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Total revenues for Europe’s top pay TV channels will reach $4.24 billion in 2012, according to a report by Digital TV Research. The TV Channel Revenues in Europe report expects this figure to grow by $1.04 billion to reach $5.28 billion by 2017.

This report covers 195 international channels/networks (non-premium) from 11 groups. The estimates and forecasts in this report have been prepared using an analysis of a database of hundreds of financial records for individual channels, channel groups and corporate parents.

Revenues for Europe’s top pay TV channels by source ($ million)

6,000 5,000 1,710 1,867 2,016 4,000 1,436 1,577 1,238 1,316 3,000 2,000 2,800 2,926 3,020 3,097 3,168 3,222 3,264 1,000 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Carriage fees

Source: Digital TV Research

Co-author Nicholas Moncrieff said: “Although provides the bulk of the total, carriage fee revenue growth is slowing as markets mature. Having said that, carriage fee revenues will climb by 11.6% from $2.93 billion in 2012 to $3.26 billion in 2017. Most of the growth will come from a combination of higher penetration in Eastern Europe and the appearance of more HD channels that command higher carriage fees or at least allow channels to protect carriage fees in negotiations with platform operators.”

Co-author Simon Murray added: “Advertising has more room for growth as non- traditional channels gain share and greater acceptance among ad agencies. However, the international players face great competition as traditional domestic terrestrial players push their thematic channels. Advertising revenues for the channels featured in this report will increase by 53.1% from $1.32 billion in 2012 to $2.02 billion by 2017.”

Revenues for Europe’s top pay TV channels by group ($ million)

108 174

741 231

570 447

127 549 309

409 575

AETN BBC Chello Discovery Disney NBC Uni Turner Viacom

Source: Digital TV Research

Viacom is the top channel group by revenues generated (with $741 million anticipated for 2012), and will remain so for the forecast period (growing to just under $1 billion in 2017). The next group involves Discovery, Disney and Eurosport, which will all have similar revenues in 2012. Discovery is reported to be in talks with TF1 (Eurosport’s owner), which could create a combined group that would lead the market. In the third bracket, Fox, NBC Universal and Turner all have similar revenues.

This report estimates and forecasts revenue for the principal pay TV channels of the major channel groups that operate across Europe. The channels are those that combine platform subscriber/carriage fees with advertising income as well as their group’s major free-to-air advertiser supported channel brands. Premium channels, principally movies and sport that require extra payment by the public, have been excluded together with a number of newer minor channels.

For more information about this report, please contact: Simon Murray, [email protected], Tel: +44 20 8248 5051

TV Channel Revenues in Europe: Table of Contents

This report covers European revenues for 195 international channels/networks for 11 major groups. Excluding premium channels, this report reveals where each international group is strongest and which are the most influential groups overall. Furthermore, the report forecasts revenues (both from carriage fees and from advertising) for eight European regions for every year from 2011 to 2017.

The estimates and forecasts in this report have been prepared using an analysis of a database of hundreds of financial records for individual channels, channel groups and corporate parents. The figures have then been stress tested against peer group data, as well as channel distribution figures in terms of subscribers, homes and platforms.

Published in November 2012, this 76-page PDF-delivered report comes in four parts:

Executive summary and forecasts overview analysis Methodology Channel group forecasts Country/regional forecasts.

Revenue forecasts cover each of these groups (2011-2017):

AETN Fox channels

National Geographic

BBC non-news Fox Total

BBC World News

BBC Total NBC Universal Total

Chello Sony

Discovery Pay Turner children's

Discovery FTA CNN

Discovery Total Turner movies & series

Turner Total

Disney children's

ESPN Central

Disney Total

Viacom music

Eurosport Viacom Total

Broken down by each of these regions (2011-2017):

Dutch-speaking Europe carriage fees carriage fees

Dutch-speaking Europe ad revenues Italy ad revenues

Dutch-speaking Europe total Italy total

Eastern Europe carriage fees Scandinavia carriage fees

Eastern Europe ad revenues Scandinavia ad revenues

Eastern Europe total Scandinavia total

French-speaking Europe carriage fees / carriage fees

French-speaking Europe ad revenues Spain/Portugal ad revenues

French-Speaking Europe total Spain/Portugal total

Germany// carriage fees UK/ carriage fees

Germany/Austria/Switzerland ad revenues UK/Ireland ad revenues

Germany/Austria/Switzerland total UK/Ireland total

Europe carriage fees

Europe ad revenues

Europe revenues

Channels/networks covered in the report by group:

Group Channels included in this report

AETN (6) Bio, Crime & Investigation, Crime & Investigation HD, History, History HD, Military History

BBC (6) BBC Entertainment, BBC HD, BBC Knowledge, BBC Knowledge HD, BBC Lifestyle, BBC World News

Chello (35) Biggs, Buzz, , Canal Hollywood HD, CBS Action, CBS Drama, CBS Reality, Club TV, Cocina, Ctk, Decasa, Extreme Sports, Extreme Sports HD, , JimJam, , MGM, MGM HD, Minimax, Mov, Mov HD, , Outdoor, Outdoor HD, Panda, Paprika, Sol Musica, Somos, Spektrum, Spektrum HD, Spektrum Home, XTRM, Zone Europa, Zone Reality, Zone Romance

Discovery (21) , Animal Planet HD, , Discovery Civilization, Discovery HD Showcase, , Discovery Home & Health, Discovery Max, , Discovery Science, Discovery Science HD, , Discovery Travel & , Discovery Travel & Living HD, , Discovery World, DMAX, DMAX HD, , Quest, TLC

Disney (14) , Disney Channel HD, , Disney Cinemagic HD, , Disney Junior 2, Disney Junior HD, Disney Nature, Disney Playhouse, Disney XD, Disney XD HD, ESPN America, ESPN America HD, ESPN Classic

Eurosport (5) Eurosport, Eurosport HD, , Eurosport 2 HD,

Fox (28) 24 Kitchen, 24 Kitchen HD, Baby TV, Fox, , , Fox Crime HD, Fox HD, , Fox Life HD, , Fox Movies HD, , , , Fox Sports HD, FX, FX HD, Nat Geo Adventure, Nat Geo Adventure HD, , Nat Geo Wild HD, National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Channel HD, , , Viajar HD, Voyage

NBC Universal 13th Street/Calle 13, 13th Street/Calle 13 HD, CNBC, Diva, E!, E! HD, Fuel, (16) Fuel HD, Kidsco, , , Style Network, , SyFy HD, Universal Channel, Universal Channel HD

Sony (17) , AXN, AXN Black, AXN Black HD, AXN Crime, AXN HD, AXN Sci-Fi, AXN Sci-Fi HD, AXN Spin, AXN Spin HD, AXN White, AXN White HD, TV, Sony Entertainment TV HD, Sony Movies, Sony Turbo, Sony TV

Turner (16) Boomerang, , Cartoon Network HD, , , CNN, TCM, TCM Autor, TCM HD, TCM2, TNT, TNT HD, TNT Movies, TNT Movies HD, TNT Serie, TNT Serie HD

Viacom (31) , , Comedy Central Family, Comedy Central HD, MTV, MTV Base, MTV Brand New, MTV Classic, MTV Dance, MTV HD, MTV Hits, MTV Idol, MTV Live HD, MTV Music, MTV Pulse, MTV Rocks, Nick Hits, Nick Junior, Nick Junior 2, Nickelodeon, Nickelodeon HD, Nicktoons, Paramount Channel, Paramount Comedy, Teen Nick, TMF, VH1, VH1 Classic, Viacom Blink, Viva, Viva HD