TV sub revenue will grow despite economy, while telephone upheaval continues, says report

TORONTO – Revenue from television subscriptions in Canada will grow by 8% in 2009, forecasts Toronto’s Convergence Consulting Group. “TV access revenue”, says a key portion of one of its 2009 editions of “The Battle for the North American Couch Potato” was $7.2 billion in 2008 (from cable companies, satellite and telco TV providers), most of which comes from Canadian MSOs. “Cable has added basic TV subs every year since 2004, and the report forecasts the segment will effectively maintain its dominant TV subscriber market share – from 73% of TV subscribers at the end of 2008 to 71% by...