Expanded Basic
Table 12. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic Digital Service
Table 13. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Premium Digital Service
Table 14. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic HD Service
Table 15. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Expanded HD Service
Table 16. Percentage of Video Subscribers with a DVR Package
Table 17. Percentage of Video Subscribers with a DVR/HD Package
Table 18. 6-MHz Channels Used for Digital Video
Table 19. 6-MHz Channels Available in 12 Months for Digital Video
Table 20. 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services
Table 21. 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services in 12 Months
Table 22. 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services
Table 23. 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services in 12 Months
Table 24. 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services
Table 25. 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services in 12 Months
Table 26. 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services
Table 27. 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services in 12 Months
Table 28. Percentage of Subscribers Using Cable Modem Service
Table 29. Percentage of Cable Modem Subscribers That Are Businesses
Table 30. Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
Table 31. Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
Table 32. Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
Table 33. Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
Table 34. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Cable Set Top Box
Table 35. Average Number of Cable Set Top Boxes per Household
Table 36. Percentage of Subscribers Using an Analog Set Top Box
Table 37. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box
Table 38. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box with an Integrated Hard Disk Drive
Table 39. Deployment of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes
Table 40. Number of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes Deployed
Table 41. CableCard Devices Deployed in 2007
Table 42. Percentage of Subscribers Using a CableCard Device
Table 43. Does Your Cable System Offer VOD Service?
Table 44. Percentage of Subscribers Using VOD Service
Table 45. VOD Streams Accessed By Subscribers per Day
Table 46. Does Your Cable System Offer High-Definition Video Service?
Table 47. Percentage of Subscribers Using High-Definition TV Services
Table 48. Percentage of Subscribers Receiving Digital Cable Video Channels
Table 49. Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Modem Service
Table 50. Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Telephony Service
Table 51. Percentage of Subscribers with Two Bundled Services
Table 52. Percentage of Subscribers with Three Bundled Services
Table 53. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
Table 54. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Video Services
Table 55. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Data Services
Table 56. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Voice Services
Table 57. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
Table 58. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Video Services
Table 59. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Data Services
Table 60. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Voice Services
Table 61. Change in ARPU in the Past Year
Table 62. Amount of ARPU Increase in Past Year
Table 63. Amount of ARPU Decrease in Past Year
Table 64. When Will Premium Content that Requires an Additional Subscription Fee be Offered?
Table 65. When Will Your Cable System Deploy Commercial Services for Businesses?
Table 66. When Will Your Cable System Deploy Mobile Telephone Service?
Table 67. For Cable Systems Planning to Offer Mobile Phone Service, How will it be Offered?
Table 68. Is a Telephone Company Offering "Telco TV" Or IPTV Services in Your Service Area?
Table 69. Cable Operator Estimate of Telco TV Service Penetration in Their Service Area

List of Figures

Figure 1. Bandwidth Available on Main Cable TV Trunk
Figure 2. Does Your Cable System Offer High Definition Video Service?
Figure 3. Is a Telephone Company Offering "Telco TV" Or IPTV Services in Your Service Area?
Figure 4. US Cable TV Subscriber Households, 1999- 2007 (Households in Millions)
Figure 5. Geographic Location of Cable System
Figure 6. Change in Basic Cable Subscribers during the Past 12 Months
Figure 7. Change in Number of Employees During the Past 12 Months
Figure 8. Bandwidth on Main Cable TV Trunk
Figure 9. Number of Headends Connected in Cable System
Figure 10. Number of Video Subscribers
Figure 11. Percent of Subscribers with Access to Digital Cable TV
Figure 12. Percentage of Subscribers Taking Digital Cable TV Services
Figure 13. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic Analog Video
Figure 14. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Expanded Basic
Figure 15. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic Digital Service
Figure 16. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Premium Digital Service
Figure 17. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Basic HD Service
Figure 18. Percentage of Video Subscribers with Expanded HD Service
Figure 19. Percentage of Video Subscribers with a DVR Package
Figure 20. Percentage of Video Subscribers with a DVR/HD Package
Figure 21. 6-MHz Channels Used for Digital Video
Figure 22. Number of 6-MHz Channels Available in 12 Months for Digital Video
Figure 23. 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services
Figure 24. 6-MHz Channels Used for VOD Services in 12 Months
Figure 25. 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services
Figure 26. 6-MHz Channels Used for High-Definition TV Services in 12 Months
Figure 27. 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services
Figure 28. 6-MHz Channels Used for Cable Modem Services in 12 Months
Figure 29. 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services
Figure 30. 6-MHz Channels Used for Telephone Services in 12 Months
Figure 31. Percentage of Subscribers Using Cable Modem Service
Figure 32. Percentage of Cable Modem Subscribers That Are Businesses
Figure 33. Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
Figure 34. Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Residential Cable Modem Subscribers
Figure 35. Average Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
Figure 36. Maximum Downstream Bandwidth Received By Business Cable Modem Subscribers
Figure 37. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Cable Set Top Box
Figure 38. Average Number of Cable Set Top Boxes per Household
Figure 39. Percentage of Subscribers Using an Analog Set Top Box
Figure 40. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box
Figure 41. Percentage of Subscribers Using a Digital Set Top Box with an Integrated Hard Disk Drive
Figure 42. Deployment of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes
Figure 43. Number of OCAP-Enabled Set Top Boxes Deployed
Figure 44. CableCard Devices Deployed in 2007
Figure 45. Percentage of Subscribers Using a CableCard Device
Figure 46. Does Your Cable System Offer VOD Service?
Figure 47. Percentage of Subscribers Using VOD Service
Figure 48. VOD Streams Accessed By Subscribers per Day
Figure 49. Does Your Cable System Offer High-Definition Video Service?
Figure 50. Percentage of Subscribers Using High-Definition TV Services
Figure 51. Percentage of Subscribers Receiving Digital Cable Video Channels
Figure 52. Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Modem Service
Figure 53. Percentage of Subscribers with Cable Telephony Service
Figure 54. Percentage of Subscribers with Two Bundled Services
Figure 55. Percentage of Subscribers with Three Bundled Services
Figure 56. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
Figure 57. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Video Services
Figure 58. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Data Services
Figure 59. Budgeted 2007 CAPEX for Voice Services
Figure 60. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Cable System Upgrades, Maintenance, and Operations
Figure 61. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Video Services
Figure 62. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Data Services
Figure 63. Budgeted 2008 CAPEX for Voice Services
Figure 64. Change in ARPU in the Past Year
Figure 65. Amount of ARPU Increase in Past Year
Figure 66. Amount of ARPU Decrease in Past Year
Figure 67. When Will Premium Content that Requires an Additional Subscription Fee be Offered?
Figure 68. When Will Your Cable System Deploy Commercial Services for Businesses?
Figure 69. When Will Your Cable System Deploy Mobile Telephone Service?
Figure 70. For Cable Systems Planning to Offer Mobile Phone Service, How will it be Offered?
Figure 71. Is a Telephone Company Offering "Telco TV" Or IPTV Services in Your Service Area?
Figure 72. Cable Operator Estimate of Telco TV Service Penetration in Their Service Area

US Cable TV Operator Survey: Competition Reshapes the Industry

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