Global Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2008-2012- TV Subscriptions and License Fees

TV subscriptions and license fees

The television distribution market consists of revenues generated by distributors of television programming to viewers. It includes spending by consumers on subscriptions to basic and premium channels accessed from cable operators, satellite providers, telephone companies, and other multichannel distributors; video-on-demand (VOD); and television distributed to mobile phones. In the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific, and Canada, it also includes pay-per-view. In EMEA and Asia Pacific, public TV license fees also are included.

A sampling of global facts and forecasts:

• "The conversion from over-the-air analog to digital television in February 2009 and the growing demand for high definition will boost subscription penetration in the US."
• "Western Europe will grow at a CAGR of 8.0 percent rate compounded annually during the next five years, the same rate as Central and Eastern Europe."
• "In Asia-Pac, TV household growth, an emerging Internet protocol television (IPTV) market, and satellite launches will boost subscription household penetration and subscription spending. "