Telecom Management
Cable Television Systems
•Deliver content and services over wire
•Coaxial cable, fiber optic
•No FCC license , but FCC regulations
•“Franchise” agreement required from a local or state government where system operating
•Franchise fees (usually 5%)
•Public, education, Government (PEG) channels
•Local control more limited with state and federal laws.
Revenue streams: (How they make money)
•Subscription fees
•Video
•Broadband
•Telephone
(Bundling triple play)
•Advertising
•Local commercial inserted into cable network programs (some local origination
programs )
•Smaller niche audiences sold compared to broadcast
•More like selling local radio.
Multiple System Operators (MSOs)
•MSO is a corporation that owns many local cable systems
•Mom and Pop days of ownership mostly over.
•5 MSOs serve 90% of subscribers.
•Systems linked together into clusters.
