The cable television business is currently generating revenues of about £230m per year, according to the ITC’s annual survey of cable subscriptions; this shows that the average cable television subscriber is paying £23.32 per month, compared with £22.61 a year ago.
The number of broadband cable subscribers increased by more than 50% compared with a year ago, to 930,000.
CABLE TV BUSINESS GENERATES £230 MILLION
1 April 1995
1 Jan 1995
1 April 1994
No. of operating franchises
86
80
65
Broadband homes passed
4,494,241
4,116,971
2,990,077
Broadband homes connected
963,132
908,018
642,377
Subs as % of TV homes
4.26%
4.02%
2.84%
Average penetration
21.40%
22.10%
21.50%
Pay/Basic ratio
151%
158%
149%
Franchises providing telephony
75
63
46
Telephone lines installed
872,573
717,586
376,795
All cable homes passed
5,165,095
4,801,373
3,834,988
All cable homes connected
1,109,771
1,055,362
800,646
Average penetration
21.40%
22.00%
20.90%
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