Latest figures from the Cable Television Association predict that cable networks will cover 75% of the country’s population within ten years. The CTA also estimate that a total of £10 billion will be spent in building the cable system for Britain by the end of the decade, including £1.2 billion in 1994 alone.
UK CABLE - Industry Estimates as at March 1994
Broadband homes passed
3,280,110
Broadband homes released for mktg
2,929,224
Broadband subscribers
630,910
Broadband Penetration
21.54%
Telephone exchange lines installed
349,893
Source: CTA
The following figures show the forecasts of various research organisations for the growth of subscribers to cable between now and the end of the decade. (CTA estimates 630,910 subscribers at present.)
Source
1995
2000
(m)
(m)
PA Consulting
1.8
5.3
Continental/Carte
1.6
2.8
Zenith Media
2.3
5.8
Kagan
1.3
4.4
CIT
1.5
2.9
Country NatWest
2.04
6.8
BZW
1.65
5.4
Morgan Stanley
1.5
4.4
CTA
1.71
6.2
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