CATV

CATV (cable TV) penetration in Germany

total households: 37.4 Mio.
connectable:      23.76 Mio.
connected:        15.27 Mio.

year Q  passed  connected
1992 1  17.9    10.4
1992 2  18.4    10.8
1992 3  18.9    11.3
1993 0  19.6    11.8
1993 1  19.9    12.3
1993 2  20.3    12.8
1993 3  20.7    13.1
1994 0  21.5    13.5
1994 1  21.8    13.9
1994 2  22.1    14.2
1994 3  22.4    14.5
1995 0  23.2    14.7
1995 1  23.5    15.0
1995 2  23.8    15.3  (64.3%)
1995 3

passed: Hamburg: 99.4%, Bremen: 97.7%; connected: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 71.6%, Berlin: 70.5%

[Telekom media report, August 1995]

CATV in the US

Business Week, 10/14/96

$25b annual revenue, $15.7b (1993) [C]
67% of households
2/3 of 95 mio. cable-ready homes -> $33/household
DirecTV: 175 channels
DBS: 5 mio. households

9,610 systems (1993)
costs between $600 and $1200 per subscriber to build
35 channels to 50,000 subscribers
avg. annual revenue: $312 (1988)
avg. annual cash flow (after operating expenses, before amortization): $150
only 170,000 miles of fiber

1995-1996 cable TV facts (Canada)

European CATV specs

47 - 300 MHz (35 PAL channels, 30 FM channels)
hyperband: 300-450 MHz or 606 MHz (newer) = 17 PAL channels
install feedback at 4 - 28.75 (2 TV channels)
if return channel from 4 - 9.6 MHz: 38 Mb/s with 64QAM, 51 Mb/s with 256 QAM
20,000 users per feed.