IBISWorld Industry Market Research - United States



Title:

Cable, Internet and Telephone Providers in the US

Price:$715.00
Publication Date:May 21, 2008
Report Type:Market Research
Description:This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged as third-party distribution systems for broadcast programming. The establishments of this industry deliver visual, aural, or textual programming received from cable networks, local television stations, or radio networks to consumers via cable or direct-to-home satellite systems on a subscription or fee basis. These establishments do not generally originate programming material. The industry includes the distribution of the above services by satellite.According to the FCC, cable television is a video delivery service provided by a cable operator to subscribers via a coaxial cable or fiber optics. Satellite delivery is an alternate method of distribution.A cable television system operator is any person, or group of persons, who provide cable services over a cable system, and directly, or through one or more affiliates, owns a significant interest in such cable system, or who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the management and operation of such a cable system. Cable service is the transmission to subscribers of video programming, or other programming service. This definition includes any subscriber selection required in choosing video programming or other programming service. Satellite services are also included.There are three types of cable service:basic service, which is the lowest level of cable service a subscriber can buy. It includes, at a minimum, all over-the-air television broadcast signals carried pursuant to the must-carry requirements of the Communications Act, and any public, educational, or government access channels required by the system's franchise agreement. It may include additional signals chosen by the operator. Basic service is generally regulated by the local franchising authority (the local or state entity empowered by Federal, State, or local law to grant a franchise to a cable company to operate in a given area);cable programming service, includes all program channels on the cable system that are not included in basic service, but are not separately offered as per-channel or per-program services. There may be one or more tiers of cable programming service; andper-channel or per-program (sometimes called pay-per-view or pay-TV) service which includes those cable services that are provided as single-channel tiers by the cable operator, and individual programs for which the cable operator charges a separate rate. These latter services are currently not regulated.
Brief Excerpt:... engaged as third-party distribution systems for broadcast programming. The establishments of this industry deliver visual, aural, or textual programming received from cable networks, loca l television stations, or radio networks to consumers via cable or direct-t o-home satellite systems on a subs cription or fee basis. These establishments do...
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Cable, Internet and Telephone Providers in the US
Forecast To: 2013
Covers: Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Inc., EchoStar Communications Corporation, Charter Communications, Inc., News Corporation, Cox Enterprises, Inc.
Related Reports: Supply:- Movie & Video Production in the US (51211), - Television Production in the US (51211), Movie & Video Distribution in the US (51212), Television Broadcasting in the US (51312), - Voice Over Internet Protocol Providers (VoIP) in the US (51331), - Wired Telecommunications Carriers in the US (51331), Wireless Telecommunications Carriers in the US (51332), Satellite Telecommunications Providers in the US (51334)
Demand: Cable Networks in the US (51321), Consumers in the US (9901 )
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ABOUT THIS REPORT
KEY STATISTICS
SEGMENTATION
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
INDUSTRY CONDITIONS
KEY FACTORS
KEY COMPETITORS
INDUSTRY PERFORMANCE
OUTLOOK
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