Cable and Other Pay-Television Services (Global Industry Overview)

This paper provides an overview of the global cable and other pay-television services industry. The paper gives a snapshot summary, with additional sections on the industry's development, organisation and structure, current conditions and its leading companies and countries.

Global Industry Overview: Cable and Other Pay-Television Services

Participants in the global subscription television industry deliver live and recorded programming, most often via cable lines or satellite transmission, to businesses and consumers. Carriers may provide closed circuit television services, direct-broadcast satellite (DBS) or direct-to-home (DTH) satellite services, multi-channel multipoint distribution systems (MMDS) services, and satellite master antenna systems (SMATV) services. Certain firms in the industry also participate heavily in other telecommunications services; see also Telecommunications Services later in this chapter for more detailed treatment of those activities. Television networks are not included in this discussion.

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