CFOs love data, VoIP: double-digit cash-flow growth is expected to continue for cable.(Voice over Internet Protocol, forecasts of cable television broadcasting industry revenue)

Multichannel News, April, 2005 by Farrell, Mike

SAN FRANCISCO -- With capital expenditures falling and revenue from new products pouring in, a panel of chief financial officers from four top MSOs said on April 3 that continued double-digit cash flow is not only sustainable--it's practically inevitable. "If you look at the growth we reported over the last six years, average revenue per subscriber has gone from $42 per month to $77 per month.

What's really interesting about those numbers is that more than 50% of that growth has come out of new product categories," Comcast Corp. executive vice president and co-CFO John Alchin said at the National Show. Alchin said that Comcast is able to maintain that growth rate even before the launch of its digital voice service, which it plans to make available...

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