2016 was another rough year for US pay TV, IHS estimates that 1.2 million customers cut the cord. Penetration continued to decline as well, the number of cord-never households grew as newly forming households subscribed to broadband but not video.
In this report:
- Pay TV market overview
- Operators – Key developments Q4 and full year 2016
- The economic influence
- Pay TV overview
- Pay TV statistics
- Pay TV revenue and ARPU
- Operators providing alternatives to traditional pay TV services
- Pay TV operators
- Pay TV packages and focus
- The US pay TV market
- Cable quarterly and annual developments
- Cable RGUs
- Cable revenue and ARPU
- Satellite quarterly and annual developments
- Satellite revenue and ARPU
- IPTV quarterly and annual developments
- IPTV revenue and ARPU
List of tables and charts:
- Operators – Key developments Q4 and full year 2016
- Housing starts by type (m)
- Real GDP per capita per year
- Entertainment and recreation spending per household per year
- TV Households, Pay TV Subscribers and Penetration
- US TV household composition - Q4 2016
- Quarterly video subscriber adds by platform
- Growth in non-pay TV TV households
- Pay TV Video ARPU (Monthly)
- Pay TV Revenues and ARPUs
- Operators providing alternatives to traditional pay TV services
- Pay TV packages and focus
- Pay TV homes and penetration - Annual
- Pay TV homes and penetration - Quarterly
- Pay TV revenue and ARPU
- Cable quarterly subscriber additions by pipeline (000s)
- Cable quarterly net basic video subscriber additions
- Cable revenues and ARPUs
- Advanced subscriber penetration - Q4 2016
- Satellite TV subscribers and growth
- Satellite Revenue and ARPU
- IPTV video subscribers and growth
- IPTV quarterly net subscriber additions
- IPTV revenue and ARPU
Number of pages: 24
Number of tables and charts: 24
Erik Brannon
Associate Director – Research and Analysis, Service Providers & Platforms
Mr. Erik Brannon, the associate director of research and analysis at IHS Markit, specializes in pay-TV operators and channels.
Harold Vargas
Senior Analyst, Television Media
Harold Vargas is a member of the US media team that is responsible for coverage of U.S. pay-TV operators and television content owning media conglomerates.