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Cable Size

Percent of Households with Basic Cable (1980-2006)


Source: Nielsen Media Research


Industry Statistics

US Television Households (June 2006) 1

110,900,000

Basic Cable Subscribers (June 2006) 1

65,500,000

Cable Penetration  of TV Households (June 2006) 1

59.1%

Occupied Homes Passed by Cable (June 2006) 1

111,800,000

Cable Headends (July 2006) 2

8,564

Premium Cable Units (June 2006) 1

50,400,000

Cable Systems (2005) 3

7,900

Annual Cable Revenue (residential) (2006 estimate) 1

$69.5 billion

Total Advertising Revenue (2006 estimate) 1

$24.6 billion

Cable Industry Construction/Upgrade Expenditures (2006 estimate) 1

$11.1 billion

Schools Served by Cable in the Classroom (August 2006) 5

81,665

Students Served by Cable in the Classroom (August 2006) 5

44,157,959

Digital Cable Customers (June 2006) 1-

32,898,000

Cable High Speed Data Subscribers (June 2006) 1

28,595,000

Residential Cable Telephony Customers (June 2006) 4

7,458,000


1 Kagan Research LLC
2 A.C. Nielsen Media Research
3 Warren Communications News, Inc.
4 National Cable & Telecommunications Association
5 Cable in the Classroom
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