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Cable World,  April 17, 2000  

Cable & Pay TV Census - March

                                   March              1999 - 2000
                         1999      2000     2001(*)   Units

U.S. TV households       99.75     101.10    102.25     1.3
(TVHH) (mil.)

Homes passed by
cable                    95.85     96.85     97.85      1.0

Basic cable subs         66.20     67.35     68.30      1.1

Pay units (excl.         48.65     50.00     51.18      1.4
mimipay)

Local cable ad homes     62.15     64.15     65.74      2.0

Minipay subs              8.78      9.83     10.70      1.1

VCR homes                82.78     84.68     86.58      1.9

SMATV subs                1.39      1.47      1.54      0.1

Analog MMDS subs          0.82      0.69      0.55     (0.1)

Digital MMDS subs         0.08      0.11      0.13      0.0

Total MMDS subs           0.90      0.79      0.67     (0.1)

C-band subs               1.73      1.44      1.08     (0.3)

DBS subs                  9.09     10.97     12.39      1.9

Homes passed % of        96.09%    95.80%    95.70%
TVHH

Cable subs % of TVHH     66.37%    66.62%    66.80%

VCR homes % TVHH         82.98%    83.75%    84.67%

Cable subs % of          69.07%    69.54%    69.80%
homes passed

Pay units % of cable     73.49%    74.24%    74.93%
subs

                         Change
                        Percent

U.S. TV households        1.4%
(TVHH) (mil.)

Homes passed by           1.0%
cable

Basic cable subs          1.7%

Pay units (excl.          2.8%
mimipay)

Local cable ad homes      3.2%

Minipay subs             12.0%

VCR homes                 2.3%

SMATV subs                5.6%

Analog MMDS subs        (16.1%)

Digital MMDS subs        28.0%

Total MMDS subs         (12.1%)

C-band subs             (17.2%)

DBS subs                 20.6%

Homes passed % of
TVHH

Cable subs % of TVHH

VCR homes % TVHH

Cable subs % of
homes passed

Pay units % of cable
subs

(*) Projected

SOURCE: Paul Kagan Associates Inc.

The Outlook for Cable in the United States

                            1999E          2001E       2002E
Home Passed by Cable
(mil)                       96.1            98.1        99.0

Cable Households (mil)      66.5            68.8        70.0

Cable Penetration
of Homes Passed             69.2            70.1        70.7

Pay Cable Units (mil)       49.0            51.6        52.8

Basic Cable Sub
Revenues (mil)           $23,541.0     $28,483.0   $31,332.0

Pay Cable Sub
revenues (mil)           $45,057.0      $5,263.0      $5,386.0

Total Sub Spending
(mil)                    $428,598.0    $33,746.0     $36,718.0

Addressable Household
(mil)                       35.2            40.3          42.0

Pay-Per-View Movie
Spending (mil)             $501.0         $653.0        $730.0

Pay-Per-View Event
Spending (mil)             $300.0         $351.0        $370.0

Total Pay-Per-View
Spending (mil)             $801.0       $1,003.0      $1,003.0

                                     1999-2003
                         2003E         %CAGR
Home Passed by Cable
(mil)                    100.0          1.0

Cable Households (mil)   71.4           1.8

Cable Penetration
of Homes Passed          71.4           0.8

Pay Cable Units (mil)    54.3           2.8

Basic Cable Sub
Revenues (mil)         $34,52.0         9.9

Pay Cable Sub
revenues (mil)         $5,539.0         2.4

Total Sub Spending
(mil)                 $40,068.0         8.7

Addressable Household
(mil)                    44.3           6.6

Pay-Per-View Movie
Spending (mil)          $840.0          14.3

Pay-Per-View Event
Spending (mil)          $394.0          13.9

Total Pay-Per-View
Spending (mil)         $1,234.0         14.2

E-estimated

SOURCE: Schroders, Wilkofsky Gruen Associates

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