5 - 7 March 2013: The Lancaster Hotel, London

Cable Congress 2011 Press Briefing

Cable Congress 2011 -Lucerne
Tuesday, 15th February 2011
Room: Business & Media #1 / 3rdFloor
KKL Convention Centre

Your Hosts

• Manuel Kohnstamm,President, Cable Europe
  Managing Director, Communications & Public Policy,Liberty Global Europe
• Caroline van Weede, Managing Director, Cable Europe
• Peter Percosan, Managing Director, Cable Europe Labs
• Gregg Svingen, Director of Communications, Cable Europe

Agenda

• Cable Congress 2011
• Key figures: Digital-driven growth
• European regulatory & policy outlook
• Q&A

Annual general assembly and congress of Cable Europe
Flagship event bringing together cable, content, technology & new media
Extensive cooperation with cable & content associations
Techtonic Forces: Ground shifting beneath us with cable holding steady
Digital TV growth and ultra-high speed broadband make up a compelling cable package
Game-changing “Next-generation” 100 Mbps broadband roll-out catching on
Our competitors are undeniably vying for the European living room
Cable Congress 2012 venue unveiled: Brussels 29 Feb-2 March!

Digital-driven growth:
What the figures tell us
Year End 2010 Data for EU27
Special thanks to IHS Screen Digest

Cable’s investments in technology are paying off throughout Europe
Overall positive revenue growth of 6% shows cable back on track
Revenue of €18.78 for 2010 compared to €17.7 bn in previous year
Total digital cable TV homes grew by 17.4% in 2010 –Europe is choosing to switch on with us!Importance of connectivity to our European economic growth
Broadband revenues UP 4% (€4.9bn for 2010 compared to €4.7 previous year)
Telephony revenues UP 9% (€3.35bn for 2010 compared to €3.07 previous year)Digital Switchover Driving Evolution for Cable –the figures here tell the story
Digital TV revenues up 23.3% in 2010 (€5.74 for 2010 compared to €4.65bn previous year)
Digital now accounts for 58.4% of all TV revenues after relying on Digital TV services and Video on Demand services for last year’s breakthrough to 51%
VOD blowing up: Revenue growth 26% with €412mn for 2010 compared to €326 mn last year

Double digit growth in subscriber base driven by popular services
Cable industry passes the 100 million mark with 102 mn RGUs for 2010
Broadband internet & Telephony via Cable:
Broadband via Cable: +11% growth (23mn in 2010 compared to 20.1 in previous year)
Telephony via Cable: +11% growth (18 mn for 2010 compared to 16 mn in previous year)

Where do we stand, where will we stand?

Cable’s investments in technology are paying off throughout Europe

• Today, 50% of EU households are within the reach of cable broadband networks delivering speed levels between 10 and well over 100 Mbps.
• 51% of EU households will be reached with 30 Mbps via cable networks by 2013.
• By 2020, 55% of EU households will be within the reach of cable broadband networks delivering at least 30 Mbps
• These facts demonstrate that while cable does not stack up to the size of incumbents, it is punching well above its weight in helping to achieve Digital Agenda goals

What do the figures tell us?

• Cable growing thanks to healthy investments that challenge competitors with our modern, hybrid fibre cable networks
• 2011 an important year where cable capitalizes upon investments and consumers reap the rewards of our investments
• Our well being is important to helping achieve the Digital Agenda aimed at increasing connectivity
  Data show wide uptake in new, innovative & interactive services
• Europe relies on what we provide & we rely on the right policy context to continue growing our role as healthy alternative provider

Policy Outlook Europe

• On the Digital Agenda let us be clear: WE MEAN BUSINESS
• We share common goals with EU policy makers
• We are delivering on the competitiveness that EU decision makers are promoting throughout Europe
• Our investments are not just important to us; they show our competitors that it’s not necessary to ask for government aid

Policy Outlook Europe

• Constant innovation drives our growth as the figures demonstrate
• Cable can achieve further progress by supporting progressive EU policies that will:

• Seek to reap the best benefits for consumers out of the Digital Dividend
• Get Net Neutrality right
• Promote meaningful copyright reform
• Support further NGN competition
• Place the CONSUMER at the center of spectrum management policy

Download the Press Release (PDF):  Cable_Congress_2011_Press_Briefing